For those who make plans in advance

As it stands now, the first football game in UCD's new $30 million dollar stadium will be against Northeastern on Sept. 22, 2007. But if you're the sort of person who would travel in from out of town for that game, I'd wait to buy your ticket. At this level, the schedules change hourly. UCD's docket won't officially be set until the school releases the dates at some unfixed point in the future. And even after the official release, it still will be subject to change. But after the jump, you'll find the rest of the opponents on the still-unfinished slate, and a look to 2008.

Here's what the slates look like so far for the next two seasons:

2007
Home: Northeastern (Sept. 22), Cal Poly (Oct. 13), South Dakota State (Oct. 27)
Away: Portland State, San Jose State, Eastern Washington, North Dakota State, Sacramento State, Southern Utah

2008
Home: Portland State, Northern Colorado, Sacramento State, [Southern Utah, North Dakota State]
Away: Central Arkansas, Montana, San Jose State, Cal Poly [South Dakota State]

UCD athletic director Greg Warzecka said he has candidates in mind for home games on Nov. 10 and Nov. 17 in 2007.He is in talks with San Diego for a four-year deal that would have the Toreros traveling north again next year. So we'll see where that goes. Eastern Washington has bought out of the second year of its four-game deal with UCD, the first of its two scheduled trips to Davis. Next year's game would be the third on a four-year contract. I think UCD is holding out a slim hope of getting the Eagles back as a home game, but I'm not sure how possible that is.

The San Jose State games are part of the two-game deal that was pushed back a year during the Aggies' February flirtation with Cal. Supposedly there is now a pretty hefty buyout clause in the deal, which means that if the date were to be broken it probably would come from the Spartans end for a national television payout. That's fairly unlikely. I've put the Great West Football Conference fixtures in brackets for 2008 because the future of the conference is unclear. And as always, the dates and teams are subject to change.

I have been told in the past that Montana contract is a home-and-home, although I'm not sure if that's the case. Even if is, don't be surprised if the Grizzlies buy out of the return game. Montana rarely travels for non-conference games because it's 23,000-seat stadium is among the most profitable in Division I-AA, or whatever we're calling it now.

We'll keep you posted on the schedule as the winter progresses.