Big time teams in Manhattan

[chum1]

Ron Prince is great for these reasons:

1.  When Snyder was here, we were so good that big time teams were afraid to schedule a home-and-home series in Manhattan.  They're not similarly afraid of Ron Prince.

2.  When Snyder was here, it wasn't cost effective for big time teams to come to Manhattan.  Prince has proven to be a money making machine.  For evidence of this, look no further than his wildly popular carnivals.

What are the other reasons that Prince can bring big time teams to Manhattan when Snyder couldn't?

[KSt8er]

an easy OOC win for them before they get into conference play, akin to how we used to understand OOC scheduling

[chum1]

Snyder's scheduling philosophy was incidental.  He couldn't have brought big time teams to Manhattan no matter how hard he tried.  I heard this countless times.  It is just the way things were back then.

[ksuno1stunner]

It's awesome that we are giving teams the opportunity to play in Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

[fatty fat fat]

My fav Snyder non-con schedule

(preseason # 6 team)

Indiana State: W 66-0
NE LA (now La-Mon) W 62-17 (17-7 at half, bish throws for 450+)
Northern Illinois: W 73-7 (Snyder call TO w/2 seconds left in 1st half, Gramatica nails a 65 yard field goal for a 59-7 halftime lead)

[coitus]

that was indeed a great season.

but i enjoyed 27-20 over usc more than those three combined.

[sonofdaxjones]

It's what college football SHOULD be all about.

This is why I wish for one of two things:

1.  A return to the traditional bowl game scenerio, and lets just argue about it all winter.  The Big 12 Champion goes to the Orange Bowl, the Big 11 goes to the Rose Bowl etc. etc.  That cuts way the F down on style points, and positioning for rankings.  Just win your conference and you go to a major bowl.

2.  A playoff system.   Put together a package like the NCAA b-ball tourny in the sense that if you don't make the playoffs you can practice as a team until the playoffs are over.  Put together a TV package where all D1 football makes money, its just if you have teams in the playoffs, the school/conference gets more money.   Drop the regular season back to 11 games, and have a 24 team playoff, with the top 8 seeds getting a 1st round bye.

[Joker]

Ron Prince is a persuasive* coach.






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