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re: It's time for the scheduling of non-conference patsies to stop
Posted on 9/20/12 at 10:32 am to I-59 Tiger
Posted on 9/20/12 at 10:32 am to I-59 Tiger
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I'm embarrased that we're playing Idaho and Towson. Nothing wrong with Washington and either North Texas or Idaho. But not both. And if we're going to play some 1-AA goober,play one from Louisiana, not Baltimore.
I know what you mean. Wouldn't you rather see LSU vs Texas than LSU vs Idaho? Or, LSU vs Florida State than LSU vs Towson? And, if all the other top 25 teams were playing the same caliber of non-conference opponents it would be awesome.
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Posted on 9/20/12 at 10:57 am to King Crimson
Next week was suppose to be LSU vs TCU
they backed out late and we had to scramble to find someone to fill that slot.
Next year we get TCU in Dallas and UAB. I'm fine with that. Trip to Dallas and we can finally get revenge for Saban's blunder against UAB.
they backed out late and we had to scramble to find someone to fill that slot.
Next year we get TCU in Dallas and UAB. I'm fine with that. Trip to Dallas and we can finally get revenge for Saban's blunder against UAB.
This post was edited on 9/20/12 at 10:59 am
Posted on 9/20/12 at 11:07 am to King Crimson
Crimson,
The world just doesn't work that way, there are far too many factors that will prevent that from happening and honestly it shouldn't happen.
1. The NCAA has nothing to do with scheduling FBS teams. If anything the power of the NCAA over big time football is going away, not strengthening. The conferences and the schools run the show and they aren't giving up that power.
2. Schools schedule patsies so they can get wins and go to bowl games. Folks like undefeated teams and no one likes a winless team. The current system makes those 2 things more likely.
3. Small programs need the money. For FCS teams and fledgling FBS teams it is critical to their budget to play buyout games. If your stadium holds 20k and you sell tickets for $15 a chance to get a $750k payout to play a big time program is HUGE. 2 for 1 and 3 for 1 scenarios also are big because often folks from the big school will just buy season tickets because they aren't much more expensive, that's what happened with A&M's game against SMU last weekend. It also gives them a chance to market at least 1 marquee game.
4. Small schools love these games. Sure they know they will likely lose but at least they get a chance to play i Tiger Stadium or Kyle Field. That's a cool experience. They also get to learn how much they have to work on to get better by playing top competition and can keep the dream of being an Appalachian State or the like and pulling out the unexpected win.
5. It's good for the players on the big team. It allows them to work on their schemes in a glorified scrimmage. It allows for the backups to get on the field and get experience and show they deserve a shot at moving up the depth chart as well.
6. It makes for at least a couple of games that "normal" folks can go to. At A&M the face value for Florida tickets was $100. If you actually could get them that is, on Stubhub it was 3 times that for mediocre seats. For SC State they have some cheap seats that you can buy on promotions for as low as $30. That at least makes it feasible for someone that isn't rolling in cash to take their kid to a game and experience big time college football. That's good for everyone. If every game is a feature game you can't do that.
The world just doesn't work that way, there are far too many factors that will prevent that from happening and honestly it shouldn't happen.
1. The NCAA has nothing to do with scheduling FBS teams. If anything the power of the NCAA over big time football is going away, not strengthening. The conferences and the schools run the show and they aren't giving up that power.
2. Schools schedule patsies so they can get wins and go to bowl games. Folks like undefeated teams and no one likes a winless team. The current system makes those 2 things more likely.
3. Small programs need the money. For FCS teams and fledgling FBS teams it is critical to their budget to play buyout games. If your stadium holds 20k and you sell tickets for $15 a chance to get a $750k payout to play a big time program is HUGE. 2 for 1 and 3 for 1 scenarios also are big because often folks from the big school will just buy season tickets because they aren't much more expensive, that's what happened with A&M's game against SMU last weekend. It also gives them a chance to market at least 1 marquee game.
4. Small schools love these games. Sure they know they will likely lose but at least they get a chance to play i Tiger Stadium or Kyle Field. That's a cool experience. They also get to learn how much they have to work on to get better by playing top competition and can keep the dream of being an Appalachian State or the like and pulling out the unexpected win.
5. It's good for the players on the big team. It allows them to work on their schemes in a glorified scrimmage. It allows for the backups to get on the field and get experience and show they deserve a shot at moving up the depth chart as well.
6. It makes for at least a couple of games that "normal" folks can go to. At A&M the face value for Florida tickets was $100. If you actually could get them that is, on Stubhub it was 3 times that for mediocre seats. For SC State they have some cheap seats that you can buy on promotions for as low as $30. That at least makes it feasible for someone that isn't rolling in cash to take their kid to a game and experience big time college football. That's good for everyone. If every game is a feature game you can't do that.
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