08-22-2017, 09:47 AM
With the increased emphasis on non-conference scheduling, it's disappointing to me that Week 1 features such disappointing matchups involving our Pac-12 brethren. I mean, I know Rice isn't great, but Rice is at least FBS! Full credit to UCLA and Cal for scheduling legitimate programs (sorry, Washington, the NCAA may consider Rutgers a Power 5 conference member, but I'm under no obligation to do so here). SC playing Western Michigan is perfectly fine; playing good MAC schools is often a high-risk, low-reward strategy. I love the CU-CSU game, so no complaints there, and I won't bust Oregon State's chops for scheduling CSU, either.Â
But Southern Utah, Portland State, Montana State, and Northern Arizona? Come on, man. North Dakota isn't even the best FCS school FROM THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA!
(Though, in recent years, some of those programs have made the FCS playoffs; scheduling decent FCS teams is about the only thing dumber than scheduling FCS teams at all. If you're going to pay a school for a win, then at least make sure you get a win, right?)
But Southern Utah, Portland State, Montana State, and Northern Arizona? Come on, man. North Dakota isn't even the best FCS school FROM THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA!
(Though, in recent years, some of those programs have made the FCS playoffs; scheduling decent FCS teams is about the only thing dumber than scheduling FCS teams at all. If you're going to pay a school for a win, then at least make sure you get a win, right?)