Stop Scheduling FCS Opponents

[MT LeConte]

I agree with West Virginia's coach Dana Holgorsen. I applaud the West Virginia administration for this move and wish all Power 5 programs would follow suit. I guess it can be good for the players and coaches, but I have yet to get excited about a single one. While the lesser opponents can occasionally pull the upset and sometimes make a game of it it is extremely rare. I don't think I've ever stayed for the fourth quarter of a single on and wouldn't get out of my seat if they didn't play the National Anthem. Also with the cost of a ticket and a donation the fans deserve better.


http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf...-stop-scheduling-fcs-opponents-175749897.html

 

[VolForLife83]

They will argue the players need a break, especially the sec. And other schools need the funds, etc

 

[Brentwoodvolfan]

Let WV play in SEC then see what he says!!!

 

[montanatenn]

What fcs schools make in these games, moneywise, funds their athletic programs. Without these games they would cease to exist athletically.

 

[BigOrangeVols]

Easy for Holgorsen to say towards his own conference and the ACC. Half of those teams would get beaten by some fcs teams. They're pathetic.

 

[MT LeConte]

What fcs schools make in these games, moneywise, funds their athletic programs. Without these games they would cease to exist athletically.

Doesn't that just make them little whores taking one up the kazoo for a few bucks. Give them a chance and they will find a way to survive and they don't who cares. Survival of the fittest has worked pretty well since the beginning of time.

 

[AboveAllNations]

Let WV play in SEC then see what he says!!!

This is such a cop-out argument. Sure, we play in the toughest conference, but what's the point in scheduling glorified scrimmages against cupcakes guaranteed to lose by five or six touchdowns? That wastes a home game for the fans and validates criticism from other fan bases that SEC teams are scared of testing themselves against opponents from other conferences.

We just beat one of the best teams from the MAC conference by 29 points. There are plenty of bad FBS teams to play against without having to pay a 200k bonus to host an utterly outclassed FCS team. Even the Vanderbilts and Kentuckys of the SEC should be embarrassed about their FCS games.

 

[BigOrangeVols]

Let WV play in SEC then see what he says!!!

Exactly, after playing 4 conference games in a row he'll be begging for an fcs opponent to take a load off for a week.

 

[ntxVOL]

It's more expensive to get an FBS opponent to play in Neyland than an FCS opponent. If the AD schedules a home/home you lose a home game one year. Again, that costs the AD money.

When we played an 11 game season we didn't schedule FCS opponents so there's that.

 

[SayNoToJorts]

9 game conference schedule and 1 mandatory power 5 opponent would be great IMO

 

[ntxVOL]

9 game conference schedule and 1 mandatory power 5 opponent would be great IMO

A 9 game conference schedule actually hurts the conference as a whole. You give every team another 1/2 loss, which means fewer bowl eligible teams. You would have fewer games overall which reduces game inventory for TV.

Also, it becomes a math problem but, because all your conference opponents now have another 1/2 loss, it hurts the strength of schedule calculations for the whole conference.

 

[SayNoToJorts]

A 9 game conference schedule actually hurts the conference as a whole. You give every team another 1/2 loss, which means fewer bowl eligible teams. You would have fewer games overall which reduces game inventory for TV.

Also, it becomes a math problem but, because all your conference opponents now have another 1/2 loss, it hurts the strength of schedule calculations for the whole conference.

I understand that argument but my thinking is that it should eventually become mandatory for all power 5 conferences. SEC has always lead the way and should continue to do so.

 

[ntxVOL]

I hate playing FCS schools as much as everyone else but I understand why we do it.

 

[Gandalf]

Doesn't that just make them little whores taking one up the kazoo for a few bucks. Give them a chance and they will find a way to survive and they don't who cares. Survival of the fittest has worked pretty well since the beginning of time.

Hey, Darwin, has it occurred to you that some people who have some but not power 5 level talent actually play football because they love to play - not just for schollys and an NFL future? Because that one game funds their program those kids get to play.

 

[montanatenn]

Doesn't that just make them little whores taking one up the kazoo for a few bucks. Give them a chance and they will find a way to survive and they don't who cares. Survival of the fittest has worked pretty well since the beginning of time.

Maybe all the power5 schools could hold a secret meeting and schedule all these little whore schools on the same date and gas em in the locker room before the game. That'll teach em. Then we could just have a college NFL.

 

[GLDunlap]

Easy for Holgorsen to say towards his own conference and the ACC. Half of those teams would get beaten by some fcs teams. They're pathetic.

West Virginia doesn't play in the ACC they play in the Big 12 and their schedule is almost as difficult as ours. They have a 4 game stretch of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Baylor and TCU.

 

[RiseToTheTop]

West Virginia doesn't play in the ACC they play in the Big 12 and their schedule is almost as difficult as ours. They have a 4 game stretch of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Baylor and TCU.

he didnt say they played in the ACC.

 

[GLDunlap]

Exactly, after playing 4 conference games in a row he'll be begging for an fcs opponent to take a load off for a week.

Maybe you should check WV's schedule. They play 3-4 ranked teams in a row including two top 5 teams.

 

[UTK]

9 game conference schedule and 1 mandatory power 5 opponent would be great IMO

This 100 percent.

 

[GLDunlap]

he didnt say they played in the ACC.

I guess I read it wrong or maybe he said it wrong. What was the meaning of his ACC reference?

 

[Shakinthefat]

2014..no FCS games...no Gator Bowl!

 

[MT LeConte]

2014..no FCS games...no Gator Bowl!

Not necessarily true we would've had a chance to beat someone else.

 

[MT LeConte]

Hey, Darwin, has it occurred to you that some people who have some but not power 5 level talent actually play football because they love to play - not just for schollys and an NFL future? Because that one game funds their program those kids get to play.

The ones that are that good will play for a school that can afford a program. As a matter of fact it will improve those programs since they will have more of them once the lesser programs are weeded out.

For everyone else there's intramural football. That's what I had to do and had a great time doing it. (Ah yes, three year starting center for the good ole Buzzing Buzzards)

 

[crusse10]

I agree with West Virginia's coach Dana Holgorsen. I applaud the West Virginia administration for this move and wish all Power 5 programs would follow suit. I guess it can be good for the players and coaches, but I have yet to get excited about a single one. While the lesser opponents can occasionally pull the upset and sometimes make a game of it it is extremely rare. I don't think I've ever stayed for the fourth quarter of a single on and wouldn't get out of my seat if they didn't play the National Anthem. Also with the cost of a ticket and a donation the fans deserve better.


http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf...-stop-scheduling-fcs-opponents-175749897.html

Am I supposed to feel bad that you struggle to show support for your team for roughly 4 hours a day for roughly 7 days a year if they aren't playing an opponent that you deem worthy each of those days?

 

[MT LeConte]

Let WV play in SEC then see what he says!!!

That's kind of my argument. If the SEC is so mighty we should be playing better outside opponents. After all Alabama pretty much considered Wisconsin a cupcake and at least the top half of the SEC should also.