USFBullSpit Wrote:From what I understand, many schools are in favor of this because this give teams an extra home game, meaning more revenues/profits. It will be harder for the Big East, especially starting in 06 when we will play a 12 game schedule. It could be possible, if we don't add another member, that some BE teams could face 2 or 3 D-1AA schools. I don't like this at all. Talk about losing respect. Schools like Kansas want to do this because they are looking for the one extra pad game and don't want to be forced into home and home (i.e. Kansas State vs. Marshall) and a chance to lose to a non-BCS school. I don't expect a majority of BCS teams to go out and schedule D-1AA opponents because at some schools such as USF, if you schedule anyone outside of FAMU, it will hurt your attendance. Fans don't want to see schedules filled with D-1AA teams, well, at least I don't. Right now, some BE teams will only have 3 conference home games next year, THREE, so I can understand the need for an extra home game, but not by the D-1AA model, but by the expansion model for football only membership.

Your school is in worse shape than UConn for attracting mid/upper BCS teams into a home n home. You can't package FB/BB as easily as UConn. However, your AD should work to create a slot the last weekend of November or the first weekend of December to play an established northern BCS team every year down in Tampa. Look to get the return date up north in the early season.