Comments on: College football playoff: Will schedules get tougher?

By: Why Jack Swarbrick Will Make Future Notre Dame Football Schedules Even Tougher | Her Loyal Sons

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 07:22:53 +0000

[...] week, Swarbrick appeared on ESPN 1000 radio in Chicago and had this to say: “One of the things we like so much about that is as much as this [...]

By: Stillwater Bob

Stillwater Bob — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:51:47 +0000

G Houson at Arizona against a real coach and top 20 talent is not a joke. Who does your team play on the road in non conference this year?

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:51:29 +0000

I take it you missed the the announcement that WVU and Alabama would play in the 2014 Chick fil-a Kickoff Classic. Both schools feel that playing the toughest schedule possible is the best way to position yourself for the playoff, if you’re worthy.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:26:49 +0000

OU will keep to their basic plan. One real game, one semi-game and one non-game. If this were the basic plan for most teams in a major conference I could live with that. I also wish there were a regional mid-major in this area. That would include Tulsa, Ark State, SMU, Houston, Louisiana Layfayette, UTEP, etc. Each Big XII school would play one of these each year. That would be a boost to each of these schools. But ONLY one. I wouldn’t mind a tie in with the SEC like the B1G-PAC12 alliance. Each Big XII school would have to play 1 SEC school on a rotating basis. The only problem with that is it would make it difficult to schedule an FSU, Miami, or Notre Dame. Who would want to play FSU and Alabama as part of a non-conference schedule? And of course UT would schedule Ole Miss and Kentucky as their SEC games.

By: G_Houston

G_Houston — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 04:43:26 +0000

Stillwater Bob, OSU needs to play some real non-conference games though. C’mon man their non-con schedule is a joke.

By: Stillwater Bob

Stillwater Bob — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 01:48:09 +0000

If you reside in the Big XII and SEC you already have the toughest schedules. Period.

By: willie

willie — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:22:24 +0000

NO. why should they. If anything they will get weaker. This isn’t Basketball.

By: David C Moore

David C Moore — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:36:39 +0000

I honestly think a CCG will factor more into a “strength of schedule” as well which Mack Brown might not like. But hopefully bigger league schedules and cross-league competition deals will crowd out the FCS cupcakes I see too many of these days.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:53:47 +0000

The simple answer is no. The SEC has a tough conference schedule why would they want to add a tougher non-conference schedule. The SEC Champion will always be in the playoff and usually one other SEC team will be in. Texas will never make it to where they might lose more games. Notre Dame wants to push for teams to get a tougher non-conference schedule because the MUST have a tough scheduel to get in. The Pac 12-B1G tie in makes them adding any other schools problematic. The ACC really needs to beef up its schedule to be considered for the final four but why should other teams play them.