The number of complaints about this game is ridiculous. You have to play these games a few times a year for a few reasons.
1. You can't play top 25 teams every week and expect to play in the playoffs. Georgia doesn't. Alabama doesn't. Clemson doesn't. etc. If everyone else is scheduling FCS teams, you need a few bad teams on the schedule every year. Oh and reminder, Notre Dame has never scheduled a FCS opponent.
2. You need a few blowouts to get backups and young kids real, meaningful reps so that they have some experience when they are called upon. You can't simulate game speed in practice without risking piling up a ton of injuries. Getting the 2nd string units almost an entire half of reps was huge
So please spare me the "this is a disgrace" nonsense.