Lol. Look in the mirror.Don't be obtuse.
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Lol. Look in the mirror.Don't be obtuse.
Why do you keep clinging to this "Detroit Bowl" narrative? News Flash Part 2: We're playing our bowl game in Jacksonville, Florida. Against a good SEC team.You would opt for Option #1, simply because it might improve our chances to play Syracuse in the Detroit Bowl?
So 76-1, as a hypothetical....if the IU Athetic Department called you and said they were awarding you an all-expenses paid weekend for two IU football weekends in consecutive years, and you had two options:
Option #1
vs E Illinois @ Bloomington this year
vs S Illinois @ Bloomington next year
OR
Option #2
vs Texas at Bloomington this year
@ Texas in Austin next year
You would opt for Option #1, simply because it might improve our chances to play Syracuse in the Detroit Bowl?
And I'll add, just for fairness, that I get your arguments.
When I lived in Dallas, contributed little to the Varsity Club, didn't buy season tickets, would hit one or two games a year, and just watch on TV....I was just like a lot here. Schedule as many patsies as possible to get to a bowl game. I wasn't paying for tickets for the wasted weekends, so who cares? 20k in the seats in a lifeless stadium for (insert MAC of FCS team here)? Who cares, I'm watching on TV. Just get a bowl game that I would probably travel to. Nothing else mattered. I get that.
That said, when you choose to invest (whatever your level of comfort is)/year to "support the programs", as some of us do, the onsite entertainment value portion becomes more important. The quality of the competition you are paying to see becomes more important. Low level bowl games, and 8-9 seed tournament appearances are great and all, but what you get in Bloomington as far as game quality (and a cool September destination game in return) trumps that...at least for me.
Option #1
vs E Illinois @ Bloomington this year
vs S Illinois @ Bloomington next year
OR
Option #2
vs Texas at Bloomington this year
@ Texas in Austin next year
That's going to leave a mark.There lies the difference between us: I prefer to choose what's best for the TEAM over my own personal short term entertainment..., which you evidently do not...
Hell, take 2020 for example...
Memphis is ranked and playing in the Cotton.
Air Force is 10-2.
The weakest game/team, BC, is still a bowl eligible Power 5, and offers a cool trip to Boston for a game.
Don't be obtuse.
Yes lol at their crossover games Rutgers, Michigan and Indiana. Indiana’s crossovers are Wisconsin, Illinois and Purdue. So Purdue will not play Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State. You tell me whose overall schedule you would rather have? I think I would trade Ohio State, penn State and Michigan State for Memphis, Air Force and Boston College.Hell, take 2020 for example...
Memphis is ranked and playing in the Cotton.
Air Force is 10-2.
The weakest game/team, BC, is still a bowl eligible Power 5, and offers a cool trip to Boston for a game.