Nebraska, really lightened up schedule!!

[RossHallHero]

Tech and KSU build decent teams scheduling cupcakes, yet we schedule giants.

Let's not get too carried away. It's not as if we scheduled Florida and Alabama.

[Melvin]

to the OP, you do realize that schedules are made years in advance right??? most teams schedule 1 marquee team each season. look at texas schedule.

to everyone else, wanna make a friendly wager?? i will gladly take your money if ya wanna hand it over like that!!!

Are you crazy.
That works for Washington, but how do you explain SDSU, Idaho, and W. Kentucky.

What really peeves me off is when people (here in Lincoln) make fun of K-States schedule.

[tazclone]

to the OP, you do realize that schedules are made years in advance right??? most teams schedule 1 marquee team each season. look at texas schedule.

to everyone else, wanna make a friendly wager?? i will gladly take your money if ya wanna hand it over like that!!!

I always laugh when people cry about other team's schedules. You are correct. Most teams schedule one other BCS team and then three patsies.

[tazclone]

Let's not get too carried away. It's not as if we scheduled Florida and Alabama.

This year we have Utah and Iowa. The year after that we have UConn, Iowa, and Utah. Nobody schedules three games like that for their non conference.

BTW- We aren't claiming to be National Champion contenders either.

[cycloneworld]

to the OP, you do realize that schedules are made years in advance right??? most teams schedule 1 marquee team each season. look at texas schedule.

to everyone else, wanna make a friendly wager?? i will gladly take your money if ya wanna hand it over like that!!!

So when Nebraska scheduled Washington they were even worse?

[isuforlife]

got to remember Tommy is making schedules , he is the master of cupcake schedules

[heitclone]

This year we have Utah and Iowa. The year after that we have UConn, Iowa, and Utah. Nobody schedules three games like that for their non conference.

BTW- We aren't claiming to be National Champion contenders either.

Yea but its not like we schedule like this intentionally or consistently. Schedules are made years in advance, when these games were scheduled UCONN was an upstart independant and Utah was just another team from the MWC. Neither of those games was scheduled with the thinking that we're going to really beef up the competition in 2010/2011, it just happen to work out that both of those programs have made really big strides.On the other hand, when Nebraska scheduled Washington they were a top 10 program. Which basically means Nebby signed up knowing they'd get a shot at a big program, our schedule just fell together that way. I really hate defending Nebraska here but they also just played USC and Va Tech, and they play Tennessee after their home and home with UW, they have shown they'll answer the call when the big boys are looking for a game. There are plenty of big time programs that play a much softer schedule. Okay now I have to go puke for sticking up for the big red.

[WalkingCY]

i see washington being better. but a pac 10 championship will be amazing. they were 0-12 two years ago. New coaching staff can really only overcome so much imo.

Well, with USC in trouble this season, a unproven coach, losing scholarship players....I see a new winner in the Pac 10 this season. U-Dub could be the big time surprise in 2010.

[CTTB78]

A once great program is slowly becoming average.

[jdoggivjc]

Idaho-picked last in the Big Sky conference
SDSU-what can I say, they are moving up, but no match
Washington-5-7 last year, 0-12 the previous season

I thought Idaho was part of the WAC.


Is that San Diego State or South Dakota State?

Both good calls, RING4CY. It IS South Dakota State, not San Diego State. And Idaho IS part of the WAC, Idaho St is in the Big Sky (an FCS/D-1AA conference). Which means clonedude's comparisons have to be reworked, as he based them on faulty assumptions.

UNI>>Western Kentucky
Northern Illinois>>>Idaho
Utah>>>SDSU
Iowa>Washington

It should be:

UNI>SDSU (both FCS teams)
Northern Illinois>>>>>Western Kentucky (Western KY is a FBS team in the Sun Belt conference, and I believe they were the 120th rated team at the end of last year)
Utah>>>Idaho (Utah speaks for itself, Idaho is a WAC team that made its first bowl game last year in who knows how long. It would be a big fall from grace if they weren't at least somewhat good this coming year)
Iowa>Washington

[MrReality]

If they could play the Sisters of the Poor, they would schedule them. Big Red dropped several decent teams for this season to schedule:

Western Kentucky- they were 0-12 last season
Idaho-picked last in the Big Sky conference
SDSU-what can I say, they are moving up, but no match
Washington-5-7 last year, 0-12 the previous season

The Cornhuskers are taking no chances with their non conference schedule. I'd take that schedule for Iowa State in a minute.

This is one of the reasons, overlooked by the national media and fans outside of Nebraska, that Nebraska fans were so sick and tired of the Steve Pederson/Bill Callahan era. Pederson, on Callahan's request, built Nebraskas schedule to be one tough team (Washington was scheduled years ago) and 3 absolute cupcakes. Fans hate this crap.
One nice thing Osborne has done is beef up the schedule a bit. There is at least one marquee game a year, but going forward, starting in 2011, instead of WKU and Idaho Nebraska has Fresno St, Southern Miss, Wyoming etc...as their 2nd and 3rd non-conference games.

[MrReality]

Yea but its not like we schedule like this intentionally or consistently. Schedules are made years in advance, when these games were scheduled UCONN was an upstart independant and Utah was just another team from the MWC. Neither of those games was scheduled with the thinking that we're going to really beef up the competition in 2010/2011, it just happen to work out that both of those programs have made really big strides.On the other hand, when Nebraska scheduled Washington they were a top 10 program. Which basically means Nebby signed up knowing they'd get a shot at a big program, our schedule just fell together that way. I really hate defending Nebraska here but they also just played USC and Va Tech, and they play Tennessee after their home and home with UW, they have shown they'll answer the call when the big boys are looking for a game. There are plenty of big time programs that play a much softer schedule. Okay now I have to go puke for sticking up for the big red.

They actually play UCLA (2012 and 2013) after the UW seriers, then Miami in 2014 and 15, and Tennessee in 2016 and 17.

[singsing]

to the OP, you do realize that schedules are made years in advance right??? most teams schedule 1 marquee team each season. look at texas schedule.

to everyone else, wanna make a friendly wager?? i will gladly take your money if ya wanna hand it over like that!!!

Yeah because we all know it's just a fluke Idaho, SDSU, and Western Kentucky may not be good this season???????? I'll bet in a couple years these teams wil be in the national spot light.

I'd take those teams 5-10-20 years from now and it still won't matter. They'll all suck.

I'd also take the wager on the Washington game. Lived on the West Coast last season and watched them play quite a bit. If they get their secondary up to par with the rest of the team they'll be a top ten team.

[heitclone]

They actually play UCLA (2012 and 2013) after the UW seriers, then Miami in 2014 and 15, and Tennessee in 2016 and 17.

Ahh good catch...nothing wrong with any of those teams either.

[CarolinaCy]

Before this love-fest for Nebbie gets out of control, TONS of teams play other high-level BCS schools in the non-conference. Off the top of my head in the last few years:

USC, Michigan, Mich St, Purdue, Boston College play Notre Dame almost every year

Colorado v. Florida State

OU v. Miami

ISU v. Iowa every year (duh)

Ohio State v. Texas

And for this year, here are some good matchups:

Boise State v. V-Tech

Ohio St. v. Miami

Penn St. v. Alabama

Utah v. Pitt

LSU v. W Virginia

OU v. Cincy