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Whatever dude, we play plenty of games in the State of Texas. Don't need to play any more home state games.

 

Playing the likes of BYU, UCLA, Penn State, Oklahoma, Va. Tech, Clemson is something that I personally enjoy about the Alabama schedule. If the folks at Florida don't want to do that, then of course that is their decision. Oh yeah our stadium upgrade is done. Seats 101,000+ now. 5th largest in the country I guess.

 

Bama played Florida State recently don't forget:

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=272720052

:wink:

 

KP the fans of all other schools, except UF apparently, enjoy their team getting out and playing teams from other sections of the country. On the Texas boards when the schedule is discussed there is usually griping about having to pay to see the Longhorns beat up on La Monroe, apparently no such feeling exists on UF boards. Texas fans don't want to play 4 top 10 opponents out of conference, that'd be stupid and some of our road trips haven't always been to top teams but at least we get out there. We've been to UCF aand to Wyoming recently, also to Arkansas, and Ohio State now Notre Dame is up on the schedule...we've got UCLA on the schedule our fans like that.

 

Terry....this an age old pi@@ing contest that never gets any of us anywhere.

UF is going to keep playing FSU annually till kingdom come.

That's a pretty good non-con foe annually and every other year it's in hostile territory....and believe me it is very hostile.

Try playing TCU annually on a home and home and then see what else your AD wants to add to the schedule.

 

Yeah we did, I overlooked that one. Unfortunately they beat us too.

MCG, not much of a pissing contest anymore, y'all are proud of the this strategy. Almost everyone else has a different strategy. That's all. 8)

 

Two things remain a constant:

1) UF will play FSU annually....

2) UF's schedule is consistently ranked on average at or near the top of the difficulty scale.

UF will not endeavor to drop FSU from the schedule and as Bama fans are aware FSU can beat you.

The only thing that could happen in the future is that UF gets Miami out of the schedule completely in the future and subs with a non-regional home and home in some years.

 

Well, rather than settling for a competitive schedule just 4 or 5 years out of every decade, it should be apparent to any objective person who'll honestly read the substantive data provided, that UF fans appreciate/enjoy the Gators playing a very difficult schedule - on average a top-5 schedule - 80% of the time. Looking at the data for many of the other schools on that list .... I clearly understand why some of their fans may see a need for their schools to improve the quality of their football schedule.

 

There have been many years that Miami has not been on the UF schedule and you guys still scheduled a 1AA team at home in their place. I doubt if in the future things will be different, as you Gator fans have pointed out. You are very happy playing at home vs 1AA schools when you aren't playing SEC schools.

 

Well, to correct you ....... UF fans are happy the Gators play one of the most, if not the most, difficult schedules in the FBS, on the most consistent basis - 80% of the time. Can't argue with the success Foley has in developing a quality schedule.

See the average ranking of 4.6 posted in 8 of the last 10 seasons and compare that to many of the other teams regularly appearing in the final BCS top-20. 8) Now, why should UF be asked to play a schedule with an average ranking of ...... say #5 ..... every season, when most other "top" BCS programs are only doing so only 4 or 5 seasons out of every decade? That's wholly inequitable, nonsensical .... and just irrational .... as no other program is doing that.

 

Face it Gaeterz, you try to side step it, give bogus reasons for it, but you Gator fans unlike the rest of the fans in College football like your team playing at home vs 1AA level competition when you aren't playing SEC teams.

 

This is not by design.....it happens.....when it happens because of 1A teams backing out or some other schedule conflict.

Hey...in the past decade Texas has played these snoozers to entertain the season ticket holders:

Three games vs. N. Texas with a cumulative score of 148-7, two games vs. LaLafayette with a cumulative score of 112-13 and one game vs. Sam Houston St...score of 56-3.

It happens to every major power.......and is never all that entertaining for any school's fans.

 

Again ..... I must correct your observation which erroneously (and quite subjectively) focuses on one relatively small aspect of UF's entire football schedule .... which objective data shows to be consistenly one of the most difficult schedules in ALL of FBS. I direct you back to the previous analysis which indictes there is really no reasonable, rational, responsible, or logical basis for a change in UF's football schedule. To assert there is ..... is patently without merit .... given the facts of the last 10 years.

