2012 is the best schedule the last 25 years

[Umista]

I tend to think we have a good schedule for 2012. Way better than it could have been. Tough can make you tough. I hope we get good second and third string kids because we will have our share of hurts and will need all the depth we can get. Good for O'Day!

 

[Bear Axed]

Ordigger points out our conference partners of another era. They were some of the elite schools and remain so today. Now, take a look at our conference partners of today: Northern Colorado, Eastern Washington, Portland State, Weber State, Sacramento State, Northern Arizona. Granted, we didn't win many games in the Pacific Coast Conference, but we played someone. I realize that most of you are happy playing B League football which served a purpose when we first joined the Big Sky, however, I would submit that we have payed our dues and have stayed five years longer than we should have. I know, I know....the saloonkeepers in Missoula won't be happy..

Those saloon keepers in Missoula even cater to folks like you, who are on a Champaign diet attempting to live on their beer budget.

But, only until they run out of money after the 1st of 2nd round?

 

[CFallsGriz]

Easier is better with most of these folks. If it didn't hurt us getting into the playoffs, they would want O'Day to schedule Rocky, Ft. Lewis and Western State.

You speak for no one else on here. Your sh*t agenda is old, tired, and no one cares.

Its always a move-up argument with you couple of dorks, so why don't you start your own thread instead of hijacking one that's legitimate?

You know sh*t, Spanks. People, myself included, were for a vertical move until the WAC fell apart.

You and your pals are the most irritating posters on this site.

Shut it down, dingbat, maybe save a little face. :silly:

 

[hawaiiangriz]

All of you like schedules like this until we don't make the playoffs because of our record - then it's 'we suck', 'Pflu sucks', etc.... NONE of you bitched with Read's schedules (and he scheduled D2's damn near every friggin year, and sometimes twice a season, and for good reason) and we made the playoffs literally every damn year. You all just wait - be careful what you wish for......

 

[AZGrizFan]

All of you like schedules like this until we don't make the playoffs because of our record - then it's 'we suck', 'Pflu sucks', etc.... NONE of you bitched with Read's schedules (and he scheduled D2's damn near every friggin year, and sometimes twice a season, and for good reason) and we made the playoffs literally every damn year. You all just wait - be careful what you wish for......

Retard post of the year.

People may bitch about scheduling, but scheduling a D2 does absolutely NO good. A win is worthless towards playoff consideration and a loss is devastating to playoff chances. 11 FCS games---THAT's the way to schedule.

 

[hawaiiangriz]

You know I'm right - save this post for twelve months and we'll talk - BTW if I am a retard does that make Read a retard?

 

[AZGrizFan]

You know I'm right - save this post for twelve months and we'll talk - BTW if I am a retard does that make Read a retard?

You take the games you can get. He was BUILDING a program. The program is BUILT now.

 

[hawaiiangriz]

You do make a valid point - but my point is the fans don't necessarily like a D2 game but I absolutely guarantee that a head coach would not take a 'gimee' game when they have gobs of new kids playing (like we will in 2012). Especially in the world of egriz and Griz land where a loss is a loss is a loss..... Come seeding time a loss to an FCS team versus a win over a D2 school WOULD count and count substantially. Overall records do matter and you can't deny that.

 

[AZGrizFan]

You do make a valid point - but my point is the fans don't necessarily like a D2 game but I absolutely guarantee that a head coach would not take a 'gimee' game when they have gobs of new kids playing (like we will in 2012). Especially in the world of egriz and Griz land where a loss is a loss is a loss..... Come seeding time a loss to an FCS team versus a win over a D2 school WOULD count and count substantially. Overall records do matter and you can't deny that.

WRONG. Dead wrong.

There is NO upside to scheduling a D2. None. Zip. Nada.

