USFBULL_08 Posted December 21, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 48 Content Count: 2,347 Reputation: 661 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/29/2009 Share Posted December 21, 2016 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaisingFenix Posted December 21, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 4 Content Count: 433 Reputation: 64 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/13/2012 Share Posted December 21, 2016 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTrue Posted December 21, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 152 Content Count: 19,395 Reputation: 6,097 Days Won: 233 Joined: 01/13/2011 Share Posted December 21, 2016 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. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaisingFenix Posted December 21, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 4 Content Count: 433 Reputation: 64 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/13/2012 Share Posted December 21, 2016 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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