(05-14-2020 08:36 PM)Itinerant Texan Wrote:  

(05-14-2020 05:34 PM)PojoaquePosse Wrote:  

(05-14-2020 01:22 PM)Itinerant Texan Wrote:  Unique non-conference scheduling is a bonus from the Gillispie hire that I honestly didn't anticipate. First A&M, now UCLA, and Billy Clyde is talking about taking his young Tarleton team back to UK. Dude's got connections. Great exposure for Tarleton, and for the WAC.

What are some other games to watch?

Tarleton to play UCLA
https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/...5517469701

This is the kind of scheduling I hope to see fromt he rest of the WAC. Actually, Seattle, UVU and others have scheduled top P5's in the recent past. We just need to knock one off from time to time.

I respect your honesty. Scheduling the likes of Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Northern New Mexico is not going to get us where we want to go as a conference. And I agree, it would really help if we could makes some noise, as a conference, by winning some of these games. But I know one thing for sure: you've gotta schedule it before you can win it. Maybe Tarleton will be the ones to lead the way on this for the WAC. Perhaps BCG is thinking in order to be the best, you have to play the best. Even if they get throttled, his young players will be better off for it when conference play rolls around. NMSU and their big ol' arena won't look so tough after facing A&M and UCLA on the road. Can't hurt for recruiting purposes, either. I like it.

I appreciate the response. I wasn't as clear in my post as I should have been. Teams other than NMSU need to start beating a P5 from time to time to legitimize the WAC. In a recent Jans press conference, Jans actually said that NMSU did not do their part for the WAC in 2019/2020 by losing to some P5 and MWC teams. Our OOC W/L record reflected badly on the WAC rankings. When the top team isn't doing their part, the numbers suffer.

As was stated, we are mandated by the NM legislature to play one of the D2/NAIA NM schools every year. Take a peek at our OOC schedules the past few years. For every APB or NNMC, there are plenty of P5's, MWC's and other high majors on the docket. NMSU is not the problem.

All four P5/MWC losses this year were with an NMSU team dealing with 4 missing and injured starters.

2020
AZ (L): 53-83
WSU (L): 54-63
MSST (W): 58-52
MWC: 1-2

2019
WSU (W): 69-63
Kansas (L): 60-63
WSU (W): 75-72
Auburn (L): 77-78
MWC: 3-0

2018
Illinois (W): 74-69
Miami #6 (W): 63-54
USC (L): 72-77
Clemson(L): 68-79
MWC: 3-0