The Blue Board

Big 12 plays 9 conference games this year and i hope it stays that was wheb we get back to 12. Its only common sense to play at least 9 conference, or as many conference games as possible. It is your conference afterall.

Too bad that doesn't work for beating Va Tech. Maybe stick to picking on Dabo.......oh wait sorry.

Wished we play 12 conference games a year.

Don't have to eliminate the good ones if teams would just drop Southeastern Illinois State Tech from their schedules.

I'll say it. I think it's pvssy we don't play 9 conference games

Going to 9 forced WVU to drop their only decent OOC for this year. Found room to hold onto James Madison though.

I think the extra TV revenue from having 7 more games to go with the SEC network would make up for having one less bowl eligible team. Besides, the payout for that lowest tier bowl game isn't exactly bringing in that much.

Doesn't change the fact that it happened. I know there are plenty of reasons to keep one game over another. Just strange that out of the 4 games, the toughest one it the one that is picked.

I was mainly responding to MM's post to not eliminate the good game, but to drop the Southeast Illinois St. games or whoever he said. Just interesting that his own school had the same option this year and chose to drop the FSU game and not one of the others, but is keeping James Madison.

Honestly, I would think that you should beat FSU if you played this year. I really like WVU or OU to have a chance to play in the BCSCG.

I am sure that there is someone that thinks WVU could beat FSU. I think WVU could possibly play with LSU and Bama as well. They did play LSU as well as any team other than Alabama and maybe Mississippi St last year......and that includes 2 other teams that were ranked in the top 10 as well at the end of the year. They have a great QB and probably the 2nd best WR group in the country behind USC. FSU possibly has a great defense, one of the top 5 in football, but the offense isn't there to match either. If WVU could put up 24 points or so, they could easily win the game. I am not saying it would happen, but it is not that far fetched.

I never said it was WVU's fault, but there were 2 other games on the schedule that could have been dropped if they really wanted to (not counting Marshall as that is a state rival that I am sure they wouldn't want to let go). The Big12 could have worked the schedule around that game if they had wanted to keep it. Anything could have happened.

I am not saying that they shouldn't have dropped it in the first place. Just that if a West Virginia fan is going to tell the SEC schools they should drop an FCS team instead of a big OOC game when/if they go to 9 conference games, then it would sound better if they had done the same thing.

Nothing I stated was a knock on FSU as much it is what I think WVU could do. I think this could be the best team they have ever had and if they can get past the some of the travel issues of going to a lot of stadiums for the first time, they could make a run at the BCSCG. It will be tough, but their only extremely hard road game is Texas, assuming Oklahoma St takes a predictable step back for a year or two.

SEC needs to go to 9 conference games and drop one of the cupcakes. Saban always wants to play, at least, one marquee team. Wish we would go to two though.

I'm fine with this. As long as we get to keep the Tennessee tradition going, even if we add two more teams, then I'm fine with playing an extra SEC game.

Some teams would, but Saban loves the kickoff games. Can be used as a solid recruiting tool.

Bama hasn't finished their '13 OOC schedule yet (outside of VT and Chattanooga).