Week 1: Sun, Aug 30 – Guelph @ York – 1pm
Week 2: Sun, Sep 6 – Waterloo @ Guelph – 6pm
Week 3: Sat, Sep 12 – Laurier @ Guelph – 1pm
Week 4: Sat, Sep 19 – Guelph @ Western – 7pm
Week 5: Sat, Sep 26 – Toronto @ Guelph – 1pm
Week 6: Sat, Oct 3 – Guelph @ McMaster – 1pm
Week 7: Fri, Oct 9 – Guelph @ Ottawa – 7pm
Week 8: Sat, Oct 17 – Carleton @ Guelph – 1pm
Week 9: Bye Week
My first impression: I really like it!
Why?
In 2020, the Gryphons will face all of last year’s playoff participants, miss two non-playoff teams [Queen’s & Windsor], play Laurier again and have only one long road trip.
The Gryphons will have a Week 9 bye. This may, or may not, be an advantage. A bye week right before the playoffs would be excellent if you’re playing in a quarter-final game. But on the downside, if you’ve earned a first-round playoff bye, you end up with 20 days in between games.
When I look at the schedule I think it is likely that I will attend 7 of the 8 games. The exception would by the Friday night game in Ottawa, since the likelihood that I will take a day off work to drive to the Nation’s Capital is very low.
The two toughest games – Western & Mac – are on the road but I don’t think that is a big deal. The fact Western has a bye week before they host Guelph is more of a concern.
Go Gryphons!
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