NolePride
Well-Known Member
Keep it the way it is. Four is perfect. It keeps the regular season games meaningful and allows the teams who are truly deserving to play for it all. If it stays the way it is, one of these days a Group of 5 will get in if things break right and they play the right schedule. The reason UCF was ranked where they were going into the playoffs was the only Power 5 team they beat was Maryland who sucked plus they had multiple very close calls against their conference opponents.
And lastly as a fan of a Group of 5 team, I’m 100% against splitting off into our own division. Why? So the gap can be widened even further than it already is? So we can have folks care even less about us? No thank you.
You left out the part that you could go your own way and change
the perception of your school. Nobody stopping you from gambling
on your success as an Independent.
Scheduling would be tough, but you could find folks to play you
(P5 folks). You don't need to play 12 P5 schools a year away
from home. But you would need a minimum of 6. Some will come
to your place.
Whether it is business or sports or socially, you will always be
judged by the company you keep. It's OK to play San Diego
St every year...but you aren't going to do yourselves any favors
being in the same league as San Jose St or Wyoming or New Mexico. You could schedule BYU H&H every year. Even schedule
New Mex St every year H&H. they're begging for games. Hell,
they're playing H&H with Liberty this year. (Both games)
6 like that and 6 Power 5's. Just beat the Power 5's,along with the
others.
You wanna keep it like it is. Keep it...that's your decision to make
but you relegate yourself to second tier. You just can't bitch about
it. The Group of 5, which you are a part of also includes teams
like Akron, UTEP, Kent St, Rice, UCONN, and so many more. That's
the company you keep. Only you can change that and with it,
how you are perceived.