Big10 to stop scheduling FCS schools

Wide receiver Darren Waller said he was pumped up when he learned that Tech would be facing the Trojans, who began the year ranked No. 1 before going 7-5, in El Paso, Texas.
“Just when I was growing up, USC was, like, the program in the country,” he said before naming a string of Trojans stars past and present. “Getting a chance to play Georgia, FSU and USC in three (consecutive games), that’s pretty much why I came here, for opportunities like that.”
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Western Carolina and Presbyterian were not mentioned in Waller's quote.
 
Y'all realize that if we stopped playing FCS schools we wouldn't just replace them with a top opponent, right? We'd end up playing an awful MAC or WAC team or something.

I don't see the harm in playing one FCS game a year to get the backups some game experience.
 
GTJackets530 said:
Y'all realize that if we stopped playing FCS schools we wouldn't just replace them with a top opponent, right? We'd end up playing an awful MAC or WAC team or something.

I don't see the harm in playing one FCS game a year to get the backups some game experience.
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Yeah we'd probably just play some more awful SunBelt teams. No way those games could be competitive, right?
 
The Big Ten should just go ahead and announce that they're going back to scheduling FCS teams in 2014, because 90% of the Big Ten schools were exposed as the shit that they were.
 
Allen Koholic said:
The Big Ten should just go ahead and announce that they're going back to scheduling FCS teams in 2014, because 90% of the Big Ten schools were exposed as the shit that they were.
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Maybe they just don't want to risk losing to FCS schools.
 
GTJackets530 said:
Y'all realize that if we stopped playing FCS schools we wouldn't just replace them with a top opponent, right? We'd end up playing an awful MAC or WAC team or something.

I don't see the harm in playing one FCS game a year to get the backups some game experience.
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MAC or WAC would be an improvement.

The backups should get some game experience from teams like Duke, BC, UVA, or WF.
 
This is a great move to solidify their position as the #2 football conference.
 
I think we should schedule Ga Southern every year and drop UGA
 
This may be disadvantageous to them competitively in some ways, but it strikes at the heart of a perceived problem in college football that has reared its ugly head further in the expansion era: teams are playing too many games that the fans and players don't care about at all, at the same time as many of them are dropping historical rivalries and traditions. It's a small step for the B1G towards building a more exciting brand capable of competing with the SEC, which trumpets its tough scheduling and fan interest in recruiting battles and TV deals.

Of course, what remains to be seen is which teams actually fill in for those FCS games. Bowling Green probably isn't going to draw much more fan excitement than Texas St, but there are a lot of opportunities to schedule teams like So Miss and ECU which even if they aren't marquee matchups bring a lot more to the table than the 450th school to use the 'bulldawgs' as a mascott. I don't know if there's enough scheduling room at the bottom of the FBS for all fourtwelven teams in the B1G to grab a crappy matchup every year. We'll see though.
 
GTJackets530 said:
Y'all realize that if we stopped playing FCS schools we wouldn't just replace them with a top opponent, right? We'd end up playing an awful MAC or WAC team or something.

I don't see the harm in playing one FCS game a year to get the backups some game experience.
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This. It's not like we are adding BCS schools to the schedule.
 
ThisIsAtlanta said:
This may be disadvantageous to them competitively in some ways, but it strikes at the heart of a perceived problem in college football that has reared its ugly head further in the expansion era: teams are playing too many games that the fans and players don't care about at all, at the same time as many of them are dropping historical rivalries and traditions. It's a small step for the B1G towards building a more exciting brand capable of competing with the SEC, which trumpets its tough scheduling and fan interest in recruiting battles and TV deals.

Of course, what remains to be seen is which teams actually fill in for those FCS games. Bowling Green probably isn't going to draw much more fan excitement than Texas St, but there are a lot of opportunities to schedule teams like So Miss and ECU which even if they aren't marquee matchups bring a lot more to the table than the 450th school to use the 'bulldawgs' as a mascott. I don't know if there's enough scheduling room at the bottom of the FBS for all fourtwelven teams in the B1G to grab a crappy matchup every year. We'll see though.
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This.

Being bland and playing crappy teams may be better for your chance of getting a good record and going to the national championship but it is boring for the fans and players and even if you do make it to the MNC with your crap schedule you will be stomped by the other team.

Schedule real games, not crap FCS games.
 
NatiJacket said:
This.

Being bland and playing crappy teams may be better for your chance of getting a good record and going to the national championship but it is boring for the fans and players and even if you do make it to the MNC with your crap schedule you will be stomped by the other team.

Schedule real games, not crap FCS games.
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Because it worked out real well for Notre Dame...
 
NatiJacket said:
This.

Being bland and playing crappy teams may be better for your chance of getting a good record and going to the national championship but it is boring for the fans and players and even if you do make it to the MNC with your crap schedule you will be stomped by the other team.

Schedule real games, not crap FCS games.
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You do realize that Alabama played:
Western Kentucky
Florida Atlantic
Western Carolina
Auburn

This year right? Nobody was stomping them in the MNC game.
 
aeromech said:
You do realize that Alabama played:
Western Kentucky
Florida Atlantic
Western Carolina
Auburn

This year right? Nobody was stomping them in the MNC game.
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Auburn is a conference game. They played Michigan as well, that while not a great team , is a öööö good OOC game.
Alabama isn't the team to look at for ööööty OOC games. Look to teams like arkansas that play Rutgers, Tulsa, Jax St, ULM. Now THAT, is a ööööö OOC slate.
 
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