Kevin White continues to dumb down future schedules

[NDSMC78]

Originally Posted by notredomer23

whats wrong with the teams i bolded. AZ state had a 10 win season, Wake went to the orange bowl in 06, UConn had 9 or 10 wins last year, Missou destroyed in the Cotton Bowl and Rutgers as much as i hate to say it isnt terrible. You fail to mention how we have oklahoma on our schedule too.

Rutgers and UConn are not good programs. Rutgers has been terrible for years. The fact that Rutgers went to a couple minor bowls the past couple years does not change that. UConn? Are you kidding me?
As for Wake Forest, Mizzou, and ASU, I've got no problem playing them, but why not a home and home? And why does White continue to duck playing the traditional powers?

[notredomer23]

Originally Posted by NDSMC78

Rutgers and UConn are not good programs. Rutgers has been terrible for years. The fact that Rutgers went to a couple minor bowls the past couple years does not change that. UConn? Are you kidding me?
As for Wake Forest, Mizzou, and ASU, I've got no problem playing them, but why not a home and home? And why does White continue to duck playing the traditional powers?

ok now understand your point about the last 3 teams. UConn is on the rise. I agree with you on Rutgers. Can you paste the article because i am not a member

[mizzouirish]

whats your point

Notre Dame was 3-9 with something like the 2nd toughest schedule in college football. Maybe its time to make the schedule a tad easier. Ask any expert to name 3 reasons why notre dame failed last year and most of them will tell you that scheduling was one of the reasons. Besides, how the hell do you know what these teams are going to be like in the future?

[notredomer23]

Originally Posted by mizzouirish

Notre Dame was 3-9 with something like the 2nd toughest schedule in college football. Maybe its time to make the schedule a tad easier. Ask any expert to name 3 reasons why notre dame failed last year and most of them will tell you that scheduling was one of the reasons. Besides, how the hell do you know what these teams are going to be like in the future?

I can give you 3 reasons why we failed last year and scheduling isnt the first thing.
1. Oline
2. Youth and Inexperience
3. Ill give you the schedule wasnt the best, but if we had it in 05 or 06 we still would have won 10-11 games.

[MirageSmack]

Originally Posted by ND=NC

That's not a disgrace! Every other team in the country has weaken their schedules as much as they possible can. This is the change in college football that occured 15 years ago. We're just finally catching up. Good for ND!!!

The SEC schools all have tough schedules built in, since they have the best league. I would like ND to be on par with the SEC SOS. This past season was the season we needed a weaker schedule, not the next 5 years. (hopefully)

I had more pride in my team in the past knowing they played all comers, although I realize the trend is toward weaker scheduls, specially with the 12th game added.

[LOVEMYIRISH]

Originally Posted by notredomer23

whats wrong with the teams i bolded. AZ state had a 10 win season, Wake went to the orange bowl in 06, UConn had 9 or 10 wins last year, Missou destroyed in the Cotton Bowl and Rutgers as much as i hate to say it isnt terrible. You fail to mention how we have oklahoma on our schedule too.

ASU with Erikson is NOTHING to sneeze at. Mizzou was pretty damn amazing...but I don't expect that to hold up in the long-term. Wake has massively improved too... I agree, these are some nice additions to the schedule.

[Win4Gipper]

Baylor is the only one in there that I dont like.... ND has a huge history with Army and I am a traditionalist...this may not be good for our SOS but I like tradition.. I would not degrade UConn and Rutgers..yeah neither are LSU or Texas but they are solid teams.. I dont want a 12 game schedule filled with LSUs or Texas's. I want 2-3 top tier schools a year a bunch of solid top program schools and if necessary a school like Army if there is tradition there with that school.