@MikeAsti11 @jeff_ruff Yea I miss read the initial context. I thought Jeff was talking about their transition into the Big 12. I think people are going to find out it isn’t easy, don’t fool ourselves that’s part of the reason Fickle jumped ship at end of this season. I agree they have some talent.
@MikeAsti11 @jeff_ruff Also argue no one in the country is scheduling as hard as us. Sure VT can be considered a “freebie” but we also went there on a Thursday Night. Towson was the true only freebie. Same as next year. Like we weren’t good this year but we weren’t an easy out especially at home.
@ClintBennett90 @jeff_ruff WVU should in no way be scheduling as tough as they do. When you have ranked teams in conference, it’s fully unnecessary to add much more, especially starting on road so often. That’s WVU’s own fault.
@MikeAsti11 @ClintBennett90 Was the non-conf really that tough this year?
@jeff_ruff @MikeAsti11 I think VT was awful and Pitt underachieved late. However tell me which odds are better. Playing those teams on the road non conference or getting to play Georgia St at home. Odds tell us we probably have a 90% chance of winning that Georgia St game. That’s why no other team in
@jeff_ruff @MikeAsti11 The country is scheduling like us because of Mikes point. There’s enough ranked teams in conference play if you are P5. No reason to lessen your chances of winning non-conference. Not even talking about better coach/etc, but look how the schedules set up under Dana.
@jeff_ruff @MikeAsti11 Always seemed pretty easy until mid to late October-November and that’s when we’d always crumble.
@ClintBennett90 @jeff_ruff Also, getting both P5 out of conference matchups on the road is tougher than what most do. Adding freaking Bama in the future is incredibly unnecessary. I’m not saying only play Towson out of conference, but do one rival or big game outside of that and keep it reasonable.
@MikeAsti11 @jeff_ruff Agreed Mike. 90% of schedules in the country are 1. P5 2. FCS 3. G5 And when teams do play a big P5 game there are mostly at a neutral venue. I know that the teams we played have to return the trip. It’s just crazy it’s happened 3 times in a row. I’d also prefer to open with
@MikeAsti11 @jeff_ruff The FCS or G5 game to get some kinks and stuff out of the way. Different animal when it’s a P5 game especially in a true road game.
@ClintBennett90 @jeff_ruff Yeah, and honestly, WVU got lucky VT sucks so bad now because when they made schedule, it could’ve ended up worse. Look at Michigan. Now their OOC was overly easy, but they knew that they had big games in B10 waiting and if they ran through it all, they’d have resume to get in.