About scheduling "cupcakes"

that being said, I hope VaTech lays the wood to Boise St. They used to be likable. But, there is nothing to gain by playing the likes of them.

Rice is at least a well known program with roots back to SWC. UH would also fit that description. What I despise are the unknown directional schools from Southern states, who are just on the schedule because they come here without a return game.

The game next week vs Wyoming will be tougher and they have a good offense to go with a decent defense. It should be a good game, and hopefully over by halftime.

I’m guessing you don’t think that’s likely after your post in another fanpost.

we win vs wyoming by no more than 13

I’m thinking a Texas 31 Wyoming 16 kind of game.

a cupcake first (ULL or NMSU), a respectable but lower-ranked team second (Purdue, Marshall, NC State) and then a big name program (Ohio St., Florida St.). It allows you to warm up and gain rhythm while still boosting your SoS.

The worst is playing a big program out of the gates. The outcome of that game is close to meaningless. I remember the Miami-FloridaSt rivalry was nearly the best in college football throughout the 90’s when it was played in October. Then, inexplicably, they decided to play the game as their opener, and the rivalry went all to hell. Those games were terrible.

Since there are no “pre-season” games, it only makes since to schedule “cupcakes” because the biggest improvements are from game 1 to game 2. Texas will tune up with Rice and Wyoming and be ready for UCLA. It doesn’t make since in today’s college football to schedule potential good teams as your first game because anything can happen. Every school has a “cupcake” or two on their schedule, so why Texas seems to get more flack for beating “cupcakes,” it doesn’t make sense to me. Ask Ol’ Miss and their “cupcake” in Jacksonville State.

There’s not one top 25 team that don’t have “cupcakes” in non conference. 1 loss means to much in college football. It’s good to have atleast 1 good opponent in non-conference (UCLA for Texas this year).

Rice would have destroyed UNT

 
 I was at the game yesterday and I witnessed something I did not even think would be a problem this year… the lack of the O-line to blow these “cupcakes” into the second tier. Between moments of great defensive play I saw reason for concern with the offense. I hope it is ring rust…. they had no rhythm what so ever. The first half had the looks of the last time Rice won… scary.
The defense saved the day yesterday. GG seemed to have a problem finding the middle of the field where the tightends were being released and were wide open or the slots running to the middle on skinnies with 1 on 1 coverage.
GG has all the tools to move the team through the air, I just hope he can step up and claim the team as its leader. He definitely has some big shoes to fill it just might take a little longer than I expected. What he did in the NCG was pretty amazing all things considered.
Congrats to all the Horns who gave it their best! Thanks for a tense 1st half, now blow Wyoming out of DKR next weekend!
Hook’em!!!

There is nothing wrong with a cupcake team from MAC, Sun Belt etc, but when you get Southland or Ivy cupcakes it does come off bad. I