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Hi, im UT and scheduling TCU was pretty brave considering we are loaded with 5 stars and TCU has 2A 1 and 2 star athletes.
Did you even read my post?
I said everyteam schedules a creampuff. But UT has 3 creampuffs and a one trrick pony in TCU
Hi, im UT and scheduling TCU was pretty brave considering we are loaded with 5 stars and TCU has 2A 1 and 2 star athletes.
lol, see what i've been dealing with? stupid t-sips.
Not saying this is true. But it wouldn't surprise me if Texas was so ready to gear up for the immediate home and home with Ohio State that they simply did not concentrate on any opponents for the future. They had to run around and add teams at the last moment. That's why you don't see these teams on Texas schedule for 2008 to return a game. After the 2005 season, while teams already schedule opponents up to 2013, Texas didn't even know who they were going to play from 2007-2013 in OOC.
Shortly after 2005 Texas announced it's future schedules though.
Texas will play Arkansas in 2008-2009
Texas will play UCLA in 2010-2011
Texas will play Ole Miss in 2012-2013
I heard from one fan they tried to get Michigan but Michigan did not want to travel to the south in September. Don't know if that's actually true or not.
Ultimate irony.
i have a purpose on this board, you t-sips actually believe your bull .
Ultimate irony.
I guess, if being the board's tampon is a purpose.
well, most of you are es.
Spare me the Aggie tough schedule bull .
Remember who they played in '06? The Citadel, LA-Lafayette, Army, and LA Tech. SMU and Texas State the year before.
There's a team playing for the national championship this season that scheduled out of conference games with Youngstown State, Akron, Washington, and Kent State. Made it to last year's le game. That same team scheduled Texas the two years before this one - is that a pussy program?
If UT's cupcakes were soft, fluffy, and easy to paste in the year of our lord 2007, so be it. They play Arkansas (in the Cotton Bowl against Mizzou this year) next season while the Ags play Miami (5-7 team that beat them this year) in 08. That looks like the toughest out of conference opponents for each school unless someone wants to defend New Mexico's program.
Every upper-echelon team schedules below their weight class a couple of times a season. Some can get away with more, some can get lucky, and some can get snakebit by an Appalachian State or a Monroe.
You're right j6, and that's why Ohio St. is so disrespected here, along with Kansas for having a pansy schedule. THe only difference is, that some year are the exception for some programs. But a hard OOC schedule for UT is always the exception.
So you admit that every program plays cupcakes but your argument is that UT plays more per year than every other team. Prove it. Go back over the last 10 years and compare the schedules to other big time programs and see if what you think you know is correct. I want every major D-1 football program compared to UT for a ten year period and UT better be dead last to prove your point.
Ohio St. disrespected? They're in the le game!
Whatever you or I say here doesn't amount to a sack of . They aren't disrespected.
your purpose is to be a complete homer boy jackoff. You're a waste of flesh and should be exterminated.
everyone outside the big 10 thinks they will get romped by LSU, and they were disrespected throughout the whole year. They just have one less loss against ty teams, and they won their weak conference.
I know you're trying hard to spin your side to bump UT, but go back to austin talk sports radio and the statesman pre 2005, they were always ing about UT's soft weak schedule. NT, Houston, Louisana Lafayete, Rice, yeah, those were a big of staple to UT as Waterloo Records, The Dobie Mall, and rich spoiled kids with mini luxury suvs.
Does UT have to be last to prove my point.... that's ridiculous.
But it'd be a laughingstock to suggest that UT is considered to be tough schedulers. USC, Cal, Oregon make it an issue to play respectable opponents. Oklahoma pulls of weak schedules, but they don't get chided as much becuase they consistently manage to use the talent they get in the most efficient way.
UT on the other hand, aside from that great year, manage to squander their talent.
where's the proof? First you make a ridiculous claim then you don't bring info to back it up. Bring something to back up your claim or STFU.
Will the Longhorns compute?
Points:
A Sports Column
By Bill Peterson
Football Review of Texas Editor
AUSTIN – Cheers could be heard all around the warehouse district Thursday night when Jeremy Ito kicked a 28-yard field goal on his second try, giving Rutgers a 28-25 win against BCS No. 3 Louisville.
The hometown Texas Longhorns, long ago left for dead in the national championship picture, suddenly returned to sunlight, needing only to win their next three games for voter blessing as a national le contender.