 

[hawaiiangriz]

So..... overall records don't matter anymore? then why not just schedule three or four bodybag games for us every year? say Hawaii, Iowa, Ole Miss and Florida.... Let's see where a 6-4 schedule goes with the selection committee. You are totally misunderstanding me. Records DO matter although I agree it matters against who - you DO need some quality wins but the record will matter in the end... ask O'Day

 

[Bear Axed]

You do make a valid point - but my point is the fans don't necessarily like a D2 game but I absolutely guarantee that a head coach would not take a 'gimee' game when they have gobs of new kids playing (like we will in 2012). Especially in the world of egriz and Griz land where a loss is a loss is a loss..... Come seeding time a loss to an FCS team versus a win over a D2 school WOULD count and count substantially. Overall records do matter and you can't deny that.

WRONG. Dead wrong.

There is NO upside to scheduling a D2. None. Zip. Nada.

I'm with Aloha on this!
An 8-3 team will be seeded higher than a 7-4 team every time, regardless of who the wins are against

 

[hawaiiangriz]

Hey AZGRIZFAN - have you seen Weber's schedule for next year? Per your argument, Weber should be a 1 or 2 seed come playoff time because RECORDS DONT MATTER and they are playing a brutal schedule....

 

[AZGrizFan]

You do make a valid point - but my point is the fans don't necessarily like a D2 game but I absolutely guarantee that a head coach would not take a 'gimee' game when they have gobs of new kids playing (like we will in 2012). Especially in the world of egriz and Griz land where a loss is a loss is a loss..... Come seeding time a loss to an FCS team versus a win over a D2 school WOULD count and count substantially. Overall records do matter and you can't deny that.

WRONG. Dead wrong.

There is NO upside to scheduling a D2. None. Zip. Nada.

I'm with Aloha on this!
An 8-3 team will be seeded higher than a 7-4 team every time, regardless of who the wins are against

An 8=3 team with a win over a D-2 is considered a 7-3 team.

 

[AZGrizFan]

Hey AZGRIZFAN - have you seen Weber's schedule for next year? Per your argument, Weber should be a 1 or 2 seed come playoff time because RECORDS DONT MATTER and they are playing a brutal schedule....

Weber has scheduled themselves out of the playoffs again. Not sure how that helps your argument.

 

[hawaiiangriz]

K.....now I'm confused due to what was said earlier regarding a D2 win doing nothing for you and a D1 loss not hurting you. I guess we'll see come December 2012 but I think I will be right..... :shock:

 

[Spanky]

Bear Axed....when I was a big shot businessman like Triwest, it was French Wine and Cognac. Now, Australian Merlot on the Albertson's mark down end.

 

[AllWeatherFan]

If we strongly believe that we should never, ever schedule a DII team, then we should expect that an FBS team should never, ever schedule us. That's a two-way street, boys.

And what's this "Australian Merlot" stuff, Spanky? Shiraz is king down under!

 

[AllWeatherFan]

I know....the saloonkeepers in Missoula won't be happy.

Pictured below is Spanky's saloon hangout.

 

[MrTitleist]

If we strongly believe that we should never, ever schedule a DII team, then we should expect that an FBS team should never, ever schedule us. That's a two-way street, boys.

And what's this "Australian Merlot" stuff, Spanky? Shiraz is king down under!

There's a lot more gain for a FBS to schedule an FCS than there is for an FCS to schedule a D2. FBS wins over FCS count towards bowl eligibility (if you schedule 2 FCS, then only 1 win counts), FCS wins over D2 do not count toward playoff eligibility. I believe that's an argument that most people on here would make, is that it provides no gain for the program. Scheduling an FCS patsy like a NEC/OVC team provides much more benefit. Also, the talent gap between FCS/FBS isn't near as wide as the FCS/D2 gap.. unless the D2 is Central Washington/Grand Valley/Abilene Christian/etc.

 

[GrizLA]

If we strongly believe that we should never, ever schedule a DII team, then we should expect that an FBS team should never, ever schedule us. That's a two-way street, boys.

And what's this "Australian Merlot" stuff, Spanky? Shiraz is king down under!

Division 1 is still Division 1...