MIR is taking dumb-dumb pills on this one. If there is only one thing you take away from the DOD, it's that not only the fact that you can win at a high level scheduling cupcakes in the non-con, but rather that it's a necessary condition to sustain the level of perceived performance that assists in recruiting and fan interest in the post season.
Who gives a crap if your drive from Mound City is less enjoyable when you go watch the Cats play Directional U.? Skip the crap non-con games and save your dollars for a bowl trip.
Arguing that KSU is better off scheduling a difficult non-con is speculative, at best. Arguing that KSU is better off scheduling a weak non-con is based on proven history and rationale expectations for our future.
You completely missed my point. First of all scheduling 4 FCS schools in 3 years is total bullshit, no spinning that. My issue is with this Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) mentality of having to schedule Eastern rough ridin' Kentucky (you know it's bad when you play the
worst directional Hicktucky school) to make a bowl. It was okay during the DOD because we knew we were playing for something at the end of the season, there were bigger more meaningful games. I didn't forget the true round robin, it's just that they won't mean crap so they don't matter much. There is a difference between elite OOC games and rough ridin' pathetic ones, I would like it if we found that difference. Give me WESTERN Kentucky, Ohio, Temple, hell Washington State blows schedule them.
Bottom line is that I would rather see a decent matchup in September than a horrible one that gets us to 6-6, 7-5 which nets an ass raping in the Insight Bowl.
