Lucky me. I've got the Clogs as my rival again. Guess my fans have decided to hold on to the idea that we our rivals since we split our series back in S28 when I Normal'd the last game of the season while he TIE's to save enthusiasm for the playoffs. Never mind that they clomped all over us with reckless abandon 3 games to 0 in S29.
On the other hand, the last five seasons, the last team to beat me ended up in the NBBA. Which either says something promising for you or reveals something about my ability as a manager. ;)
In terms of bad schedule breaks, I think lathrop got the shaft again - a road TV game against me late in the first part, then a road TV game late in interconference.
Yeah, not very excited to be paired up with you for 2 of the TV games, especially starting off with a road one. Two road TV games doesn't help. I'm excited to be over the demotion hump and hopefully my arena ticket sales rebounds finally. With an expected early season road TV loss, not sure if I can make an accurate assessment.
I most concerned about the game engine and substitution pattern. Having players play 47 mins when an equally skilled player is listed as back up with coach decide will get old fast.