2007 and beyond

by FreedomDip on Jan 16, 2006 5:57 PM CST Comment 11 comments

We all know who Texas plays next year:

North Texas, Ohio State, Rice, Iowa State, Sam Houston State and then seven Big 12 games ... But look at Future Schedules. Nobody but Rice in non-conference, including three empty spots on the 2007 schedule and nobody in the following years. We know Texas wound up dropping Utah, or Utah dropped Texas. But is Texas going to get another strong team on their schedule or start making a habit of playing every bad team possible?

Link for future schdules:
http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=33&url_subchannel_id=& ;url_article_id=14&change_well_id=2

Who other top-tier teams are playing in years to come:

Oklahoma - Miami (2007, 09), Washington (2006, 08), Florida State (2010-11), Notre Dame (2013, 15), Tennessee (2014, 15), LSU (TBD)
Auburn - vs. West Virginia (2008, 2009)
Florida State - vs. Florida (2006 - 2014), Colorado (2007-08), Alabama (2007), Oklahoma (2010-11), West Virginia (2012-13)
LSU - vs. Va Tech (2007), Oklahoma (TBD)
Miami - vs. Texas A&M (2007-08), Ohio State (2010-11)
Notre Dame - http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/future_schedules/notredame_future.htm
Ohio State - Washington (2007), USC (2008-09), Miami (2010-11)
Penn State - Notre Dame (2006-07), Syracuse (2008-09), Alabama (2010-11)
USC - Arkansas (2006), Nebraska (2007-08), Colorado St (2008), Ohio State (2008-09), Notre Dame (Every Year)

Schools like LSU, Georgia, Florida and most other top-tied teams have their schedules filled with middle-class teams already. So who does Texas pick up on future schedules? A dangerous passing team from the MAC? More crappy Sun Belt schools? More 1-AA teams?

Which games are going to get nationally televised for the exposure and which aren't? Actually, we already know that answer

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Texas and UCLA - 2010-11

Dip, your scheduling schtick is tired. Get over it. While we'd love to see big names matching up every weekend, it aint gonna happen. Here's what we do have to look forward to in the future.

Ohio State - 2006

UCLA - 2010-11
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/sports/college/article_712639.php

Syracuse - TBA
http://www.syracuse.com/orangefootball/weblog/
see the Jan 12th entry

by the other Andrew on Jan 16, 2006 7:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Thanks

Hey other Andrew, thanks. I didn't realize I had a schtick. So now I'm the scheduling schtickter. Cool, I guess. But I'd actually have to look back before the Rose Bowl on here when EVERYBODY was chatting up the previous year's sked. I'm not sure where you got that from.

But, thanks for pointing out on other websites, too, that Tex plays UCLA and the Orange. MackBrownFootball should update his site, then.

"Oh, no! Some non-Aggie fans" -- Robert Earl Keen

by FreedomDip on Jan 16, 2006 8:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

You and I have gotten into it before re: skeds

And it was pretty much the exact same conversation back then. You tried to say that Texas backed out of Utah because they got good and Texas was scared. I found a link that said otherwise. What the truth is, I don't know. But you have a "holier than thou" attitude towards scheduling as if that's how a team or athletic dept should be judged.

The fact is that Texas schedules some absolute pansies, but they'll try to balance that with some big names as often as possible without hurting recruiting. But you know what, every other school does this, moreso now that the 12th game has been added.

For example, in 2007 your LSU plays Middle Tennessee St and Tulane. LSU playing TUlane is very similar to Texas playing Rice or SMU.

Everyone wants marquee games week after week, but you also have to schedule patsies. Thats just the way it is when theres no playoff at the end of the year.

by the other Andrew on Jan 16, 2006 9:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

DIdn't realize

I didn't realize we had "gotten into it before" ... that makes it sound so personal when you put it that way. I don't understand why many folks get so standoffish or mad about things on here. It's a message board. And a VERY good one with tons of inteeligent insight from both sides of the argument with very little name calling and minimal obscenity.

Now, we all know that the big-time schools are going to play their fair share of pushovers outside of conference. Every school does it. Big schools want the warm-up easy home game while small schools want the fat payout to finance their athletic budget for an entire year.

And I agree: Rice = Tulane. Meaning Texas and LSU used to have good, healthy, competitive rivalries with their in-state foes before becoming completely dominant over them. And I don't think anyone has a problem with those kind of rivalries that still hold some fanfare within their respective states.

My main point, and take it however you want, is that other than Rice, Texas has NO teams listed on their non-conference schedule from 2007-09 before picking up the Bruins in 2010. Intersectional matchups between major conferences are fun. It's good to see at least one on a team's schedule other than every few years. I'd like to see Texas pick up another team from a major conference

"Oh, no! Some non-Aggie fans" -- Robert Earl Keen

by FreedomDip on Jan 16, 2006 9:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

my bad

in my vernacular, "gotten into it" = "discussed eloquently"

I'm not standoffish or mad, just trying to prove you wrong. And that is the goal of Internet, isnt it?

If you want me to call you a name, I will. I'll even toss in a minor obscenity for free.

by the other Andrew on Jan 16, 2006 9:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

WWE

If you're going to toss something, then it better be a metal chair across my back. Perhaps give me a flying elbow drop from the top rope.

But I get to put you through a table. Maybe we could have a ladder match. But watch out for sweet chin music and the ankle lock.

Sincerely
Rock bottom

"Oh, no! Some non-Aggie fans" -- Robert Earl Keen

by FreedomDip on Jan 16, 2006 9:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

This bout is scheduled for one fall.

Let's go to the judge's score cards.

by Lincoln on Jan 16, 2006 10:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Oh, and my two cents.

A push-over schedule is a push-over schedule. But the only folks being cheated are the fans of the team and the team itself. The team is risking not properly preparing itself for tougher competition in a meaningful bowl game, and the fans are having to shell out money to watch a third string quarterback hand off and take a knee in the fourth quarter. BUT, if a team plays 12 Divison III opponents, reaches the BCS title game and beats the other oponent, the team with the puff schedule has still proven to be the best. (Feel free to argue that a tougher schedule led to injuries for the other team, but with a month to heal before the BCS game that argument has little merit.) With that said, I'd rather have UT simply take a bye week rather than schedule a team like Sam Houston State. I know some fans feel otherwise and are happy to see any increase in home games.

by Lincoln on Jan 16, 2006 10:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

easy way to fix this....

One word: playoffs!!!!

The financial incentives will still be there, since good teams will demand a home and home, while patsies will gladly send their kids to be the Washington Generals for a day, so they can get their payday. But at least you could take away the perverse competitive incentives.

Top teams would be much more willing to schedule tougher opponents if they knew a loss wouldn't ruin their season. If they knew that they could still get into the dance, and they might be even more dangerous with tough games under their belts than a higher seed who hasn't faced such games. It's inconceivable to me that the college game refuses to improve itself in any meaningful way.

Not to beat a dead horse or anything......

by agent orange on Jan 16, 2006 11:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

beating a dead horse

when in Troy...make glue. Let's start with Trigger. Arguably the greatest live mascot of all time. ESPN recently compared him to the 1936 Yellow Jacket used by Georgia Tech and the 1877 Touchdown Jesus used by Notre Dame.

by Lincoln on Jan 17, 2006 12:12 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs