(07-18-2017 04:29 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  This is the "Bill Snyder" (of Kansas State) school of thought... Snyder literally junked the K-State schedule the first time he was their coach and scheduled in only teams with losing schedules where he could. (The (then) Big 8 Schedule was weak outside of Nebraska and Oklahoma and was only 7 conference games at that point anyway...) Snyder was not afraid to schedule 1AA/FCS programs either, and would have scheduled as many of them as he could...even when the rule was passed that you could only count 1 1AA win towards Bowl eligibility; he figured he could get to 6 without trying most years so what's that extra "win" worth?

The idea was that most people could care LESS about "who" you beat than the gaudy "10" or "11" next to your name in the parenthesis. AND HE WAS LARGELY VINDICATED. Very few people care that you "lost close" to Michigan. Many casual eyes catch the "10-2" next to your name at the end of the season. And, here's the clincher... POLL VOTERS DON'T CARE EITHER. They vaulted the hapless K-State program up the rankings with all those soft wins and "K-State" became a "known" commodity after a couple of seasons with the inflated win schedule.

Just remember: 10>6. Every time. 10 wins against cupcakes is greater than 6 wins (with 6 "close" losses) to "major" names.

THIS THIS THIS! I've been saying this for years. Racking up wins gets you ranked and being ranked gets you positive PR and it only helps the program. Over scheduling is the worst thing UC can do.

The 2009 UC team is the perfect example. That team went 12-0 with a schedule of very beatable teams. There was some decent opponents but its not like they had to compete against a typical SEC schedule. 12-0 got UC up to a #3 ranking and a BCS bowl where-as if they were in any of the other P5 leagues they are likely 10-2 or worse and not playing in a BCS game.

I am very much against scheduling a team like Michigan. There's a less than 50% chance for a win. Being a consistently ranked team will do alot more for UC than a potential shot at pulling off one big win. When a P5 league wants to expand are they going to add a team that has been ranked in the Top 25 for many years in a row or add a team that pulled off one win against a big opponent.