How can we know who else will or won't agree to play us until it becomes clear whether or not we will actually be keeping the name and thus actually be under sanctions or not?
For all we know there could be another 10, 20, 50 schools out there who will decline to schedule us when approached but we will never know that until we are actually under sanctions and desperate to fill our sports schedules, and then it will be too late and the schedules will start filling up with whoever we can pick up like a last-minute prom date (insert DII, NAIA schools here), is that really worth the risk?
And the answer forthcoming will be, as usual....
TherewillbenomoreteamsbanninguseverybodyneedsusweneednobodytheBCSisbluffingwedon'tcareaboutnothostingplayoffsathletesdon'tcare
aboutnothostingplayoffswewillneverlosearecruitbecauseofsanctionsourathleticswon'tsufferblahblahblahblah.