Does you no good to play them if you are going to get steam rolled by them, like it or not the reality is in the next 1-3 yrs we are not going to have the athletes to compete, i am not saying schedule MAC schools 5 yrs down the road from now, but though they won't be exciting playing them the next 1-3 yrs so we got a shot at winning and going to a bowl is better for the long-term.
If expansion every occurs again they will look back and say 2014 USF went 7-5 and won a bowl 2015 USF went 8-4 and won a bowl etc> they won't look back and say USF went 7-5 or 8-4 etc> and played schools A, B, C, D……I want it more than anyone and put my money where my mouth is but you gotta be realistic.
Going 5-7, 4-8 etc with loses against SEC school does you absolutely no good, we aren't going to run the AAC table (athletes just aren't there yet) so you need some OOC games to get you W's and confidence.
EVERY big boy started off in diapers.
I would much rather the comments be, "USF was too good of a team to be playing so-and-so in this bowl game. They need to be in better bowls"
instead of the comments being, "USF had no business playing so-and-so in this bowl game. They don't need to be playing in these bowls."
Most boys don't go from diapers to underwear and regress back to diapers and we most certainly did
Agree, but the fact is, we're there. We're not the first team to have to rebuild. Won't be the last.
My point is playing big time schools (in the next 1-3 yrs) isn't going to make your team better, getting wins and going to bowl games is going to make your program better in the long run….