Please stop portraying Kansas like they're the lords of Big 5 football. I'll give you Cincinnati because of the regional interest and they've at least been somewhat consistently successful the last 10 years. But Kansas isn't something to get excited about. At least not for me. One glorious run back in 2007 people nowadays barely remember doesn't make them a marquee opponent in Peden.
I'll counter that Kansas is a step in the right direction for at least attempting to get better schools to visit Peden, but that's not a plateau I think Ohio needs to be shooting for.
This is the issue with college football scheduling contrasted with college basketball. We're three and a half months from the start of the 2014 college basketball season and we still don't know who we are playing. In football, we know some of the teams we're going to be playing in 6-7 years (Kansas, Marshall). In basketball, you know the general expectations of the team you're playing. In football, you really don't have a clue what you'll be facing when you schedule a team that far in advance. Kansas could be back on top at that point, having been brought back from the dead by Charlie Weis or whomever takes his place.
But thats a huge roll of the dice with a team that's historically bad don't ya think? At least if Cincinnati goes in the tank, there is still a regional interest amongst the fan base. I could see if say a team like Georgia Tech (which would probably never come to Peden) agreed to do a home-home. They've at least been somewhat consistent throughout their history and still a name brand football school. Even if they were Kansas-bad, a bad Georgia Tech team is drawing more buzz than a possibly one-off good looking Kansas team.
I just don't think it's wise to be excited about a perennial cellar dwellar in the Big XII, praying they'll be a good team by the time Ohio faces them.
Last Edited: 8/4/2014 2:34:46 PM by GoCats105