We host S. Dakota and Wyoming...then Michigan State. Really crappy scheduling. Our road games are favorable: California, Oregon State, UCLA, Utah, Washington State Home games are solid: Arizona, Colorado, Stanford, Washington, Crummy and SEC'ish OOC schedule. No USC...again?
we've known no USC for over a year when UCLA was put on the schedule. I dont like the way its done either, but with Utah and Colorado coming in and getting a yearly trip to LA, its what we are stuck with.
I assume you're joking. Oregon misses ASU and USC in 2013 and 2014. In 2015 and 2016, the Ducks miss Colorado and Arizona.
Also, Michigan State is no joke. They will have all offseason to prepare for us and they are built very similar to Stanford. Don't take them lightly.
Michigan State is ranked 4th right now in the BCS and won the B1G title game against a tOSU team who would play for the BCS title with a win. I guess that makes them a "joke."
I think it's great scheduling. We start with a couple of tomato cans to get timing down, get playing time for scrubs... and then hit it hard with MSU.
It is one of our best OOC schedule in a few years. Even Wyoming isn't as bad as some of the bad teams we have played in the last few years. If MSU wins the Rose Bowl they will be ranking maybe top 5 at least top 10 and probably higher then the Ducks will be ranked.
S. Dakota is 4-8 this year. Wyoming is 5-7. Neither of those teams will be an impressive win. Not at all. I won't be surprised at all to get hammered by Michigan State at home...unless of course, something major changes with our defense and OL. MSU will return 8-9 starters on offense next year. 5 on defense. Glad some find worth in two meaningless wins then a high steaks game we will probably lose. IMHO, not the best way to start a campaign. At least we added E. Washington to the 2015 schedule. There's a quality win. Is this a Mullins experiment? Last year was much better with a warmup, then an ACC and SEC team with good exposure on the East Coast and in the South. 2014 is bunk.
Scheduling is harder than you may realize. It's be nice to just snap our fingers and have 3 perfect non conference teams lined up, but that just isn't the way it works.
First you complain about the OOC schedule and then we are going to lose to MSU. I do agree MSU might beat us. Those ACC and SEC teams from last year were bad and both put together are not worth as much as playing MSU. Check out all the top 25 teams and see who they play OOC. There will be a couple playing a tough schedule but most are playing little sisters of the poor. We do have some good games for OOC in future seasons: MSU(again), Texas AM(2), Ohio State(2), Nebraska(2) plus others good teams which I forget etc.
First, second, third... I like that. You'll go far, kid. I'm looking at this from worst case scenario. We may start conference play with two meaningless victories over patsies that garner us ZERO respect, then face a superior team who will probably be favored. 2-1 with victories over no ones. Great OOC. This year was nice with the exposure and conferences we played.
Favored at Autzen??? Lets play put up or shutup... I'll take that bet if you are offering (not money)
Michigan State loses a ton of players on both sides of the ball, and Oregon will be ranked in the top 5 entering next year. No way is Michigan State favored to win that game. They dominated a terrible B1G this year, and had trouble stopping Nebraska's running attack with a bunch of seniors. Of course, when the Ducks win by 20+, the argument will be that MSU is down, and it isn't a worthy win.
I'm still trying to figure out how the schedule is terrible. With 5 conference games on the road, the only way to get 7 home games is to schedule a FCS team. When a program gets to the level of Oregon, and does so in a conference that has 9 conference games, you're rarely going to see a road game in the years that there are only 4 PAC games at home. It's dollars and cents. Oregon wants as many home games as possible. Oregon plays 10 games against BCS conference teams next year. How many SEC teams can say this?
I have to laugh at Auburn's scheduling this year, along to some degree with 'Bama. Auburn (all at home) 12 games total/8 at home Wazzu Western Carolina Florida Atlantic Arkansas State Bama - 7 home games/4 road/1 neutral Va Tech at neutral site Home games Colorado State Georgia State Chatanooga No THAT is an example of crappy scheduling for home games.
What if it snows right before the MSU game and the entire team is suspended and/or arrested because of snowball fights. Did anyone think about this before scheduling MSU? I agree with Targus, this schedule is a disaster waiting to happen.
If I were setting up a schedule and could have anything I wanted, I'd start with a team from the WAC or something like that (Fresno State, Utah State...), then a BCS team that is generally a poor team (Rice, Vanderbilt...) and then a pretty decent team (usually top 25) and on into conference play.
The only concern I have is MSU's speed can't be gauged by Wyoming. However, we practice at speed so it probably isn't that big of a deal.
