has that ever been done before?

USC and UCLA last year did it
Stanford played 13 last year
Miami would have played 13 if they didn't opt out of the post season
I didn't check every team. There are probably more.

UCLA need a conference championship game to do it unlike cuse/usc

stanford played 13 (was aided by a ccg against UCLA)

(08-12-2013 10:13 PM)john01992 Wrote:  UCLA need a conference championship game to do it unlike cuse/usc

stanford played 13 (was aided by a ccg against UCLA)

So? You asked if it had ever been done. It's been done a lot. I guess if you add enough stipulations you can award Syracuse a trophy for it.

(08-12-2013 10:32 PM)4x4hokies Wrote:  

(08-12-2013 10:13 PM)john01992 Wrote:  UCLA need a conference championship game to do it unlike cuse/usc

stanford played 13 (was aided by a ccg against UCLA)

So? You asked if it had ever been done. It's been done a lot. I guess if you add enough stipulations you can award Syracuse a trophy for it.

the point i was trying to make is what teams load up practically their entire ooc with BCS opponents

stanford, syracuse, miami, & usc did that, ucla didnt

I don't believe ND or USC have ever played an FCS school. Could be wrong.

But good on Cuse for last year. Must be tough to get FCS programs to visit southern Ontario

It was a one year thing for Syracuse. Go back a year and they only had 9 while there are teams that have more than 9 conference games.

(08-12-2013 10:43 PM)4x4hokies Wrote:  It was a one year thing for Syracuse. Go back a year and they only had 9 while there are teams that have more than 9 conference games.

syracuse has 10 on the schedule this year.

but i sure give usc & ucla credit for manning up.

usc has either 11 or 12 each year. (they go 12 for 12 about every other year)

ucla has either 10 or 11 (they go 11 for 12 about every other year

Syracuse played Stony Brook last year.

And most of them sucked.

(08-13-2013 07:33 AM)Hokie4Skins Wrote:  Syracuse played Stony Brook last year.

I'm assuming that the OP was including WVU in the Pinstripe Bowl, so 12 BCS plus Stony Brook.

I think the scheduling philosphy of playing 2 or 3 BCS AQ schools OOC is intended to keep our SOS up, given that the Big East had not been as deep as some of the other BCS AQ's. Now that we've moved to the ACC, I'll be surprised if we schedule more than 2 P5 opponents OOC. I might prefer going to a 9 game conference schedule and playing just one P5 opponent OOC.

(08-13-2013 07:54 AM)orangefan Wrote:  

(08-13-2013 07:33 AM)Hokie4Skins Wrote:  Syracuse played Stony Brook last year.

I'm assuming that the OP was including WVU in the Pinstripe Bowl, so 12 BCS plus Stony Brook.

Wouldn't that be a pretty long list in that case? Basically it covers everyone who made a bowl and only played one FCS team.

(08-13-2013 08:12 AM)Hokie4Skins Wrote:  

(08-13-2013 07:54 AM)orangefan Wrote:  

(08-13-2013 07:33 AM)Hokie4Skins Wrote:  Syracuse played Stony Brook last year.

I'm assuming that the OP was including WVU in the Pinstripe Bowl, so 12 BCS plus Stony Brook.

Wouldn't that be a pretty long list in that case? Basically it covers everyone who made a bowl and only played one FCS team.

When I was looking around at a few it seems that there are a ton of schools playing 11 BCS teams.

(08-12-2013 10:35 PM)john01992 Wrote:  the point i was trying to make is what teams load up practically their entire ooc with BCS opponents

stanford, syracuse, miami, & usc did that, ucla didnt

When did Stony Brook count as a BCS team

If you are asking have any teams played 2 out of 3, 3 out of 4, or 4 out of 5 OOC games vs. BCS teams, yes it's been done a lot.

