Since this seems to be the rub with a number of people outside this protective lair, let's take a look at it, shall we? Let's just look at the teams and who they've beaten and how we can assess it.
1) LSU
LSU has the toughest schedule of any of the current contenders.
They beat #11 Florida by 14 points.
They beat #12 Auburn by 3 points, the same Auburn that gave Oregon their only loss.
They beat #5 Alabama by 5 points, and they never trailed in that game.
They are regularly blowing out the nobodies and have not come close to being upset yet this year.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is 42-32.
Of course, three teams - Alabama, Auburn, and Florida - account for 23 of those wins. The rest of their schedule is filler plus Texas, but they
have played an acceptable schedule.
2) Ohio State
The Buckeyes are 9-0 and have thoroughly routed ranked opponents: Cincinnati (17) and Wisky (15).
They are regularly blowing out the nobodies and have not come close to losing to anyone this year.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is: 46-37. Three teams - Wisky, Cincinnati, and Indiana - account for 22 of those wins.
It's hard, however, to give them props for the win over 7-2 Indiana given that the Hoosiers lost to 4-5 Michigan State.
3) Clemson
The Tigers are 10-0 and haven't played anyone worth a damn.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is: 39-45.
Had a close call against a Mack Brown coached team that was missing Colt McCoy.
Clemson has faced ONE FBS team with a winning record, Texas A/M.
(What I don't understand is where is Tim Brando's anger as an impartial journalist at Clemson????)
4) Jawja
The Dawgs are 8-1, and their win over Notre Dame is shielding them from the fact their resume is not very impressive.
They've beaten ranked Florida and #16 Notre Dame, who also lost to Michigan (and by a lot more points).
Their schedule is considered acceptable due to the two big wins.
They also have the most embarrassing loss of any contender, an overtime contest against SCAR.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is: 40-35, and 15 of those wins are thanks to two teams, Florida and Notre Dame.
The rest of their schedule is filler prior to this coming weekend's game against the Barn.
5) Alabama
The Tide are 8-1 and have beaten no currently ranked opponents.
The Tide have the best loss of any of the contenders, a five-point loss to LSU.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is: 40-45. Three teams - USM, ATM, and LSU - provided 21 of those wins.
6) Oregon
The Ducks are 8-1 and have beaten no currently ranked opponents, losing to the only ranked foe they played, Auburn.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is: 42-34.
They've scraped by two mid-level (at best) Pac 12 teams, Wazzu by 2 and Washington by 4 plus a ten-point win over 5-4 Cal.
7) Utah
The Utes are 8-1 and have played nobody worth a damn.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is: 38-36.
8) Minnesota
The Golden Gophers are 9-0.
They have played and beaten one ranked team, Penn State.
They are five plays from their 9-0 record being 4-5.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is: 36-39, with 14 of those wins coming from two teams, Penn St and Illinois.
9) Penn State
Shower U is 8-1.
They have beaten #15 Michigan and lost to #8 Minnesota in top 25 contests thus far.
Penn St has had three one-score wins, two of them against unranked foes.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is: 44-30.
Penn State's overall schedule is balanced, neither overly challenging nor overly easy.
10) Oklahoma
They have played one currently ranked foe, Kansas St, and lost.
They also have two narrow escapes against Texas and Iowa St, both unranked.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is: 34-38, and they've played two teams with six wins (losing one) and a lot of filler.
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When you look at it like this, we don't look so bad.
And our schedule is not EGREGIOUSLY bad by comparison save with LSU.
In all honesty, LSU and Penn St have the best schedules (thus far) while Ohio St and Oregon have decent ones and Jawja has an acceptable one.
Utah, Minnesota, and Clemson all have schedules as bad or worse than we do (and that's not taking into account how "record" is not the only thing in an SoS).
Why aren't the same people bashing our schedule bashing Clemson's or Minnesota's.......if what you're really concerned about is sports journalism?
More later.
RTR
1) LSU
LSU has the toughest schedule of any of the current contenders.
They beat #11 Florida by 14 points.
They beat #12 Auburn by 3 points, the same Auburn that gave Oregon their only loss.
They beat #5 Alabama by 5 points, and they never trailed in that game.
They are regularly blowing out the nobodies and have not come close to being upset yet this year.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is 42-32.
Of course, three teams - Alabama, Auburn, and Florida - account for 23 of those wins. The rest of their schedule is filler plus Texas, but they
have played an acceptable schedule.
2) Ohio State
The Buckeyes are 9-0 and have thoroughly routed ranked opponents: Cincinnati (17) and Wisky (15).
They are regularly blowing out the nobodies and have not come close to losing to anyone this year.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is: 46-37. Three teams - Wisky, Cincinnati, and Indiana - account for 22 of those wins.
It's hard, however, to give them props for the win over 7-2 Indiana given that the Hoosiers lost to 4-5 Michigan State.
3) Clemson
The Tigers are 10-0 and haven't played anyone worth a damn.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is: 39-45.
Had a close call against a Mack Brown coached team that was missing Colt McCoy.
Clemson has faced ONE FBS team with a winning record, Texas A/M.
(What I don't understand is where is Tim Brando's anger as an impartial journalist at Clemson????)
4) Jawja
The Dawgs are 8-1, and their win over Notre Dame is shielding them from the fact their resume is not very impressive.
They've beaten ranked Florida and #16 Notre Dame, who also lost to Michigan (and by a lot more points).
Their schedule is considered acceptable due to the two big wins.
They also have the most embarrassing loss of any contender, an overtime contest against SCAR.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is: 40-35, and 15 of those wins are thanks to two teams, Florida and Notre Dame.
The rest of their schedule is filler prior to this coming weekend's game against the Barn.
5) Alabama
The Tide are 8-1 and have beaten no currently ranked opponents.
The Tide have the best loss of any of the contenders, a five-point loss to LSU.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is: 40-45. Three teams - USM, ATM, and LSU - provided 21 of those wins.
6) Oregon
The Ducks are 8-1 and have beaten no currently ranked opponents, losing to the only ranked foe they played, Auburn.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is: 42-34.
They've scraped by two mid-level (at best) Pac 12 teams, Wazzu by 2 and Washington by 4 plus a ten-point win over 5-4 Cal.
7) Utah
The Utes are 8-1 and have played nobody worth a damn.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is: 38-36.
8) Minnesota
The Golden Gophers are 9-0.
They have played and beaten one ranked team, Penn State.
They are five plays from their 9-0 record being 4-5.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is: 36-39, with 14 of those wins coming from two teams, Penn St and Illinois.
9) Penn State
Shower U is 8-1.
They have beaten #15 Michigan and lost to #8 Minnesota in top 25 contests thus far.
Penn St has had three one-score wins, two of them against unranked foes.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is: 44-30.
Penn State's overall schedule is balanced, neither overly challenging nor overly easy.
10) Oklahoma
They have played one currently ranked foe, Kansas St, and lost.
They also have two narrow escapes against Texas and Iowa St, both unranked.
The overall record of their FBS opponents is: 34-38, and they've played two teams with six wins (losing one) and a lot of filler.
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When you look at it like this, we don't look so bad.
And our schedule is not EGREGIOUSLY bad by comparison save with LSU.
In all honesty, LSU and Penn St have the best schedules (thus far) while Ohio St and Oregon have decent ones and Jawja has an acceptable one.
Utah, Minnesota, and Clemson all have schedules as bad or worse than we do (and that's not taking into account how "record" is not the only thing in an SoS).
Why aren't the same people bashing our schedule bashing Clemson's or Minnesota's.......if what you're really concerned about is sports journalism?
More later.
RTR
