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Subject: Re: "Is This A Bad Time to Bring Up My Parking Spot?" Author: Son of Eli [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 11:42:04 06/06/25 Fri In reply to: An Observer 's message, ""Is This A Bad Time to Bring Up My Parking Spot?"" on 10:56:36 06/06/25 Fri If that 11th game was against an FBS opponent it would make money for the University. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: "Is This A Bad Time to Bring Up My Parking Spot?" Author: An Observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:59:25 06/06/25 Fri My sense, with some informal substantiation, is that Ivy coaches generally do not want to play FBS opponents not because it's a likely loss, but because they fear injuries before conference games begin. So the potential paycheck from traveling to Storrs or Piscataway or West Point is less important than having to play Harvard or Princeton two months later without a key starter. Perhaps the eight coaches could formally or informally agree, "Hey guys, it's good for all of us if we occasionally play an FBS opponent, even if each of us fear torpedoing a season. How about we agree that each of us will play an FBS team at least once every four years?" So they will all assume the risk, presumably approximately the same level of risk, over the course of a full recruiting cycle. Showing ourselves and the FCS playoff committee that we can hang with UConn, Rutgers or Army without getting blown out will only help our seeding long term. If the Big Ten moves to nine conference games a season like the SEC is strongly pressuring them to do, Rutgers will be hot to schedule somebody -- anybody -- they can beat. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]