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<blockquote data-quote="3xWVUenginEER" data-source="post: 131756851" data-attributes="member: 1476506">Lighten the schedule in the future, that’s already happening.&nbsp; It happens cause Oklahoma and Texas are leaving the Big XII conference.&nbsp; Do you really think any 2 potential unnamed schools replacing them in the Big XII will be as tough?Do you think if WVU goes to a watered down and post SEC/B1G raided ACC it will be as tough as what the Big 12 has been (but won’t be after Oklahoma and Texas leave)?By any logical response the answer will be “HECK No.”.&nbsp; The ironic part is the fcs tomato cans that we will play those seasons will likely have a higher rating in Sagarin and be tougher than THE Ohio University. WVU will definitely have an easier schedule in the future.As for the travel habits of Sandusky State playing at a MAC school.&nbsp; I assume you mean Temple.&nbsp; Philadelphia is little different than Athens in terms of exposure.&nbsp; Philadelphia has what 1.6 million people and a huge Alumni base for Sandusky and everyone.&nbsp; Athens Ohio has a population of about 25k.&nbsp; There a comma and 3-0s difference there meaning a factor of 64 between the 2 places.As for Oklahoma at Tulane, about 400,000 live in New Orleans.&nbsp; Tulsa also has a population of 400,000.&nbsp; Those cities are a factor of 16 larger.&nbsp; Charleston WV has about 2x as many as Athens 25000.According to google, Peden Stadium which is the home venue for THE Ohio University seats 24000 people.&nbsp; And again Athens is in the middle of no where.My question would be when was the last time WVU traveled to an opponent and played in a stadium that small, much less a non-conference and a non-P-5 school?&nbsp;&nbsp; My guess is @Richmond in 1979.&nbsp; There may have been a temple game not at the Vet in the 80s but I don’t remember that.&nbsp; When was the last time WVU played in a MAC Stadium? Early 70s or maybe 60sthis is a bad move.&nbsp; It will be real bad if THE Ohio University buys out the last game and turns a 2 for 1 into a 1&amp;1 with some change.&nbsp; They could easily do that if the B1G offers a million dollar payday for them to come &amp; get their tail handed to them.&nbsp; UCF did that and may have paid $50k cause they did the same thing to Pitt which turned 2-1 series into 1-1 &amp; $50k like 3-4 years later.&nbsp; Not a good scheduling moves&nbsp; unless you are talking from an Athens OH&nbsp; Perspective.&nbsp; Even Ed Pastilong has to be shaking his head cause even he didn’t schedule away games at MAC schools where the signs say BFE 10 miles back.I’m done on this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="3xWVUenginEER, post: 131756851, member: 1476506"] Lighten the schedule in the future, that’s already happening. It happens cause Oklahoma and Texas are leaving the Big XII conference. Do you really think any 2 potential unnamed schools replacing them in the Big XII will be as tough? Do you think if WVU goes to a watered down and post SEC/B1G raided ACC it will be as tough as what the Big 12 has been (but won’t be after Oklahoma and Texas leave)? By any logical response the answer will be “HECK No.”. The ironic part is the fcs tomato cans that we will play those seasons will likely have a higher rating in Sagarin and be tougher than THE Ohio University. WVU will definitely have an easier schedule in the future. As for the travel habits of Sandusky State playing at a MAC school. I assume you mean Temple. Philadelphia is little different than Athens in terms of exposure. Philadelphia has what 1.6 million people and a huge Alumni base for Sandusky and everyone. Athens Ohio has a population of about 25k. There a comma and 3-0s difference there meaning a factor of 64 between the 2 places. As for Oklahoma at Tulane, about 400,000 live in New Orleans. Tulsa also has a population of 400,000. Those cities are a factor of 16 larger. Charleston WV has about 2x as many as Athens 25000. According to google, Peden Stadium which is the home venue for THE Ohio University seats 24000 people. And again Athens is in the middle of no where. My question would be when was the last time WVU traveled to an opponent and played in a stadium that small, much less a non-conference and a non-P-5 school? My guess is @Richmond in 1979. There may have been a temple game not at the Vet in the 80s but I don’t remember that. When was the last time WVU played in a MAC Stadium? Early 70s or maybe 60s this is a bad move. It will be real bad if THE Ohio University buys out the last game and turns a 2 for 1 into a 1&1 with some change. They could easily do that if the B1G offers a million dollar payday for them to come & get their tail handed to them. UCF did that and may have paid $50k cause they did the same thing to Pitt which turned 2-1 series into 1-1 & $50k like 3-4 years later. Not a good scheduling moves unless you are talking from an Athens OH Perspective. Even Ed Pastilong has to be shaking his head cause even he didn’t schedule away games at MAC schools where the signs say BFE 10 miles back. I’m done on this. [/QUOTE]

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