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Dad was critical of playing 1AA teams at neutral fields, and I was critical of the hypocrisy of Luck SAYING he wanted to play good teams, then buying out of FSU, MSU, the SEC rotation that Pastilong had going in order to play 1AA teams.Alabama, who will play eight conference games, one Power 5 non-conference against a rebuilding Louisville and then it’s Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette and Citadel. Oh and don’t forget that Citadel game is on November 17th, essentially giving the team its second bye week in a month and a breather before their game against rival Auburn.
Wasn't DAD criticizing WV for scheduling Villanova and JMU not too long ago? Look at this schedule..
He had to and even by doing this, our competition level increased just by leaving the Big East. The new schedule was just as good in the new conference and has ramped after joining the league. Luck started it and we see No Balls has kept it going.Dad was critical of playing 1AA teams at neutral fields, and I was critical of the hypocrisy of Luck SAYING he wanted to play good teams, then buying out of FSU, MSU, the SEC rotation that Pastilong had going in order to play 1AA teams.
Alabama, who will play eight conference games, one Power 5 non-conference against a rebuilding Louisville and then it’s Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette and Citadel. Oh and don’t forget that Citadel game is on November 17th, essentially giving the team its second bye week in a month and a breather before their game against rival Auburn.
Wasn't DAD criticizing WV for scheduling Villanova and JMU not too long ago? Look at this schedule..
Schedules don't matter, the only thing that matters is your name, Bama, OSU, ND, Oklahoma, USC, etc will always be in the picture, everyone else must have a great season, and even then, people will try and say a three loss Ohio State team is "more deserving" than an undefeated no name team. They "eye test" they invented means they look at the name of the teams, not their game........When the playoff first came to be their folks started telling everyone how much integrity they were gonna have and how SOS was going to be important ect. But just like always the folks in control of the CFB post season were full of it.
Some programs scheduled better and some didnt and... we see whats happened.
Schedules don't matter, the only thing that matters is your name, Bama, OSU, ND, Oklahoma, USC, etc will always be in the picture, everyone else must have a great season, and even then, people will try and say a three loss Ohio State team is "more deserving" than an undefeated no name team. They "eye test" they invented means they look at the name of the teams, not their game........
Dad was critical of playing 1AA teams at neutral fields, and I was critical of the hypocrisy of Luck SAYING he wanted to play good teams, then buying out of FSU, MSU, the SEC rotation that Pastilong had going in order to play 1AA teams.
There is a HUGE difference between a warm up game against a 1AA team AT HOME, and buying out of games against good teams to play a 1AA team at DC.......playing Kansas is a HUGE drag on the schedule, so the OOC has to be bumped up a notch. Usually IAST is also a drag, and last year Baylor was, so the schedule needed to be improved, we played the equivalent of four 1AA teams last year, ECU, Del St, Kansas and Baylor, the sad thing is that the real 1AA team in that list was probably the best team!!!I'm a little slow today...what's the difference?
There is a HUGE difference between a warm up game against a 1AA team AT HOME, and buying out of games against good teams to play a 1AA team at DC.......playing Kansas is a HUGE drag on the schedule, so the OOC has to be bumped up a notch. Usually IAST is also a drag, and last year Baylor was, so the schedule needed to be improved, we played the equivalent of four 1AA teams last year, ECU, Del St, Kansas and Baylor, the sad thing is that the real 1AA team in that list was probably the best team!!!
There is a HUGE difference between a warm up game against a 1AA team AT HOME, and buying out of games against good teams to play a 1AA team at DC.......playing Kansas is a HUGE drag on the schedule, so the OOC has to be bumped up a notch. Usually IAST is also a drag, and last year Baylor was, so the schedule needed to be improved, we played the equivalent of four 1AA teams last year, ECU, Del St, Kansas and Baylor, the sad thing is that the real 1AA team in that list was probably the best team!!!
Seems like a pretty silly argument to make...
The buyout made sense when you consider the new schedule, new conference and the money involved, but a home and home with a big name like FSU can make for some great games. If I were AD, I would try to keep the game if possible as opposed to a JMU game followed by a Georgia State game the next year.
Since joining the B12, I don't think we have hosted a P5 team at MPS. The revolving B12 schedule gets boring after a while. I did not watch much of the JMU game and had little interest in Georgia State. Had those games been against FSU, they would be must watch games.
There is a downside to those games as well. When you lose the opener you are essentially eliminated from the playoff race and you become irrelevant quickly. Where you have teams from the SEC playing in conference and against 1A teams piling up meaningless wins, everyone else needs to match those wins if they want a chance. When we play tough non conference and they all do not, it is not fair and bad for the game. If the committee would take the point of view that a loss against FSU is better than a win against Citadel, we may see a change. Unfortunately, the formula works, the SEC placed 2 teams in the playoff last year. Who did they play OOC?
this year we have Tennessee and NC State both away. At home, our good games are KState, TCU and Oklahoma. How many more people get season tickets if we take out youngstown state and replace them with an FSU, VT, or even Maryland. It puts some intrigue and excitement in the schedule.
I'm 100% on board with Dana. The SEC schedule is a joke and we should not have to play bye games to keep up with them in the W department.
It’s very obvious you’re not a HC.
Not a single HC would want to face the kind of schedule you’re favoring.
BTW, since joining the Big 12 we’ve hosted Maryland and Mizzou at MPS.
Could have stopped right there. WVU could play the #1 team in the country every week, win them all, and get left out.WVU has NO chance of being in the "playoff" .