Game 11-Prairie View A&M 12/12 7 PM

[UNIpanther99]

Yep... For home and homes, lets get back to teams like Green Bay, Milwaukee, WIU, South Dakota/SDSU, St. Thomas, UMKC, Omaha, etc.

[BCPanther]

Yep... For home and homes, lets get back to teams like Green Bay, Milwaukee, WIU, South Dakota/SDSU, St. Thomas, UMKC, Omaha, etc.

Could do a lot of 2 for 1s with those schools too.

[unipanthers8907]

I think we just flat need to play at home more. There's a reason nobody at our level is taking 4 true road games and it's even a worse decision when you factor in the level that B4A is at. It's tough to get into a rhythm and get playing better when you're spending so much time traveling. This year there was no need to take the North Texas game, none and especially on a night where they were going to be all jacked up (raising a banner, first year in the AAC, new coach, etc).

Ideally going forward--
MTE (2 or 3 games)
1 Bought (if it makes sense from a travel/guarantee standpoint)
3 Buys
2 Regional H-H
1 Resume H-H (AAC, CUSA, MW, A10, etc)
1 Non-DI

That way you're getting 5 or 6 home games plus enough competition to make sure you're ready for league play.

I'd LOVE to see the two early Valley games go away but access to officials makes that almost impossible. They're here to stay.

BC - question for ya on the bolded part. I'm very out of the loop on this. What does a typical buy game look like for UNI on both ends of that spectrum (getting bought and actually doing the buying)? I'm sure it all depends on the opponent. But for example, what did UNI get paid to go to Colorado a few years ago? Is that one paycheck enough for UNI to turn around and pay to "buy" 3 home games against teams from some of the weaker/smaller conferences (SWAC/MEAC/A-Sun/Big South/Northeast/Ohio Valley/etc.)?

[BCPanther]

BC - question for ya on the bolded part. I'm very out of the loop on this. What does a typical buy game look like for UNI on both ends of that spectrum (getting bought and actually doing the buying)? I'm sure it all depends on the opponent. But for example, what did UNI get paid to go to Colorado a few years ago? Is that one paycheck enough for UNI to turn around and pay to "buy" 3 home games against teams from some of the weaker/smaller conferences (SWAC/MEAC/A-Sun/Big South/Northeast/Ohio Valley/etc.)?

Our going rate to get bought is $90-$120k depending on opponent at this point. We're typically paying $55-80k for the games we're buying. Some MTEs also pay us a guarantee for going (Cancun, Paradise Jam, B4A and there are others)

Jake's contract stipulates that he gets to buy 2 DI games plus a non-DI without it affecting his budget so realistically adding that third buy game should be more than feasible and we've also done a good job of partnering with Drake and Iowa State to bring in teams that take less guarantee money to come up here and get 2 games in 3 days for the expense of one trip. I can't imagine a better set up for a SWAC team than what Prairie View (Iowa State Sunday/UNI Tuesday) and Alcorn (UNI Sunday/Drake Tuesday) are doing.

[Wxcpanther]

Our going rate to get bought is $90-$120k depending on opponent at this point. We're typically paying $55-80k for the games we're buying. Some MTEs also pay us a guarantee for going (Cancun, Paradise Jam, B4A and there are others)

Jake's contract stipulates that he gets to buy 2 DI games plus a non-DI without it affecting his budget so realistically adding that third buy game should be more than feasible and we've also done a good job of partnering with Drake and Iowa State to bring in teams that take less guarantee money to come up here and get 2 games in 3 days for the expense of one trip. I can't imagine a better set up for a SWAC team than what Prairie View (Iowa State Sunday/UNI Tuesday) and Alcorn (UNI Sunday/Drake Tuesday) are doing.

It is odd with Grambling that they played ISU a few weeks ago and just played Drake tonight.

[BrockLesnar]

It doesn't really matter how our non-conference schedule turns out we're not getting at large bids. It's only happened once to the NIT in 2012 and twice to the NCAA in 2005 and 2006. Yeah, we would have had at-large bids to the Dance in 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, but we got the automatic one instead. So, we almost have no margin for error maybe, 6-7 losses to the NCAA and 8 to the NIT. Neither will happen very often. Certainly not this season.

[BrockLesnar]

We can schedule soft and get ignored by both tournaments to stack up wins. Whatever.. It doesn't do anything. So we might as well schedule as tough or tougher. Logically, we'd be better prepared for Arch Madness. All that other stuff just determines our seed.

[UNIpanther99]

We can schedule soft and get ignored by both tournaments to stack up wins. Whatever.. It doesn't do anything. So we might as well schedule as tough or tougher. Logically, we'd be better prepared for Arch Madness. All that other stuff just determines our seed.

I think the smart thing is to limit long road trips unless it provides a great opportunity, TV exposure, or gets us into a recruiting area we want to have a footprint in.

[BrockLesnar]

I think the smart thing is to limit long road trips unless it provides a great opportunity, TV exposure, or gets us into a recruiting area we want to have a footprint in.

Yeah, beg Creighton to play us if we like a kid from Omaha or Lincoln.

[BCPanther]

Mac and Jake have no interest in playing each other and it'll never happen outside being forced to. All friend hats have been lost.

[BrockLesnar]

Scheduling never works for the so-called mid majors. We haven't got an ounce of clout when it comes to running the show. We have to be damn near perfect and even that does nothing if you schedule weak. So, long story short we'll never get our way.