Being a fan and being critical of a schedule what does that do? No matter how much you like it or dislike it, those in power of making the sked are going to sked who they want. Do you think as an paid member of an Alumni Association they should raise hell because they don't have the best sked? No, you have to take it and roll with it. I would rather raise hell for loosing too much, or just loosing to those cupcakes. Not because I may not agree with a sked.
Our AD has taken a great deal of heat for his scheduling and our scheduling has been much more challenging than that of yours by a long shot. This year's schedule is very ideal for SHSU.
We have an OOC regional foe (PVA&M), an OOC foe from the national level (Gardner-Webb), a sub-Div I regional opponent (East Central Oklahoma -- we hate these, but everyone whether FBS or FCS, especially in our region needs to do it) and an FBS opponent. If SHSU can go 3-1 in OOC play, we put ourselves in position to make a playoff push. That is what our fans want.
This is a balanced schedule with 1 FBS, 1 sub-Div I and two FCS (which both happen to be winnable games). TxSo on the otherhand has three sub-Div I teams, an FBS game and an FCS game (that in all reality is not as winnable as one your program could obtain). Anything less than 3-2 is going to be miserable for your program.
A balanced sked means what? Teams that we could compete with, or teams that would just beat the mess out of us? Like I said, I may disagree or agree with the sked, but these guys need to experience some wins and hopefully some blowouts like we have been getting that past few years. Would you be critical if LSU played App State and Georgia Southern in the same year?
I explained it above. As it relates to FBS, those schools should not be playing two FCS a year. First thing, only one would count towards bowl eligibility so if you win one, the other game is rather meaningless from a football perspective. If you are an FCS school, you could play two FBS games, but you are pretty much pushing yourself to the brink of playoff extinction.
In FCS, unless you are in the "in-house championship" league or a league like the Pioneer, it's all about the playoffs. Scheduling yourself an attractive schedule to your fans and a solid shot at playoffs should be your goal.
So with that being said, you talk about all the negatives going on in the swac on this message board and AGS because you believe recruits and their parents are reading the message board, are you trying to keep them away from the SWAC?
You've said numerous times in different words that you want the SWAC or TSU to become better in regards to D-1, why are you steady spewing these negative comments any opportunity you have. Your always saying things like, they have the right person in charge BUT... (Negative, Negative, Negative).
Truth is, everyone could find negatives about everything, but there are positives of being HBCU's that we are giving opportunities to young minorities to graduate from college and play an athletic sport at the D-1 level. Even though our football team may be playing a soft sked, in their four years, they will be playing schools from 1-A or FBS conferences.
My problem with Texas Southern is that the problems have existed for years. They have yet to be changed. Why is that? Why can the school not even meet what many schools would consider the status quo?
When it comes to SHSU, I'm too close to the personnel, like it seems many of you are with the TxSo faithful, but I do have the ability to step out of the box and acknowledge the problems - unlike many of you TxSo fans who continue to watch your program fall into the bowels of Division I.
Newboy, how do your friends on the baseball team feel when they have to bus everywhere and anywhere for a game? When they get wins over solid squads and it does not even get posted on their own school's web site? When they have to travel to nice college baseball parks, only to return to their city-owned facility, which is bested by numerous high schools in the area?
You either commit to Div I athletics or you do not. There's numerous things that can be done to upgrade a program. A lot of time has been wasted, what do you guys have in store for the future? Many of your rivals have done so, even without many of the resources you have -- time to step forward.
