Hats off to Hofstra athletic dept for not shying away from competition

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I don’t really think it’s ballsy per se. Just smart business sense on their part. Whenever you play someone in the SEC there will always be more eyeballs on your game. They also play at Kentucky in two weeks. Would you rather schedule teams from a power conference and give your program more exposure or play nothing but mid majors and never have anyone see you play? It’s a pretty easy decision imo.
 
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VolPack22 said:
I don’t really think it’s ballsy per se. Just smart business sense on their part. Whenever you play someone in the SEC there will always be more eyeballs on your game. They also play at Kentucky in two weeks. Would you rather schedule teams from a power conference and give your program more exposure or play nothing but mid majors and never have anyone see you play? It’s a pretty easy decision imo.
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I was referencing them playing the defending national champion in both baseball and softball the same weekend.
 
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MAD said:
What @VolPack22 said applies to both.
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Great. There are a lot of smaller schools similar to Hofstra that could benefit from playing the defending national championships in those two sports—especially opening weekend. I’ll let you look up to see how many others previously accepted the challenge.
 
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brockytop said:
Great. There are a lot of smaller schools similar to Hofstra that could benefit from playing the defending national championships in those two sports—especially opening weekend. I’ll let you look up to see how many others previously accepted the challenge.
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Considering only 1 school wins a national championship in a sport, it’s kind of hard to schedule any of the other 299 programs on the same day. Also, Hofstra softball technically scheduled the Getterman Classic in Waco, TX, which is Baylor’s home. So congratulations are in order for Baylor for putting Hofstra in the position to play Oklahoma. Oklahoma just happened to be a part of it. Hofstra opened with Baylor and alternated playing Oklahoma each game. Also, Oklahoma had already played 6 games against 6 different opponents prior to this weekend so I guess we should actually be congratulating those other 6 schools for playing Oklahoma before Hofstra bravely took on that challenge.
 
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VolPack22 said:
Considering only 1 school wins a national championship in a sport, it’s kind of hard to schedule any of the other 299 programs on the same day. Also, Hofstra softball technically scheduled the Getterman Classic in Waco, TX, which is Baylor’s home. So congratulations are in order for Baylor for putting Hofstra in the position to play Oklahoma. Oklahoma just happened to be a part of it. Hofstra opened with Baylor and alternated playing Oklahoma each game. Also, Oklahoma had already played 6 games against 6 different opponents prior to this weekend so I guess we should actually be congratulating those other 6 schools for playing Oklahoma before Hofstra bravely took on that challenge.
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Ironic scheduling or not, how many others programs have previously played the defending national champions in both sports on the same weekend?
 
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brockytop said:
Ironic scheduling or not, how many others programs have previously played the defending national champions in both sports on the same weekend?
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If they are such a brave athletic department, tell me who they scheduled to start their men’s and women’s basketball seasons? All these first or second week games have to be filled with at least one sacrificial lamb and Hofstra was just that for Tennessee and Oklahoma. It’s not brave, it’s just giving your team exposure that you otherwise wouldn’t have without the big boys/girls. Like I said, it’s just smart business sense. Nothing special about it. Congrats on both of their programs signing up to get waxed to start their season instead of signing up for games closer to their competition level.
 
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Yeah I don't think it's so much ballsy as it's "Hey let's make some AD budget money and maybe get on TV/streaming".
 
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VolPack22 said:
If they are such a brave athletic department, tell me who they scheduled to start their men’s and women’s basketball seasons? All these first or second week games have to be filled with at least one sacrificial lamb and Hofstra was just that for Tennessee and Oklahoma. It’s not brave, it’s just giving your team exposure that you otherwise wouldn’t have without the big boys/girls. Like I said, it’s just smart business sense. Nothing special about it. Congrats on both of their programs signing up to get waxed to start their season instead of signing up for games closer to their competition level.
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Not so ballsy; men started with Old Westbury and women started with Sacred Heart. Men did play Houston early but the women's biggest opponent seems to be Florida.
 
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It's more about them paying their bills than it is not being afraid of playing anybody. Happens in college football too! It's how a lot of schools make budget. They rely on games vs power schools.
 
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