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Help me w/ this argument-- Is this the easiest schedule of all time?

Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:32 am
Posted by MasonDixon3
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:32 am
Posted by NYCAuburn
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:33 am to
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of all time


No, but its an easy one
Posted by Gnar Cat21
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:33 am to
I don't see a schedule
Posted by parkjas2001
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:33 am to
No, Iowa does not play FAU and Southern Miss on consecutive weeks.
Posted by cas4t
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:36 am to
it's easy, but at Minnesota will be....cold

Posted by elposter
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:37 am to
Impossible to tell. We don't know how good/bad the teams on that schedule will be. A lot of Big 10 team schedules look like that. ACC team schedules look similarly easy a lot of times.

It looks fairly easy for a power conference team schedule, but all we can do is guess at this point.
Posted by pvilleguru
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:40 am to
That's not even close to the easiest schedule of all time.
Posted by Mootsman
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:41 am to
The players in the background look scared.
Posted by KSGamecock
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:42 am to
quote:

Is this the easiest schedule of all time?


Probably the easiest schedule they could possibly draw in the B1G West. No Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan State or Michigan from the East and both West powers at home. If they don't end up with at least ten wins Ferentz needs to be fired.
Posted by Florida225
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:43 am to
Alabamas schedule in 2011 was the worst SOS by any and every BCS champion fwiw.
Posted by cas4t
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:44 am to
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Alabamas schedule in 2011 was the worst SOS by any and every BCS champion fwiw.



I didn't know this

that's pathetic
Posted by RazorHawk
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:45 am to
Many Iowa fans are not happy about it either. The addition of Rutgers and Maryland, into the Big Ten brought this on. No Michigan, Michigan St or Ohio St on the schedule.

Iowa is supposed to have a pretty good team, but the seemingly easy schedule could hurt them.

Conference schedules usually have a way of evening out over time.
This post was edited on 5/20/14 at 10:46 am
Posted by Florida225
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:48 am to
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I didn't know this that's pathetic




Prior to the Championship game they beat 3... Just 3 teams that finished the season with a +.500 record.


Posted by elposter
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:59 am to
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Alabamas schedule in 2011 was the worst SOS by any and every BCS champion fwiw.


Worse than FSU last year? Link or just your opinion?

This post was edited on 5/20/14 at 11:00 am
Posted by pvilleguru
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:59 am to
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Alabamas schedule in 2011 was the worst SOS by any and every BCS champion fwiw.
But it wasn't the easiest schedule of all time.
Posted by Socratics
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 11:01 am to
Date Opponent / Event Location Time / Result

08/30/14 vs. Northern Iowa Iowa City, IA TBA (Upset Iowa St last year and an FCS power rather than complete cupcake)
09/06/14 vs. Ball State Iowa City, IA TBA (One of the better mac teams last year)
09/13/14 vs. Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series) Iowa City, IA TBA (rival game)
09/20/14 at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA TBA (Bottom of the ACC)
09/27/14 at Purdue * West Lafayette, IN TBA (Eternal bottom tier of the Big 10)
10/11/14 vs. Indiana (Homecoming) * Iowa City, IA TBA (Eternal bottom tier of the Big 10)
10/18/14 at Maryland * College Park, MD TBA ( former Eternal bottom tier of the ACC)
11/01/14 vs. Northwestern (Family Weekend) * Iowa City, IA TBA (schizofrantic B10 team)
11/08/14 at Minnesota * Minneapolis, MN TBA (improving b10 team)
11/15/14 at Illinois * Champaign, IL TBA (Bottom of the Big 10)
11/22/14 vs. Wisconsin * Iowa City, IA TBA (Big 10 power)
11/28/14 vs. Nebraska (Hy-Vee Heroes Game) * Iowa City, IA (Big 10 power)

Its not the easiest but still pretty easy.
The problem is most of the better B10 teams are in the new east division and they aren't at 9 conference game schedule yet.

The new West Division: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin.

The new East Divisions: Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers.
Posted by elposter
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 11:02 am to
quote:

Alabamas schedule in 2011 was the worst SOS by any and every BCS champion fwiw.


quote:

I didn't know this

that's pathetic


Is it true though?

Also, seems like such a charmin soft team would have been pretty easy pickings in the BCSCG, right? Easy to at least score on? Cross the 50 yard line before the 4th quarter? Break 100 yards of total offense?
Posted by bmy
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 11:12 am to
I think you're confusing "good" with "undeserving".
Posted by NYCAuburn
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 11:12 am to
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Is it true though?


26 2012 Alabama 67-63 (.515) 3 6
27 2003 LSU 69-65 (.514) 3 5
28 2007 Ohio State 60-60 (.500) 1 5
29 1999 Virginia Tech 50-51 (.495) 1 5
30 2013 Florida State 61-64 (.488) 2 7
31 2013 Ohio State 64-68 (.485) 2 7
32 2010 Oregon 54-69 (.439) 1 5


Read More: LINK

Numbers to the right are opponents record, ranked opponents faced, bowl opponents
This post was edited on 5/20/14 at 11:14 am
Posted by BamaDude06
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 11:18 am to
quote:

Alabamas schedule in 2011 was the worst SOS by any and every BCS champion fwiw


Jeff Sagarin SOS rankings:

2013 Florida State-62nd
2012 Alabama-19th

2011 Alabama-15th
2010 Auburn-13th
2009 Alabama-2nd
2008 Florida-4th
2007 LSU-11th
2006 Florida-8th
2005 Texas-13th
2004 USC-7th (side note- OU was 13 and AU was 60 )
2003 LSU-28th
2002 Ohio State-30th
2001 Miami-27th

2000 Oklahoma-14th
1999 Florida State-11th
1998 Tennessee-28th
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