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RFKRat · 09-26-2006, 08:34 PM

"Well gee whiz, let's look at the next 7 teams, shall we? Notre Dame is notorious for a cream puff schedule."

--I love these kinds of posts. ND this year alone opened up at GT, (never mind the fact most major powers open at home vs some doormat, let alone on the road or against anyone halfway decent). And no, GT isn't a superpower, but tell that to both Miami and Auburn last year who GT beat. Then ND played Penn State, Michigan, and MSU in back to back weeks. Not to mention having USC, UCLA on the schedule as well. Sure UCLA is having a down year but those schedules are made years in advance.

And I love how people bash Navy and Air Force when those teams usually are good enough to be bowl teams. But nobody ever bashes say, Penn State for playing I-AA Youngstown State in addition to Temple and Akron. Or how bout mighty Purdue, who so far hasn't played a single road game and it's 3 nonconference games so far were I-AA Indiana State, then Miami of Ohio and Ball State.

People look at ND's schedule and sees Navy, Army, etc and love to scream "oh they play creampuffs" but totally disregard the fact they always play USC, Michigan, Mich State, Purdue, etc...with many other tough games thrown in. The last two seasons Tennessee was on the schedule too. Florida State has been on and off in recent years. So has LSU, GT, BC, Washington, Texas, Texas A&M, Nebraska, West Virginia, Ohio State, Pitt, Penn State, Oklahoma, and more. Of course people say well Washington stinks or Tennessee was bad last year, as if that's ND's problem when those schedules are made sometimes 7 years in advance.

It's not like ND is loading its schedule with patsies like many ranked teams do. Sure there are some softies on there, but all teams have them. But on average ND plays something like 8-9 bowl teams per season, from all conferences and parts of the country.

09-26-2006, 08:34 PM	#30
RFKRat Special Teams Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 105	Re: ND 40 Mich 37 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Well gee whiz, let's look at the next 7 teams, shall we? Notre Dame is notorious for a cream puff schedule." --I love these kinds of posts. ND this year alone opened up at GT, (never mind the fact most major powers open at home vs some doormat, let alone on the road or against anyone halfway decent). And no, GT isn't a superpower, but tell that to both Miami and Auburn last year who GT beat. Then ND played Penn State, Michigan, and MSU in back to back weeks. Not to mention having USC, UCLA on the schedule as well. Sure UCLA is having a down year but those schedules are made years in advance. And I love how people bash Navy and Air Force when those teams usually are good enough to be bowl teams. But nobody ever bashes say, Penn State for playing I-AA Youngstown State in addition to Temple and Akron. Or how bout mighty Purdue, who so far hasn't played a single road game and it's 3 nonconference games so far were I-AA Indiana State, then Miami of Ohio and Ball State. People look at ND's schedule and sees Navy, Army, etc and love to scream "oh they play creampuffs" but totally disregard the fact they always play USC, Michigan, Mich State, Purdue, etc...with many other tough games thrown in. The last two seasons Tennessee was on the schedule too. Florida State has been on and off in recent years. So has LSU, GT, BC, Washington, Texas, Texas A&M, Nebraska, West Virginia, Ohio State, Pitt, Penn State, Oklahoma, and more. Of course people say well Washington stinks or Tennessee was bad last year, as if that's ND's problem when those schedules are made sometimes 7 years in advance. It's not like ND is loading its schedule with patsies like many ranked teams do. Sure there are some softies on there, but all teams have them. But on average ND plays something like 8-9 bowl teams per season, from all conferences and parts of the country.