To find out which non-conference teams they tried to schedule. They were criticized for their non-conference schedule, and their AD fired back with "nobody would play us...the P4 teams have so much money that they have a monopoly on scheduling decisions." So somebody FOIAed the emails, and sure enough they tried to schedule Marquette, Pitt, Wisconsin, and others. Below is a link to the article. It's a pay article, so you can only read the beginning, but you'll get the point. They tried to have a tougher schedule, but they were rejected on all fronts. So I'm definitely glad they got in.