Kevin White continues to dumb down future schedules

[ND=NC]

In comparison to Tennesee who is in the SEC, I don't see any different. I think you should go look at other teams schedules and compare. This was the first SEC team that I googled. 2009 SCHEDULE

Sept. 12 UCLA
Sept. 19 at Florida
Sept. 26 Ohio
Oct. 3 Auburn
Oct. 10 Georgia
Oct. 24 at Alabama
Oct. 31 South Carolina
Nov. 7 Memphis
Nov. 14 at Mississippi
Nov. 21 Vanderbilt
Nov. 28 at Kentucky
Dec. 5 SEC Championship (Atlanta)
One game still TBD

Here's another VT next season
Aug. 30 East Carolina (Charlotte)
Sept. 6 FurmanSept. 13 Georgia Tech
Sept. 20 at North Carolina
Sept. 27 at Nebraska
Oct. 4 Western Kentucky
Oct. 18 at Boston College
Oct. 25 at Florida State
Nov. 6 Maryland (Thu.)
Nov. 13 at Miami (Thu.)
Nov. 22 Duke
Nov. 29 Virginia

[NDSMC78]

Originally Posted by ND=NC

In comparison to Tennesee who is in the SEC, I don't see any different. I think you should go look at other teams schedules and compare. This was the first SEC team that I googled. 2009 SCHEDULE

Sept. 12 UCLA
Sept. 19 at Florida
Sept. 26 Ohio
Oct. 3 Auburn
Oct. 10 Georgia
Oct. 24 at Alabama
Oct. 31 South Carolina
Nov. 7 Memphis
Nov. 14 at Mississippi
Nov. 21 Vanderbilt
Nov. 28 at Kentucky
Dec. 5 SEC Championship (Atlanta)
One game still TBD

Here's another VT next season
Aug. 30 East Carolina (Charlotte)
Sept. 6 FurmanSept. 13 Georgia Tech
Sept. 20 at North Carolina
Sept. 27 at Nebraska
Oct. 4 Western Kentucky
Oct. 18 at Boston College
Oct. 25 at Florida State
Nov. 6 Maryland (Thu.)
Nov. 13 at Miami (Thu.)
Nov. 22 Duke
Nov. 29 Virginia

I agree with you about VaTech. Their schedules are terrible, and this is nothing new for them. As for Tennessee, you pointed out the mediocre and lousy teams on their schedule, but they also play UCLA, Florida, Auburn, Georgia and Alabama. That's five quality opponents, as opposed to our 2 or 3 (if you want to include BC on that list).

[ND=NC]

I know but they are also playing cupcakes at the end of the season. The thing is no one remembers a schedule years down the road. Most fans couldn't tell you 5 teams that were on the 1988 schedule without looking it up...so why should we get penalized for playing the best teams in the country when we don't have to.

[Win4Gipper]

UCLA could be a quality oponent yet they may not be in the same way... you never know if a Mich State or Purdue or Pitt could become stronger by then.... I get what your saying but I just dont think we are at the point where it is bothersome... when we start scheduling the 1AA or NAIA schools I think there should be alarm...as long as our core sticks with BCS conference schools I will be happy..

also I just saw that Florida has Appalachian state in 2010... I would love a repeat of the Michigan game...

[NDSMC78]

Originally Posted by Win4Gipper

UCLA could be a quality oponent yet they may not be in the same way... you never know if a Mich State or Purdue or Pitt could become stronger by then.... I get what your saying but I just dont think we are at the point where it is bothersome... when we start scheduling the 1AA or NAIA schools I think there should be alarm...as long as our core sticks with BCS conference schools I will be happy..

also I just saw that Florida has Appalachian state in 2010... I would love a repeat of the Michigan game...

Actually, Appalachian St. opens up at LSU in 2008.
Just so I am clear, I am not opposed to a game against Army, or a game against UConn, or a game against Rutgers. My concern is that all we are doing is scheduling people like Army, UConn and Rutgers. We are not adding any quality opponents to future schedules. And those teams which are fairly decent, Missouri, Arizona St. and Wake Forest, are apparently just one game to be played at ND, with no return away game. I think that is going to come back and bite us, just like it almost bit Ohio St. this year.

[ACamp1900]

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!!!

Actually according to ESPN ONLY ND does that... and USC plays ANYONE willing like such friece powers as Idaho, Hawaii and Fresno State

[stonebreakerwasgod]

Originally Posted by NDSMC78

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.

Apparently, you missed the game at Cincinnati two years ago when the Bearcats stormed the field. Rutgers is a tough opponent, as is every top echelon team in the Big East.