The reality of our new conference suddenly became real to me after looking at this schedule. I do not want to be a constant negative on this board and I will post less and less if I become a poster like the guy with the Howdy doody avatar. But a home final against Connecticut? And maybe I will become more engaged when the season starts. But games against Central Michigan, Northern Illinois, and Utep almost sound like 3d rate pre conference opponents. I guess I'm getting old and can't accept change like when I was younger. But this schedule seems like a huge step backward. I hope I'm wrong.
And here's a question to any and all of you regarding Air Force. It seems to me, with the NIL and transfer rules now in play, that Air Force is going to be at a huge disadvantage going forward. I know they recruit a different kind of student athlete. But it seems to me that their only recruits are going to have to be hard core military career types. Maybe it's always been that way. But any player recruited by Air Force and other non military schools now has fewer reasons to choose Air Force. I only bring this up because the quality of their football and basketball programs has really fallen off in recent years. Paying them extra to stay in the conference may prove to be a huge mistake.