The Gophers aren't the first team to blow out an FCS team, nor will they be the last.

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Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0 said:
If you read SM posts on the subject, you'd swear Minnesota was the only program scheduling overmatched FCS opponents regularly.
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I honestly don't recall even 1 post insuating that "only" Minnesota does this nor anything close to that sentiment.

I lament that it happens at all. For any program.
 


Gophers1992 said:
Gotta think it would be tough for these FCS programs to stay alive financially if they didn’t have these games.
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True.

But it's not even remotely incumbent on FBS football programs to prop FCS teams up with such paycheck games.

Ditto for basketball.
 


I like the,way it is now. I would do one FCS team, one group of five, and one power 4. If you want to solve the FBS teams blowing out FCS schools, then dont allow anyone to schedule FCS opponents. I'd be fine with that too. But as long as its allowed and counts toward bowl eligibility, then the goohs should do one FCS team per year.
 

Crosby said:
I like the,way it is now. I would do one FCS team, one group of five, and one power 4. If you want to solve the FBS teams blowing out FCS schools, then dont allow anyone to schedule FCS opponents. I'd be fine with that too. But as long as its allowed and counts toward bowl eligibility, then the goohs should do one FCS team per year.
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While assisting in the minimum quota for Bowl eligibility, scheduling an FCS team does Jack Squat for FBS Playoff consideration.
 

Ope3 said:
I honestly don't recall even 1 post insuating that "only" Minnesota does this nor anything close to that sentiment.

I lament that it happens at all. For any program.
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They don't say it explicitly. The tone of the rhetoric is clear that they don't understand the nature of cfb in general.
 
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Now, I don't think I've ever heard the current coach of the Golden Gopher football program say the program is a "developmental program" or not, but if it is, indeed a "developmental program", I'd think that games like this would be very beneficial in that aspect.
 
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Breakin' The Plane said:
Now, I don't think I've ever heard the current coach of the Golden Gopher football program say is the program is a "developmental program" or not, but if it is, indeed a "developmental program", I'd think that games like this would be very beneficial in that aspect.
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In this mn daily article he's quoted as saying "We said from day one we’re always going to be a high school developmental program". I don't think it's an isolated code either. I think I recall him saying it as recently as a press conference in the last couple weeks.
 

Ope3 said:
While assisting in the minimum quota for Bowl eligibility, scheduling an FCS team does Jack Squat for FBS Playoff consideration.
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Yeah it does. It gets a game off the schedule without a loss.
 

noamfromm said:
In this mn daily article he's quoted as saying "We said from day one we’re always going to be a high school developmental program". I don't think it's an isolated code either. I think I recall him saying it as recently as a press conference in the last couple weeks.
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I was being sarcastic. He says it all the time, including on the radio after Saturday's drubbing.
 

Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0 said:
If you read SM posts on the subject, you'd swear Minnesota was the only program scheduling overmatched FCS opponents regularly.
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This is exactly true. Any visit to facebook for any post on the subject of the Gophers 66-0 win over Northwestern State is overflowing with posts about how the Gophers are scared to schedule "good" teams and this is all on PJ for scheduling bad teams so he can pad his record and get to a lame bowl game.

I always remind myself that a lot of these posts are just trolling from fans of other college teams, and still more are from a "fan" base that is remarkably ignorant about college football in general. It is amazing how bold people can be about blasting their ignorant opinion in public despite not knowing anything about the subject they are trying to discuss. It is a Vikings town.

I couldn't help myself and posted responses to a few of these ridiculous posts. Most quieted up pretty quickly once they were confronted with facts, but one guy (completely ignorant) even doubled down, saying Ohio State scheduled Texas, why didn't the gophers? I responded to let him know that the Gophers have both Alabama and Mississippi State on future schedules and play fellow power conference foe Cal NEXT WEEK, while Ohio State literally played an FCS team on the same day that the gophers did, and won by a bigger margin than the Gophers did. That dude disappeared after that exchange.
 



Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0 said:
They don't say it explicitly. The tone of the rhetoric is clear that they don't understand the nature of cfb in general.
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Any remotely knowledgeable college football fan (which I feel the overwhelming posters in the Gopherhole forum fall under that category) are aware that such Contract/Paycheck games are common.

Your quote referred to "SM posts", which I thought was referring this forum as well. In hindsight, I don't know what "SM* actually stands for, so if it's not Gopherhole...my bad.
 

Ope3 said:
Any remotely knowledgeable college football fan (which I feel the overwhelming posters in the Gopherhole forum fall under that category) are aware that such Contract/Paycheck games are common.

Your quote referred to "SM posts", which I thought was referring this forum as well. In hindsight, I don't know what "SM* actually stands for, so if it's not Gopherhole...my bad.
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SM=Social media
 


It's good to be happy about the game. The starters did what they should do vs a far inferior team and the backups and back of the roster guys got to get some experience too. Overall, it was a great day for the program.

However, it doesn't mean anything about how you will do against legit power conference teams.
 

I get that some don't like teams playing FCS teams at all but as long as you have a good mix in your non-conf schedule I really don't see a problem with it. No preseason so a game like the one this past Saturday gives you a chance to give lots of guys live game reps against a team wearing a different jersey.

That said, more power to any you trying to reason with people on social media. Gopherhole is as deep as I go into the social media cesspool in regards to Gopher sports at least. Lot of really painfully ignorant people out there on social media in general, thankfully for the most part those people don't show up here.
 

