I want to be supportive and all, but UConn is not a major conference team.
And this is a good thing.
I want to be supportive and all, but UConn is not a major conference team.
And this is a good thing.
Don't look now, but one of those schools will be in the Big Ten this year and the top teams in their conference were pretty darn good. We may not be talking the SEC, but we aren't talking the Missouri Valley either.You don't play on the road at non major conference schools.
If you want to play a cupcake, spend the money and bring in a cupcake.
Don't play a home and home with a team that is just anonymous enough to sell like a cupcake at the box office, just meaningless enough that it doesn't look like anything on your schedule if you win, and just good enough to beat you.
That's the worst of all worlds.
I want to be supportive and all, but UConn is not a major conference team.
they are in the same conference as USF, UCF & Cincinnati.
We have played home & homes with one of those already, and have USF on the agenda already, and now you have a problem with UCONN ?
This is exactly the type of school we should be playing a non-con with. If we get so good that this is a bad game, we can always buy out of it.
You cannot simultaneously hammer RG for scheduling home-and-homes with Fresno State and Southern Miss and credit MT with scheduling home-and-homes with UConn and USF.
2002 CUSA = 2008 Mountain West = 2016 AAC
That's not why RG gets hammered. Scheduling Fresno St is OK. Scheduling them in the same season you play Mizzou and Cincy is not.
Obviously that makes it worse, sure. But I have always considered "Thou Shalt Not Play A Non-BCS School Away From Home" an iron law of scheduling.
I understand your general point, and I make exceptions for this leftover Big East conference.
But I have always considered "Thou Shalt Not Play A Non-BCS School Away From Home" an iron law of scheduling.
at some point you either step up and schedule Mizzou or Oregon again, or you end up playing just a bunch of MAC and SunBelt teams in Champaign year after year.
You don't play on the road at non major conference schools.
Splitting the difference is the worst of both worlds, IMO.
so who do you schedule then?
there are only so many bottom dweller BCS schools or somewhat worthy schools like UCF, USF , Cincy out there.
just because we arent playing Colorado or Kentucky doesnt mean he didnt try
1. Wait
2. If you can't find a dance partner you like, either pay up for a cupcake or schedule a big name that will attract attention. Either one is better than splitting the difference.
1. Wait
2. If you can't find a dance partner you like, either pay up for a cupcake or schedule a big name that will attract attention. Either one is better than splitting the difference.
Lener ahead of schedule
"We're really full through 2024, and, frankly, I've got something in the hopper that we'll announce later that will go through 2025 and 2026," said Lener, the executive senior associate athletic director at Illinois. "It's kind of funny because usually the person I'm dealing with at the other school, we have a running joke of, 'Well, I'll never be here anyway when that game rolls around.' It just is the nature of football scheduling that people are trying to get out in advance far enough."
http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/...-07-26/matt-daniels-lener-ahead-schedule.html
I say schedule at least one tough marque game each year....Oregon, USC, ND, FSU, Oklahoma, Texas, or Miami. Who cares if we lose? Losing to Virginia Tech did not hurt OSU one bit last year.