BCS teams OOC schedules.. yikes!

[MrTitleist]

Check out this little gem I saw fly across Twitter today:
http://playoffpac.com/news/Read.aspx?ID=281

Playoff opponents routinely state that a playoff would harm the “most exciting regular season in sports,” in which “every week is a playoff.” If a single loss really can knock a team out of contention for a BCS bowl game, does it make sense for an AQ team to schedule out-of-conference (OOC) games against strong opponents? Common sense suggests no, and indeed, “smart” BCS players appear to schedule as weak of competition as possible. An empirical review of all college football schedules in the BCS Era shows that the “power” teams are more and more prone to schedule cupcake OOC games. Indeed, this review confirms an earlier University of Arkansas study's conclusion that the BCS "creates a strong disincentive" to schedule important regular season contests.

 

[fromolwyoming]

Why so surprised? How often do you see Florida scheduling teams like Ohio State or Bama scheduling Oklahoma? All this did, was put it into an article form rather than coming from an internet forum like here the MWC board.

 

[MrTitleist]

Not really surprised as Florida routinely schedules FCS teams.. Texas Tech schedule two of them a couple years ago.

 

[BuckeyesNYC]

The last time Florida University played an non-conference game outside of the state of Florida was in 1991 when they lost to Syracuse. How sad is that? Out of the powerhouse programs, Florida and Texas routinely have the weakest OOC opponents.

 

[MrTitleist]

I don't get it... Florida has played Citadel, Appalachian State, Wyoming, and countless other teams outside of Florida.. or do you mean BCS type opponents?

 

[Wyokie]

I don't get it... Florida has played Citadel, Appalachian State, Wyoming, and countless other teams outside of Florida.. or do you mean BCS type opponents?

What Buckeye meant was...1991 was the last time Florida played a OOC game on the road outside of Florida!!!!

 

[MrTitleist]

Much more clear!