2019 OOC

[Scscsc89]

Just noticed that neither Oregon State nor Arizona chose to play a 13th game to offset the cost of playing @ Hawaii.

Guess it's better to take a second (or third) bye and rest up.

[Orange]

50 minutes ago, Scscsc89 said:

Just noticed that neither Oregon State nor Arizona chose to play a 13th game to offset the cost of playing @ Hawaii.

Guess it's better to take a second (or third) bye and rest up.

Both teams suck complete ass and are losing money with each game?

I honestly don't know, and don't care to google.

[azgreg]

1 hour ago, Scscsc89 said:

Just noticed that neither Oregon State nor Arizona chose to play a 13th game to offset the cost of playing @ Hawaii.

Guess it's better to take a second (or third) bye and rest up.

Arizona decided they would rather have the extra bye week instead of a 13th game.

 

[MrBug708]

On 9/17/2019 at 12:57 PM, Scscsc89 said:

Just noticed that neither Oregon State nor Arizona chose to play a 13th game to offset the cost of playing @ Hawaii.

Guess it's better to take a second (or third) bye and rest up.

UCLA plays Hawaii next year and has not scheduled an extra game for 2020 either. They play NMSU, Hawaii, and SDSU. Two of them road games. What a garbage OOC for UCLA

[Scscsc89]

Wonder if they’ll get one, two or three byes?

[MrBug708]

Michigan pays UCLA 1.5 million to back out of the 2022/2023 Home-Home so they can play 7 home games each year

[azgreg]

 

[glduck]

Go to the game in Gainesville just so you can bear witness to the Jorts Capital of the World. Truly, a modern marvel of human achievement. 

[HLB]

On ‎8‎/‎26‎/‎2019 at 9:12 PM, HLB said:

My predictions:  Aug 24: Arizona has already fallen to Hawaii;  Aug. 29: UCLA will fall to Cincinnati;  Aug. 30: Oregon State falls to OK State;  Aug. 31:  Oregon will fall to Auburn;  N'western will push Stanford;  Fresno State will put a scare into USC;  Sept. 7:  Oregon State falls to Hawaii; Colorado falls to Nebraska;  Sept. 13:  WSU falls to Houston;  Sept. 14:  UA falls to TXTECH; ASU falls to Michigan State; Stanford falls to UCF; UCLA falls to Oklahoma;  Sept. 21:  Cal falls to Ole Miss;  Oct. 12:  USC falls to ND;  Nov. 30:  Stanford falls to ND

@Jalapeno @Orange, @Utefan1211, @utenation, @glduck

So let's look at the preseason predictions that I missed:

Colorado > Nebraska …. Who knew that Nebraska would be a 4-win team?  No P12 win here against a winning, ranked P5 OOC opponent.

WSU > Houston …. Who knew that Houston would be a 4-win team?  No P12 win here against a winning, ranked OOC opponent.

UA > Texas Tech …. Who knew that Texas Tech would be a 4-win team?  No P12 win here against a winning, ranked P5 OOC opponent.

ASU > Michigan State …. Who knew that MSU would be a 6-win team and barely become bowl eligible?  No P12 win here against a winning, ranked P5 OOC opponent.

Cal > Ole Miss …. Who knew that Ole Miss would be a 4-win team?  No P12 win here against a winning, ranked P5 OOC opponent.

In every instance where the P12 faced a P5 OOC opponent with a winning record, and/or team ranked in the CFP poll - aka, the poll that matters -  (Cincinnati, OK State, Auburn, Hawaii, Oklahoma and Notre Dame), the P12 team lost.

Until this trend changes, the P12 is going to be on the outside looking in, when it comes to the CFP.  To garner strong consideration for the CFP, the P12 has to take care of business against quality OOC opponents.  It's not enough to win to beat up on a conference where the average win total is 6.  I think that trend will be broken in 2021, with USC over ND.  Look for USC to give BAMA a good game, to start the 2020 season.

[Quack 12]

9 hours ago, HLB said:

It's not enough to win to beat up on a conference where the average win total is 6.

LOL. The Pac-12's average win total is actually 6.6, compared to the SEC's 7.1.

But of course the Pac-12 plays nine conference games, which results in a guaranteed nine more losses, whereas the mighty SEC is busily beating up on schools like Northern Arkansas A&T, giving them potentially a plus-14 in the win column for doing absolutely nothing.

If Arizona played in the SEC, they'd be bowling this year.

