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Big Ten ADs eye stronger FB schedules
Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 10:12 am
by Water Pony
"To that end, the Big Ten will begin playing nine conference games in 2016. Most schools, if not all, will stop scheduling FCS foes. And Commissioner Jim Delany is pushing for more matchups like Wisconsin-Alabama - which will open the 2015 season at Cowboys Stadium - and fewer like Arkansas State-Nebraska."
What are the implications, especially for the MWC and
American Athletic Conference (AAC). Are these two conferences the beneficaries as the strongest OCC opponents for the Five Power Conferences? Will our OCC schedules continue to be a high risk, high reward possibility for national media attention?
It appears that if we or any AAC teams wants to be elevated virtually or to a Big Five status, you have to seek and beat big conference teams, much as Boise State and TCU did.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/site/ct-s ... 8348.story
Re: Big Ten ADs eye stronger FB schedules
Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 10:17 am
by Stallion
probably one of the greatest things ever done by the most boring conference in America. I hope it puts pressure on all conferences and their legions of fans who get off on beating WhatsaMatterU and North Dakota St. Tech to stop being such [deleted] in scheduling. Now on to Basketball scheduling. Its not being reported but I think these networks are quietly putting the screws to these conferences that they don't get paid billions to schedule Punching Bag U. And Fans should get just as pissed at schools charging $100 a ticket and $30 for Parking and $1,000s for Boulevard passes to schedule Southern Pay Check St. for Homecoming just so the creepy fans* can pretend their alma mater is a quality bowl team without proving it.
*Defined as any one who actually can say with a straight face that SMU should drop 100 year rival Baylor at Home to play a school like North Dakota St. Creepy
Re: Big Ten ADs eye stronger FB schedules
Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 11:04 am
by Water Pony
Stallion wrote:probably one of the greatest things ever done by the most boring conference in America. I hope it puts pressure on all conferences and their legions of fans who get off on beating WhatsaMatterU and North Dakota St. Tech to stop being such [deleted] in scheduling. Now on to Basketball scheduling. Its not being reported but I think these networks are quietly putting the screws to these conferences that they don't get paid billions to schedule Punching Bag U. And Fans should get just as [deleted] at schools charging $100 a ticket and $30 for Parking and $1,000s for Boulevard passes to schedule Southern Pay Check St. for Homecoming just so the creepy fans* can pretend their alma mater is a quality bowl team without proving it.
*Defined as any one who actually can say with a straight face that SMU should drop 100 year rival Baylor at Home to play a school like North Dakota St. Creepy
Amen. Montana State replacing Baylor to get a W is , not worthy of our aspirations. If Baylor is projected as an L, then we have bigger problems. Simply put, we need to be relevant at the risk of a challenging record in the short term.
Re: Big Ten ADs eye stronger FB schedules
Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 12:11 pm
by NavyCrimson
Agree but perhaps there was no one else to pick on such short notice but Montana State? Just asking.
Re: Big Ten ADs eye stronger FB schedules
Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 1:38 pm
by malonish
Water Pony wrote:Stallion wrote:probably one of the greatest things ever done by the most boring conference in America. I hope it puts pressure on all conferences and their legions of fans who get off on beating WhatsaMatterU and North Dakota St. Tech to stop being such [deleted] in scheduling. Now on to Basketball scheduling. Its not being reported but I think these networks are quietly putting the screws to these conferences that they don't get paid billions to schedule Punching Bag U. And Fans should get just as [deleted] at schools charging $100 a ticket and $30 for Parking and $1,000s for Boulevard passes to schedule Southern Pay Check St. for Homecoming just so the creepy fans* can pretend their alma mater is a quality bowl team without proving it.
*Defined as any one who actually can say with a straight face that SMU should drop 100 year rival Baylor at Home to play a school like North Dakota St. Creepy
Amen. Montana State replacing Baylor to get a W is , not worthy of our aspirations. If Baylor is projected as an L, then we have bigger problems. Simply put, we need to be relevant at the risk of a challenging record in the short term.
Why pencil in losses when you can put a question mark for an FCS team?
Re: Big Ten ADs eye stronger FB schedules
Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 4:39 pm
by Grant Carter
NavyCrimson wrote:Agree but perhaps there was no one else to pick on such short notice but Montana State? Just asking.
My problem was not the picking up Montana state, it was the dropping Baylor. No pass even if Montana state was the only team available on short notice.
Re: Big Ten ADs eye stronger FB schedules
Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 4:51 pm
by NavyCrimson
good point
Re: Big Ten ADs eye stronger FB schedules
Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 5:34 pm
by Charleston Pony
beyond playing 9 Big 10 games, the question is: what will their non-conference schedules look like? I can understand that some "state level" political issues might force Big 10 schools to play some MAC schools, but they do need to drop the FCS teams from their schedules and need to play more non-conference games against SEC, ACC, Big XII and PAC 12 schools
as a small private school, this trend could create a major problem for us scheduling wise. We really need to make an effort to hang onto those series with TCU & Baylor
Re: Big Ten ADs eye stronger FB schedules
Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 8:00 am
by EastStang
They still haven't lived down Appalachian State beating Michigan and William & Mary taking Indiana to OT.