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Beating a dead horse, YSU to MAC?
SoupCity:
YSUGO....really? REALLY?? What rivalry does Akron or Kent or any other MAC team bring to YSU? NONE. They both SUCK and have sucked for years....that's not a rivalry my friend. Why do you think neither of them will schedule YSU? Because they already suck and the fact of a loss every year to an FCS team would make them suck even more!!!! Our fans don't come out enough as it is; you honestly think they would come to watch Akron or Kent? OK, OK, maybe the first year or 2. I would much rather play for a championship than the Clorox Toilet Bowl (as appropriately named above).
IAA Fan:
--- Quote from: SoupCity on February 23, 2012, 02:43:16 PM ---YSUGO....really? REALLY?? What rivalry does Akron or Kent or any other MAC team bring to YSU? NONE. They both SUCK and have sucked for years....that's not a rivalry my friend. Why do you think neither of them will schedule YSU? Because they already suck and the fact of a loss every year to an FCS team would make them suck even more!!!! Our fans don't come out enough as it is; you honestly think they would come to watch Akron or Kent? OK, OK, maybe the first year or 2. I would much rather play for a championship than the Clorox Toilet Bowl (as appropriately named above).
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Soup ..there is NO team in I-AA that is more important to beat than Akron ...hands down, Granted I am over 40yrs old and that has something to do with it. Yet if you attend many YSU football games ...I am barely middle-aged compared to the regulars. All of which hate Akron as much as I do. Imagine being able to have Marshall, Akron, Kent, Pitt, UMASS, BG, UT, OU on the schedule every year? How about 5-ESPN games per year (if we make the championship, and go to a bowl). To regress a bit ..."totally awesome dude".
So they 'suck', well how many people in the US know NDSU is is any good? How many people could sit in the stands next year ( renegotiated, so it is an away game) right here in the Ice Castle, and will not know they are the defending national champs? If you say anything more than half, you are wrong. Football in at YSU is a tradition ...a form of entertainment.
YSUGO:
--- Quote from: IAA Fan on February 23, 2012, 05:11:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: SoupCity on February 23, 2012, 02:43:16 PM ---YSUGO....really? REALLY?? What rivalry does Akron or Kent or any other MAC team bring to YSU? NONE. They both SUCK and have sucked for years....that's not a rivalry my friend. Why do you think neither of them will schedule YSU? Because they already suck and the fact of a loss every year to an FCS team would make them suck even more!!!! Our fans don't come out enough as it is; you honestly think they would come to watch Akron or Kent? OK, OK, maybe the first year or 2. I would much rather play for a championship than the Clorox Toilet Bowl (as appropriately named above).
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Soup ..there is NO team in I-AA that is more important to beat than Akron ...hands down, Granted I am over 40yrs old and that has something to do with it. Yet if you attend many YSU football games ...I am barely middle-aged compared to the regulars. All of which hate Akron as much as I do. Imagine being able to have Marshall, Akron, Kent, Pitt, UMASS, BG, UT, OU on the schedule every year? How about 5-ESPN games per year (if we make the championship, and go to a bowl). To regress a bit ..."totally awesome dude".
So they 'suck', well how many people in the US know NDSU is is any good? How many people could sit in the stands next year ( renegotiated, so it is an away game) right here in the Ice Castle, and will not know they are the defending national champs? If you say anything more than half, you are wrong. Football in at YSU is a tradition ...a form of entertainment.
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IAA, you hit the nail on the head. Last time we went to Kent we filled their stadium, TV exposure is much more prevelant as well. They are on Espn every week the last 2 mths of the season...FCS football is hardly noticed by the media...Fans can relate to the MAC teams...not some cornbilly school that when they come to the ice castle and bring 10 fans...again this is a dead horse!!!
ysuindy:
I really really wanted to stay out of this thread but I just can't help myself.
Yes the MAC has a lot of TV games. None of them on Saturday.
If you are a good team in the MAC, forget about playing Saturdays once baseball season ends and ESPN needs games.
Ohio did not play on Saturday after October 22. Their last 4 games were Wednesday, Thursday, Wednesday and Tuesday.
Miami played 4 games in November: Thursday, Wednesday, Wednesday and Tuesday
Toledo played only 6 of their 12 games on Saturday. Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, Tuesday, Friday and Friday.
There were a total of 5 MAC league games played on Saturdays after October 29 last year.
Do you really think YSU will draw on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday nights in November? How fans are going to travel to Miami or Ohio for a Wednesday night game? Are Mahoning Valley people going to abandon the high school playoffs on Friday nights?
The MAC is football on TV, never on Saturdays, a one bid league in men's basketball and a helluva big step up in Olympic sports from the Horizon.
Be careful what you wish for.
IAA Fan:
you are quite right Indy, i just wanted people to realize the MAC is not that bad. i am for staying where we are, pressing the conference to drop one conference game requirement lower, and offer 1 & ones to any MAC team that will disobey the conference.
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