USC has actually played several years where every team on their schedule was a BCS team. In addition they never play 1AA schools, and essentially play the likes of Hawaii or San Jose State in place of one:

USC (10-2)
2011/09/03 USC 19 - Minnesota 17
2011/09/10 USC 23 - Utah 14
2011/09/17 USC 38 - Syracuse 17
2011/09/24 Arizona St 43 - USC 22
2011/10/01 USC 48 - Arizona 41
2011/10/13 USC 30 - California 9
2011/10/22 USC 31 - Notre Dame 17
2011/10/29 Stanford 56 - USC 48 OT
2011/11/04 USC 42 - Colorado 17
2011/11/12 USC 40 - Washington 17
2011/11/19 USC 38 - Oregon 35
2011/11/26 USC 50 - UCLA 0

USC (12-1)
2008/08/30 USC 52 - Virginia 7
2008/09/13 USC 35 - Ohio St 3
2008/09/25 Oregon St 27 - USC 21
2008/10/04 USC 44 - Oregon 10
2008/10/11 USC 28 - Arizona St 0
2008/10/18 USC 69 - Washington St 0
2008/10/25 USC 17 - Arizona 10
2008/11/01 USC 56 - Washington 0
2008/11/08 USC 17 - California 3
2008/11/15 USC 45 - Stanford 23
2008/11/29 USC 38 - Notre Dame 3
2008/12/06 USC 28 - UCLA 7
2009/01/01 USC 38 - Penn St 24

USC (11-2)
2006/09/02 USC 50 - Arkansas 14
2006/09/16 USC 28 - Nebraska 10
2006/09/23 USC 20 - Arizona 3
2006/09/30 USC 28 - Washington St 22
2006/10/07 USC 26 - Washington 20
2006/10/14 USC 28 - Arizona St 21
2006/10/28 Oregon St 33 - USC 31
2006/11/04 USC 42 - Stanford 0
2006/11/11 USC 35 - Oregon 10
2006/11/18 USC 23 - California 9
2006/11/25 USC 44 - Notre Dame 24
2006/12/02 UCLA 13 - USC 9
2007/01/01 USC 32 - Michigan 18

USC (11-2)
2002/09/02 USC 24 - Auburn 17
2002/09/14 USC 40 - Colorado 3
2002/09/21 Kansas St 27 - USC 20
2002/09/27 USC 22 - Oregon St 0
2002/10/05 Washington St 30 - USC 27 OT
2002/10/12 USC 30 - California 28
2002/10/19 USC 41 - Washington 21
2002/10/26 USC 44 - Oregon 33
2002/11/09 USC 49 - Stanford 17
2002/11/16 USC 34 - Arizona St 13
2002/11/23 USC 52 - UCLA 21
2002/11/30 USC 44 - Notre Dame 13
2003/01/02 USC 38 - Iowa 17

USC (5-7)
2000/08/27 USC 29 - Penn St 5
2000/09/09 USC 17 - Colorado 14
2000/09/23 USC 34 - San Jose St 24
2000/09/30 Oregon St 31 - USC 21
2000/10/07 Arizona 31 - USC 15
2000/10/14 Oregon 28 - USC 17
2000/10/21 Stanford 32 - USC 30
2000/10/28 California 28 - USC 16
2000/11/04 USC 44 - Arizona St 38
2000/11/11 Washington St 33 - USC 27
2000/11/18 USC 38 - UCLA 35
2000/11/25 Notre Dame 38 - USC 21


And a couple of times where they played all 12 BCS teams, plus an extra game @ Hawaii

USC (8-5)
2010/09/02 USC 49 - Hawaii 36
2010/09/11 USC 17 - Virginia 14
2010/09/18 USC 32 - Minnesota 21
2010/09/25 USC 50 - Washington St 16
2010/10/02 Washington 32 - USC 31
2010/10/09 Stanford 37 - USC 35
2010/10/16 USC 48 - California 14
2010/10/30 Oregon 53 - USC 32
2010/11/06 USC 34 - Arizona St 33
2010/11/13 USC 24 - Arizona 21
2010/11/20 Oregon St 36 - USC 7
2010/11/27 Notre Dame 20 - USC 16
2010/12/04 USC 28 - UCLA 14

