Conference Scheduling

[USFBULL_08]

Hopefully someone can help and I'm too lazy to look this all up.

Why do we play 8 conference games? Are we just following the SEC model?

Other than wanting a cupcake to get the kinks worked out, Why don't we play more conference games?

[RaisingFenix]

1 minute ago, USFBULL_08 said:

Hopefully someone can help and I'm too lazy to look this all up.

Why do we play 8 conference games? Are we just following the SEC model?

Other than wanting a cupcake to get the kinks worked out, Why don't we play more conference games?

With two 6-team divisions, 8 conference games makes the most sense - 5 in division, and half of the other division. You could do 9, but you'd have some year-to-year overlap in your cross-division games. Plus, having 4 OOC gives you a little more flexibility in scheduling those games, which might help when trying to get higher profile teams in the schedule. Just my $0.02.

[JTrue]

5 hours ago, RaisingFenix said:

Plus, having 4 OOC gives you a little more flexibility in scheduling those games, which might help when trying to get higher profile teams in the schedule. Just my $0.02.

Yep. With another conference game, we'd be SOL and have no room left for Stony Brook or UMass next year. Imagine if we had to play Navy or Memphis instead.

[RaisingFenix]

59 minutes ago, JTrue said:

Yep. With another conference game, we'd be SOL and have no room left for Stony Brook or UMass next year. Imagine if we had to play Navy or Memphis instead.

Lol. I said it gave us flexibility, not that it guaranteed we'd get home-and-homes with Ohio State every couple years.