Flagman wrote: ↑Mon Nov 26, 2018 8:24 pm
Fessor wrote: ↑Mon Nov 26, 2018 7:49 pm
apaladin wrote: ↑Mon Nov 26, 2018 7:01 pm
Wouldn't be surprised if WC didn't beat SC in Columbia tonight.
Ignoring the apparent double negative in your sentence ...
How the hell did they get a game with the Cocks and we didn't?
Fear
I understand the desire to ask "
how the hell did they get a game with the Cocks and we didn't?".
Here are some facts:
Over the past 20 seasons, including this season, Furman has a total of 11 games against the 2 big in-state schools, USC and Clemson.
Over the past 20 seasons, including this season, Wofford has a total of 21 games against the 2.
(In the same 20 seasons, Citadel has a total of 18 games against the 2.)
It is fun to say "fear" is the reason, but I am not so sure that is it. It is not fear on Furman's part. I do not see why USC or Clemson would have reasons to fear Furman more than Wofford during the past 20 years.
I think that discrepancy, 11 games for Furman, and 21 games for Wofford, is due to something else, but I don't know exactly what. I still think it is a good question.
Furman has had 4 games against USC in the 20 years and 7 against Clemson. Total 11.
Wofford has had 11 against USC in the 20 years and 10 against Clemson. Total 21.
By the way, I
don't care if we don't play USC or Clemson as much as Wofford
(or Citadel) does. But I
do care if we don't play the same approximate quantity and quality of big name OOC games as Wofford does. (Note that Wofford this year has "OOC big names" that include USC, UNC, Kansas, Stanford, Oklahoma, Mississippi State; I am satisfied, since we beat Villanova and Loyola-Chicago, that this year our schedule of "OOC big names" includes Villanova, Loyola-Chicago, LSU, UNCW, Elon, UNCA, Gardner-Webb, Charleston Southern, USC Upstate.)
I emphasize that our wins over Loyola-Chicago and Villanova this season negate any of my OOC game scheduling concerns for this season.
ADDENDUM REGARDING FOOTBALL:
In football, over the past 20 seasons, including this season, Furman has a total of 6 games against the 2 big in-state schools, USC and Clemson.
Over the past 20 seasons, including this season, Wofford has a total of 7 games against the 2.
When the next 5 years are included (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) Furman will have had a total of 7 games against the 2; and Wofford will have had a total of 10.
(In the same 25 years, Citadel will have had a total of 8 games against the 2 in football.)
Again, I don't care if we don't play USC or Clemson as much as Wofford
(or Citadel) does. On the other hand, it appears from a financial point of view that Furman may be getting 30% less payout than Wofford from the big 2 for the 25-year period 1999-2023
(and Furman may be getting 12.5% less payout than Citadel from the big 2 for the 25-year period 1999-2023); and I do care about the financial aspect.
ADDENDUM 2 REGARDING CITADEL:
See above in italics for comments pertaining to Citadel basketball and football scheduling against the big 2.
