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Message: [QUOTE="freescooter, post: 5313368, member: 1023"] That sounds great. It isn’t true but let’s not let facts get in the way. Houston’s 2021 non-conference schedule: Texas Tech, Rice, Grambling, UConn. 22: Rice, Texas Teck , Texas Tech, Kansas. Cincinnati 2021: Notre Dame, Indiana, Murray State, Miami-Ohio 2022: Arkansas, Kennesaw St, Miami-Ohio, Indiana. And those were typical if you go back. 2 P4 teams and 1 G5, 1 FCS. UCF 21- Bethune-Cookman, UConn, Louisville, Boise St UCF 22: SC State, FAU, Louisville Georgia Tech. SMU: 2023 LA Tech, Prairie View, Oklahoma, TCU 2022: North Texas, Lamar, TCUMaryland All 4 played 2 P5 Games, not 5 or 6 or even 4. When they got to more than 2 it was due to a bowl matchup. And they ended up in Power leagues. They mostly played 1 FCS and 1 G6. You know what the real difference was? Those schools made football a priority. They had big wins and competed for conference titles and had consistent winning records. Had we done the same, we’d be in a power conference We didn’t. We hired bad coaches and scrimped on support systems. BYU did play 5-6 but I would argue they are a different situation. They chose to go independent in hopes of upgrading their schedule and because they thought they could make it work. They had a good pedigree including a national championship and relationships with the PAC and other “national” teams. Despite that, they mostly played 5 P5 games, occasionally 6, mostly against the original PAC 12. BYU fans complained that they were mostly front loaded schedules. [/QUOTE]

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