UNI has had some years where they had a bad record and made it, and you could argue it was "undeserved" I suppose. However, this is due to their tough out of conference schedule. Their strength of schedule and late season upward trending wins are what promotes that. If anything, it would support the argument in favor of YSU having a stronger OOC schedule (provided that YSU wins).
I know there are strong opinions on both sides of this argument here, and while I am in favor of a stronger OOC schedule, there is some merit to keeping the schedule as is. IAA, you are most certainly entitled to your opinion, and you may even be right.
But that being said, I would argue it is very hard to gain student interest in the weaker team games (with the exception of a home opener). I think a good compromise would be to play one weenie game, and maybe a game against a full scholarship FCS school. Or a MAC school, but there are other issues with that we've argued to death already.