One of these factors is that colleges are playing between two or three more games than they used to. With major programs looking to fill those slots with a sure win, HBCU’s have a greater chance of being scheduled. The conventional thinking is that they can pad their schedule before facing their tougher conference teams, according to experts.
In South Carolina, political intervention played a role in the USC-S.C. State game. State lawmakers raised issues of equity when questioning why USC, the state’s flagship school, had always given other small state schools a game on their schedule, but never S.C. State.
Buddy Pugh, head football coach of S.C. State, says more of these games could be scheduled if leaders at various schools took the initiative. “It starts with the leadership of each particular college, especially with the athletic director and the head coaches. There has to be dialogue between the two universities.”
--Frank J. Matthews
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