Softest Schedule in 2006

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:49 pm

9/2 Marshall
9/9 Buffalo
9/14 Maryland
9/23 at East Carolina
10/7 at Miss State
10/14 Syracuse
10/20 at Connecticut
11/2 at Louisville
11/11 Cincinnati
11/16 at Pitt
11/25 South Florida
12/2 Rutgers

There will need to be at least 2 other BCS conf schools go undefeated to keep West Virginia out of the Fiesta Bowl.

Terry in Crapchester · Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:05 pm

Not a difficult schedule, to be sure, but it's just a bit of a stretch to say that there are no potential stumbling blocks there. Just off the top of my head:

Maryland: Rivalry game.
Louisville: Louisville is also ranked in the preseason Top 10, and this is on the road.
Pitt: A rivalry game on the road.

Not saying that West Virginia won't go through the season unbeaten, but it's by no means a certainty that they will, either.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:18 am

don't forget that roadie at Miss. State....the Bulldogs did give D-II Maine their only D-1 victory of all time two years ago.

War SEC top to bottom.

Rack Fu · Post by **Rack Fu** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:29 am

My Cuse will be no pushover this year. They might just win two games this time around.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:05 am

Like Terry says, WVU isn't going to walk through their schedule. I think they're a good team, with some great tactical coaching...but they always have trouble with Maryland, and Pitt will be a bit improved, and the long arm of the Law might visit their starting roster, etc.

Bucmonkey · Post by **Bucmonkey** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:00 am

Hey now, dont sell USF short ! :wink:

MuchoBulls · Post by **MuchoBulls** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:25 pm

Bucmonkey wrote:Hey now, dont sell USF short ! :wink:

Seeing as to how USF plays @ Louisville the week before I don't think they'll have enough going up to Morgantown the following weekend. Our LB's are good enough and fast enough to slow down Slaton and White, but I worry about what our offense is going to be like.

Louisville gets both WVU and USF at home, so they have the inside track to winning the Big East this year.

Cicero · Post by **Cicero** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:28 pm

I think Louisville is going to win the Big East.

Nolesy · Post by **Nolesy** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:37 pm

FSU has a cream puff schedule this year. 8 home games. on the schedule is Rice, troy st., western Mich. duke and UF. All are cream puffs.
We are set up for a national championship appearence...............opps never mind I forgot about the Bowdens.

Left Seater · Post by **Left Seater** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:05 pm

FSU has a cream puff schedule this year. 8 home games. on the schedule is Rice...All are cream puffs.

Here's hoping the new coaching staff and karma can make you eat those sarcastic words.

Nolesy · Post by **Nolesy** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:25 pm

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Sorry Lefty, I just could,nt lay off. :P

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:42 pm

Rack Fu wrote:My Cuse will be no pushover this year. They might just win two games this time around.

War Greg Robinson.....hahahahahaha...

sin,

guy living in Denver.

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:51 pm

I see losses at Louisville, at Pitt and maybe even at UConn, so don't count on that BCS bid. Besides, the Fiesta reservations have been reserved for Boise State!!!!

MuchoBulls · Post by **MuchoBulls** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:13 am

WVU will beat Pitt and UConn. Louisville has everything in place to win the Big East this year.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:07 pm

Gotta say, A&M has the softest OOC schedule.

The Citadel
ULaLa
Army
LaTech

Then...I see no reason we should not be 9-0 going into the OU game (i say this every year). The exception is the taco tech game, but we tend to play well against them at home.

taco tech
@ KU
Mizzou
@ Okie St.
@ Baylor
OU
Neb
@ t.u.

Nolesy · Post by **Nolesy** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:54 pm

IndyFrisco wrote:Gotta say, A&M has the softest OOC schedule.

The Citadel
ULaLa
Army
LaTech

Then...I see no reason we should not be 9-0 going into the OU game (i say this every year). The exception is the taco tech game, but we tend to play well against them at home.

taco tech
@ KU
Mizzou
@ Okie St.
@ Baylor
OU
Neb
@ t.u.

I suspect all the Yell leaders are just giddy with anticipation :wink:

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 3:30 pm

Eh, no need to turn this horse to "glue", but you all know my feelings.

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:50 pm

you seen Bamas OOC schedule?
or the entire SEC's for that matter?

SEC teams will play 8 out of 48 OOC games on the road.

Of those 8 games only 4 require the SEC team to leave their state, and those 4 are played by SEC lightweights Ole Miss, Miss St and Vandy (twice)

Bama, Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, and Georgia play all of their OOC games at home.

