Rutgers/Northwestern/Indiana is still a step up from the likes of Troy, South Alabama, Buffalo, and Northern Illinois.
The BIG wants to maximize the number of teams in the CFB playoff
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Or Tennessee- Martin,Sanford,Austin Pea,Furman, Kent St, U Mass etc etc…
FCS vs. Power 5 games should be scheduled as spring scrimmages or late August exhibition games.
Wrong
Northwestern lost to an FCS school at home just last year
We routinely beat those 3 B1G schools
Can’t say the same for Troy & No ill
We lost to Northwestern just last season. We lost to Indiana in 2019. Still undefeated against Rutgers, so I guess we got that going in our favor.
Lol by who? An acc team? Big 12 or pac 12 team? I don't think so.. As long as the crossover games are done correctly the SOS will be just fine.
Nah getting these extra bye weeks will allow Nebraska to go undefeated. They can't stop the BIG winner from going to the playoffs lol.
We belong in that same conversation as a B1G team that’s been worse than many G5s
Like someone said before, ohiost vs Nebraska in October has essentially been a bye week for them
Playing Rutgers is easier than playing probably 2 dozen non-P5s and a handful of FCS programs. Not an opinion, a fact
I was just about to ask, why Iowa doesn't have to abide by the P5 schedule. Then I realized they play that shitty in-state rivalry with ISU every year. LOL.
24 G5 teams and a handful of FCS teams would beat rutgers every year
I can't name a single G5 conference they'd be favored to win
anyone who says otherwise is ignorant to simple facts
Jim Delany pushed for the 9 game schedule to increase tv revenue. I don't believe the conference had any concern whatsoever about making it into the playoffs type thing. It was all about money. Same could be said for the next guy, who tried to cancel the football season during covid.
The conference crossover games for years have not been done out of fairness to schools, but to increase revenue with the best rated games possible. It's always been about money.
Now all of a sudden they care about the playoffs?
It seems that way.. welcome incoming Commish Tony Petitti.
To me this signals a shift in thinking that is different from the prior two guys.
The conference crossover games for years have not been done out of fairness to schools, but to increase revenue with the best rated games possible. It's always been about money.
Now all of a sudden they care about the playoffs?
It seems that way.. welcome incoming Commish Tony Petitti.
To me this signals a shift in thinking that is different from the prior two guys.
it's still all about money
the playoffs are tripling in participation
perfect for a league like the B1G to garner back pats without winning anything (a B1G specialty)
can you name a G5 conference rutgers would be favored to win?
I'd love to hear it & am open to facts that prove me wrong
Surprised I haven't seen anyone comment that if the BIG drops those games, and the SEC keeps their current format this is a great strategy to knock out the acc, big 12, pac 12 from the playoffs longterm.
I don't see how those other conferences have any good strategy for representation in the near future anyway.. it's going to become the SEC and B1G. You have both sides accumulating schools, so it's going to end up a 2 conference league eventually.
Rutgers has beaten Boston College, Temple twice Syracuse, Delaware,U mass in the last 4 years.
Those are the facts.. Thank you.
Those are the facts.. Thank you.
Why are U moving the goal post from
The original disagreement?
I'm not. here's a recap:
24 G5 teams and a handful of FCS teams would beat rutgers every year
I can't name a single G5 conference they'd be favored to win
anyone who says otherwise is ignorant to simple facts
your post of 6 random results is utterly meaningless
for reference, in their last matchup 5 years ago, buffalo beat rutgers 42-13 at rutgers
the year before rutgers lost to eastern michigan, also at home. eastern michigan finished that season 5-7
CC: @moralvictories @BleedRed78
the year before rutgers lost to eastern michigan, also at home. eastern michigan finished that season 5-7
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Read your first line.. That’s my only point..
Take care buddy no longer want to engage ..
Top 6 conference winners get an auto bid I think. So at least one of them will get in. Unless that changed.
your silence is accepted as an admission of defeat
I can list the 24 if you'd like?
and we can all agree NDSU would beat rutgers by 50+, yes?
Most G5 teams are a joke. Most of the good ones like UCF, Cincinnati, and Houston are moving up to the P5 level. Boise State is one of the few crown jewels left at the G5 level that haven't been invited to a P5 conference.
The only G5 teams I would put above Rutgers are Fresno State, Boise State, Coastal Carolina, and Liberty. The rest are complete jokes. The only FCS team that might be able to beat Rutgers aside from a fluke upset would be North Dakota State, since they have a history of beating teams from the power 5 level.
They're not going to be knocked out with an expanded number of playoff teams. Quite the contrary. Each P5 conference champ is guaranteed a spot in the expanded playoffs.
I believe the next media deal is due around 2030.
Would expect the BIG to get to 20 teams
10 conference games in a 1-9-9 format + 2 home nonconf patsies each year
Would expect the BIG to get to 20 teams
10 conference games in a 1-9-9 format + 2 home nonconf patsies each year
Next thing you know the B1G will allow partial qualifiers and admit non AAU schools.
So, we’re going to ignore on-field results and instead use feelings?
How very B1G of you
I don’t think there will be divisions
There will be one protected rivalry and you will play a group of 9 home and away and then the other group of 9 home and away
You will play every team home and away over a 4 year span
with USC and UCLA coming, there is no way we don’t have at least 4-5 teams in each year. Same with the SEC. Then maybe 2-4 spots for the rest, the Utahs and Clemson and FSU, etc. and ND
It will be exciting, once we are actually good again
It will be exciting, once we are actually good again
I’m going to wait until they do the new schedule’s with UCLA and USC and how they arrive at rivalry games with 16 teams before saying only one protected rivalry game with the arrival of 20 teams…
I believe there will always be 2 protected rivalry games on the schedules..
Nebraska is the only non AAU school in the B1G. Luckily for us, we were AAU at the time we got accepted into the B1G, or otherwise we would be stuck in a dying conference getting paid circus peanuts.
