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Yeah but the difference is the upper tier SEC teams pound the hell out of and beat there ooc opponents handily and go on to win 5 out of the last 11 National Championships. BTW that was funny what went down in South Bend today and how about Texas.......they're real bad-ass beating up on powerhouse Central FL.
Texas loaded up it's schedule this year with Louisiana-Monroe, UTEP, Wyoming, and UCF...not ONE quality out-of-conference game. That should be illegal.
Not to defend Notre Dame's loss, but Navy is a pretty good team that should get a ranking this week. Three losses, two of them to Ohio State and Pitt.
Texas loaded up it's schedule this year with Louisiana-Monroe, UTEP, Wyoming, and UCF...not ONE quality out-of-conference game. That should be illegal.
No, Texas loaded up it's OOC schedule this year with Utah, Arkansas, UTEP, and UCF.
Utah moved conferences and had to cancel; Arkansas canceled for other reasons (presumably the pigs wanted an easier OOC schedule, read: backed out). The others were kind enough to fill in for them at the last minute. Look it up!
Notre Dame is playing service academies. And losing 3 times. No comparison.
No, Texas loaded up it's OOC schedule this year with Utah, Arkansas, UTEP, and UCF.
Utah moved conferences and had to cancel; Arkansas canceled for other reasons (presumably the pigs wanted an easier OOC schedule, read: backed out). The others were kind enough to fill in for them at the last minute. Look it up!
Notre Dame is playing service academies. And losing 3 times. No comparison.
Service academies can't have good football teams? I think they can, and do...anyway, I wasn't comparing Texas to Notre Dame. Mine were two separate, unrelated comments.
Whatever the reason for the soft Texas schedule, it remains that it is shamefully soft.
Service academies can't have good football teams? I think they can, and do...anyway, I wasn't comparing Texas to Notre Dame. Mine were two separate, unrelated comments.
Sorry if I misinterpreted, but the following sure looks like a comparison, and not "unrelated comments":
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Texas loaded up it's schedule this year with Louisiana-Monroe, UTEP, Wyoming, and UCF...not ONE quality out-of-conference game. That should be illegal.
Not to defend Notre Dame's loss, but Navy is a pretty good team that should get a ranking this week. Three losses, two of them to Ohio State and Pitt.
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Originally Posted by DeaconJ
Whatever the reason for the soft Texas schedule, it remains that it is shamefully soft.
Incorrect. Texas' overall schedule is ranked MUCH higher than Notre Dame -- as well Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, Cal, Iowa... so if Texas' schedule is shamefully soft, what would you call Notre Dame's? Ridiculously squeezably soft? Say what you will about our OOC games this season, but overall Texas schedule is #31 while ND's is #60.
Sorry if I misinterpreted, but the following sure looks like a comparison, and not "unrelated comments":
Incorrect. Texas' overall schedule is ranked MUCH higher than Notre Dame -- as well Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, Cal, Iowa... so if Texas' schedule is shamefully soft, what would you call Notre Dame's? Ridiculously squeezably soft? Say what you will about our OOC games this season, but overall Texas schedule is #31 while ND's is #60.
Yes, you misinterpreted. They were two separate, totally unrelated comments...hence the reason I put an extra space between them. If you'll notice, I never mentioned either school in the same sentence.
Again, you're comparing Notre Dame and Texas...keep going if you want, but I wasn't comparing the two teams in any way. What I would gather from the link you provided is that Texas has 30 teams ahead of it in strength of schedule...that's due to the ooc softies. I don't care where Texas is ranked in relation to Notre Dame.
Again, you're comparing Notre Dame and Texas...keep going if you want, but I wasn't comparing the two teams in any way. What I would gather from the link you provided is that Texas has 30 teams ahead of it in strength of schedule...that's due to the ooc softies. I don't care where Texas is ranked in relation to Notre Dame.
Actually I was just pointing out your error regarding Texas' schedule. Your correct response should have been:
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My mistake. The Texas schedule is not at all soft, but in fact ranked above the majority of other FBS teams at #31 of 119 Div I-A teams.
On the other hand, I see now that teams like Notre Dame (#60/119), Ohio State, Pitt, Michigan, Cal, etc have MUCH softer schedules than Texas. Thanks for the info!
There you go, fixed it for you. I even added the space between the sentences to make the separation between Notre Dame and Texas obvious... and you're welcome!
Obviously, the Ducks are not going to get into the NC. Heck, they were never going to get into the NC with one loss. The polls would have found a way to assure that.
However, they still control their own destiny. We win out and we are destroying a Big 10 team in the Rose Bowl. But, our defense looked like garbage yesterday.
No, Texas loaded up it's OOC schedule this year with Utah, Arkansas, UTEP, and UCF.
Utah moved conferences and had to cancel; Arkansas canceled for other reasons (presumably the pigs wanted an easier OOC schedule, read: backed out). The others were kind enough to fill in for them at the last minute. Look it up!
For the record, the Hogs backed out because Jerry Jones was willing to pay them $5 million a year for at least 10 years and up to 30 years to play at his space-age stadium. To turn down a home-and-home with the Longhorns for a guaranteed $50 million and the chance to embarrass the Aggies ten years in a row is well worth it for the fans and for recruiting.
For the record, the Hogs backed out because Jerry Jones was willing to pay them $5 million a year for at least 10 years and up to 30 years to play at his space-age stadium. To turn down a home-and-home with the Longhorns for a guaranteed $50 million and the chance to embarrass the Aggies ten years in a row is well worth it for the fans and for recruiting.
Well, when you put it that way, embarrassing the Aggies 10 years in a row sounds pretty hard to pass up. Plus recruiting in DFW area vs. every other year in Austin. I can see that. Still, it would have been nice for Texas to play any SEC team OOC, good for the schedule and good for the fans.
They had plenty of time left on the clock to tie the game, but seemed unaware that you need 1st downs to keep posession of the ball.
Yes, it was a 2nd string quarterback in the game, but he sure didn't resemble a 2nd string college quarterback.
He resembled a 2nd team high school quarterback and one from a very small school with a losing record.
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If you'll notice, I never mentioned either school in the same sentence.
