We rarely play any DI teams in football or basketball with "name recognition" that casual fans might want to see. So scheduling Ohio University at home is great. But let us screw this up by playing on Sunday afternoon at precisely the time when the Browns are playing the Bengals and the Steelers are playing the Ravens. Fortunately, both football teams stink, but 95% of casual fans will opt to watch one of those football games instead of coming to the campus.
I assumed that Ohio demanded this. Perhaps they were in action on Thursday and did not want to play a road game on Saturday two days later. Nope. This is finals week at OU and their basketball team has not played since last Saturday. Furthermore, they are playing at Florida next Wednesday so this Saturday would have worked even better for them.
We could have scheduled an attractive doubleheader for this Saturday evening. But no, why do something that might promote the programs. I eagerly await some rational explanation for this monumental stupidity.
