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Everything is on schedule and will be done by football season.
What is the matter, cannot support your convictions so you attack the person? Without anything else behind it (like a return game or offer to join the conference); any 6-year old knows what a waste this game is. I want my money games to have power conference teams and power conference pay-checks. BTW, if you really do have a six-year-old, then chances are you do not even remember the last time we played Akron in football. If we had a P5 offer, you should wish to drop this game in a heartbeat
For now, yes, ego rules at Akron, Kent, and Buffalo among a ton of others, but at some point the budge becomes overpowering and practically may win out. I actually see more schools simply dropping football than dropping back a level, tells you how strong ego can be. Would be great to have a mid-continent 1AA conference centered around Akron Buffalo, Kent and YSU, but, at 69 I probably won't live long enough! At least with JT we have a leader smart enough not to follow those other guys down the rabbit hole!Very rare that a 1A team drops down to FCS. Just not done very often. Kent, Akron, and others never make the attendance numbers, but they still stay FBS. I always thought we would be in a league with them, but not any more. We can't afford FBS and they have too much ego to drop down to our level.
fbs. The MAC plays many weekday games to get the TV money and stay solvent. I wish it were different, but it is not. Since the 70"s I thought we would get in a league with them, but I have given up. Just not there.
Akron is in severe budget problem. Their president got fired and they just eliminated over 40 academic programs to save $. They lost $$ in their football program and yet, still decided to stay in FBS to loss more $$, go figure! They must enjoy the name recognition that comes with FBS.
A very low possibility of YSU men's team winning, they somehow find a way to miss shoots, miss foul shoots, foul out of games and etc. Most fans have written them off, but I would like to see some hope with a win.
I wouldn't say Howard is a crappy team to play. Duquense and Robert Morris on the other hand need to stop being scheduled.
]... and is the nephew of Bernie Kosar..only he is much faster!!
I certainly hope so
Why do we have this same old discussion every year? Over the past 5 years or so, we have had the best schedules (by far) in our DI history. Hey how would all of you Tressel fans like to go back to Clarion, Lock Haven, or Slippery Rock. Heck California PA almost beat us twice and you want to complain about losing to Butler? If we added N. Dakota as a member of the Big Sky to our schedule, people would like it; we have them starting this year, but they are no longer a member of the Big Sky. We have and away game at Samford (with no guaranteed return), which most people are questioning if we could defeat them, when we should "stomp" on them. So you have 3 of the top-5 teams in the nation + 2 more than should be top-10, but will definitely be top-20. How many other programs have 5 top-20 teams on their schedule? None unless we happen slide in the top-20 or someone our schedule is playing an FBS top-20 team.
I am a fan. I want HOME games I do not care who they are against. I tailgate from the second the lots open until they tell me to leave. I think that I have missed 3 home games in the past 35-years ...one (years ago) for my grandson's birth day, one for his first-birthday the following year ...and one last year, when I had surgery. I actually did make it to the tailgate lots after my surgery, I just could not walk up to the game. For the 1st-birthday, I missed the game, but was able to tailgate in the morning.
I mean we just lost to Butler and we are talking about a tougher OOC opponent. Besides, the Ivy is a much stronger conference than the NEC or Pioneer. Give it a rest. Tell you what, when we have our 3rd championship in 3-years, then I "may" wish to talk heavier schedule.
I agree with all the criticism about the schedule. But once again the NCAA provides a reality check. The selection committee consists of athletic directors from the conferences that receive automatic bids. These characters hate the fact that the MVFC is so strong. They were delighted that our teams chewed themselves up so badly this past fall. Anything to restrict the number of teams from our league while advancing their own squads. Six or seven MVFC teams would have stomped half of the 24 team field in this year's playoffs. If you don't believe that statement, just look up some of the junk that the committee chose.
Here is the bottom line. As long as the MVFC remains so formidable, it is suicide to play a strong ooc schedule. Sometime reality just stinks.
You guys are in the LaLa land of make believe that an FCS championship run is better than moving up. Ask Boise St how it worked for them. Other than your teams fans nobody cares about FCS football. The Bison could pull it off like Boise did. I don’t see many of the BCS teams wanting to drop down for a championship run! It’s about exposure not minor football championships. As for the costs of the football program I think the students are footing most of the bill to pay for football at YSU. If that was taken away we would be another Butler.
