Kevin White continues to dumb down future schedules

[NDSMC78]

Originally Posted by notredomer23

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

Sorry. Here you go.


Irish may be at home in Chicago
Brian Hamilton
February 10, 2008
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The Irish facing Baylor in New Orleans in 2012?

Or Connecticut at Foxboro Stadium in 2013?




Or Rutgers at Giants Stadium in 2014?

Possibly, according to a scheduling memo that leaked out of Notre Dame and included some intriguing potential "off-site" future games for the Irish. The memo is not final but rather a "working document" subject to change on almost a daily basis.

"If these were done, we'd announce them," said John Heisler, a senior associate athletic director.

"Will all those come to fruition? Maybe. Then again, maybe they won't."

Every game included on the memo, which runs through the 2020 season, is in "varying stages" of negotiation, Heisler said.

The possible game against Army at Soldier Field bubbled up in discussions about home games the Irish will move off campus around the country, with Notre Dame realizing "we shouldn't exclude that market" given the alumni base and relatively new facility, Heisler said.

It's interesting to digest the possibilities. Potential future home-game opponents apparently also include Wake Forest (2012), Missouri (2015) and Arizona State (2017).

[stonebreakerwasgod]

Navy and ND go way back.....and we will play them as long as they will have us. Period
Rutgers is a very good team, so I don't get how that is dumbing things down.
If you want to win the NC, having a softer schedule like tOSU did is a smart move. We already play UM and USC every year.
I like it, myself.

[BDIrish4ever]

I have to agree with Stoney on this one, but I can understand the reluctance to accept a "dumbing down" of the schedule. It would great if Mr. White could get the schedule into an average difficulty range of 20 - 40th nationally every year (instead of top 10 every year). We have always taken great pride in the difficulty of our schedule but, it is time to think how this affects the program every year. The schedule needs to have some more forgiving games mixed in to allow for injuries, emotional rest, ect...I am not calling for an OSU schedule, but a schedule that keeps us in the range I mentioned above would be OK.

[NDSMC78]

Originally Posted by stonebreakerwasgod

Navy and ND go way back.....and we will play them as long as they will have us. Period
Rutgers is a very good team, so I don't get how that is dumbing things down.
If you want to win the NC, having a softer schedule like tOSU did is a smart move. We already play UM and USC every year.
I like it, myself.

Sorry, I don't agree that Rutgers is a "very good team." Rutgers has historically been terrible. The fact that Rutgers has had a few decent (but not great) years recently does not change that.
Yeah, we already play Michigan and southern cal every year. And Ohio St. plays Michigan and Penn St. every year, including 2007. And Ohio St's 2007 schedule was horrible.
In fact, if not for a couple upests on the last weekend of the season (Oklahoma over Missouri and Pitt over WVU), OSU would not have been in the BCSCG, as a result of their weak schedule, even though they were 11-1. I can see an 11-1 ND team being left out of the BCSCG in the future, if we schedule like this.

[Win4Gipper]

I am just not seeing it..we still have strong teams on the schedule... even if rutgers is not playing for a BCS bowl there are still becoming a stronger program.. they have had decent recruiting classes and have played well in a decent conference... I think it is a nice balanced schedule.. they are playing what should be powerhouses like michigan and USC and then still have a set of teams that can compete on a yearly basis and then at the bottom of the schedule some softer teams that either have history with us or are put into the schedule to kill.... until we start putting in Akron's, appalachian states, Middle TN, Louisiana Monroe's I just cant complain with what we are doing

[NDSMC78]

Originally Posted by Win4Gipper

I am just not seeing it..we still have strong teams on the schedule... even if rutgers is not playing for a BCS bowl there are still becoming a stronger program.. they have had decent recruiting classes and have played well in a decent conference... I think it is a nice balanced schedule.. they are playing what should be powerhouses like michigan and USC and then still have a set of teams that can compete on a yearly basis and then at the bottom of the schedule some softer teams that either have history with us or are put into the schedule to kill.... until we start putting in Akron's, appalachian states, Middle TN, Louisiana Monroe's I just cant complain with what we are doing

OK, here's the 2009 schedule. Note who we play after 10/24. So while everyone else is playing the meat of their schedules, and their big rivalry games, we are beating up on a bunch of patsies.


2009
Sept. 5 NEVADA
Sept. 12 at Michigan
Sept. 19 MICHIGAN STATE
Sept. 26 at Purdue
Oct. 3 WASHINGTON
Oct. 17 USC
Oct. 24 BOSTON COLLEGE
Oct. 31 Washington State (at San Antonio, TX)
Nov. 7 NAVY
Nov. 14 at Pittsburgh
Nov. 21 CONNECTICUT
Nov. 28 at Stanford

[Win4Gipper]

4 BCS conference schools and a traditional game.... with the early part of our schedule who do you want to throw in here..... and also we have to remember what top tier program is going to want to schedule ND into the middle of their confernce schedule.... also I look at this schedule and see that we have two games against non BCS schools and only one is that really needed to be scheduled as we play navy every year(as we should)