I have said it time and again: we can schedule 7 P5 opponents in our OOC. They don't all have to be bruisers, but it allows us to at least have two home OOC games against high level competition.
Example for 24/25 going forward:
1. Yale (H)- the administration needs to stop balking on this game: it's good for the state, and Yale is a solid, recognizable opponent
2. Michigan State (A)- Gavitt game (we need to be in this year every year if it is extended (looks like it will be)
3. Harvard (H)- another local game against a team people have heard of; one of the better programs traditionally in the Ivy League
4. MTE #1
5. MTE #2
6. MTE #3
7. Princeton (H)- another local Ivy team that is solid
8. Syracuse (H)- we should be playing them home and home every year
9. Boston College (A)- another local P5 and scheduling them could help us get them to schedule us again home and home in football
10. Kansas (H)- Big East/Big 12 challenge: this better be happening next year or our administration got played
11. Norfolk State (H)- if we are going to play an HBCU, we better play one of the better ones
This is a doable schedule that gives us two OOC home games: Kansas and Syracuse. One game each for the XL Center and Gampel.