From the guy who actually does the scheduling:
http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=3686225
Q: What is going on with Miami-Ohio game in football. It seems like it’s dragging out, when will we know for sure?
A: Any day now has been the standard answer for the last month because that’s the truth. First of all, this thing goes on all the time, an opponent wants out of or to delay a game for a variety of reasons, but seldom has it ever been as public as this one has been. That’s in part to a newspaper report in Lexington that Kentucky and Miami wanted to play in Cincinnati on Sept. 5, so for that to happen, Miami had to free up on a non-league game; the RedHawks were set to play Northwestern (on the 5th), Colorado, Boise State and Cincinnati. ESPN, which helped us last year when North Carolina wanted out of the series with the Buffs and matched us with West Virginia, which had Maryland do the same, often plays a role in helping move games and opponents around, and especially is in this case: the CU at Miami game (on Sept. 11/12) was promised to be televised by the network, the only reason we agreed to play at Miami in the first place. So discussions to get this done could involve up to eight schools, and that takes a lot of time and a lot of phone calls. When the smoke clears, we could still play at Miami or another MAC school; it won’t be a home game, as there are no I-A/FBS teams looking for road games six months ahead of the start of the season and our season ticket packages have been announced and are in the midst of the renewal process.
http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=3686225
Q: What is going on with Miami-Ohio game in football. It seems like it’s dragging out, when will we know for sure?
A: Any day now has been the standard answer for the last month because that’s the truth. First of all, this thing goes on all the time, an opponent wants out of or to delay a game for a variety of reasons, but seldom has it ever been as public as this one has been. That’s in part to a newspaper report in Lexington that Kentucky and Miami wanted to play in Cincinnati on Sept. 5, so for that to happen, Miami had to free up on a non-league game; the RedHawks were set to play Northwestern (on the 5th), Colorado, Boise State and Cincinnati. ESPN, which helped us last year when North Carolina wanted out of the series with the Buffs and matched us with West Virginia, which had Maryland do the same, often plays a role in helping move games and opponents around, and especially is in this case: the CU at Miami game (on Sept. 11/12) was promised to be televised by the network, the only reason we agreed to play at Miami in the first place. So discussions to get this done could involve up to eight schools, and that takes a lot of time and a lot of phone calls. When the smoke clears, we could still play at Miami or another MAC school; it won’t be a home game, as there are no I-A/FBS teams looking for road games six months ahead of the start of the season and our season ticket packages have been announced and are in the midst of the renewal process.