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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 3049504, member: 27"]
Again, they are not a threat to Syracuse.  You might as well say, why throw a lifeline to Western Michigan or Ohio, or Rhode Island or Maine.  There is no difference.  These schools recruit a different level of athlete, have a different level of coaching staff, play against a different level of opponents, etc.  They are not a threat.  We aren't going to lose to them (though Western Michigan is pretty darned good for a MAC team).

Each year we have to fill out our schedule with 4 OOC games.

When we fill out our OOC schedule,  it looks like John Wildhack is trying to book a relatively good P5 opponent, a relatively bad P5 opponent, a MAC type opponent and a FCS level opponent.

For now anyway, UConn is a MAC type opponent.  How do we decide which MAC level opponent we should play?

We should target programs at that level that will play us 2 for 1 or just give us a home game.  If we have to play a road game, we should target schools in an area we recruit heavily, preferably in an area where Syracuse fans live and is an easy drive from CNY.

UConn isn't going to get 1 million dollars to play us.  It is a bus ride for them and a good, not great pay day.  I suspect they would rather play a 2 for 1 with us than with East Carolina or Missouri.  It makes sense for them.  Their fans can drive to CNY easily and we have historically recruited upstate NY hard.

The war is over, at least as far as football is concerned.  UConn surrendered.  If it makes sense for Syracuse to play them again, if it benefits our program, there is no reason not to do so.

We should look at playing UB and UMass OOC as well, for the same reasons, provided they are willing to do 2 for 1s or buy in games (SU home only).  Unfortunately, I don't think UB is willing to do a 2 for 1 with us and would prefer to get 1 million dollars to get pounded by Alabama or Penn State.
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