Soft Schedule Finally Catches Up to Top Tier Program

[Tollboothmgr]

This is from an article on Rivals:
"...season ticket sales are falling across college football, but Florida State's issues are exacerbated by the recent struggles on the field and the lack of marquee opponents coming to Doak Campbell Stadium, particularly in odd-numbered years when FSU plays rival Florida and Clemson on the road.
FSU's home schedule this year features non-conference games against Louisiana-Monroe and Alabama State..." (insert yawn here)
Apparently the Seminoles have sold barely half their season tickets for the main bowl section of their stadium (like 23,000 of 40,000 seats) and have more than just a mediocre team to blame. What cash-strapped fan wants to pay a $300 ticket price to watch the lowly Warhawks or the Hornets? Heck I had to cheat and look up their nicknames. This year FSU has a non-conference game against Boise St but that's in Jacksonville. Of course everybody's gonna have the one cupcake but I'd bet we Sooner fans would kick up a helluva ruckus if JoeC approved a couple snore-fests like the Seminole fans have to endure this year.

 

[Salt City Sooner]

This is from an article on Rivals:
"...season ticket sales are falling across college football, but Florida State's issues are exacerbated by the recent struggles on the field and the lack of marquee opponents coming to Doak Campbell Stadium, particularly in odd-numbered years when FSU plays rival Florida and Clemson on the road.
FSU's home schedule this year features non-conference games against Louisiana-Monroe and Alabama State..." (insert yawn here)
Apparently the Seminoles have sold barely half their season tickets for the main bowl section of their stadium (like 23,000 of 40,000 seats) and have more than just a mediocre team to blame. What cash-strapped fan wants to pay a $300 ticket price to watch the lowly Warhawks or the Hornets? Heck I had to cheat and look up their nicknames. This year FSU has a non-conference game against Boise St but that's in Jacksonville. Of course everybody's gonna have the one cupcake but I'd bet we Sooner fans would kick up a helluva ruckus if JoeC approved a couple snore-fests like the Seminole fans have to endure this year.

It's happened every odd numbered year for OU since Miami came to town back in '07, with the only difference being that Tulsa has added a bit of an in-state tinge to it.

OU home OOC's since '09

2009- Idaho State, Tulsa (BYU was @ Jerryworld, Miami was @ Miami)
2011- Tulsa, Ball State (FSU was in Tallahassee)
2013- La. Monroe, Tulsa (ND in South Bend)
2015- Akron, Tulsa (Tennessee in Knoxville)
2017- UTEP, Tulane (tOSU in the 'shoe)

 

[PryorFan]

It's happened every odd numbered year for OU since Miami came to town back in '07, with the only difference being that Tulsa has added a bit of an in-state tinge to it.

OU home OOC's since '09

2009- Idaho State, Tulsa (BYU was @ Jerryworld, Miami was @ Miami)
2011- Tulsa, Ball State (FSU was in Tallahassee)
2013- La. Monroe, Tulsa (ND in South Bend)
2015- Akron, Tulsa (Tennessee in Knoxville)
2017- UTEP, Tulane (tOSU in the 'shoe)

Yes, but who were the out of conference heavy weights that OU played those years? I would guess a BIG difference in those scheduled by FSU (Miami is also down so would not classify them as a heavy weight).

 

[Salt City Sooner]

Yes, but who were the out of conference heavy weights that OU played those years? I would guess a BIG difference in those scheduled by FSU (Miami is also down so would not classify them as a heavy weight).

I listed the big OOC's that OU played in those years. As for your guess, you'd be off a bit, at least IMO. Keep in mind that the 'noles play Florida every year OOC (Miami is a conference game, btw), so they've already got at the very least a typically solid (although to your point, they've been inconsistent lately, but that's not FSU's fault) team built in their slate to start with, plus whatever they throw in on top of it. One advantage they have over OU is that the ACC only plays 8 conference games, which gives them an extra opening, but they usually don't pull an SEC & use that opening for that 3rd creampuff that the SEC teams feast on more often than not. FSU's OOC's in those years:

2009- Jacksonville St., @ BYU, USF, @ UF
2011- La. Monroe, Charleston Southern, OU, @ UF
2013- Nevada, Beth. Cookman, Idaho, @ UF
2015- Tx. St., USF, UT Chatt., @ UF
2017- Alabama (@ Atlanta), La. Monroe, Delaware St., @ UF

Future 'nole OOC's:

https://fbschedules.com/ncaa/florida-state/

 

[runningback43]

I think the NCAA needs to mandate that every conference has to play 9 conference games. All of these conferences are big enough now that they can play 9 conference games. SEC only playing 8 conference games really gives them a leg up when it comes to making the playoffs. Same with the ACC.