But it remains in question if that opportunity will present itself to the Longhorns. The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) computers, which rank teams holistically, continue to rank Texas well below the other contenders, and it's all tied to schedule strength. Don't blame the computers. They merely crunch numbers, a lot better than people do. That's why Texas is only No. 5 in the BCS
On the human front, the week began with Texas and Louisville in as close to a third-place tie as the numbers might allow in the Harris and USA Today polls – Louisville held a six-point lead for third (2,521-2,515) in the Harris poll and Texas held third by slightly more (1,397-1,382) in the coaches poll. Louisville's loss makes Texas the clear favorite to move into a solid No. 3 next week, provided the Longhorns win Saturday night against Kansas State.
This season, with Big Ten powers Ohio State and Michigan in the No. 1 and No. 2 poll positions, the place to be is No. 3. The Buckeyes and Wolverines play on Nov. 18. The loser will fall well below No. 3, despite intriguing guesses to the effect that Ohio State and Michigan are so far ahead of the pack that the loser won't fall below second. Even if the voters maintain the present top two, the computers will destroy the loser.
But the voters will look at the matter differently. They'll have to decide if the new No. 2 should be Texas, Florida or Auburn, assuming none loses in the next two weeks and remain top six in both polls. With Louisville's loss, they're all likely to be top five. Southern Cal, rated seventh in both polls, is too far back to jump all those other teams, as are all the teams beneath the Trojans. (The computers, which rank the Trojans seventh, might end up loving them. More on that later.)
At least two compelling reasons are likely to put the Longhorns in a strong No. 3 poll position, ready to move into No. 2 after the Ohio State-Michigan game. First, the Longhorns already are No. 3 in the coach’s poll and No. 4 in Harris, so they are the heir apparent, if not the reigning team. Second, Texas is a different and better operation than the 24-7 home field loser to Ohio State on Sept. 9.
On that date, Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, completely unknown and untested, simply couldn't riddle the Ohio State defense. McCoy actually played well enough, but not well enough to beat a No. 1 team. Now, McCoy is a much more established passer, setting the Texas record for touchdown passes in a season (27) and rising to consideration as a Heisman Trophy finalist,
Voters are likely to be intrigued by a Texas-Ohio State rematch for the national le. The story line is too attractive to ignore: The defending national champions, coming back with a new quarterback, fall short against this year's top-ranked team, but improve through the season behind an aspiring quarterback for a second chance at the team that held top ranking all year.
That story radiates national appeal, developed over the last two years. It resonates with casual fans. A Michigan-Florida game for the national le might match two very deserving teams, but it kind of comes from nowhere. Should Texas and Ohio State win out, then Texas-Ohio State is the game people will want. Florida might gripe, but not persuasively. Texas lost to the No. 1 team. Florida lost to Auburn, the No. 5 team. Case closed.
But the computers love Florida, California and Notre Dame, which are ranked fifth, fourth and sixth, respectively, in this week's computer composite. Texas ranks tenth. The polls both rank Florida, California ad Notre Dame sixth, ninth and eighth, respectively. Southern California is seventh in the computers and the polls.
So, here's the question for Texas: Can the Longhorns rise enough in the computers over the next month to augment their strong poll position and win another crack at the national le? Put differently: How do the Longhorns pass Florida, ranked No. 4 in the BCS?
And, here's the problem: The Texas schedule is weak, by computer reckoning, compared with the other contenders. Because computers implicitly measure strength of victory, strength of schedule is very important. Among the computer rankings in use that announce a schedule strength factor, the Longhorns rank no better than 35th in schedule strength and as low as 47th.
But the Longhorns have hope. They play Texas A&M the day after Thanksgiving, giving them a chance for a Top 25 win. A win in the Big XII Championship Game wouldn't be a huge feather in the Texas cap, but it wouldn't hurt. The Longhorns can rise, perhaps to seventh in the computer composites, more if other teams the computers regard more highly lose games in the final weeks.
