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Originally Posted by springborofan 2) Change the scheduling model and play one or two less buy games and go on the road That leaves option 2.

I do not want to hijack this thread, and I have beaten this topic a million ways to Sunday.

But, the A10 is slipping, we used to be the #7 conference, we are now #11, and we have not done anything with our ooc schedule to mitigate that slippage.

In addition, I do not feel like we are keeping up with the Joneses. We want to be considered as one of the best non-p5 schools, yet we refuse to schedule like the other best-in-class non-p5 schools do. VCU, Temple, Xavier, New Mexico, BYU, Gonzaga, Butler, and others have gone the extra mile and scheduled up by scheduling 1 or 2 more road games as part of home-and-home series, and they have all done it multiple times. We have never, not even once, scheduled up.

I do not care if we can not get enough p5's on the schedule, take the next best thing. Rhody just scheduled home-and-homes with Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee State, we should schedule up with teams like WKU and MTSU.

You can not tell me that we can't get a h-and-h with WKU and MTSU, but yet Rhody can, give me a break.

At the very least, we should have an opportunity at a q1 or q2 road win and maybe even a q2 home win, vs. the WKU's and MTSU's of the world.

And BTW, why in the world are we playing 7, count 'em 7, buy games this year, instead of our normal 5? I would rather play both Miami of Ohio h-and-h, and, GASP!, play Wright State h-and-h, at least we would probably get a q2 road opportunity every year, along with 5 buy games, instead of playing 7 buy games. Just do: Miami at home and WSU away year 1, and Miami away and WSU at home year 2, rinse and repeat.

Buy games do nothing for you, you get no q1 or q2 opportunities from buy games.

So there, I did a 15/15 and Gem City Jam post all in one fell swoop.

And sorry for soiling your thread CE80.

	Xavier XAVIER MUSKETEERS Dayton's biggest rival dating back to the early 1900s. Founded in 1831, Xavier University is a Jesuit, Catholic university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Its three colleges offer 78 undergraduate majors, 43 minors and 11 graduate programs to 6,646 total students, including 3,961 undergraduates. The University is the sixth-oldest Catholic university in the nation and one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities nationwide. Xavier's nickname is the Musketeers and are fellow A10 Conference members.

	Temple TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple College became Temple University in 1907. Located in Philadelphia, Temple is a comprehensive public research university with 34,000 students, 8 campuses, and 300 academic degree programs. Notable alumni include Bill Cosby and Daryl Hall. Temple's nickname is the Owls and are fellow A10 Conference members.

	Rhode Island RHODE ISLAND The University of Rhode Island was chartered as the state's agricultural school in 1888. The school became the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1892. Located in southern Rhode Island, URI is a quintessential New England campus - rural in feeling yet close to the city of Providence, the state's capital. Linked to the city, the beaches, and nearly every corner of the state by both rail and public transit, the campus is easily accessible from Boston and New York URI currently offers 100 majors in seven degree-granting colleges. There are more than 12,000 students on the Kingston campus, about 3,000 in Providence, and a complement of about 700 faculty. Fellow members of the A10 Conference. Nickname is the Rams.