03-03-2015, 06:28 AM
I give Stanford guts for the OOC schedule but it's very much a double-edge sword:
- if they win all three it will be great. Even if they go 2-1 it will be two more OOC wins against FBS teams than many SEC and B1G will even have the opportunity to get
- losing 2 or 3 would be very bad
- higher risk of injuries
- less on-field playing experience for second/third stringers (lower importance)
I don't have an issue with scheduling one cupcake, but no more than that. I think someone else talked about an A-B-C concept and I liked that. A = good program from an FBS major conference (we get that every year with ND). B = good program from non-major FBS conference (Boise State, Marshall, Northern Illinois, etc) or weaker program from major FBS conference (Vanderbilt, Wake Forest). C = cupcake
- if they win all three it will be great. Even if they go 2-1 it will be two more OOC wins against FBS teams than many SEC and B1G will even have the opportunity to get
- losing 2 or 3 would be very bad
- higher risk of injuries
- less on-field playing experience for second/third stringers (lower importance)
I don't have an issue with scheduling one cupcake, but no more than that. I think someone else talked about an A-B-C concept and I liked that. A = good program from an FBS major conference (we get that every year with ND). B = good program from non-major FBS conference (Boise State, Marshall, Northern Illinois, etc) or weaker program from major FBS conference (Vanderbilt, Wake Forest). C = cupcake