Most USC fans and alumni wanted to remain one of the 3 FBS (with UCLA and Notre Dame) teams to have never played a FCS opponent. Looks like SC's new AD wants that also.
Hopefully we take that money and schedule a home game.
I'd be fine with this too but I think that finding a quality opponent to replace this game could be tough. I would think that most teams have their schedules for the 2021 season already set.
For family reasons I followed the Trojans closely in the 2000-2010 era. Trust me, the USC faithful were more than aware of the streak. Used it frequently on chat site "discussions" with SEC fans who felt that SEC football was what God watched on Saturdays. A common thread from the USC fans was that most SEC schools schedule a game or two with lower tier schools, and we aren't talking James Madison or North Dakota State. We're talking University of Southeast Western North Carolina Teachers and Ferriers College at Mayberry, etc.. I think there were a couple of other FCS schools at the time that still had not played "down." As the article points out, part of the issue now is that the only other two schools that have not played FCS opponents are Notre Dame and UCLA - USC's biggest traditional rivals.
When the game was announced people pointed out that there were simply no other FBS schools that were available that weekend. Maybe USC can find an FBS team that is scheculed to play an FCS or "mid-level FBS" team that weekend and bribe, encourage or pay them to get out of that game, freeing the FCS (or FBS) opponent to play the Ags.
I think most of us saw this (the execution of the cancellation or buy-out clause) coming back when the game was announced.
If USC pays UC Davis $750,000 I would think that would be a great thing for Davis. UC Davis could attract a great FCS team to play in Davis for $250,000 or less and pocket $500,000 or more. Nice check in the bank, a more manageable and playoff friendly schedule and one more home game for Aggie fans.
the Ivy League doesn’t start that early. This year they started on 9/21. That’s part of the challenge of getting a matchup with them. All those others look promising