I don't buy the whole "brutal" schedule
Georgia , ok. Good chance they start out the season 1-3 this year. They return a damn good QB , but lost a ton of starting talent to the NFL. If anything , they should remind us of a K State team last year. We get them sandwhiched in between South Carolina & LSU. It's not like we will get their best effort or see everything they got
Ball St , Ohio. If we fear these types of teams then maybe we should just give up. Talking About teams that even Todd Dodge almost swept if not for a dropped TD catch. We even get the better team , BSU , at home
MTSU- a team who last season lost to FCS McNeese State. We get them at home. Last time they rolled into town we beat them 59-7
La Tech - great season last year , but lost just about everyone who was responsible for it. What better year to start facing them ?
Rice - decent team who won 7 games last , but only 1 of those were vs teams who had a winning record ( SMU 7-6). The Owls lost by 20 vs La Tech & to the not so power house Memphis Tigers. We get them at home on weeknight.
Tulsa- probably the best in confernce. By the time we play them , they may already have the division clinched. We get to play them at their place during Thanksgiving weekend. I don't think they will have a home field advantage. Place might not even be half full
The rest of the schedule ( UTSA , UTEP , Tulane , So Miss , Idaho ) went a combined 10-46 vs DI competition last season. 4 of those wins were by the Roadrunners