No More Arkansas State
College football is right around the corner and one of the topics I've been thinking and reading about is scheduling. It is a very complex issue, but I feel like college football does a very average job as a whole scheduling. One reason teams do poorly in scheduling is there is no incentive to schedule strongly. Good match ups are great for TV and can help the profile of many teams, but the current system does not really reward teams for playing a nice schedule. Another factor is scheduling is the loyalty of most college football fans. Most universities are selling the majority of there games out, so if the fans will show up for Troy why schedule USC. The main reason for the post is what I would like Texas' schedule to look like in future years.
I would really like the Horns to play at least two BCS schools per year. They should play mid-level teams from the major conferences most years, and every 4th and 5th year I would like to schedule a "huge" game, like the Ohio State game of the past two seasons. To fill the other two non-conference games I would like to play mostly Texas non-BCS teams and throw in a few other traditionally good non-BCS schools. I would also like to make those game two-for-one, meaning they would play twice in Austin and the Horns will play them on the road once. I think my schedule would be great for the fans, because there are some great road trips and its not so bad playing Rice and SMU when you have two other intriguing match ups. He is my ideal schedule for the Horns for the next ten years. I didn't spend a whole lot of time on this so there are many teams that could be substituted but I think you get the general point of what I would like the schedule to look like.
2007: Arizona, TCU, @UCF, @Ole Miss
2008: @Arizona, Arkansas, Rice, @UTEP
2009: UCF, @Arkansas, @Rice, Ole Miss
2010: UTEP, @Michigan, Rice, Stanford
2011: UCF, Michigan, @Stanford, SMU
2012: UTEP, Georgia Tech, @TCU, @Illinois
2013: Rice, @SMU, @Georgia Tech, UCLA
2014: SMU, @UCLA, @Rice, Illinois
2015: Rice, @Alabama, UTEP, Syracuse
2016: Southern Miss, Alabama, @Rice, @Syracuse
Note: TCU, UCF, Arkansas, UTEP, Rice, and UCLA are on Texas' Future Schedule
College football is right around the corner and one of the topics I've been thinking and reading about is scheduling. It is a very complex issue, but I feel like college football does a very average job as a whole scheduling. One reason teams do poorly in scheduling is there is no incentive to schedule strongly. Good match ups are great for TV and can help the profile of many teams, but the current system does not really reward teams for playing a nice schedule. Another factor is scheduling is the loyalty of most college football fans. Most universities are selling the majority of there games out, so if the fans will show up for Troy why schedule USC. The main reason for the post is what I would like Texas' schedule to look like in future years.
I would really like the Horns to play at least two BCS schools per year. They should play mid-level teams from the major conferences most years, and every 4th and 5th year I would like to schedule a "huge" game, like the Ohio State game of the past two seasons. To fill the other two non-conference games I would like to play mostly Texas non-BCS teams and throw in a few other traditionally good non-BCS schools. I would also like to make those game two-for-one, meaning they would play twice in Austin and the Horns will play them on the road once. I think my schedule would be great for the fans, because there are some great road trips and its not so bad playing Rice and SMU when you have two other intriguing match ups. He is my ideal schedule for the Horns for the next ten years. I didn't spend a whole lot of time on this so there are many teams that could be substituted but I think you get the general point of what I would like the schedule to look like.
2007: Arizona, TCU, @UCF, @Ole Miss
2008: @Arizona, Arkansas, Rice, @UTEP
2009: UCF, @Arkansas, @Rice, Ole Miss
2010: UTEP, @Michigan, Rice, Stanford
2011: UCF, Michigan, @Stanford, SMU
2012: UTEP, Georgia Tech, @TCU, @Illinois
2013: Rice, @SMU, @Georgia Tech, UCLA
2014: SMU, @UCLA, @Rice, Illinois
2015: Rice, @Alabama, UTEP, Syracuse
2016: Southern Miss, Alabama, @Rice, @Syracuse
Note: TCU, UCF, Arkansas, UTEP, Rice, and UCLA are on Texas' Future Schedule
Labels: College Football, Scheduling, Texas Football
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