2008 Schedule

Here's the 2008 schedule I just received in the mail. It's a good one:

Aug 23 Oregon, at Merlo, 7:00 pm
Aug 30 UCLA, at Merlo, TBA
Sept 1 USC, at Merlo, 2:30 pm
Sept 5 Kennesaw State. at UW
Sept 7 Colgate, at UW
Sept 12 Northern Arizona, at Merlo, 7:00 pm
Sept 14 San Diego State, at Merlo, 2:30 pm
Sept 19 Florida, at Merlo, 7:00 pm
Sept 25 Rutgers, at Rutgers (nationally televised)
Sept 28 Penn State, at Penn State
Oct 3 Washington, at Merlo, 4;30 pm
Oct 5 Oregon State, at Corvallis
Oct 12 Gonzaga, at Gonzaga
Oct 17 Loyola Marymount, at Merlo, 7:00 pm
Oct 19 Pepperdine, at Merlon, noon
Oct 24 San Francisco, at San Francisco
Oct 26 St Mary's, at St Mary's
Nov 2 Santa Clara, at Merlo, 2:00 pm
Nov 8 San Diego, at San Diego

WOW.... talk about being battle tested...

Regular season games all the way into November? Are the playoffs later this year?

Tough schedule indeed. Wow!

But I have a question... why is the Santa Clara game at home? My memory isn't all that great, but I definitely do remember beating the Broncos 2-0 at the friendly confines of Merlo Field last season.

Would we really be playing them at home again?

Didn't we play them away in 2003 and 2004?

NinjaPizza, nope, that's always been the case...the team has always had games the first two weekends of November.
Playoff Schedule
Nov. 14-16 - 1st & 2nd rounds (Friday/Sunday)
Nov. 21, 22, 23 - 3rd round
Nov. 28, 29, 30 - Quarterfinals (always been Thanksgiving weekend)
Dec. 5, 7 - Semi-final and Final @ SAS Park/Cary, NC

KTFC, you're right. I just seem to remember playoff games falling on my birthday and thinking they were the 3rd round games, but they were 2nd round ones.

Edit: we did play Santa Clara back-to-back in '03 and '04

Look at the great home games...! and minimal travel, really... a fairly mobile fan (travelling only as far as Seattle & Corvallis) could see 14 games this fall in person or on TV (I am hopeful for more tv coverage via CSN!):

3 games @ Merlo
2 games @ Seattle
3 games @ Merlo
@ Rutgers (On TV)
@ Penn St
@ Merlo.
@ Corvallis
@ Spokane
2 @ Merlo
2 @ Bay Area
@ Merlo
@ San Diego

Playing SCU @ Merlo is huge. Bring It On!

Wow, great start to the season. Unfortunately my wife and I are almost certain to miss at least one of those games early in the season, as my wife is due to give birth to our first child around that time. So the Pilots should have one more small member of Pilot Nation cheering for them come Conference play! :face:

Congrats, aleppiek!!! You'll love being a Dad. There's nothing in the world like it. And a brand new Pilots fan! I can see see her/him in a liitle Pilots hat and outfit. (That would probably be in the 2009 season.)

I'm jealous, actually. My kids are grown up. I still love them like crazy, but the memory of them when they were younger, is just indescribable.

As for the 2008 schedule, what can I say: It's great! Lots of home games, some terrific opponents, and I agree with PilotNut. I am hoping CSN picks up 3-4 games or so. Any more than that would be just gravy!

Gotta think that CSN will pick up the first weekend (please CSN) As it is a huge weekend, Hopefully it will be televised so I can watch it at home with my wife and the little one.