USC (12-1)
2005/09/03 USC 63 - Hawaii 17
2005/09/17 USC 70 - Arkansas 17
2005/09/24 USC 45 - Oregon 13
2005/10/01 USC 38 - Arizona St 28
2005/10/08 USC 42 - Arizona 21
2005/10/15 USC 34 - Notre Dame 31
2005/10/22 USC 51 - Washington 24
2005/10/29 USC 55 - Washington St 13
2005/11/05 USC 51 - Stanford 21
2005/11/12 USC 35 - California 10
2005/11/19 USC 50 - Fresno St 42
2005/12/03 USC 66 - UCLA 19
2006/01/04 Texas 41 - USC 38

2013 USC Trojans Schedule
DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME RECORD/TICKETS
Thu, Aug 29 @ Hawaii 11:00 PM ET CBS Sports Network
Sat, Sept 7 Washington St 10:30 PM ET
Sat, Sept 14 vs Boston College TBD Pac-12 Network
Sat, Sept 21 vs Utah St TBD
Sat, Sept 28 @ Arizona St TBD
Thu, Oct 10 vs Arizona 10:30 PM ET FOX Sports 1
Sat, Oct 19 @ Notre Dame 7:30 PM ET NBC
Sat, Oct 26 vs Utah TBD
Fri, Nov 1 @ Oregon St 9:00 PM ET ESPN2
Sat, Nov 9 @ California TBD
Sat, Nov 16 vs Stanford TBD
Sat, Nov 23 @ Colorado TBD
Sat, Nov 30 vs UCLA TBD


UCLA also utilizes the practice of not playing 1AA schools, so while they never play ALL BCS teams OOC like USC does, they often play all but one, with that one being a Fresno State type.

(08-13-2013 08:12 AM)Hokie4Skins Wrote:  

(08-13-2013 07:54 AM)orangefan Wrote:  

(08-13-2013 07:33 AM)Hokie4Skins Wrote:  Syracuse played Stony Brook last year.

I'm assuming that the OP was including WVU in the Pinstripe Bowl, so 12 BCS plus Stony Brook.

Wouldn't that be a pretty long list in that case? Basically it covers everyone who made a bowl and only played one FCS team.

I don't think it's a long list, but there is a list.

(08-12-2013 09:44 PM)john01992 Wrote:  has that ever been done before?

By "BCS" - do you mean AQ schools (because that would only be a few schools each year) or do you mean all FBS schools (because all FBS schools are technically BCS since the last re-organization). The first one is a rather short list (that NotreDame would never be on because of the Navy game) - the second one is a fairly long list each year.

(08-13-2013 11:13 AM)nert Wrote:  

(08-12-2013 09:44 PM)john01992 Wrote:  has that ever been done before?

By "BCS" - do you mean AQ schools (because that would only be a few schools each year) or do you mean all FBS schools (because all FBS schools are technically BCS since the last re-organization). The first one is a rather short list (that NotreDame would never be on because of the Navy game) - the second one is a fairly long list each year.

i thought the norm was BCS/AQ schools the rest were simply referred to as FBS schools

Northwestern played 12 last year, including Syracuse. They were scheduled to play 11 this year before Vanderbilt chickened out.

Great for Syracuse. Is the Football team trying to make up for the Basketball team's joke OOC schedule?

Trying to make Syracuse look unique and like they accomplished something. My goodness I can't wait until this season starts and Syracuse starts losing again. Look at their schedule

Penn State - Definite Loss
Northwestern - Likely loss
Wagner - Oh lookie here a FCS team
Tulane - Win
Clemson - Definite Loss
NC State - Win
Georgia Tech - Loss
Wake Forest - Win
Florida State - Loss
Pitt - Toss up but I'm going with Pitt because they have the week off and you guys will be coming from the FSU game.
Boston College - Win

You guys better pray to God you actually beat Wake Forest and Boston College or next year is going to be a disaster.