Volleyball

[Spathicle]

Side note from all of the injury discussions, Penguin/Tressle talk and the like.


Why don't we start leveraging our volleyball team to get better football games? I mean how B.A. would a Friday night volleyball ball game at Penn St be when it's followed by a Saturday Football game?


I mean I'm not the biggest v'ball fan but I'm sure it would have some appeal to some BCS schools. Seems like there would be some economies of scale to travelling together? Maybe a bigger pay out?

Maybe we could convince Minnesota to take both teams on in a weekend and get a nice confidence boost for both of our squads?

Maybe I'm just crazy?

[JayJ79]

Re: Volleyball

Most volleyball non-conference play takes place in "tournaments", where 4 (or 5) teams play each other over the course of 2-3 days (most commonly a friday night match, then a match on Saturday morning/early afternoon and a Saturday evening match, though some stretch it into sunday). It is more economical, with teams getting 3 matches for their travel dollars, instead of just one.

While I suppose it could be possible to tie in the volleyball team playing in a tournament at a BCS school on the same weekend as the football team playing there for a "money game", I really don't think the logistics would ever work out.

Plus, I don't see how that would economically benefit either school.

And most importantly, the UNI volleyball team strategically schedules their opponents for their own benefit (to get a good RPI ranking, and to get a good mix of very challenging matches), and has done a very good job of it (you don't end up consistently in the top 10 RPI while playing in a "midmajor" conference without smart scheduling in addition to outstanding play on the court). And I don't think any of that should be sacrificed just so the football team can have some perceived "leverage", which frankly, I don't think many of the big schools would go for anyway.

[JayJ79]

Re: Volleyball

Unless maybe it is a trip to Hawaii, that might be kind of cool.
Trip to Hawaii for the players/coaches/staff, and fans.
Volleyball plays Hawaii, who tends to be a perenially good team, and has an awesome atmosphere for volleyball (usually leads the nation in attendance) in the Stan Sheriff Center.
Football team plays Hawaii, and I think there might even be some NCAA allowance that allows teams who travel to Hawaii to play an extra game. Though I'm not sure if that still applies to FB.

Not sure if Hawaii has revenue to make big payouts for FCS games though, especially since the cost of travel would be much higher.

[JayJ79]

Re: Volleyball

what if they leveraged the mens basketball team for better football games?
or vice-versa?

[achrist70]

Re: Volleyball

what if they leveraged the mens basketball team for better football games?
or vice-versa?

I like that idea, the only problem I could see is that there is also the high school football playoff games in the dome the time basketball starts rolling, so it may be too much to ask.

[JayJ79]

Re: Volleyball

I like that idea, the only problem I could see is that there is also the high school football playoff games in the dome the time basketball starts rolling, so it may be too much to ask.

I was under the impression that the post was about road games.

[achrist70]

Re: Volleyball

It was but I like the idea of bringing good teams in.

[UNIpanther99]

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Southern Illinois tried this a few years back and wound up with some deal that had them playing football at Indiana with a smaller paycheck than usual, but in return got a 2 for 1 with them in basketball.

I doubt our coaches would be very receptive to the idea, they both kind of do their own thing.