(10-06-2017 12:56 PM)Potomac Wrote:  I did wonder at the time if the Times Square CGD was their “novelty” stop for the 2017 season. If they go to YSU, it’s because of the match up. That’s just the first time they went off the P5 radar for “the matchup”. They always go for “the host”.
We weren’t poo pooing that, just present the facts based on their history.

Yeah I was a little afraid of that, but figured that if the FBS matchups were weak enough(which I think they are and USC would still be a much weaker matchup than usual for CGD) then they'd strongly consider another "novelty." Which maybe they will, just not the one we wanted.

I never thought the matchup was completely irrelevant, but if #2 vs. #3 beats out #1 vs. #15/12 considering all the other things we have going for us then it definitely ended up meaning more than I expected. It's hard to say if an undefeated Villanova would have put us above YSU because I would've thought we'd be above them anyway.