Schedule the Big 10

[CajunFan3406]

I forgot about that...seems like it will be Wisconsin and Michigan's time to shine.

I'm actually anxious to see Wisconsin next year. Lot's of seniors on this years squad that they're losing. They're losing they're starting QB, WR, TE, RT, RG, and possibly RB if Ball declares on offense.
And starting DE, DT, LB, CB, and FS on defense.

[CajunRed]

Why travel all the way up there to play Big10 teams? There are plenty SEC and Big12 teams that are just as beatable...Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Kansas State, Kansas, Texas Tech.

[Bunch24]

I think there are a lot of mediocre teams in the Big10. Their BCS representative, Michigan, would not be in the top half of the SEC. That QB they have is awful. What a rag arm! As for the SEC, only the NCAA can stop them(they won't). I fully expect the gap b/t the SEC and the Big10/ACC to widen over the next few years.

Basing that off one game? Robinson had a terrible game last night, but to say he's awful is a bit of a stretch. There's a lot of teams in the country who'd love to have a QB that awful. His first year in a new offense and he had some hiccups. I predict he'll get some Heisman love next year early in the season, then it'll be up to him to keep that Heisman love going.

As for scheduling Big 10 teams, it MAY seem to be a more attractive option, but it's not a better option. The travel would eat into a chunk of that payout, and would limit the Cajun fan base from being able to attend those games. Sun Belt is 1-16 against the Big 10 with the average margin of victory being 23 points.

[Just1More]

Basing that off one game? Robinson had a terrible game last night, but to say he's awful is a bit of a stretch. There's a lot of teams in the country who'd love to have a QB that awful. His first year in a new offense and he had some hiccups. I predict he'll get some Heisman love next year early in the season, then it'll be up to him to keep that Heisman love going.

As for scheduling Big 10 teams, it MAY seem to be a more attractive option, but it's not a better option. The travel would eat into a chunk of that payout, and would limit the Cajun fan base from being able to attend those games. Sun Belt is 1-16 against the Big 10 with the average margin of victory being 23 points.

South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Kansas State, Nebraska (before the switch)... were not travel costly and limiting with Cajun fan attendance??? What the SBC "has done"... compared to what the new and improved Cajuns are going to do... makes that 1-16 irrelevant. Scheduling the Big 10 occasionally is not a bad idea. The payout wouldn't be as high... but the wins... and they are very achievable... would be worth the resume bump. We'd even get some home and home options.

You must not have been a proponent of UL being in the WAC. ... talk about a travel nightmare... in all sports.

[Bunch24]

South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Kansas State, Nebraska (before the switch)... were not travel costly and limiting with Cajun fan attendance??? What the SBC "has done"... compared to what the new and improved Cajuns are going to do... makes that 1-16 irrelevant. Scheduling the Big 10 occasionally is not a bad idea. The payout wouldn't be as high... but the wins... and they are very achievable... would be worth the resume bump. We'd even get some home and home options.

You must not have been a proponent of UL being in the WAC. ... talk about a travel nightmare... in all sports.

Nope, definitely against UL being in the WAC. Not cost-efficient. The Sun Belt is fine (as soon as Denver is completely gone). ALL of those instances you cited are MUCH closer than a road trip to Wisconsin, Northwestern or Illinois. You can drive to Gainesville (hell, I've done it twice). You could even drive to Knoxville. You wouldn't drive to Wisconsin, Northwestern, Illinois, Minnesota, Penn State, Ohio State or any other Big 10 team.

Obviously, the optimal thing would be rotating between LSU, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, and maybe another SEC team (Mississippi State, Arkansas, Florida?). A non-conference game against a BCS AQ conference is what it is. It's still going to be tough to beat them. If it wasn't, the Cajuns would have more than two wins in its history against those teams.

[Sonsissymia]

I'm actually anxious to see Wisconsin next year. Lot's of seniors on this years squad that they're losing. They're losing they're starting QB, WR, TE, RT, RG, and possibly RB if Ball declares on offense.
And starting DE, DT, LB, CB, and FS on defense.

espn reports ball staying.