Re: Explain ND over Oregon ....
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Oregon is #5 in the BCS and ND is #6, yet by getting #6 ND was "guaranteed" a spot in the BCS? And Oregon was not? I'm so confused.
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Oregon beat no one. Montana, oooo, Fresno, oooo, Houston, ooo
7 average Pac-10 teams, oooo
Notre Dame had one of the hardest schedules in the land, and honestly, they are probably 1 play from playing against Texas in the Rose Bowl.
ND won
@ Pitt
@ Michigan
@ washington
@ purdue
TENNESSEE
lost to USC by 3
Oregon
FRESNO STATE at home by 3
@ Arizona State
CAL at home
No contest. Just those 4 road wins for ND puts them above Oregon.
Think about it this way, if Notre Dame scheduled Houston at home in stead of USC, they'd be 10-1, and no one would question them going to the Fiesta ranked 3-4.
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ND schedule (current ranks) record of opponents
at Pittsburgh: 5-6, T3rd-5th Big East
at (20) Michigan: 7-4, T3rd-6th Big Ten
Michigan State: 5-6, 9th place Big Ten
at Washington: 2-9, TLast Place Pac Ten
at Purdue: 5-6, 8th place Big Ten
(1) USC: 12-0, 1st place Big Ten
Brigham Young: 6-5, T2nd-3rd Montain West
Tennessee: 5-6, T4th-5th SEC Eastern Division
Navy: 7-4, Independent
Syracuse: 1-10, Last Place Big East
at Stanford: 5-6, T4th-6th Pac Ten
So, ND played 4 teams with a winning record, 2 from major conferences, and only 1 on the road; that's not too spectacular. While it looked tough on paper, those teams turned out not to be such on the field. Don't believe the hype. Those four road games are easier than what members of the big 5 conferences play every year as a part of their normal schedule.
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