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guinpen:
Turning out to be a nice thread, some good post on all sides.

1AA, I agree about the mac schools and a 1 on 1. And yes I would not trust them so either they play here first, which I doubt would ever happen, or have an ironclad contract with a really high buyout clause.

Most of the mac would not be interested in playing us but our fans would love to play some "local" schools. kent and akron would have their largest crowd of the year if they played us, but if they would lose to us it would sure hurt their recruiting.

ysufan0505:
I just don't see how Akron or Kent benefit from playing us. Think about it... We would be competitive the whole game, and could definitely beat them.... The schools are so close apart, that a W for YSU would benefit recruiting greatly. There is no incentive for those schools to play us.

Dmorton:
Don't worry about the playoffs this year YSU is not going to have enough wins, 7 will not get it done.  Worse yet, 6-6,

ValleyTalk:

--- Quote from: ysufan0505 on September 11, 2014, 07:57:28 PM ---I just don't see how Akron or Kent benefit from playing us. Think about it... We would be competitive the whole game, and could definitely beat them.... The schools are so close apart, that a W for YSU would benefit recruiting greatly. There is no incentive for those schools to play us.

--- End quote ---
Go to an Akron and/or Kent game and see the number of butts in the seats. Akron builds a brand new stadium and HS games at Infocision get more fans than them.

We could easily bring 8-10k to one of these games, if not more, during a solid season.

Lets_Talk:
Given the comments made by the AD this week, it does not appear YSU will be scheduling a 2nd FBS game anytime in the near future. But, this is an interesting discussion, has been a good thread, and we all know people in the Athletic Department at YSU(not the AD, but others) read this site. As do members of the media. So, who knows what might happen going forward with the scheduling. To me, that alone is reason to keep this thread going.

As far as games against teams in the MAC, I believe KENT would be willing to play YSU at Kent. Not so sure about Akron? However, with Tressel as President at YSU after spending a few years at YSU, the friction that seemed to arise in the 90's might well be able to repaired.

I do not buy the whole MAC schools being afraid of playing YSU theory. FCS schools rarely beat FBS schools. The same way YSU has never lost to a D2 school since moving to 1AA/FCS. Another thing to consider is MAC schools appear to pay in the $150,000-$250,000 range from what I have been able to find out. Since there are several schools close enough for YSU to go by bus, travel costs would be lessened. But, I do not think a game against a MAC team makes sense unless receiving a guarantee of at least $250,000. Also, I do not think 8,000-10,000 YSU fans would attend a game at KENT or Akron. I attended all but 2 of the YSU-Akron/KENT road games from 87-2003. I missed games at Akron in 92 and 95. Not sure there were ever 10,000 YSU fans at any of those games. Might have been 5,000 - 7,000 for a few of the games at KENT(95, 00 and 03), but not 10,000. And, the games at Akron, it's doubtful there were much more than 10,000 people in the stadium for any of those games.

There is a webpage dedicated to football schedules for FBS schools. They have schedules for the NFL too, but the site is primarily for FBS schedules. Both Akron and Kent already have FCS opponents scheduled for 2015. Akron is playing Savannah State, and Kent is playing Coastal Carolina. Akron has VMI on their 2016 schedule. To date, Kent does not have an FCS opponent scheduled for 2016.
http://www.fbschedules.com/

YSU is 20-27-1 all time against FBS schools. 7 of those wins came against Akron(7-1-1),  HUGE reason Akron ended the series. Sadly, Akron football has never recovered from forcing Jim Dennison out after the 85 season in order to hire Gerry Faust. The only other MAC team YSU has a winning record against is OU(2-0). They won at YSU in 90, and at OU in 92. Both of those OU teams were terrible, especially the 1990 team.
YSU records against current MAC teams other than Akron:
KENT 4-4 (2-0 at home, 2-4 at KENT)
EMU 2-5
WMU 1-1
CMU 1-1
BG 1-1
OU: 2-0
TOTAL: 11-12
That makes YSU 13-26 against FBS teams other than Akron and 2-14 against non MAC schools.

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