(01-21-2016 08:18 PM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  

(01-21-2016 06:30 PM)First Mate Wrote:  

(01-20-2016 02:52 PM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  

(01-20-2016 01:44 PM)Stookey57 Wrote:  This is bs and not fair, I could see fcs but not fbs, this Boyz club thing must end now.
The government might need to step in and straighten this out.
The ncaa comishiner should step in and set the rules for a fair playing field, if not he should step down

I think Pitt should schedule whoever they like, but the public announcement is unnecessary, unprofessional, elitist, etc. It isn't like there is a need to grace us with Pitt football. Hell some c-usa teams like Marshall would be a bigger draw at UCF over Pitt. I wish we could get organized and not schedule buy games but the mac, Sunbelt, c-usa, etc will whore themselves for little money. If there are more and more teams not willing to travel to g4 or T1 conference teams, then the buy game value will boom. Good luck Pitt keeping up with the costs of buying games

The G5 schools should boycott Pitt. Let's see them play 4 non conference P5 teams and end up out of a bowl every year.

Problem is most of the lower tier leagues are useless and just want payday games. We couldn't ever organize. Only the MWC and AAC act like d-1.

SBC is trying to push across league legislation allowing no more than 1 guarantee in a year. Gaining some traction among the top teams. I am hopeful ours will pass and CUSA and the MAC will follow, but I don't see it happening.

(01-20-2016 09:38 AM)billybobby777 Wrote:  Pitts worst move was tearing down their OCS, Pitt Stadium, in the late 90's and deciding to pay rent to an NFL team to play their games. Sure their fans will say Pitt gets to share in the small profits coming in on ticket sales, but it's a lose lose. Note: Not a single Big Ten or Big 12 or SEC school plays in an NFL stadium. The ACC has 2. That's the same now for the AAC and MAC, and ONE MORE than the MWC. It's mildly astonishing...cheers!

They don't pay rent. They co-operate Heinz Field. That doesn't change that tearing down Pitt Stadium was a huge mistake

The thing is that Pitt could have just stopped scheduling G5 away games without announcing it as some type of new law. By announcing it, they are trying to send some kind of message to someone. I'm not sure if the intended recipient of the message is/are their boosters, the rest of the ACC, or recruits (Pitt regularly loses recruits to G5 teams).

(01-22-2016 10:33 AM)Enriquillo Wrote:  The thing is that Pitt could have just stopped scheduling G5 away games without announcing it as some type of new law. By announcing it, they are trying to send some kind of message to someone. I'm not sure if the intended recipient of the message is/are their boosters, the rest of the ACC, or recruits (Pitt regularly loses recruits to G5 teams).

Boosters and fans get happy about things like this. Nobody wants to play a road game at a program they perceive as being "under" them.

Tulane never plays Pitt, so this announcement has no effect on me. We normally play Syracuse, Georgia Tech, Wake, and Duke.

Why does this thread pop up from time to time. I mean really wgaf what pitt does. An awful football team in a dirty cold city.

(01-19-2016 09:40 PM)PiratePanther189 Wrote:  Are there enough P5 teams for all of them to do this?

Who knows. Louisville goes to Houston in 2016.

(01-19-2016 09:40 PM)PiratePanther189 Wrote:  Are there enough P5 teams for all of them to do this?

As long as an even number of p5 exist and willing to except less home buy games...sure. everyone wants 7 home games and sometimes 8. Pitt will have issues but it is Pitt and nobody cares.

(01-21-2016 08:18 PM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  

(01-21-2016 06:30 PM)First Mate Wrote:  

(01-20-2016 02:52 PM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  

(01-20-2016 01:44 PM)Stookey57 Wrote:  This is bs and not fair, I could see fcs but not fbs, this Boyz club thing must end now.
The government might need to step in and straighten this out.
The ncaa comishiner should step in and set the rules for a fair playing field, if not he should step down

I think Pitt should schedule whoever they like, but the public announcement is unnecessary, unprofessional, elitist, etc. It isn't like there is a need to grace us with Pitt football. Hell some c-usa teams like Marshall would be a bigger draw at UCF over Pitt. I wish we could get organized and not schedule buy games but the mac, Sunbelt, c-usa, etc will whore themselves for little money. If there are more and more teams not willing to travel to g4 or T1 conference teams, then the buy game value will boom. Good luck Pitt keeping up with the costs of buying games

The G5 schools should boycott Pitt. Let's see them play 4 non conference P5 teams and end up out of a bowl every year.

Problem is most of the lower tier leagues are useless and just want payday games. We couldn't ever organize. Only the MWC and AAC act like d-1.

Exactly, when a G5 school can make more off one body bag road game then they can off their Conference TV revenue, there will be no shortage of takers.