Kevin White continues to dumb down future schedules

[notredomer23]

for 08, I like the schedule, but if i had it my way it would look like this(same teams, just different set up):
1. SDSU
2. Pitt
3. UW
4. Navy
5. UM
6. Purdue
7. MSU
8. Syracuse
9. Bye
10. Stanford
11.UNC
12. BC
13. USC

[johnnd05]

Mike Coffey has a long post about scheduling (he's not happy about it) here: Notes from the Geetar: 4-4-4 Revisited.

[NDSMC78]

I don't always agree with everything Mike Coffey says, but he makes a lot of good points inn his article. ND should not be afraid to play quality opponents.

[NDSMC78]

Originally Posted by LOVEMYIRISH

We must all bear in mind that these schedules will STILL keep us in the Top20 for Strength of Schedule.

I don't necessarily agree with that. I have linked Sagarin's ratings for the 2007 season. ND had the # 24 SOS. In 2008, it likely won't be that high, with Georgia Tech, Penn St. and UCLA off the schedule.

College Football Ratings Page

[PADOMERNUT]

why dont we just play usc 12 times. i think thats the only thing that will make some of you happy.

[NDSMC78]

Originally Posted by PADOMERNUT

why dont we just play usc 12 times. i think thats the only thing that will make some of you happy.

Don't be ridiculous. No one is saying that and you know it.

But here is an article from today's Hartford Journal Courant. Apparently, the ND/UConn series is a 10 game series. Hardly an opponent we should be playing 10 games against, IMO.



No Rent A High Price To Land Irish -- Courant.com

[rattfink]

Originally Posted by NDSMC78

I don't necessarily agree with that. I have linked Sagarin's ratings for the 2007 season. ND had the # 24 SOS. In 2008, it likely won't be that high, with Georgia Tech, Penn St. and UCLA off the schedule.

College Football Ratings Page

Look at Sagarin's top 10 for strenght of schedule for '07 (bowl games included):

1. UCLA 6-7
2. Washington 4-9
3. Florida 9-4
4. Nebraska 5-7
5. Oregon 9-4
6. Arizona 5-7
7. California 7-6
8. South Carolina 6-6
9. Tennessee 10-4
10. Stanford 4-8

Zero BCS bowl teams in this list. Only 2 New Year's Day bowl teams in this list. 5 total bowl teams. Let's look at the next ten:

11. LSU 12-2
12. Washington St 5-7
13. Mississippi 3-9
14. Colorado 6-7
15. Vanerbilt 5-7
16. Oregon St 9-4
17. Kentucky 8-5
18. Oklahoma St 7-6
19. Arizona St 10-3
20. Iowa St 3-9

BCS national champ is in the list. So 1 BCS team and 1 New Year's Day bowl team. 6 total bowl teams. So for the top 20 SOS only 1 BCS game.

What's the median SOS of the top 10 teams from Sagrain? 27. Throw out Kansas' very low #74 ranking and you get 25. So the point I'm getting at is the ND shouldn't strive for a top 10 schedule and that a top 30 schedule is more than enough to get the Irish into a quality bowl game. ND's SOS last year? 23. Will that number be lower in the future? Maybe but overall I like ND's scheduling for the coming years.