If you are looking for a school which needs to change it's scheduling philosophy ..... then I direct you to one of those programs ranked at the bottom of this list I provided. Those are the schools which need to improve their football schedules.

We're just going to disagree on this matter as I am quite comfortable with what the data shows re quality UF's schedule and what UF's fans want in a football schedule - one of the best in ALL OF college football.

 

You keep thinking that I'm saying that you don't play a tough schedule. I'm not, lots of teams play tough conference schedules and still are able to get out of their section and play a team from another BCS conference. In fact most fans relish that idea. Ohio State fans here are pretty darn proud that they get out of the B10 area and go to other sections and play a good game. Texas fans are the same way. In fact the only fans I have ever found who like playing 1AA teams are UF fans.

BTW you aren't the only team in college football who plays a tough schedule, which somehow you act like you are the only team with a tough schedule. Those other teams with tough schedules get out and find a way to play another BCS conference team in Non-Conf play. Heck You would have to concede that since Georgia has to play UF that their conference schedule is tougher than UF's!

 

I guess you didn't see my answer to this.

RE: Georgia.....they haven't played in the SEC Title game nearly as often as UF.....much to the Dawg's chagrin.

The UF schedule is comparable to other SEC teams in difficulty until you throw in the SEC Title game....which pushes UF over the top.

In any event the regular SEC schedule and FSU will always keep UF in the BCS title hunt without any upgrade.

 

I never stated you were claiming UF's schedule was not difficult.

However, what you are asserting is ......
#1 -UF should change it approach to scheduling.
#2 - the impact of which would increase difficulty of UF's schedule
#3 - which data shows is ALREADY the most difficult in FBS over the last decade.

That's OVERALL schedule - all games - not just conference. Do you really not get that?

What I'm trying to understand is .... why would a reasonable, objective person claim UF's schedule needs to be changed, to make it even more difficult, when it is ALREADY the most difficult in FBS? That's simply irrational.

Why should UF be expected to play a top-10 (maybe even top-5) schedule every year - and that's what your proposal would yield - when ND, Texas, tOSU, Nebraska, USC-w, and others are playing a top-20 schedule only 4 or 5 years out of every decade? Why not expect that from Texas?

I think UF fans want the Gators to play a tough schedule - and they do - but the expectation set forth in the propsal of some is simply absurd, irrational ........ especially when no other programs are expected to play a similarly difficult - top 5, every year - schedule.

 

And if you go to Texas boards you won't find UT fans defending it, instead they complain about it when it happens. Texas fans aren't like UF fans apparently. We'd rather not pay to watch those games.

ND schedule this year is not as good as usual, and there is a lot of complaining about some of the teams like Tulsa, Army, and W.Michigan being on the schedule.

 

I don't think ND's played a top-20 schedule since 2004. Don't they "travel"?

 

If I were an ND fan I would be very happy to see Brian Kelly get a schedule break in order to implement his system and instill confidence in young players.

Why start out of the gate and get his brains beat out every week by the elite teams?

The Irish might also have enough gas left in the weekly tank to spring an upset or two.

Contrary to some opinions I have seen in the past here it does take some life out of a college football team to play very tough competition week in and week out. This isn't the NFL...it's 19 and 20 year old kids in college.

Watch out for Bama this year taking on 6 SEC opponents who have had byes the week before playing the Tide and even count in the Fla game because UF plays Kentucky at home the week before while Bammer is playing a huge SEC West tilt at Arkansas.

If Alabama can manage this schedule and take home all of the SEC marbles this year they are one hell of a football team.

 

Most ND fans would rather play a traditional ND schedule that is varied in it's opponents, has some traditionally tough opponents like Michigan and USC and throw in a Texas or Oklahoma or somebody like that for a 3rd tough opponent. Then a number of good teams that can beat you and challenge you every week. Now some of those good teams can turn out to be not that great depending on the year. ND fans were decidedly upset when W.Michigan appeared on the schedule. This year slate may challenge the Sellout streak, with teams like Tulsa (a good CUSA team) W.Mich (who played in a bowl 2 years ago against Rice). I don't like Army being on the schedule but a lot of people feel "it's tradition" and that the lure of playing in Yankee stadium is worth it.

So Kelly doing very well against this schedule won't necessarily tell us that he's the one. Next year the schedule gets much tougher.