The Rest of College Football

[Jamie H]

Urban is the 3nd biggest chicken-shit scheduler in history, right behind Bill Synder and Barry Alvarez.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Didn't mention it at the time, but Akron has hired Terry Bowden, of all people.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-akron-bowden

Also, Danny Hope got an extension out to 2016.

[iam416]

Boise would have been bad for M.

Also, heh, lmao at UFM being the third biggest chicken shit scheduler in all of history! Ah, the things some M fans will say.

[WM Wolverine]

Florida always played a tough SEC schedule and Miami, tough to make that schedule too much more difficult. There other 3 OOC games were usually always Sun Belt type teams that they'd beat by 40+ but they like M want to play at least 7 home games a year and sometimes 8.

[iam416]

They always play FSU, and occasionally had Miami. But you point is still the same. Nothing great OoC, but nothing particularly shameful.

[lineygoblue]

They took an easier road than most Big Ten teams.

They've played such OOC powerhouses as Furman, Florida Atlantic, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Charleston Southern, Troy State, Florida International, The Citadel, Western Carolina, and Louisiana Monroe over the past 10 years.

That's even worse than Alvarez.

[iam416]

Theyve played virtually the same type of OoC as M. One good team and three wins. Except FSU has generally been better than Nd. Playing, e.g., Miami and FSU in the same season is pretty good.

Meh, you're not going to be objective about it. I hate Florida. They scheduled the same way before and after UFM. And its pretty standard stuff.

[WM Wolverine]

Yeah, I meant FSU.

[Jamie H]

They haven't played an OOC game out of the state of Florida in something like 20 years. I don't care if they played other good Miami schools. That's chickenshit. Not as bad as Kansas State and Wisconsin who were #1 and #2 (Wisconsin has gotten better).

[Optimus Prime]

Very sad, the 6-6 Meyer that Left Florida high and dry has been reduced to a mere shadow. The Field Marshal Rommel that kicked the shit out of OSU & Tressel in the desert is long gone....dodging any team with a pulse.

[iam416]

For, what, 15 years, no program was as good as FSU. Their streak of top 4 finishes is amazing. Yet, because they are in the same state as Florida, that's chickenshit scheduling. Meanwhile, south bend is probably about as close to Ann AA as tally is to Gainesville, but because you have cross state lines to get there, it's harder!

A more vacuous argument you'll rarely encounter.

The fact is Florida had basically always played a mediocre OoC - certainly equal to what M has been doing the last 6 or 7 years. Every now and again Miami was on the schedule making it a pretty tough schedule. Thats just a fact.

[Dr. Strangelove]

I don't think Florida plays an especially good OOC schedule, particularly since FSU isn't what it once was, but Meyer had little to do with that. It was a long-standing policy going back to Spurrier's first years. Meyer didn't change it and it's unlikely to change post-Meyer.

[WM Wolverine]

Programs that pack 75k plus into stadiums aren't going to give up many home dates.

[iam416]

Exactly right. I think Florida (and OSU and M and many others) are generally in the 1 "big name" program and 3 tomato cans strategy. The strength of M's OoC rises or falls, at least over the past 6/7 years, with ND -- which means it generally falls a bit.

OSU's 2012/13 OoC schedule is horrid. It's one thing to schedule Miami years in advance and have them stink when you play them. But Cal -- meh. Garbage. But, it sets up nicely for UFM! WooooOT!

[Optimus Prime]

I don't think Florida plays an especially good OOC schedule, particularly since FSU isn't what it once was, but Meyer had little to do with that. It was a long-standing policy going back to Spurrier's first years. Meyer didn't change it and it's unlikely to change post-Meyer.

Wrong. The "battle became an Urban Fryer 4 hour "Infomercial". Future recruits, Do you want to kickass, head to Gainesville, if you want to be coached by "dementia in diaper" Tallahassee is your destination. Bowden clearly lost it.