[NU Sports] on non-league skeds (fwd)

[Michael Vance]

I agree with Mike.  How many times do we rip on Minnesota on this list 
for their typical non-conference schedule?  You're right, it gets them 
to bowls, but it doesn't get them any respect among those who really 
follow the game.  I'd like a non-conf schedule that gives us a 75% 
chance of coming out 3-1, but where 2-2 is a distinct possibility and 
4-0 really means something.  That would still allow a 3-5 conference 
record to make a bowl.

-Michael

Mike Nolan wrote (actually Chuck Herron wrote the double-quoted stuff):
>> as long as bowl bids are based on 6-win seasons, and one can count a 1-AA win every season, our non-conference schedule has to consist of:
>>  
>> - a lousy Div 1-AA team, always at home (Eastern Illinois and Western Illinois could work)
>> - a lousy Div 1 BCS conference team (think Duke or Temple) home-and-home
>> - 2 lousy Div 1 non-BCS schools (think Eastern Michigan and maybe UNLV) in 2 home-1 away contracts, such that we always end up with at least 3 non-conference home games, to go with 4 conference home games
>>  
>> Then, hopefully you can win at least 2 conference games and get bowl-eligible.
>>     
>
> I think this is a defeatist attitude.  I'd like to see at least one game
> on the schedule against a 1-A team that isn't Compass Point State, even
> if means a home/home contract.
>
> It doesn't have to be USC or Notre Dame (though a ND home/home series once
> a decade would be OK by me, it could be a school like Miami of Ohio, Marshall
> or Kansas, or even currently down schools like Syracuse.
>
> Boise State and Fresno State have demonstrated that they CAN compete against
> top programs.  Is Northwestern a lesser 'draw' for recruits than they are?
> I don't think so!  (I suspect those teams would be worthy and formidable
> opponents for us, too.)
>
> If all we play are creampuffs, don't be suprised if we're considered
> pastry too.
>
> I haven't checked the NCAA bowl guidelines, is a 6-6 record considered
> bowl eligible?
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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