(02-22-2012 11:01 AM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  I don't think it's fair to lump in Texas as a school that avoids tough schedules. They have a 9-game conference schedule and are playing Ole Miss home-and-home in 2012-13, BYU home-and-home in 2013-14, ND and Cal in 2015-16, and USC and Maryland in 2017-18. It's rare for any BCS conference school with an 8-game conference schedule to schedule 2 non-conference BCS opponents per year, much less when it has a 9-game conference schedule. Sorry - I don't see any issues at all with the Texas non-conference scheduling.

Texas was just an example in response to an earlier comment. It is a greater problem across CFB.

You are correct it is not limited to Texas. Apologies if that seemed to be saying Texas was the only one doing it.

Schools like Texas (not just Texas) tend to avoid schools that would be a challenge (outside of the AQ's). My point still stands to that effect.

Until there is some sort of playoff it is all about perception and other than the possibility that a team could pull an Appalation State there is no reason for schools like Texas to avoid competitive teams outside the umbrella of the BCS. God forbid if that does happen. But what makes (or at least had) CFB fun? Rivalries, games we should not have lost, bitterness in general. If you play the boys club and a bunch of patsy's then you are less or a program for it in my opinion.

Yes yes BYU is not in an AQ but Texas and Co. have been courting them (along with the Big East) for some time now. Texas never put them on the schedule when they were in the WAC or MWC. Now that they are independent some of the sting of a potential loss has worn off.

Perception is reality to them (the voters and schools like Texas).