some ooc thoughts

Some OOC Thoughts

There is a lot made about a team's out of conference schedule. Is it

strong? Is it weak? Do they play all those games at home? How far are

they traveling? Let's discuss for a minute how important all this is.

You first have to look at why teams play who they play. In some

instances state universities give some lesser state universities a

chance to get some additional revenue. For example, the University of

Illinois will play a team like Southern Illinois to help them get some

extra money that they wouldn't normally get. In other cases teams try

to play lesser 1A or 1AA schools to get victories because the BCS is

so competitive that any loss can put you out of contention for a MNC.

Finally there are some teams like USC that will play anyone, anytime,

anywhere.

Which of these strategies is the best? Well for me I like the way USC

does it. First of all it does them absolutely no good to play lesser

teams. Why play a school that will not challenge you at all? Plus how

would they (or anyone else that would play a lesser school) know how

good of a team they really are, or know what they need to work on if

they blow out a San Jose State by 60 points? To me, to be the best,

you need to beat the best. I would rather go 9-3 against top

competition then undefeated against the little sisters of the poor.

That way I would know whether or not my team really deserved a title

shot.

While I understand some of the "financial obligations" some schools

feel they have by playing some other instate school, it doesn't

explain the rest of the sally games some of these schools play.