(05-06-2014 03:29 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(05-06-2014 03:18 PM)Chappy Wrote:  I find these schedules FAR more "ridiculous"...

NC State: Old Dominion, Georgia Southern, USF, Presbyterian

Vanderbilt: Temple, UMass, Charleston Southern, Old Dominion

Mississippi State: Southern Miss, UAB, at South Alabama, UT-Martin

Alabama: West Virginia, Florida Atlantic, Southern Miss, Western Carolina

Florida: Idaho, Eastern Michigan, Eastern Kentucky, at Florida State

Agree, those schedules are embarrassing for power conference members. No one would have dreamed that USM would fall as they have, but there's not much excuse for scheduling the others on that list.

MSU must have the worst AD in existence. How did that game ever get scheduled?

I'm sure there are a lot of people who will wonder the same thing when UCLA plays @ Memphis in a couple of years.

(05-06-2014 03:44 PM)PT_american Wrote:  

(05-06-2014 03:29 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(05-06-2014 03:18 PM)Chappy Wrote:  I find these schedules FAR more "ridiculous"...

NC State: Old Dominion, Georgia Southern, USF, Presbyterian

Vanderbilt: Temple, UMass, Charleston Southern, Old Dominion

Mississippi State: Southern Miss, UAB, at South Alabama, UT-Martin

Alabama: West Virginia, Florida Atlantic, Southern Miss, Western Carolina

Florida: Idaho, Eastern Michigan, Eastern Kentucky, at Florida State

Agree, those schedules are embarrassing for power conference members. No one would have dreamed that USM would fall as they have, but there's not much excuse for scheduling the others on that list.

MSU must have the worst AD in existence. How did that game ever get scheduled?

He is simply trying to make them bowl eligible. I mean the SEC schedule is just brutal remember, like facing 8 NFL teams a year.

correction: not just any NFL team, the top 8 NFL playoffs teams.

My vote for hardest goes to ULM: LSU, aTm, Kentucky, Wake Forest. No off-weeks there.

My vote for schedules I'd love for UCF to have: USF, CMU, Tulane, and UMASS. Those are the kind of schedules we need the top AAC teams getting to nab some P5 scalps in the regular season.

"ECU is destined to lose 75% of its OOC" I'll take that bet all day and twice on Sunday.

(05-06-2014 07:41 PM)Redvolution Wrote:  

(05-06-2014 04:42 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(05-06-2014 03:44 PM)PT_american Wrote:  

(05-06-2014 03:29 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(05-06-2014 03:18 PM)Chappy Wrote:  I find these schedules FAR more "ridiculous"...

NC State: Old Dominion, Georgia Southern, USF, Presbyterian

Vanderbilt: Temple, UMass, Charleston Southern, Old Dominion

Mississippi State: Southern Miss, UAB, at South Alabama, UT-Martin

Alabama: West Virginia, Florida Atlantic, Southern Miss, Western Carolina

Florida: Idaho, Eastern Michigan, Eastern Kentucky, at Florida State

Agree, those schedules are embarrassing for power conference members. No one would have dreamed that USM would fall as they have, but there's not much excuse for scheduling the others on that list.

MSU must have the worst AD in existence. How did that game ever get scheduled?

He is simply trying to make them bowl eligible. I mean the SEC schedule is just brutal remember, like facing 8 NFL teams a year.

Fully understood.

Where that game is being played is the significant point.

Well... they do have a 40k seat stadium, so that helps. Plus having alot of MSU alumni close by makes it a win-win for everyone involved. Surprisingly USA has a bigger stadium than 4 current American conference members.

They don't have . The city owns that stadium. If they had to build something, it wouldn't be close to 40k.

(05-07-2014 08:55 AM)Knightshift Wrote:  

(05-06-2014 03:29 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(05-06-2014 03:18 PM)Chappy Wrote:  I find these schedules FAR more "ridiculous"...

NC State: Old Dominion, Georgia Southern, USF, Presbyterian

Vanderbilt: Temple, UMass, Charleston Southern, Old Dominion

Mississippi State: Southern Miss, UAB, at South Alabama, UT-Martin

Alabama: West Virginia, Florida Atlantic, Southern Miss, Western Carolina

Florida: Idaho, Eastern Michigan, Eastern Kentucky, at Florida State

Agree, those schedules are embarrassing for power conference members. No one would have dreamed that USM would fall as they have, but there's not much excuse for scheduling the others on that list.

MSU must have the worst AD in existence. How did that game ever get scheduled?

I'm sure there are a lot of people who will wonder the same thing when UCLA plays @ Memphis in a couple of years.

I'm sure the % that wonders why UCLA @ UM, is a hell of a lot smaller than MSU @ USA. 99% of CFB fans have heard of Memphis. The other can't be said for USA.

PLUS, MSU is in the big, bad SEC. They shouldn't be going TO a FB teams that has been in existence since only 2009.

(05-06-2014 03:01 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  A little love from FBSchedules.com:

Quote:Non-Power Teams With Ridiculous Non-Conference Schedules in 2014
By Amy Daughters - May 6, 2014

Featured teams:
ECU
SMU
Tulane
USF
UMass
C Michigan
Fresno St
Hawaii
ULM

LINK to article.

I am entering an at large bid with a write in vote for Houston...utsa,grambling,and ....drum roll...Tennessee tech.. Lmao .. fof...

(05-07-2014 12:35 PM)Pirateoracle Wrote:  

(05-06-2014 03:01 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  A little love from FBSchedules.com:

Quote:Non-Power Teams With Ridiculous Non-Conference Schedules in 2014
By Amy Daughters - May 6, 2014

Featured teams:
ECU
SMU
Tulane
USF
UMass
C Michigan
Fresno St
Hawaii
ULM

LINK to article.

I am entering an at large bid with a write in vote for Houston...utsa,grambling,and ....drum roll...Tennessee tech.. Lmao .. fof...

I got the write in vote in first. Sorry

(05-07-2014 12:27 PM)PGPirate Wrote:  

(05-07-2014 08:55 AM)Knightshift Wrote:  

(05-06-2014 03:29 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(05-06-2014 03:18 PM)Chappy Wrote:  I find these schedules FAR more "ridiculous"...

NC State: Old Dominion, Georgia Southern, USF, Presbyterian

Vanderbilt: Temple, UMass, Charleston Southern, Old Dominion

Mississippi State: Southern Miss, UAB, at South Alabama, UT-Martin

Alabama: West Virginia, Florida Atlantic, Southern Miss, Western Carolina

Florida: Idaho, Eastern Michigan, Eastern Kentucky, at Florida State

Agree, those schedules are embarrassing for power conference members. No one would have dreamed that USM would fall as they have, but there's not much excuse for scheduling the others on that list.

MSU must have the worst AD in existence. How did that game ever get scheduled?

I'm sure there are a lot of people who will wonder the same thing when UCLA plays @ Memphis in a couple of years.

I'm sure the % that wonders why UCLA @ UM, is a hell of a lot smaller than MSU @ USA. 99% of CFB fans have heard of Memphis. The other can't be said for USA.

PLUS, MSU is in the big, bad SEC. They shouldn't be going TO a FB teams that has been in existence since only 2009.

Thanks for understanding the point, PGPirate.