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I dont know it seems like in recent years Rutgers, WVU, and UConn have had some bad OOC schedules. Stanford & Zona could have better OOC schedules for 2008.West Virginia has Colorado and Auburn on its OOC slate this year (the rest aren't terribly challenging, to be sure, but that's still better than most, and I added the caveat about a smaller league.)
Rutgers' schedule isn't terrific, either (North Carolina, Navy, Army, and Fresno State), but I wouldn't put it top 5. Connecticut may have the most respectable with the bunch in their having Virginia, North Carolina, and Baylor on tap (powerhouses, none of them, but also recall that UConn has only been Division I for four seasons).
I agree, 'Zona's is not too great, but Stanford does have Notre Dame, TCU, and San Jose State. Neither's going to be described as a gauntlet, but these are also PAC-10 cellar dwellers we're discussing.
Good observations; thanks for adding those.
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Kentucky's games vs. Norfolk St. and WKU were games they had to scramble for since other teams backed out. Granted the teams that backed out weren't great but those two just make the OOC schedule look terrible.
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HLIB - I'm sure many of us could come up with "creampuff" schedules for several more BCS schools - but to what purpose. No games have been played and it's possible for the 5 teams you listed to end up being the "creampuff" on the other teams schedule. (not likely but after last year ANYTHING is possible)
I don't have a problem with any team that schedules 4 D-1 OOC opponents with at least one and hopefully two of them coming from a BCS conference. But then you could also look at a team that had four BCS OOC opponents which might sound great until you looked at the schools. (I'm not going to pick four but I'm sure most of us could find them)
I have no idea of the number of schools on your list that had to schedule last minute games due to cancellations and just took what they could find.
I'd love to see the NCAA track OOC games as they are scheduled and then be able to take away scholarships from the teams that back out.
But I'm old and delusional, so what do I know.
Sure will be glad when the games actually start.
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Have to say there is no way you can include Bama in the top 5 for playing a top 10 BCS opponent to start the season and not playing one single D1-AA opponent this season. There are some teams that have 2 1-AA teams on their schedule.
Here should be your top 4 right here for playing 2 1-AA teams out of 4 OOC games:
Clemson, Florida State, Texas Tech, Georgia Tech
As far as conferences go, the Big 10 has 3 teams that play no teams from BCS conferences OOC in Minn, Indiana, and Wisky. The SEC (LSU), Pac-10 (Arizona) and Big 12 (Texas Tech) all have one team not playing any team from a BCS conference OOC.
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O yea, you can add any team that plays Lousia-na Mon-roe... yea, about them...
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HLIB - I'm sure many of us could come up with "creampuff" schedules for several more BCS schools - but to what purpose. What purpose? Well, it's May and the games don't start for another few months, so if you're on these boards, you're clearly looking for your CFB fix. Just highlighting some weak OOC schedules as a conversation starter. (That's what these boards are about, right?)
I have no idea of the number of schools on your list that had to schedule last minute games due to cancellations and just took what they could find.Agreed... but that only goes so far. If a school backs out against Alabama or Ohio State, it shouldn't be too hard to find an opponent willing to fill in. It's usually more the issue that the top team doesn't want to schedule an opponent that might actually give them a real challenge, so they'd rather take the SOS hit and schedule a bottom feeder.
Sure will be glad when the games actually start.Same here. As I've posted previously on these boards, assuming you have 12 or 13 games, 8 or 9 of which are in-conference, I think the ideal formula goes as follows:
8/9 Conference Games + 1 very good/elite BCS Opponent (e.g. LSU, Michigan, West Virginia, Texas) + 1 medium/not very good BCS Opponent (e.g. Arizona State, Purdue, Virginia) + 1 good mid-major (e.g. Boise State, BYU, East Carolina) + 1 cupcake (e.g. Akron, Arkansas State, North Dakota State)
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bcsbad,
I think this cancellation stuff has been especially prominent since the NCAA went to 12 games a couple of years ago. Teams scrambled for opponents and I imagine not all the Ts got crossed and i s dotted. I know Army cancelled its home game with Ga. Tech and Tech went looking for an opponent. Remember, the opponent has to be available on the day the other team lost its game. Can get to be complicated. For some reason Oregon State and UGA did not get signed although it had been tentative. We were lucky in that ESPN assisted and we got with Oklahoma State. I know Hawaii had a game cancelled as well. It surely does seem to happen more often than it used to.
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Just a little FYI Oregon State ended up in the top 25 last year.
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With regards to the cancellation thing, understand that when these schedules are put in place binding contracts are made and generally it is too expensive to come out of them. So, I don't agree with this as much. I know Idaho tried to get out of the game last year with SC, but before cancelling the Trojans looked for another team. After a pretty good search, they realized this game was still the best option and the game was played.
I think this should be the case for most teams.
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