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(01-26-2022 05:43 PM)Polish Hammer Wrote:  

(01-26-2022 01:22 PM)Older and Older Wrote:  

(01-26-2022 10:15 AM)ilovegymnast Wrote:  Looks like Wagner got added to 2023 as well.

09/02 - at UCF
09/09 - at Arkansas
09/16 - Wagner

Wagner on Staten Island is a very low FCS school.
Checking their past schedules they have losses to DII schools.
We could have scheduled a more competitive
FCS school but that of course costs $$$
1-24 last 3 years including one abbreviated season
Last year 69-7 loss to Buffalo

Good point, they play in a weak FCS conference with a limited amount of scholarships. Additionally, games against those schools are limited in counting towards bowl eligibility, so scheduling this games makes zero sense. So many other more competitive FCS games they could have scheduled instead of Wagner and LIU in back to back seasons.

“No more than one win against an FCS team may count toward that win total, and only if the FCS team has awarded at least 90% of the scholarships that FCS rules allowed it to award over the last two years (Currently, that means that wins against Ivy League, Georgetown, Pioneer Football League, and some Northeast Conference teams do not count.) The requirement that the FCS team must have awarded 90% of its allowed scholarships may be waived if a "unique or catastrophic situation" prevented the FCS team from meeting that requirement.”

Hammer. Good info. So beating the crap out of Wagner could hurt us more than a competitive loss to a P5 team.
Why not play Youngstown, Towson , James Madison , etc.
Thanks for sharing the facts.