NoLongerN Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 I think it is 2016 when the B1G will not allow us to schedule these small schools. I am all for that personally. My dream schedule for pre-B1G games would be a combo od schools from other big conferences that are now in different conferences. I think it would be nice to schedule some Big 12 teams like Kansas, Kansas State and Iowa State. Not hard teams but Big 12. Next, love to see us hook up with Mizzou and Kentucky type level $EC teams. In the PAC 12, I would love to take on a Colorado team. I think we could find some suitable teams in these conferences and be fine. I don't respect the B1G that much so for me I am not worried about our schedule being to hard. Secondly, I think it would be helpful for recruiting to hit these regions and conferences. Anyway, just a topic I thought might be interesting to hear viewpoints on in a bye week. Quote Link to comment
KJ. Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 So you want to play as sh**ty of a schedule as possible while still "getting credit" for playing the major conferences? 1 Quote Link to comment
Stumpy1 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 So you want to play as sh**ty of a schedule as possible while still "getting credit" for playing the major conferences? SEC says Hi Quote Link to comment
WhatDoIKnow Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 We have Colorado 2018&19 Quote Link to comment
TonyStalloni Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 The SEC has made a living recently playing the lowest possible unranked teams. If all schools could decide to play one difficult non-con game I would be in favor of it. Giving great coaches like Saban 6 weeks to prepare for a bowl game is a big advantage. Not sure who wants to be the guinea pig to play Bama in the middle of the season though. I would hope the Huskers can get there but till the D catches up to the O, I'll not hold my breath. Quote Link to comment
AgMarauder04 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Teams like NDSU and SHSU are probably better than a lot of FBS teams... Quote Link to comment
Hooked on Huskers Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 2014 thru 2016 non-conf. schedules are already set (contract) 2014: Florida Atlantic, McNeese (FCS), Fresno St, MiamiFL 2015: BYU, Southern Alabama (actually FBS), MiamiFL 2016: Fresno St, Tennessee, Wyoming 2017: TBA, Tennessee, N.Illinois Quote Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 The SEC has made a living recently playing the lowest possible unranked teams. If all schools could decide to play one difficult non-con game I would be in favor of it. Giving great coaches like Saban 6 weeks to prepare for a bowl game is a big advantage. Not sure who wants to be the guinea pig to play Bama in the middle of the season though. I would hope the Huskers can get there but till the D catches up to the O, I'll not hold my breath. Are you implying that the SEC does this and no other conference does? Quote Link to comment
CheeseHusker Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 What the SEC does that I find interesting is that they all schedule a non-conference cupcake late in the season, and it acts almost like a second bye week / glorified late season scrimmage. They all start conference play a week earlier as a result, so there's a little tradeoff there. Imagine as a theoretical, we'd played Illinois this week and then played SDSU the week after Michigan, for example. Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I wouldn't knock $EC scheduling - when it comes time to put up or shut up, they almost always put up. The bagillion national titles they have over the last decade is evidence of that. Quote Link to comment
Micheal Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 The preseason polls favoring the SEC also helps. It helps them later in the year because they won't have to climb so far and if they lose to another SEC team in conference they don't fall far. Quote Link to comment
NoLongerN Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 Sarcasm always makes for the worst discussion. No, who wants to have a bad schedule? The point is ... if the B1G isn't going to allow playing these FCS schools, why not schedule some old rival schools like Colorado as warm up games. At least we get a "bump" for the "W" and I think our fan base would want the home game more or enjoy the travel to these schools. For a Kansas away game we would have a lot of fans showing up. Was hopeful for some better thoughts then yours. Have a better day. 1 Quote Link to comment
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