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Penguin Nation:
I think fan interest would be renewed only by winning and deep playoff runs.
Short of that, I think renewing the Akron and Kent rivalries would help. I would get them on the schedule even if they would only agree to away games (away meaning a 45 minute drive). These are winnable games that would impress the selection committee. Travel costs would be modest. Why not let them pay us to beat em? No one cares about St Francis and Butler, but Akron.....absolutely.
HappyPenguin:
--- Quote from: Penguin Nation on September 09, 2014, 10:19:47 AM ---I think fan interest would be renewed only by winning and deep playoff runs.
Short of that, I think renewing the Akron and Kent rivalries would help. I would get them on the schedule even if they would only agree to away games (away meaning a 45 minute drive). These are winnable games that would impress the selection committee. Travel costs would be modest. Why not let them pay us to beat em? No one cares about St Francis and Butler, but Akron.....absolutely.
--- End quote ---
Agreed!
ValleyTalk:
Looks like this is a hot topic in Youngstown. Note these tweets from this evening:
@DanaBalash21: @21WFMJSports YSU Athletic director Ron Strollo says scheduling "three" lesser football opponents is a "financial necessity" decision.
@JoeScalzo1: I've been critical of YSU's non-conference football schedule. You can read YSU's side of the story in tomorrow's paper.
@21WFMJSports: YSU football schedule comes under scrutiny http://t.co/dxkOdeHzyg
paladin:
good, we get buried in B.S. by the AD.
Same old, same old
Penguin Nation:
The article above says: "Strollo says each home game brings in around $200,000 thousand and those additional funds are needed to the athletic department."
An article I found that's a few years old:
"Kent State will then pay Louisiana-Lafayette $150,000 and South Alabama $250,000 for the home games on September 10 and September 24, respectively."
http://www.kentwired.com/sports/article_4b77dc60-0a08-5fb7-a198-f6eb4570e94d.html
Seems like it would at least be revenue neutral (for the University) to play at Akron or Kent. I would replace one of the three (or one of the two in an 11 game season) cupcake games with a local MAC school.
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