Louisiana Monroe is on 3 SEC OOC schedules
Tulane is on 3 SEC OOC schedules
Florida International is only on 2 OOC schedules
all 8 of those games are at the SEC school
Alabama Birmingham, Memphis and Duke all play SEC schools twice and each get a home game, Duke goes to Bama, Memphis plays at Ole Miss and UAB goes to Georgia, in return UAB gets to host Mississippi State, Memphis sort of hosts Tennessee and Duke gets a home game with Vanderbilt.

Other OOC toughies include home games vs Central Florida, Southern Mississippi, Western Carolina, Western Kentucky, Utah State, South East Missouri State, Buffalo, Wofford, Arkansas State, Louisiana Lafayette, Northwestern State, Jacksonville State, Texas State, Central Michigan, Middle Tennessee and Temple

SEC honk will surely say that they need to play Wofford, Western Kentucky, Louisiana Monroe and Florida International because conf games vs Ole Miss, Miss St, Kentucky and Vanderbilt is too tough of a week to week schedule

Laxplayer · Post by **Laxplayer** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:53 pm

Why is it that condom fan just can't let go of the SEC OOC schedule. Don't you have anything else to worry about? It's not like $C has a powerhouse OOC schedule.

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:44 pm

Arkansas, Nebraska and Notre Dame OOC.

Cornhusker · Post by **Cornhusker** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:39 pm

SoCalTrjn wrote:Arkansas, Nebraska and Notre Dame OOC.

Are you insinuating Trojan fan considers Nebraska a tough game?
You'd be the first.
Our plan was to sneak into LA, kick ass, and establish ourselves to the CF world once again.
(Don't tell anyone)

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:35 pm

Nebraska is going to be a tougher game for SC than Louisiana Tech or Nicholls State will be for Nebraska. Where the hell is Nicholls State, I mean at least you know where directional schools come from but Nicholls State?? never even heard of them, is it a beauty college? a trade school??? does Sally Struthers do commercials for them?

TenTallBen · Post by **TenTallBen** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:40 am

SoCalTrjn wrote:you seen Bamas OOC schedule?
or the entire SEC's for that matter?

The SEC is most definitely in your dome!

LSU's road schedule...

Auburn 9-3
Florida 9-3
Tennessee 5-6
Arkansas 4-7

USC's road schedule...

Arkansas 4-7
Arizona 3-8
Washington St. 4-7
Oregon St. 5-6
Stanford 5-6

These stat arguements are stupid but you don't play one game on the road against a team that had a winning season last year? Gimmie a break.

Our four road teams went 27-19 last year. Your five went 21-34. Who's looks tougher?

We're bringing in Arizona and Fresno St to Baton Rouge this year. They have every chance in the world to beat us. I can't wait for the season to start!

Cornhusker · Post by **Cornhusker** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:37 am

SoCalTrjn wrote:Nebraska is going to be a tougher game for SC than Louisiana Tech or Nicholls State will be for Nebraska. Where the hell is Nicholls State, I mean at least you know where directional schools come from but Nicholls State?? never even heard of them, is it a beauty college? a trade school??? does Sally Struthers do commercials for them?

Your point is what?
I don't recall defending playing either one of those teams for any reason.
Maybe your underlying worry is that Nebraska will have 2 games under their belt vs. SC's 1 and Nebraska will have a returning QB starter and ya'll won't.
My point was you assuming NU would be a tough game when NU's reputation has been beaten like a rented mule for 4 years now. (and rightfully so.) I give you props if you know why you should.
My feel is you don't, based on the above post.
I believe you're using Nebraska's reputation as an excuse as a tough game more than fearing USC has any chance to lose.
I also believe the average So. Cal bandwagonner has no concern the glitz and glitter boys will lose to hayseeds.
I personnally am looking forward to that game.
The hidden secret here is Nebraska will have a bitch of a defense, and they ain't gonna be beat up the 3rd week of the season.
I want to be the first to introduce the world to LB Steve Octavian.
He blew a knee the second series of the first game last year.
My concern is the road trip more than the team on the other end.

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 8:14 am

UCLA is a road game for the Trojans and the bRuins were 10-2 last season

OK, USC plays 6 road games and those 6 teams combined to win just 31 games last year. LSU plays only 4 road games and those 4 teams combined to win 27 games last year. I know, youre saying that USC had 2 more teams so they should have had more wins. LSU plays 8 games at home, those teams combined to win just 38 games, the 6 teams that USC will play at home won 44.
LSU's schedule is so tough that the 12 teams they play combined to be 7 games under .500, USC's opponents were 12 games over .500 last year.
Where are your stats, how do you make it look like playing just 4 road games makes that school anything more than cowards affraid to leave home?

TenTallBen · Post by **TenTallBen** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:47 pm

SoCalTrjn wrote:UCLA is a road game for the Trojans and the bRuins were 10-2 last season

You're trying to say that going to Pasadena is a "road game"?

