(02-29-2012 01:02 PM)MICHAELSPAPPY Wrote:  Which means that if they powers that be want to stop it, they will have to start counting non-D1 teams in the RPI.

None of the powers want to stop it. It's like DI football teams playing I-AA teams. A win now counts toward a bowl game. You used to only be able count it once every 4 years. Why shouldn't Arkansas bring in MoState for $300,000 rather than a Sun Belt team for $900,000? They could probably use that $600,000 they save.

(02-29-2012 12:52 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(02-29-2012 09:26 AM)outsideualr Wrote:  I've long advocating not playing non D1 teams. If going to a 20 game conference schedule, I'd be all for it. Plus scheduling would be easier. You wouldn't have to scrounge around for as many opponents.

It's getting old talking about this, but we will play a nonDI team as long as we are allowed to do so. It's cheap and it doesn't hurt our RPI. I read an article somewhere recently where many teams do this for those 2 reasons. In fact, they mentioned a team (I believe Utah) who got into the NCAA tournament despite a loss to a nonDI team. They pointed out that if they had lost to bottom feeder DI team (i.e. UCA) it might have hurt their RPI enought that they wouldn't have gotten a bid. The nonDI loss simply "never happened".

But if it is like it "never happened", why play it? I really only like going to games that count. Now exhibition games don't count either, but they are not supposed to. If we want a game that basically "counts" like a practice or something, why not just play an exhibition game against a non Division I?

(02-29-2012 05:03 PM)PTJR Wrote:  But if it is like it "never happened", why play it? I really only like going to games that count. Now exhibition games don't count either, but they are not supposed to. If we want a game that basically "counts" like a practice or something, why not just play an exhibition game against a non Division I?

I wonder if it's because the last one we played(Harding), we got beat.

(02-29-2012 05:03 PM)PTJR Wrote:  But if it is like it "never happened", why play it? I really only like going to games that count. Now exhibition games don't count either, but they are not supposed to. If we want a game that basically "counts" like a practice or something, why not just play an exhibition game against a non Division I?

They count, they just are not going on RPI.