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Post by TheGlove on Sept 3, 2019 19:22:17 GMT -8
Very disappointed in Rueck. I guess he doesn't want his players to enjoy the thrill of victory, or for the fans to enjoy watching games, because there's no thrill in beating a team by 30 or 40 points. He needs to recalibrate his thinking apparatus. If the Ucks can schedule Syracuse, UConn, and Louisville, then there's no reason that we couldn't do the same. Is he afraid of losing? Maybe he takes pleasure in watching his team beat up weaker teams. Or worse, maybe he thinks his players aren't good enough to beat a good team. Why do I make these crazy insinuations? Because I'm hoping someone on his staff will read this and knock some sense into his head. Osu really needs to fire Rueck and hire you. After all he really has no idea how to coach or run a successful program. Please don’t feed the troll. |
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Post by 411500 on Sept 3, 2019 20:56:28 GMT -8
"If we could replace Utah State, Southern Utah, and Northern Arizona with higher quality mid-majors, or even Power 5s, it would look much better."
Not only would it look better, it would reward those of us who buy season tickets, and who support the program in other ways as well.
Bringing in a team like Iowa, or Texas, or any program with national name recognition is a boost to the program and it generates excitement in the fan base for the upcoming conference season...
I know these games are not easy to arrange, and they are not cheap. But obviously it's do-able if there is the will to do it.....
I'm not angry about all this, but I'm certainly disappointed that there is not a single impressive opponent in the entire month of December.......
GO BEAVS !!
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Post by bvrbooster on Sept 3, 2019 22:01:56 GMT -8
I'm with 411500 on this. (Do your friends call you 411?) As I've said previously, I'd like to see us schedule other good Northwest programs, like Gonzaga or Boise State, regularly. Or why doesn't the conference set up a Big Ten (or other power conference) PAC 12 Challenge annually.
With regard to expense, season tickets are almost ridiculously inexpensive. If the price went up 10 or 15 bucks, not too many are going to squawk. Right now, with the senior discount, I pay less than $10 per game, and that includes parking. Would I really care if that went to $11?
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Post by greybeav on Sept 3, 2019 22:41:21 GMT -8
I don't think this got cleared up yet and someone asked so....OSU will host Southern Utah on Nov. 21 for Beavers Beyond the Classroom.
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Post by sparty on Sept 4, 2019 5:50:17 GMT -8
Well OSU might have been able to travel to a good team or two, but it takes $$ to host big names. Not sure (don't really care) how the Italy trips are funded, but is it a coincidence both trips were followed pretty weak home schedules? Although 2015 there was UT at home, ND on the road. Why does it take money to host big names, Explain. |
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Post by 411500 on Sept 4, 2019 6:55:08 GMT -8
bvrbooster - - here's where 411500 came from.
On BeaverBlitz I go by 4115bb.
When I signed up for Benny's they would not accept that user name, so I modified it to 411500.
Kinda awkward, I know, but it was the easiest thing to do at the moment I was trying to join this forum.....
GO BEAVS !!
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Post by 411500 on Sept 4, 2019 7:23:32 GMT -8
"Why does it take money to host big names, Explain."
I do not know for sure, but here's my take on it.
To bring a name school to Corvallis the visiting team must give up a home game. Since name programs usually draw good crowds, they lose the revenue from the home game they gave up to travel to Corvallis.
My guess is that OSU must sweeten the deal to encourage them to do this.
Sometimes this is done by agreeing to a home and home. Sometimes by a higher guarantee.
Plus, whoever they are, they know there is a very good chance they're gonna get beat at Gill and they don't like that idea either....
GO BEAVS !!
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Post by bennyskid on Sept 4, 2019 8:19:14 GMT -8
Don't forget to factor in the time zones. East Coast schools *hate* traveling out of their time zone. Why schedule a trip to Gill (or Knight) when you can schedule a team with a similar profile in your own time zone? I'm mildly amazed that we've been able to get teams like UT and ND out here *ever*.
I doubt that there is anything to the lack of name schools on the schedule. I am pretty sure that the staff goes into the process every year hoping to schedule at least 2-3 "big" games. The program wants the exposure, it wants big crowds at Gill, and it wants the challenge for the team. But some years it works out and some years it doesn't.
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Post by wbosh15 on Sept 4, 2019 13:20:57 GMT -8
Another point to consider is the WNIT. DePaul is a pre-season top 20 team and that would be the semi-final match-up. In the finals, Boise St or Oklahoma seem to be the most likely opponent. So there appears to be at least 2 top 25 match-ups in the pre-season, with all of the top 10 match-ups ahead for conference play. Strength of schedule shouldn't be too much of a concern come March.
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Post by newduke2 on Sept 4, 2019 14:57:16 GMT -8
I think the schedule needs just one significant change: Simply replace 1 team that will be an obvious blowout with 1 top 10 or top 15 team. Had they done this, I think the "complaints" about OSU's non-conference schedule would be minimal.
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Post by bvrbooster on Sept 4, 2019 15:17:50 GMT -8
I keep thinking back to 2 years ago. We went 23-6 in the regular season, 14-4 in conference, and wound up a 6 seed. We played 2 tough non-conference games (Notre Dame and Duke), and lost them both. The other opponents were North Dakota, Utah Valley, North Carolina Central, Nevada, Utah State, San Jose State, Savannah State, UC Santa Barbara, and UC Davis. We won those games by, in order, 10, 57, 53, 40, 39, 48, 48 again, 25, and 14 - and, in so doing, apparently impressed nobody at all on the selection committee.
The damage you do to your RPI by scheduling schools whose RPI would be a truly great bowling score absolutely comes back to haunt you in March. I don't think the strength of the WNIT field is going to be anywhere near enough to make up for the cupcakes.
Six seeds play away from home, in a time zone far, far away.
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Post by bvrbooster on Sept 4, 2019 15:28:22 GMT -8
Further to that, here's last year's RPI for this year's opponents:
UC IRVINE 171
So. Utah 272
Miami 19
Liberty 180
Hawaii 185
Utah St. 181
No. Ariz. 222
BYU 26
CSU Baker. 276
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Post by lotrader on Sept 4, 2019 16:06:54 GMT -8
Further to that, here's last year's RPI for this year's opponents: UC IRVINE 171 So. Utah 272 Miami 19 Liberty 180 Hawaii 185 Utah St. 181 No. Ariz. 222 BYU 26 CSU Baker. 276 Fortunately, OSU plays in the PAC-12, where UO, Stanford, UCLA, and ASU play. If OSU takes care of business in the PAC-12, RPI will be in good shape by end of regular season. |
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Post by nwhoopfan on Sept 4, 2019 16:09:45 GMT -8
Yep. Miami is a solid program, DePaul is too, but this year is missing a marquee matchup like Notre Dame. Last year had plenty of softies too, but also South Carolina and Texas A&M. Duke was supposed to be better than they ended up. I'd like to see at least 4 good opponents on the OOC every season.
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Post by nwhoopfan on Sept 4, 2019 16:17:23 GMT -8
Not buying "the Pac 12 is tough enough, don't need to schedule well OOC." Stanford and Oregon both have WAY better non-con schedules than OSU does.
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