cruzan_flame13 wrote:JK37 wrote:I simply disagree. LU isn’t that program yet. Wins. Wins. Wins. That’s all it’s about.
A VMI or W&M could take that check and just get lucky enough to win. No need to risk it. A Home-Home with either one is fine.
How is the team suppose to improve if you’re playing teams that wouldn’t be a tough challenge. A win against a NCCAA or NAIA has no value for a D1 school. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t play one of the schools in one of those organizations, but 2 or more? We really need to step up our schedule, which I’ve seen this season. I understand that we want to help those schools out, but not two or more a season.
I’m fine with the two non-D1 games. I’m simply saying no need to pay for home games. LU isn’t that program. Yet.
Schedule winnable Home-Home series in the region (example: Georgia State), and go on the road against a couple winnable P5’s. The better you get, the more difficult getting the P5’s will be, and the harder it will be to get teams to come to you. But you still want home games. So then the question becomes, pay a couple non-D1’s a few thousand each, or play a lopsided schedule.
Scheduling is hard. I’ve done it for several years. Most coaches - at all levels - want wins and home games. A couple of non-D1 home games is the price of doing business at this level.
All teams do it. It’s just at the P5 level, it’s low-tier D1’s. And the P5 fans complain about game quality too. Boo-hoo.
Coaches need wins. Just win baby.