October 11, 200719 yr Author Your point is pointless... So is the point made that in order to be a national champion, you need to play a tough schedule.
October 11, 200719 yr So is the point made that in order to be a national champion, you need to play a tough schedule. Um. OK...
October 11, 200719 yr Author Um. OK... I meant to say that in order to win you need to play a weaker schedule.
October 11, 200719 yr I meant to say that in order to win you need to play a weaker schedule. Mike is pretty clear in what he is saying. You need a few tests, but going overboard is a bad idea...
October 11, 200719 yr Author Mike is pretty clear in what he is saying. You need a few tests, but going overboard is a bad idea... Its a bad idea if you don't have a great team. If your not great you will be exposed. He brung up a Michigan St team that had been depleted by players leaving early and were not that good. If your a great team it is not going to hurt you to play a tough schedule.
October 11, 200719 yr Its a bad idea if you don't have a great team. If your not great you will be exposed. He brung up a Michigan St team that had been depleted by players leaving early and were not that good. If your a great team it is not going to hurt you to play a tough schedule. If that's the case he would have no statistical evidence showing what it does...
October 11, 200719 yr Author If that's the case he would have no statistical evidence showing what it does... I have no idea what Ohio St's strength of schedule was last season, but they played @ UNC and @ Florida as well as Tennesee. They really tested themselves last seaon with a tough non-conference schedule and made it to the National Title game.
October 11, 200719 yr Nov 10 VMI W 107-69 (BCA Classic) Nov 11 Loyola (Chicago) W 87-75 (BCA Classic) Nov 12 Kent St W 81-59 (BCA Classic) Nov 17 Eastern Kentucky W 74-45 Nov 20 San Francisco W 82-60 Nov 24 Youngstown St W 91-57 Nov 29 @ North Carolina L 89-98 (Big Ten-ACC Challenge) Dec 2 Valparaiso W 78-58 Dec 9 Cleveland St W 78-57 Dec 16 vs Cincinnati W 72-50 (Wooden Tradition) Dec 19 Iowa State W 75-56 Dec 23 @ Florida L 60-86 Dec 30 Coppin St W 91-54 3 tests and 10 cupcakes. That's about the right formula that has worked recently...
October 11, 200719 yr Author Nov 10 VMI W 107-69 (BCA Classic) Nov 11 Loyola (Chicago) W 87-75 (BCA Classic) Nov 12 Kent St W 81-59 (BCA Classic) Nov 17 Eastern Kentucky W 74-45 Nov 20 San Francisco W 82-60 Nov 24 Youngstown St W 91-57 Nov 29 @ North Carolina L 89-98 (Big Ten-ACC Challenge) Dec 2 Valparaiso W 78-58 Dec 9 Cleveland St W 78-57 Dec 16 vs Cincinnati W 72-50 (Wooden Tradition) Dec 19 Iowa State W 75-56 Dec 23 @ Florida L 60-86 Dec 30 Coppin St W 91-54 3 tests and 10 cupcakes. That's about the right formula that has worked recently... The 3 tests were very tough tests and that is what I am talking about. It is good to play against some very tough teams early to get a feeling what kind of team you will have.
October 11, 200719 yr The 3 tests were very tough tests and that is what I am talking about. It is good to play against some very tough teams early to get a feeling what kind of team you will have. Every team is going to play 8-10 OOC games. Everyone is saying that you max out on 3 or 4 big names on your OOC schedule. You seem to be agreeing with GT without even realizing it. He is not saying get a bunch of cupcakes, but about 3 big games is about right. I dont know if you know who you are with, but I'm with DeCoursey on this one.
October 12, 200719 yr Author Every team is going to play 8-10 OOC games. Everyone is saying that you max out on 3 or 4 big names on your OOC schedule. You seem to be agreeing with GT without even realizing it. He is not saying get a bunch of cupcakes, but about 3 big games is about right. I dont know if you know who you are with, but I'm with DeCoursey on this one. I am arguing with the idea that the SOS should be somewhere around 70th in the nation. I don't buy that at all. And DeCoursey used UL's schedule as an example and I think it is still a little weak.
October 12, 200719 yr I am arguing with the idea that the SOS should be somewhere around 70th in the nation. I don't buy that at all. And DeCoursey used UL's schedule as an example and I think it is still a little weak. He's not talking overall SOS. Only the OOC portion...
October 12, 200719 yr Nov 10 VMI W 107-69 (BCA Classic) Nov 11 Loyola (Chicago) W 87-75 (BCA Classic) Nov 12 Kent St W 81-59 (BCA Classic) Nov 17 Eastern Kentucky W 74-45 Nov 20 San Francisco W 82-60 Nov 24 Youngstown St W 91-57 Nov 29 @ North Carolina L 89-98 (Big Ten-ACC Challenge) Dec 2 Valparaiso W 78-58 Dec 9 Cleveland St W 78-57 Dec 16 vs Cincinnati W 72-50 (Wooden Tradition) Dec 19 Iowa State W 75-56 Dec 23 @ Florida L 60-86 Dec 30 Coppin St W 91-54 3 tests and 10 cupcakes. That's about the right formula that has worked recently... What was the 3rd test besides UNC and UF? Loyola?
October 12, 200719 yr What was the 3rd test besides UNC and UF? Loyola? I counted Iowa State and UC has half of a test each because of BCS affiliation...
October 12, 200719 yr I counted Iowa State and UC has half of a test each because of BCS affiliation... Didn't OSU play Tennessee last year?
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