Bottom 10 BCS Schedules...

AnkenyCy24 · 07-03-2008, 12:17 PM

Not sure if this has been posted from Sporting News, but ouch!

From The Sporting News:

Bottom 10 BCS non-conference schedules

1. Texas Tech: Eastern Washington, at Nevada, SMU, Massachusetts
2. Minnesota: Northern Illinois, at Bowling Green, Montana State, Florida Atlantic
3. Indiana: Western Kentucky, Murray State, Ball State, Central Michigan
4. Kentucky: at Louisville, Norfolk State, Middle Tennessee, Western Kentucky
5. Kansas: Florida International, Louisiana Tech, at South Florida, Sam Houston State
6. LSU: Appalachian State, Troy, North Texas, Tulane
7. Kansas State: North Texas, Montana State, at Louisville, Louisiana-Lafayette
8. Wisconsin: Akron, Marshall, at Fresno State, Cal Poly
9. Iowa State: South Dakota State, Kent State, at Iowa, at UNLV
10. Iowa: Maine, Florida International, Iowa State, at Pittsburgh

LindenCy · 07-03-2008, 12:18 PM

I'm actually surprised Iowa is there because they scheduled 2 other BCS schools, which is more than many.

brianhos · 07-03-2008, 12:19 PM

They have a point... we have a bad non conf schedule. The scariest thing is we will probably be 2-2 after it.

scottie33 · 07-03-2008, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by brianhos

They have a point... we have a bad non conf schedule. The scariest thing is we will probably be 2-2 after it.

I sure as hell hope now

tube1 · 07-03-2008, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by LindenCy

I'm actually surprised both Iowa and ISU are there because both scheduled at least 2 other BCS schools, which is more than many.

Who is our second BCS school? Is the Western Athletic Conference (I assume UNLV is in this conference) really a BCS conference?

brianhos · 07-03-2008, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by LindenCy

I'm actually surprised both Iowa and ISU are there because both scheduled at least 2 other BCS schools, which is more than many.

We only play 1 other bcs school. Who is the second? Kent st is mid american, and UNLV is mountain west right?

cyclonepower · 07-03-2008, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by LindenCy

I'm actually surprised both Iowa and ISU are there because both scheduled at least 2 other BCS schools, which is more than many.

I'm only seeing 1 BCS conference team on our schedule...

CycloneWarning · 07-03-2008, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by LindenCy

I'm actually surprised both Iowa and ISU are there because both scheduled at least 2 other BCS schools, which is more than many.

The other angle is that they probably think both Iowa and ISU suck, so our game against each other counts as easy.

LindenCy · 07-03-2008, 12:24 PM

Funny, in the time I caught my own mistake and edited it, 3 people got me. :)

tube1 · 07-03-2008, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by LindenCy

Funny, in the time I caught my own mistake and edited it, 3 people got me. :)

I am Quicky McQuick-Quick!

aeroclone · 07-03-2008, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by scottie33

I sure as hell hope now

I hope not as well, but Brianhos has a good point, there is a very real possibility that we drop the eiu game and I can also see us having problems on the road against UNLV. Road games haven't been kind to us lately, even against weak competition. There was a glimmer of hope to end the season last year, but their is a mountain of tradition that says 2-2 could be the result.

ISUFan22 · 07-03-2008, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by LindenCy

I'm actually surprised Iowa is there because they scheduled 2 other BCS schools, which is more than many.

I agree.

Originally Posted by brianhos

They have a point... we have a bad non conf schedule. The scariest thing is we will probably be 2-2 after it.

If we are 2-2 after our first 4 games, it's going to be a very long season. IMO, we aught to be 3-1 if not 4-0 headed into the KU game. I know we were bad last year, but we best not look even remotely as bad to start '08 as we did to start '07.

cstrunk · 07-03-2008, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by ISUFan22

I agree.

If we are 2-2 after our first 4 games, it's going to be a very long season. IMO, we aught to be 3-1 if not 4-0 headed into the KU game. I know we were bad last year, but we best not look even remotely as bad to start '08 as we did to start '07.

Yes sir. We better be 3-1 after our first four games or else 4-8 or 5-7 is pretty much assured for our final record. We need to be 6-6 this year.

ornryactor · 07-03-2008, 12:46 PM

I know it doesn't mean anything, but I still think it's interesting that of those 10 schools, only two aren't in the Big XII or Big 10 (who each have four teams on the list).

isugcs · 07-03-2008, 12:46 PM

I agree with the list.

However, eight of the ten schools are from the middle of the country, some have tradition, others do not. Could it be location is partially the reason for the weak schedules? No west or east coast teams. Maybe a few 2 and 1's with out of the area teams wouldn't be a bad idea just to get some competition.

As much as I like to see winnable games on the schedule (South Dakota State), I'd much rather play Florida International, Tulane, Central Washington State or some team similar to these.