SI's gutsiest and wimpiest schedules

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

<TABLE class=cnnTM cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">2. USC (1) at Hawaii, Arkansas, at Notre Dame, Fresno State</TD></TR><TR class=cnnIERowAltBG><TD class=cnnIEColTxtL style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px">Two nonconference games on the road is a rarity this fall for a major conference school -- and the home game against Fresno State (following a visit to Cal) will be no easy W.


Hmmmm...lets use a comparison tool...

</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Phil Steele's "Power Poll 119 ranks" of these opponants:

Hawaii 85
Ourkansas 34
Notre Dame 36
Fresno State 33

Avg. 44
Yeah, tough one indeed.

Ohio States:

Texas 3
Miami Ohio 54
Sandy Ego St. 57

Avg. 38

Nice effort SI. (I don't mean to imply OSU must necessarily be on this list, just a quick example of a harder schedule than SC's.)

 

[Dryden]

USC is #2 on gutsiest? Give me a break. They should be #1 on wimpiest. The media's suck up to USC continues...

Someone name one team that they'll play out of conference that is half-decent. Miami of Ohio is better than anyone on their list.

Fresno State.

i swear to god people just say this because they heard somebody say it last year.

Whatever. It's true and you know it. Just accept it, man:

1. Notre Dame has the toughest schedule in the country.
2. Kids born south of the Mason-Dixon Line run faster than kids to the north.

 

[sandgk]

Fresno State.

Whatever. It's true and you know it. Just accept it, man:

1. Notre Dame has the toughest schedule in the country.
2. Kids born south of the Mason-Dixon Line run faster than kids to the north.

3- Pigs CAN Fly
4 - There is no number 4.

 

[Golferdow01]

USC is #2 on gutsiest? Give me a break. They should be #1 on wimpiest. The media's suck up to USC continues...

Someone name one team that they'll play out of conference that is half-decent. Miami of Ohio is better than anyone on their list.

Yeah that is pretty pathetic. I wouldn't say they have one of the weakest by any means but definitely not even top 15 IMO

 

[crazybuckfan40]

No Team in the nation besides Notre Lame can say they play 3 teams that have been ranked in the top 10 in a # of different polls.

Then Notre Lame plays a bunch of weak teams after that, so I would think with us having that schedule and then the big ten to follow that we would be the toughest or at least top 2. I don't understand where the hell these people come up with this shit.

USC at #2 give me a freakin' break. if everyteam played that scedule there would be at least 10 undefeated teams at years end. Why don't they get some balls and put more than 2 top 50 teams on their schedule.