UConn: We just want to go to a bowl

[Joe]

9-1-07 at Duke  

9-8-07 MAINE

9-15-07 TEMPLE

9-22-07 at Pittsburgh

9-29-07 AKRON

10-13-07 at Virginia  

10-20-07 LOUISVILLE

10-27-07 SOUTH FLORIDA  

11-3-07 RUTGERS

11-10-07 at Cincinnati  

11-17-07 SYRACUSE

11-24-07 at West Virginia

Now THAT is a soft schedule.

[GetAHobby]

I still only see 5 wins for them

[BullyPulpit]

me too.... ;D

[HaulingBull Sucks]

How can a schedule with Louisville, Rutgers, South Florida, and West Virginia be considered "soft"??

[Joe]

How can a schedule with Louisville, Rutgers, South Florida, and West Virginia be considered "soft"??

...because there are still 8 games outside of that. Thats great that they have a few top 25 teams on this schedule, but this is a BCS team, and with Duke, Temple, and Akron you're looking at teams that were a combined 6-30 last year. Add Maine as I-AA and a below average Virginia team you have a weak schedule.

[HaulingBull Sucks]

Maine # 10

Elon #67

[Joe]

Hauling...it's a freaking I-AA team, they have 20+ less scholarships and get guys who would be backups on teams like Akron in many cases.

UConn's schedule is weak, no way around it.

[HaulingBull Sucks]

Hauling...it's a freaking I-AA team, they have 20+ less scholarships and get guys who would be backups on teams like Akron in many cases.

UConn's schedule is weak, no way around it.

Well,  they play 7 games in the weak BE conference :  

[Joe]

Thats not what I'm saying Hauling, and you know it. Specficially their OOC schedule is just terrible. Add Syracuse and either Pitt or Cincy (one will have a rough year) and you just have a soft schedule.

Yes, they play four potential top 25 teams, but the schedule is 12 games deep. They play 5 bowl teams from last year...

Comparing their schedule to teams in other conferences that fir their profile.

Mississippi State - 8 Bowl teams

9-1-07 at Tulane  

9-8-07 at Auburn  

9-15-07 LOUISIANA STATE  

9-22-07 JACKSONVILLE STATE  

9-29-07 at South Carolina

10-6-07 UAB

10-13-07 TENNESSEE

10-20-07 at West Virginia

10-27-07 at Kentucky  

11-10-07 ALABAMA

11-17-07 at Arkansas  

11-24-07 MISSISSIPPI

Wazzou: 7 Bowl Teams

9-1-07 at Wisconsin  

9-8-07 SAN DIEGO STATE **

9-15-07 IDAHO

9-22-07 at Southern California

9-29-07 at Arizona  

10-6-07 ARIZONA STATE  

10-13-07 at Oregon  

10-27-07 UCLA

11-3-07 at California  

11-10-07 STANFORD

11-17-07 OREGON STATE  

11-24-07 at Washington  

NC State - 8 bowl Teams

9-1-07 UCF

9-8-07 at Boston College

9-15-07 WOFFORD

9-22-07 CLEMSON

9-29-07 LOUISVILLE

10-6-07 at Florida State

10-20-07 at East Carolina

10-27-07 VIRGINIA

11-3-07 at Miami FL

11-10-07 NORTH CAROLINA  

11-17-07 at Wake Forest

11-24-07 MARYLAND

So explain to me how UConn's schedule isn't soft...

[HaulingBull Sucks]

 3  LOUISVILLE  

 9  West Virginia  

12 RUTGERS  

34 SOUTH FLORIDA  

35 Cincinnati  

52 Pittsburgh

66 Virginia

72 SYRACUSE  

[highlight]73 UCONN[/highlight]

91 AKRON    

115 Duke

118 TEMPLE  

10 MAINE   (D1-AA)

UCONN is playing 8 teams ranked above it and 4 teams ranked below it.

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 3  Louisville

 9  West Virginia

10  Auburn

12  Rutgers

[highlight]34 South Florida[/highlight]

35 Cincinatti

52 Pittsburg

72 Syracuse

73 Connecticut

87 North Carolina

97 Central Florida

102 Florida Atlantic

67 Elon (Div 1-AA)

USF is playing  4 teams ranked above it and 8 teams ranked below it.