In essence you’re correct.
When Augie was number 1 in the country i don’t think D1s were banging in the doors begging to play them so that they could play better competition.
same with northern when they had their little run- no one in this region was gonna schedule them from a D1 standpoint
if you’re gonna schedule a non D1 you’re going to schedule a guarantee win- I’ve had to say that over and over again and i don’t know why that’s a hard concept to grasp