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- UofLSig - 06-21-2002 10:00 AM
<a href="http://www.courier-journal.com/cjsports/endzone/comment/index.html" target="_blank">DiNardo says "No thanks" to playing Louisville: Softens OOC scheduling. </a>
Pretty funny that some of these BCS teams are a little wary about scheduling Louisville now that we are good.
Its nice to have teams like Illinois that schedule stronger non-BCS teams like Louisville and Southern Miss.
- Matt - 07-23-2002 04:39 AM
That doesn't bother me at all that he wants to soften up the OOC schedule.
The Big Ten is a very tough conference and having losses in your OOC schedule, then having the play the Big Ten schedule is just too much.
DiNardo is building up the program. He's taking baby steps which is the right thing to do to build a winning program.
It's what Snyder did at Kansas State. Yeah, people make fun of him and the program for schedule patsies but look at where it got them started at? Indiana should do the same.
We do have OOC games with Oregon coming up though. When the contract was made I don't think anybody knew how good Oregon was going to be.
- Oriorip5 - 07-25-2002 10:27 PM
The fact is it is always risky for lower-tier BCS teams to play tough non-BCS teams.
WHY??? Because if they lose the whole "they shouldn't be in the BCS" argument starts.
Also, Oregon and the Big 10 schedule is a tough enough schedule as it is.