It's kind of odd people would think Minnesota is alone in steamrolling an FCS foe when Florida State, which has had considerable attention after beating Alabama, curb stomped East Texas A&M 77-3.
 


Ope3 said:
I honestly don't recall even 1 post insuating that "only" Minnesota does this nor anything close to that sentiment.

I lament that it happens at all. For any program.
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It’s undeniable that the sports media, locally, report on these games like it’s some anomaly that is entirely unique to the Gophers. They don’t have to explicitly claim that “only” Minnesota does it to have so strongly implied it in a way that their casual consumer is just misinformed on the topic, and generally ignorant on the topic.
 

Ope3 said:
It also eliminates the additional chance for a victory to enhance the resume.
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Power 4 teams generally don't need "resume enhancers." If you have a really solid record in your conference (say one loss in the Big Ten or SEC) that gets you in. The ADs and the coaches know that. Do you really think they would schedule FCS teams if they thought it made their chances for the CFP worse? Send that memo to Ohio State please. And Florida State. And Georgia. And Colorado. And Tennessee. And Utah. And Miami. And South Carolina. And Arizona. And Missouri. And Illinois. And Pitt. And Boston College. And Iowa State. And Kansas State. And Oregon. And Arkansas. And Oklahoma. And Iowa. And USC. And BYU. And Arizona State. And more... these are some of the schools that have played FCS teams the last two weeks. And there are more scheduled for this coming weekend.
 

Crosby said:
Power 4 teams generally don't need "resume enhancers." If you have a really solid record in your conference (say one loss in the Big Ten or SEC) that gets you in. The ADs and the coaches know that. Do you really think they would schedule FCS teams if they thought it made their chances for the CFP worse? Send that memo to Ohio State please. And Florida State. And Georgia. And Colorado. And Tennessee. And Utah. And Miami. And South Carolina. And Arizona. And Missouri. And Illinois. And Pitt. And Boston College. And Iowa State. And Kansas State. And Oregon. And Arkansas. And Oklahoma. And Iowa. And USC. And BYU. And Arizona State. And more... these are some of the schools that have played FCS teams the last two weeks. And there are more scheduled for this coming weekend.
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And don't forget the annual late Nov bye week games for the mighty SEC
 

I listened to Gopher Gridiron. Ryan Burns said this was something like the fourth FCS school in the 9 year Fleck Era.

Im fine with that. Some top tier schools schedule them more frequently.

Worth mentioning 4 big ten schools scored more than 66 points THIS WEEKEND
 

Crosby said:
I like the,way it is now. I would do one FCS team, one group of five, and one power 4. If you want to solve the FBS teams blowing out FCS schools, then dont allow anyone to schedule FCS opponents. I'd be fine with that too. But as long as its allowed and counts toward bowl eligibility, then the goohs should do one FCS team per year.
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Agree with this. One of each is not bad. You get basically a practice game, a game with potentially decent competition, and one highly competitive game before conference. I'd love it if everyone did that.
 

MNVCGUY said:
I get that some don't like teams playing FCS teams at all but as long as you have a good mix in your non-conf schedule I really don't see a problem with it. No preseason so a game like the one this past Saturday gives you a chance to give lots of guys live game reps against a team wearing a different jersey.

That said, more power to any you trying to reason with people on social media. Gopherhole is as deep as I go into the social media cesspool in regards to Gopher sports at least. Lot of really painfully ignorant people out there on social media in general, thankfully for the most part those people don't show up here.
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I think seeing as in college football they don't have preseason games, scheduling one FCS team is fine.

It does a few things. It allows the coaches to try some things they normally wouldn't. They get more experience in the offense. Probably most importantly it give some of your backups a chance to get some experience. You have a whole lot of players on the team that you might need later in the season or next year that haven't played a snap of college football.
 

West Fargo Gopher Fan said:
I listened to Gopher Gridiron. Ryan Burns said this was something like the fourth FCS school in the 9 year Fleck Era.

Im fine with that. Some top tier schools schedule them more frequently.

Worth mentioning 4 big ten schools scored more than 66 points THIS WEEKEND
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That’s correct, but going forward we are playing an FCS team every year. I don’t have a problem scheduling an FCS game, but I hold like them to stay away from the bottom half of the FCS.
 

mcrow47 said:
I think seeing as in college football they don't have preseason games, scheduling one FCS team is fine.

It does a few things. It allows the coaches to try some things they normally wouldn't. They get more experience in the offense. Probably most importantly it give some of your backups a chance to get some experience. You have a whole lot of players on the team that you might need later in the season or next year that haven't played a snap of college football.
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It allows all the potential Portal Transfers to get on some more game film and maintain a year of eligibility if they play 4 or less games.
 
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gopherbadgerman said:
Agree with this. One of each is not bad. You get basically a practice game, a game with potentially decent competition, and one highly competitive game before conference. I'd love it if everyone did that.
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As opposed to say the murderer's row Indiana has lined up with:

Old Dominion - Sun Belt
Kenesaw State - Conference USA
Indiana State - FCS

Indiana really digging deep to test themselves with that non-conf schedule. :)

Agree that there is nothing wrong with our non-conf schedule. MAC is a solid G5 conference, Cal is in the ACC and you get one FCS exhibition game for the other guys to get some playing time.
 

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