BozoneCat wrote:
Those games against Maine and Hofstra occured a few years ago, under a different AD. My point is made that when you do go on the road (Sam Houston), you get beat. I think that in the years you played Maine and Hofstra on the road, your team played much better on the road for the rest of the season as a result.
You do realize our current AD has only been on the job for a couple on months. All our games (including this year) were set from previouse AD's. You point to one game last year were we got beat. As much as as I would love the GRIZ to win all their road games I dont think that is going to happen.
BozoneCat wrote:
I wasn't discounting the financial aspect. In fact, had you bothered to read my post, you would have read where I clearly stated that as an understandable factor. BTW, I doubt the griz clear their deficit much sooner than MSU does, only because UM spends money like it is going out of style.
First, I read your post. Here's your quote
"Well, first and foremost, it is clear that the Griz are just plain afraid to play an OOC game on the road (short of getting paid $400,000 to do so). They point out how much more money they make by playing at home, and that is valid, but I don't think it does much to solidify the team mentally
What’s clear is your statement that we are afraid to play on the road. Here's our road record for the past three years
04 3 wins 2 loses (one loss being the national championship game)
03 3 wins 2 loses
02 4 wins 2 loses (one loss being a payoff game)
Road Games OOC
In 02 we played Hofstra and Idaho - Hofstra was rated in the top 25 and Idaho is IA
In 03 we played Maine (Idaho was at home as was Cal Poly)
In 04 we played Sam Houston (Maine and Hofstra were at home)
04 was the year when we restructured travel to reduce cost. As you can see we have played quality OOC teams in each of the past three years. This year it was just Oregon on the road as it's CalPoly's turn to be in Msla.
BozoneCat wrote:
How convenient to throw in the tired "5 NC games" bullsh*t into this discussion. I know it must be hard not to stick that into every conversation you have, but it just isn't really relevant here. During those last 10 years, how have the griz done on the road, especially in the playoffs? Not very well. Before you make an ass of yourself by stating the obvious, we all know how well the Bobcats have done on the road during the same time period. That isn't the point here.
Why do you have to be such a hater? See above. We have a decent win record on the road. How many teams in all of IAA have a better road win record than the GRIZ? I’ll guarantee that no BSC team has a better road record.
BozoneCat wrote:
There are plenty of good I-AA schools, I don't see why we as fans should be happy with beating up on D-II schools. And yes, I am fully aware that both our schools have lost to D-II schools in the last few years. Once MSU gets its deficit paid off, I would like to see solely I-AA schools on the schedule.
I see nothing wrong with playing a team down a level on occasion. Maybe one ever two years and has to be a home game. ($$$) Reed always had a lower level team on our schedule and that seemed to work out ok.
