Opinion: We almost certainly open 2019 @CU or @UVA

[Hawkeye]

I absolutely DO NOT want a week 1 bye. Those are much more valuable later in the season to help heal bumps and bruises, and put in new wrinkles. Week 1 byes are completely worthless imo.

100% agree. A bye the first or last week of the regular season should never happen.

 

[Tshirt Man]

Another possibility is that we don't play that weekend. 2019 is a year where there are fourteen weeks to get in 12 games, so everyone has two off weeks. USF opens at Wisconsin on August 31. The advantages are that we could see them play, they might get a beating at Camp Randall, and we get extra preparation time. The downside would be the adage that teams improve the most between week one and two.

Well you can count on us getting a bye week 1 and now even more teams will get a bye before playing us. If the ACC can screw us they probably will.

 

[gtrower]

UVA on a Thursday would be sweet. Give us an extra couple days to rest up before handing USF their asses in a payback game.

2019 is a good year to live in DC. Two road games within a two hour drive.