Cassidy Creech and UTSA

This is from an email sent to us by Cassidy Creech:

So I´m very intrigued by the potential additions to the WAC across the board. I have heard some cautious skepticism regarding UTSA football... mainly because it isn't competing now. First off, their first recruiting class is officially redshirting now and are actually practicing and training now (per several media sources: news releases, etc.). While their initial plan has been to join the Southland Conference  (FCS...with Texas State, for example), where there other sports are competing, but that fell through. They then decided to go independent and attempt to join an FBS conference around the 2014 season. There's a lot to say about that plan, but what interests me the most about this is that when they decided to go independent, they immediately started filling a schedule for extended years. This schedule (1) could bring more opportunities to other WAC teams...at least exposure, and (2) will help plenty with strength of schedule (in football...and maybe, if we play our cards right, basketball too). It mostly shows the willingness of bigger schools to schedule multiple home-and-homes with UTSA, an unproven program, most likely because of its location, the Alamodome, and maybe even the expectations surrounding Larry Coker as head coach.

Here's the schedule Cassidy sent along (a number of present WAC teams should be envious):

2011

Sept. 3   Northeastern (Okla.) State San Antonio, Texas
Sept. 10 McMurry San Antonio, Texas
Sept. 17 at Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah
Sept. 24 Bacone College San Antonio, Texas
Oct.  1  at Sam Houston State Huntsville, Texas
Oct.  8 South Alabama San Antonio, Texas
Oct. 15 at UC Davis Davis, Calif.
Oct. 22 at Northwestern State Natchitoches, La.
Oct. 29 Georgia State San Antonio, Texas
Nov. 12 at McNeese State Lake Charles, La.
Nov. 19 Minot State San Antonio, Texas

2012

Sept.  1  at South Alabama Mobile, Ala.
Sept.  8 Sam Houston State San Antonio, Texas
Sept. 22 Northwestern Oklahoma State San Antonio, Texas
Sept. 29 at Georgia State Atlanta, Ga.
Oct.  13 at Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches, Texas
Oct.  20 Southern Utah San Antonio, Texas
Oct.  27 UC Davis San Antonio, Texas
Nov. 10 McNeese State San Antonio, Texas

2013

Sept. 7 Oklahoma State San Antonio, Texas
Sept. 14  at Arizona Tucson, Ariz.
Sept. 28 Houston San Antonio, Texas
Nov. 2 at Virginia Charlottesville, Va.

2014

Aug. 30  at Houston Houston, Texas
Sept.  6 Arizona San Antonio, Texas
Sept. 13 at Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla.
Sept. 27 at Kansas State Manhattan, Kan.
Nov.  8 Virginia San Antonio, Texas

2015

Sept.  5 at Arizona Tucson, Ariz.
Sept. 12 Kansas State San Antonio, Texas
Sept. 19 at Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla.
Sept. 26  at Louisiana Tech Ruston, La.
Oct.  3 Colorado State San Antonio, Texas

2016

Sept. 17 Arizona State San Antonio, Texas
Sept. 24 Louisiana Tech San Antonio, Texas
Oct.   1 at Colorado State Fort Collins, Colo.

2017

Sept.  9 at Baylor Waco, Texas
Sept. 30 at Colorado State Fort Collins, Colo.

2018

Sept. 1 at Arizona State Tempe, Ariz.
Sept. 8 Baylor San Antonio, Texas
Sept. 15 at Kansas State Manhattan, Kan.
Sept. 29 Colorado State San Antonio, Texas

2019

Sept. 7 at Baylor Waco, Texas