Newsflash: The home-and-home (1:1) agreements with Georgia Tech, UNC, and Louisville were signed in 2015, 2016, and 2018. Yes, GT was coming to Orlando before Irma postponed it (and then UCF would have to gone to UNC before Florence postponed it), but now in 2021 none of these UCF home games have yet been played and there is no guarantee they ever will be played. Hopefully GT and UofL both come to Bounce House in 2022 as currently scheduled. Declaring UNC's scheduled visit in 2025 a "certainty" would certainly be premature at this point.
We still have one open spot in 2021 and 2022, then two open spots in 2023 and 2024, then three open spots in 2025 and 2027; all other years we have four open spots.
As was just demonstrated in the last 2.5 years of brilliant incomparable SEC-level AD Danny White, declaring you'll only play 1:1 may limit you to G5-only home games as you arrange future schedules. He supposedly had a H&H with Arizona State in the bag, but no.
Boise State's upcoming series with Oregon (signed in 2018 to be played in 2024,25,26,) is two in Eugene and one in Boise. That said Boise State presently has home games of 1:1 agreements scheduled for Oklahoma State (2013 agree, 2021 play), Michigan State (agree 2010, 2022 play), Oregon State (2014 agree, 2023 play), and Washington State (recently pushed back from 2026-27 to 2032-33).
All the steadfast "1:1 or bust" crowd can line up now and buy their tickets for home OOC schedules littered with the likes of Marshall and Western Kentucky.
Or recognize the landscape (like Boise State has) and take the adverse 2:1 agreements which you do yield one fantastic home game...and two road games with big road paychecks.
Our program and our brand will cease to grow if we impose our own ceiling.
Since 2000 we have played way more P5/BCS programs (with a higher win/loss record, National titles, etc...). We have played 56. They have played 38. We have beat more P5 programs. Just look at the list and judge for yourself. Yes, they have a better record but they are rarely playing cream-of-the-crop type of programs in true road games and we played a lot more true road games without a return home game....a ridiculous amount more. They played 16 true road games. We played 31 true road games. They have played 14 neutral site games. We have played 8 (***bowl games and kickoff classics are at neutral sites***). Where games are played matters. Other than 7-10 programs out there each year, this is the biggest factor in winning/losing.
They are 3-0 in BCS/NY6 bowls (Arizona, Oklahoma, TCU). We are 2-1 (Baylor, Auburn, and LSU). They have 10.3 conference titles. We have 5.3. The WAC/Mountain West did not have a title game until 2013 so for 8.3 of their 11.3 conference titles they never had to play an extra title game against another quality team. They are 3-2 in conference title games. For 1.3 of our 5.3 titles we did not have to play an extra title game against another quality team. We are 4-2 in conference title games.
Here is who Boise State has played: @Wazzou, @Arkansas, @South Carolina, Wazzou, @Arkansas, Iowa State (bowl game), @Oregon State, Oregon State, Loserville (bowl game), @Georgia, @Oregon State, BC (bowl game), Oregon State, Oklahoma (bowl game), @Washington, @Oregon, Oregon, VA Tech (kickoff classic), Oregon State, Georgia (kickoff classic), AZ State (bowl game), @Michigan State, Washington (bowl game), @Washington, Oregon State (bowl game), Ole Miss (kickoff classic), Arizona (bowl game), Washington, @Virginia, Wazzou, @Oregon State, Baylor (bowl game), @Wazzou, Virginia, Oregon (bowl game), @OK State, @FSU, Washington (bowl game).
Here is who UCF has played: @GA Tech, @Bama, VaTech, @Clemson, @Syracuse, @VaTech, @Arkansas, @Penn State, @AZ State, Syracuse, @VaTech, @Syracuse, @West Virginia, @Wisconsin, West Virginia, @Penn State, @South Carolina, @Florida, Pitt, @NC State, Texas, @USF, Miss State (bowl game), USF, @BC, @USF, @Miami, USF, Miami, @Texas, Rutgers (bowl game), NC State, @KState, Georgia (bowl game), BC, @Ohio State, Mizzou, @Penn State, South Carolina, @Loserville, Rutgers, USF, Baylor (bowl game), Penn State (in Ireland), @Mizzou, NC State (bowl game), @stanford, @South Carolina, @Michigan, Maryland, @Maryland, Auburn (bowl game), Pitt, LSU (bowl game), Stanford, @Pitt
Btw, Utah and TCU were not BCS/P5 teams when Boise State used to play them. If they were in a BCS/P5 conference when they played I would have listed them. Boise State and TCU did play in the Fiesta Bowl even though neither was in a BCS/P5 conference. They both got jobbed by the powers that be that year because the P5 didn't want to go 0-2 against them.