You summarized my point perfectly! Generating revenue from a mind set like that will be difficult. Meanwhile, our stadium was full or nearly full and will be again this weekend.
Sure. And I believe Cignetti has said something about it. That's a culture habit that has to be built by winning.
Yea when you're arguably the worst college football program of all time, getting to 6 by any means necessary, is the best call. If the culture changes, talent changes etc, adjust accordingly. But the goal is 6 wins. Not having a high SOS. Indiana has dealt with getting screwed on SOS for years now being in the same division of OSU, UM, PSU and MSU. This is a schedule that makes sense for Indiana now.
That is a whole lot of self-convincing you're doing here.
The worst teams in a conference/division argue this because they can’t play themselves! Regardless purdues sos was 17 and indianas 34 last year.
Yea you guys actually had to play Ohio State and Michigan last year. Purdue won 4 games last year. Replace Fresno State and Cuse with crap teams and guess what? You go 6-6 and go bowling.
It’s not that easy hindsight is great and all but we should have beat both those teams. I my hindsight last year would be that I wish we didn’t have some yawners just to get to play in the murder City bowl with all our starters leaving.
But Purdue had no choice in having NW on the schedule. Replace Fresno State and Syracuse with Indiana State and Bowling Green and you go 6-6. No one cares how you got to 6-6. It's always going to look better than 4-8. Because at 6-6, you got a shot at 7-6. And even 6-7 looks better than 4-8.
You are spending WAY too much energy trying to justify indinia's schedule. No one here is going to give you the acceptance you are looking for.
I agree. I also enjoy watching wins more than losses
Same. I really don't care against who. Just as long as it's a W. And the 6 wins don't care who you beat. Just have to get to 6.
We said to schedule a long time ago there’s no way for us to know that Fresno State would’ve been better than Ball State. Syracuse was a home at home and I’m guessing you’re saying we should do to home games against cupcakes instead of the series against Syracuse. I disagree with you. I think our fans don’t look at last year‘s Minnesota team and say we wish we had them. We beat them by 19 but yes, they still got the six wins and go to the motor city bowl. There are many games on our schedule we could’ve won. that’s what we look at we don’t look at shoot we should’ve scheduled easier teams.
Well... Motor City Bowl > Sitting at home with 4 wins. But Minnesota only went to a bowl game because there weren't enough bowl teams. So Minnesota went to a bowl at 5-7. Purdue schedules Indiana State instead of Fresno State or Syracuse and maybe they go to a bowl at 5-7.
Fresno is almost always better than ball state and we should absolutely be playing ball state over a home and home with Syracuse, unc, wake forest, etc. it’s why there are rumors Purdue might get out of the unc and wake forest games.
No it goes by APR or whatever it is and we were not high enough on the list where we could have gotten in with 5 wins.
Typically a lot of player turnover (like when there is a coaching change!) is an APR killer. I’m the past we have been strong there but not this past year.
Well it really makes zero sense to be happier with 4 wins than 6 wins just because you lost to better teams. Bowl games really don't care about SOS in the lower tiers. Perception doesn't care about SOS in Purdues or Indiana tier. Even Ohio State said they don't care about their OOC SOS. They are playing Akron, Western Michigan and Marshall. No one cares as long as you win.
Again in 13 years we sacrificed two crappy bowl games for 13 years of better schedules. Of course 6 is better than 4 but I’d swap those two crappy bowl games out for 20-25 respectable non-conf games for sure and if you pitched it like that you’d probably get close to unanimous support except for wole who is hard headed, a closer Purdue hater, and a contrarian.
I would swap out 2 crappy bowl games over a 13 year period for a better schedule.
Which am I? Because I’d rather play 13 games than 12 with a tougher schedule.
Past 11 years(post Hope era) Purdue has went to 4 bowl games(all during Brohms time obviously).
You don’t know what you are talking about. That wouldn’t keep brohm in fact maybe he leaves the first time. He was always going home, heck his wife and daughter were living in Louisville. And he wasn’t here in 2023. You’re also cherry picking stats. You are not going to change my mind.
Brohm would have went in 5 of 6 years. I don't think Brohm was staying no matter what, but ya never know. Two extra bowl games would have been way better for Purdue than 4 wins. Especially to begin Walters era.
I’m fine with one FCS, one lower team and one MAC or p5 team like ND. Get two non con wins every year.
Will be interesting how people schedule with the new 12 game CFP. I bet most will do 3 FCS or lower tier P4/5.
Is there a rule you can only do one FCS team and it’s only in a year where you have 5 away conference games?
