Re: help me!!!!
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 1:28 pm
OSU has a history of losing to FCS schools, and a FBS win will wipe out a FCS loss, provided that one has at least 6 D-I wins (7 or 8 would be better). That's what happened to IL State last year, when they finished 6-5, yet made the playoffs having beaten Big Ten Northwestern and lost to NDSU AND Youngstown State in consecutive weeks.
Many schools do this as a moneymaker, following it up with a par FCS game and either a low-tier FCS or a D-II at home. Sometimes, it's even a FBS home-and-home or a 2-for-1, with the understanding that the FBS will likely buy their way out of the return game. And the only thing one has to worry about is the potential for injuries. If you can avoid that, you generally come out fine.
Just don't take it as far as UOP did in '95. The Tigers' season that year is kinda comparable, as they were in the Big West at the time, which though I-A was roughly equivalent in talent to the Big Sky. UOP essentially threw away the season by playing Fresno State, Arizona, Nebraska, Oregon, Oregon State, and a bye, all within the first six weeks. Only OSU deigned to come to Stockton, and only OSU became a Tiger win, as UOP went on to a 3-8 finish combined with a decision to drop football a week before Christmas, for which they didn't even bother to call the players in for a private announcement before it blasted from the evening TV news. Injuries killed the season. But with ONE "play-up" game, you're probably OK in that regard.
Many schools do this as a moneymaker, following it up with a par FCS game and either a low-tier FCS or a D-II at home. Sometimes, it's even a FBS home-and-home or a 2-for-1, with the understanding that the FBS will likely buy their way out of the return game. And the only thing one has to worry about is the potential for injuries. If you can avoid that, you generally come out fine.
Just don't take it as far as UOP did in '95. The Tigers' season that year is kinda comparable, as they were in the Big West at the time, which though I-A was roughly equivalent in talent to the Big Sky. UOP essentially threw away the season by playing Fresno State, Arizona, Nebraska, Oregon, Oregon State, and a bye, all within the first six weeks. Only OSU deigned to come to Stockton, and only OSU became a Tiger win, as UOP went on to a 3-8 finish combined with a decision to drop football a week before Christmas, for which they didn't even bother to call the players in for a private announcement before it blasted from the evening TV news. Injuries killed the season. But with ONE "play-up" game, you're probably OK in that regard.