What schools currently have week one open?
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The way I look at an open week is you can go check out other teams.
Kings Mountain did the last two years but with Burns moving out of the Big South that will now be a Week 1 nonconference matchup.
I would actually rather have Week 1 off if you’re gonna have a bye week that early. Gives you more time to prepare for the season. Burns had Week 2 off the last 2 years—the absolute worst case scenario. We have Week 4 off now (instead of the final week, we kept former Big South rival North Gaston as a nonconference opponent who also drew the last conference bye)
I would actually rather have Week 1 off if you’re gonna have a bye week that early. Gives you more time to prepare for the season. Burns had Week 2 off the last 2 years—the absolute worst case scenario. We have Week 4 off now (instead of the final week, we kept former Big South rival North Gaston as a nonconference opponent who also drew the last conference bye)
Yeah but we did it a few years ago for a couple of years. Week 1 bye is worse. You could play 16 games without a week off
My school did at one time but we switched our game from week 4 up to the opener and I'm glad for that. Week 1 bye's are a double negative to me. On one hand you'll get an extra week to prep for the first game and if you have a tough foe it will give you time to scout them. But really there's nothing better than just sending them out there after prepping them all week and seeing what they will do.
I much prefer week 4 or 5 for the bye. You get a month or so in and you can rest and make adjustments/go over the basics again. I played on two different teams who had a week 5 bye (0-4 junior year, 3-1 senior year,) and it's a 100% drastic difference in morale. Plus it will make the kids better off for the conference slate in terms of injuries they don't add up as much with a week off.
I much prefer week 4 or 5 for the bye. You get a month or so in and you can rest and make adjustments/go over the basics again. I played on two different teams who had a week 5 bye (0-4 junior year, 3-1 senior year,) and it's a 100% drastic difference in morale. Plus it will make the kids better off for the conference slate in terms of injuries they don't add up as much with a week off.