I’m with you. We can’t control much. If we scheduled 3 other HM teams this year and played a tougher team in the BE and MTE we’d have no guarantee of being in a better spot.
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I’m with you. We can’t control much. If we scheduled 3 other HM teams this year and played a tougher team in the BE and MTE we’d have no guarantee of being in a better spot.
20 conference games
Iowa
Big East opponent
MTE
6 slappies
That's basically the scheduling formula going forward, like it or not.
Iowa
Big East opponent
MTE
6 slappies
That's basically the scheduling formula going forward, like it or not.
I think there is room there for a home and away with another Midwest school but those are getting harder and harder to schedule.
Yep
As much as I want to see Wisconsin/Minny/Creighton/Xavier/Mizzou/Marquette come through as home and homes, what you've got is likely the schedule for the forseeable future
As a season ticket holder, I think there should be 1 "interesting" NON-con home game besides Iowa each season.
From a competitive standpoint, play whatever schedule gives you the best shot at the end. It appears that some of the teams scheduled could have been replaced with some that were slightly more competitive and helped, but how much?
I can't help but wonder how much finances/payouts for opponents factored into the schedule.
Coming into the season, we were transitioning from one of the most experienced teams in the country to one of the least experienced. How was TJ supposed to know this group would come on this strong? Of course, your hindsight is more accurate.
That would basically require us to play two more quality non con games because most teams are only signing up for a home and home. That isn't happening since the new conference slate will be 20 games.
NIL for non conference is coming:
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Yeah, I know they usually catch a team or two doing the "tour" around midwest schools and probably get them much cheaper as they have their travel kind of figured out, etc.
But to your point, would be interesting to see how much those payouts are adjusted for opponent and how much could be make up with more gate/ticket sales (based on a good match up).
the 20 game conference is a factor. Personally, I would prefer getting rid of many of the neutral site tourneys, but that isn't likely to happen either.
A team like Grambling costs around $60k plus a travel stipend. A Valley or A10 team costs around $100k and they usually take care of their own travel since they're flying everywhere anyway.
Doesn't take a ton of tickets/concessions to make up that difference.
Thanks for sharing those numbers....yeah, you'd think the math would work out and make it worth it.
Just don't understand the obsession of playing at the Well. They can either play us in Hilton or not at all. I'd take a 2 Hilton 1 Knapp before playing at the Well.
playing drake in WFA on a Saturday night is more attractive than playing some SWAC team in Hilton at noon on an NFL Sunday
i'd propose to Drake
odd years game in Hilton
even years game in WFA
That would be fine, but the rumors are also ISU has offered Drake and UNI a 2 for 1 and they declined. If that's true, those schools also should get some blame for the schools not playing because that's still a good offer when you look at the other high major schools across the country.
UNI offered a 5 year series and Iowa State turned it down.
Ames-CF-Ames-DSM-Ames
That's a 4 for 1 for all intents and purposes.
Interesting. I thought I'd heard otherwise on one of the CF podcasts, but maybe I misheard.
Non-conference SOS isn’t a reason. It’s an excuse. There is a difference. We could jack up our non-conference schedule next season and if we somehow duplicated our results the committee would find some other but… but… but.. excuse to protect brands. It’s a ******* sham. We always get ****** because we’re not Kansas.
Thinking we should opt out of the big east challenge and control our own schedule. Also time to take a break from Iowa and try to get someone with a pulse. Before you tell me we aren't dropping Iowa save it. I already know. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't.
