HandDownManDown wrote:We don't have a shit home schedule, we have a home schedule that doesn't slake some people's thirst for a recognizable name on the front of our opponents' jerseys. That's not the same thing.
What we do have is three teams whose quality might net us more than a fourth column win, if you go by that new NCAA chart: Yale, Arlington, and possibly NoDak. I'll wager that is more than a lot of so called power schools have.
I'm likely one of the few but when I saw those three games I was like, those are pretty decent games. I felt the same way about Akron last year: those types of games should be a priority.
The problem here is not the home schedule, it's people's perception of it, and what they feel they 'deserve' (which is nonsense). Which is why they are pissed and I'm pretty happy, since what I want is a schedule that maximizes our opportunities seasonlong, regardless of what the hell their jerseys say.
I think you're confusing decent teams and crap teams. I too liked the Akron and Buffalo games last year. We need more of those, which we have in Arlington and Yale and I guess UNL to some extent lol. But it sucks when these teams are the highlight of the non-con home schedule.
But we have even more cupcakes this year I feel like; Alcorn, SIUE, South Carolina Upstate, Maryland Eastern Shore and most likely a D2 opponent or something in January.