South Carolina State to open 2026 football schedule

[spacemonkey]

You are going to see lots of "Chemistry" problems going forward with FBS football. It will affect us as well, but a p5 team with a whole new lineup may have problems with their first game of the year. Give me the biggest name p5 on the road and let the chips fall where they fall.

P.S. I have always looked at our p5 road game as our bowl game.

[ASU3432Mi]

If you want to be the man you have to beat the man. Ric Flair got it right, line 'em up. Not interested in an easy schedule just to get a non-deserved bowl.

Like Liberty.

[RaleighApp27609]

The play off structure is likely to change over the years. My read. Play the best schedule you can and enjoy each game. Again , my opinion.

It's more fun for players to go and play the big boys. We will always have an outside shot at the playoff even going undefeated. Let's go play the SEC/Big 10 studs, make some money, knock off some giants and give the fans something exciting to watch.

Judging from Liberty's easy schedule to go undefeated and then make an NY6 bowl, I wouldn't be upset if App went that route if it ensured an NY6 bowl. No need to make things more difficult than they need to be if you want to play on New Year's.

[Bigdaddyg1]

Apparently there are 2 schools of thought on scheduling and post season opportunities. One of the absolute worst and boring games I attended in the last few years was the Citadel. Sitting through that 3rd quarter watching them chew up about 12 minutes on a drive, making no effort to rally was excruciating. By contrast the ECU and UNC games were fun and included all of the buildup and trash talking. While it would be great any year to play in the NY6 or even the playoffs I'd hate to see a crappy schedule simply to MAYBE win enough games to MAYBE reach that game. I'll take fun and challenging games every time.