Southern California plays upcoming games with California and Notre Dame. It's likely a couple of those teams will absorb losses, dropping them in the rankings. If USC wins both, then Cal and Notre Dame drop out of the picture, but the Trojans rise quickly. The best scenario for Texas probably is Notre Dame beating USC and USC beating Cal, because Notre Dame’s other remaining games against Air Force and Army aren’t that hot. If Cal beats Southern Cal, then the computers will campaign for putting Cal in the championship game
A few other results would work for Texas. Ohio State must keep winning, especially against Michigan, lest the Longhorns' loss to Ohio State should become more damaging. Arkansas can help Texas by advancing to the Southeastern Conference Championship Game and beating Florida. If Tennessee beats Auburn this weekend, so much the better for Texas.
In the end, we're likely to see a scrum between Texas, Southern California and Florida for the chance to play the Ohio State-Michigan winner in the National Championship Game. Keep in mind that each poll counts for one-third, with the computer aggregations counting for the other third. That means Texas is two-thirds of the way there if it maintains its poll position.
But the computers are in the way, and the best hope for Texas is that the teams on the field make the computers change their minds, as it were.
here's an article about the longhorns inability to get respect despite a good showing because of strenght of schedule.
Last edited by Ignignokt; 12-26-2007 at 05:31 PM.
let me see...
OOC opponents for 2001
NEw Mexcio state
North Carolina
Houston
2002
North Texas
North Carolina... showdown with Macks old school..inspiring!!!<sarcasm>
Houston.
Tulane.. got to beat Oklahoma's little sister if we can't beat them. GET ER DUN!!!!
2003
New Mexico State
Arkansas... good.
Toolane. weak
Rice... If you're going to play rice, might as well just play two decent teams instead of a decent SEC opponent and a ty team.
2004.
NT
arky
Rice.
Spare me.
2005.
Good!!
2006
weak
1 good ohio st, 3 ty ooc your best opponent being Tech and Okla .
2007
Bwahahahahah!! atleast your not kansas.
You're not showing me anything. I've said all along that every major program plays quite a few cupcakes, and you're the one saying that Texas differs from every other major program by playing more cupcakes. Show me the proof. You've shown Texas' OOC schedules since 2001, which included a mix of cupcakes and solid to very good teams. Show me how that's different from every other major program. You're saying Texas plays more cupcakes, prove it.
showing one article about strength of schedule doesnt prove anything. That's your entire schedule for one season, and you can't pick your conference games. You have to do much, much better than that to begin to come close to proving what you stated
The other thing noone's mentioning is the financials. If UT can book Memorial solid for Arkansas State and Rice why even bother with a standard home and away contract? , Rice came to town two straight years and are coming back to Austin in '08. Their reward? One home game in Houston to kick off the '10 season, and then they'll play at Memorial again in '11. That's a win-win situation if Rice is after payouts and exposure.
Tulane is Oklahoma's little sister?2002
North Texas
North Carolina... showdown with Macks old school..inspiring!!!<sarcasm>
Houston.
Tulane.. got to beat Oklahoma's little sister if we can't beat them. GET ER DUN!!!!
damn!
I don't have to prove that UT plays the worst schedule next to Vanderbilt. My whole premise was that UT plays very weak OOC schedules.
i am not obliged to meet your criteria. It's not UT's fault they have no control over their conference games in a conference that is 3rd to 2nd best in the nation at times. Had it been up to UT, they'd probably schedule all the baylor iowa states, with some nebraska's and colorados thrown in for fun. But if you look at their OOC it's historically always been a joke.
Especially for their talent pool.
"....ugh we don't want to risk an injury by playing Kentucky and California, we'd rather run our schollie players over a bunch of walk ons."
Cal, Tennesee, VT, Nebraska, all traditional powerhouses and even USC have balls to pick worthy opponents.
And for all the UT bashing of USC's overratedness, USC plays the schedule fit for it's talent roster. UT has a top 5 talent roster and avg's in the 35 to 40 range in strenght of schedule, not counting bowl games and Conference le games.
and i don't need to shut up, it's a free country much less, this isn't a UT forum. If you want to go to a more sheltered place to boost your ego go back to some jerkoff Whorn board.
I have a hard time bashing UT's schedule when they played Ohio State the last two years running, with each winning team winding up in the le game. And the Buckeyes played a weaker OOC sked this season than the Longhorns and are right back again.
There's merit to both sides of the argument because some teams need to play up to get recognition and others are looking for the best record they could muster. With no playoff in place and two BCS conferences without an on-the-field championship there's not really a right or wrong way to tweak your schedule.
logic doesn't work against t-sips.
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