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:25 pm

its a game in another teams stadium and infront of the other teams fans. Its not USC and UCLAs fault that the two schools are geographically close.

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:46 am

SoCalTrjn wrote:you seen Bamas OOC schedule?
or the entire SEC's for that matter?

SEC teams will play 8 out of 48 OOC games on the road.

Of those 8 games only 4 require the SEC team to leave their state, and those 4 are played by SEC lightweights Ole Miss, Miss St and Vandy (twice)

Bama, Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, and Georgia play all of their OOC games at home.

Louisiana Monroe is on 3 SEC OOC schedules
Tulane is on 3 SEC OOC schedules
Florida International is only on 2 OOC schedules
all 8 of those games are at the SEC school
Alabama Birmingham, Memphis and Duke all play SEC schools twice and each get a home game, Duke goes to Bama, Memphis plays at Ole Miss and UAB goes to Georgia, in return UAB gets to host Mississippi State, Memphis sort of hosts Tennessee and Duke gets a home game with Vanderbilt.

Other OOC toughies include home games vs Central Florida, Southern Mississippi, Western Carolina, Western Kentucky, Utah State, South East Missouri State, Buffalo, Wofford, Arkansas State, Louisiana Lafayette, Northwestern State, Jacksonville State, Texas State, Central Michigan, Middle Tennessee and Temple

SEC honk will surely say that they need to play Wofford, Western Kentucky, Louisiana Monroe and Florida International because conf games vs Ole Miss, Miss St, Kentucky and Vanderbilt is too tough of a week to week schedule

Rack

The SEC is definitely a very tough conference to get through but there is no excuse for cupcaking like that. You gotta at least schedule one tough team and one respectable one, then you can fill-out with the 1AA and sunbelt teams.

aTm's sched looks like it was drawn-up by Franchione himself. If he can't manage at least 8-wins given that OOC-cadre from Dolly Madison his bags should be packed.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:49 am

Danimal's back - football is getting close!

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:15 am

Ya I'm back. And now that the shack-mate has gone to bed I can post a hottie. Cheers

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:59 am

all's right with the woild, then

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:50 am

Believe the Heupel wrote:Yet you bitch about Oklahoma and Texas considering their game a non-home game.

Texas and Oklahoma play a neutral site game where each school is given half the tickets and split the money down the middle. What is wrong is that both schools act like its a home game and then say that the reason they cant play more than 1 OOC game a year on the road is because they need 6 or 7 home games in order to survive. Play that series as home and homes schedule 2 road and 2 home OOC games a year and then you wont have to defend your schedule anymore

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:35 pm

thats fine, make the Texas-OU game a home and home series, that way neither of these schools AD's would lose the massive amount of revenue that the game would generate.
What I dont buy is that both Texas and OU fans point to that as an away game every year as if both teams arent making massive amounts of money from that game, same with Florida and Georgia. They use that game as an excuse to playing 3 out of 4 OOC games at home vs toughies like Middle Tennessee State, Alabama Birmingham, Sam Houston State and North Texas.
Nearly every team in the nation will make more money playing at home than they will on the road, maybe everybody should just play 12 home games vs schools like Sam Houston State that way they can all claim that they dont want to lose money.

Laxplayer · Post by **Laxplayer** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:01 pm

Wow SC's road schedule is tough. I would compare going to Stanford, Oregon, Cal, Arizona etc....with such places as Auburn, Tennessee, Georgia, LSU, Alabama, Florida etc......UCLA....come on, they're lucky to get 50K for a game there. Kind of like $C 4 years ago. That place was a morgue. For all the complaining you do about the SEC you now prop them as a tough conference and Arkansas being a tough game. Give it a rest. ND....yep, you've been playing that one for 60 years. the Crap-10 has no tough road games. Please don't give me that Autzen is a tough place to play. So it's small and kind of loud. There's a difference betweek 40K tree huggers and 105,000 screaming red necks down south. There is no such thing as a tough road game in the Pac-10.

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:38 pm

Believe the Heupel wrote:Convenient that you left out the games against Washington and Oregon this year.

Props to OU for hosting Washington and going to Oregon. What year will Oklahoma play in Seattle, it is a home and home right?

USC did go SEC and scheduled a game vs Idaho or something at the Coli in a year or two, they said it was to help boost a team that a former Trojan coach was coaching, except that coach is now back on USC's staff so hopefully the game will be cancelled and replaced with a home and home series vs a BCS conf team

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:35 pm

you making that trip? thats a great place to see a game, probably one of the most beautiful venues in College Football and the yacht parking/tailgating is rahter unique