[NU Sports] Non-conference scheduling - redux - redux (fwd)

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

>The original purpose of non-conference games was to get the teams ready
>for their conference games.
>
>I would favor a school with a winning conference record against 8 or more
>in-conference opponents being bowl-eligible regardless of the school's
>non-conference record.

Now THERE'S one of the smartest ideas I've heard on college football reform
in years! Sadly, it's the first time I've heard it.

I could really go for this -- and with little to risk in terms of not
making bowls but lots to gain by scheduling big names for big crowds or to
impress pollsters that your team is one of the best, think of the great
September matchups we'd get!

I like it -- now we just gotta convince the university president/blockheads
who keep screwing up college football.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT


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