1.   And for Hovan, that will mean home sweet home when Boston College travels to Cincinnati for a nonconference game Saturday at Nippert Stadium.

2.   Another is staging high-profile nonconference games.

3.   Asked to be more specific, Flint talked about a schedule many of his supporters believe was too tough and included too many nonconference road games.

4.   Brown visits Fordham and Cornell plays host to Wagner in nonconference games.

5.   But arranging nonconference games is considerably different.

6.   But in nonconference games, MAC schools not infrequently beat teams from some of those swankier programs.

7.   But he said the conference had no say in whom teams schedule for nonconference games.

8.   But it is these big nonconference games, when the opponent is unfamiliar and the stakes high, where the learning curve has been steep for players and coach.

9.   Flint said he is not in favor of a cupcake schedule, but he at least wants more nonconference home games.

10.   For schools playing nonconference games, canceling those games without a replacement is not an option.