[PAC MAN]

And those are three road games that @HLB was pointing out.  When is the SEC going to collectively grow a pair and travel across the country to play football?

[Scscsc89]

 

[Scscsc89]

On 7/12/2019 at 12:44 PM, Scscsc89 said:

From @BriandFisher

USC, one of the last three FBS teams to not schedule an FCS opponent, has scheduled FCS foe UC Davis in 2021. Trojans also added Nevada (2023) and SJSU (2024).

Apparently the new AD is trying to get out of this game & replace it with a neutral site game against a P5.

[Mano]

ESPN ranks teams returning production. USC looks to be in good shape. My Utes are dead last.

 

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28649423/college-football-teams-most-returning-production-2020

Returning Production For 2020

TEAM	OVERALL	OFFENSE (RANK)	DEFENSE (RANK)
1. Northwestern	84%	88% (6)	80% (23)
2. Georgia Tech	84%	74% (39)	94% (2)
3. Houston	83%	73% (42)	93% (3)
4. ECU	83%	87% (8)	79% (26)
5. USC	82%	77% (25)	87% (7)
6. Virginia Tech	82%	74% (36)	89% (5)
7. ODU	81%	80% (19)	83% (10)
8. UAB	81%	82% (14)	80% (20)
9. Oklahoma State	80%	75% (34)	86% (8)
10. Rice	79%	63% (70)	96% (1)
11. Indiana	78%	74% (37)	82% (13)
12. Illinois	78%	86% (11)	71% (46)
13. Louisville	78%	79% (21)	77% (31)
14. Akron	78%	89% (3)	66% (57)
15. Rutgers	78%	76% (29)	79% (25)
16. Texas A&M	77%	80% (17)	74% (37)
17. Nebraska	76%	92% (2)	59% (82)
18. North Carolina	75%	87% (9)	64% (63)
19. Coastal Carolina	75%	88% (5)	62% (69)
20. Purdue	74%	76% (32)	73% (40)
21. Texas	74%	66% (62)	82% (14)
22. Ball State	74%	68% (60)	81% (19)
23. NC State	74%	81% (15)	67% (56)
24. CMU	73%	70% (48)	77% (30)
25. Kentucky	73%	68% (56)	78% (27)
26. Miami (Ohio)	73%	86% (10)	61% (74)
27. Florida St.	73%	63% (69)	83% (9)
28. Stanford	73%	71% (45)	74% (36)
29. Memphis	73%	69% (54)	77% (29)
30. Arizona	73%	66% (63)	79% (24)
31. Cincinnati	73%	69% (53)	76% (33)
32. S. Carolina	72%	72% (43)	72% (43)
33. California	72%	93% (1)	50% (104)
34. Wisconsin	72%	62% (72)	81% (17)
35. Ole Miss	71%	78% (23)	64% (61)
36. USF	71%	68% (57)	74% (38)
37. Buffalo	71%	80% (16)	62% (71)
38. UCF	71%	67% (61)	75% (35)
39. Toledo	71%	72% (44)	70% (48)
40. Marshall	71%	78% (22)	63% (64)
41. WKU	71%	53% (89)	89% (6)
42. Appalachian St.	70%	87% (7)	53% (94)
43. BYU	70%	77% (26)	62% (72)
44. Ga. Southern	69%	80% (18)	59% (84)
45. Colorado St.	69%	76% (31)	63% (68)
46. Nevada	69%	73% (41)	65% (60)
47. Penn State	69%	74% (38)	63% (66)
48. Pittsburgh	69%	77% (24)	60% (78)
49. UConn	68%	71% (46)	65% (59)
50. Tennessee	68%	68% (59)	69% (50)
51. Georgia State	68%	53% (88)	83% (11)
52. Iowa State	67%	62% (71)	73% (42)
53. Boston College	67%	54% (87)	81% (16)
54. MTSU	66%	82% (12)	51% (100)
55. Louisiana	66%	65% (65)	67% (54)
56. Virginia	66%	51% (94)	81% (15)
57. Arkansas St.	65%	77% (27)	54% (92)
58. Arkansas	65%	63% (68)	68% (52)
59. Georgia	65%	50% (98)	80% (21)
60. S. Alabama	65%	70% (52)	60% (79)
61. Florida	65%	63% (67)	67% (55)
62. Boise State	65%	54% (85)	75% (34)
63. UTSA	65%	76% (30)	53% (93)
64. TCU	65%	61% (75)	68% (51)
65. Duke	65%	56% (84)	73% (41)
66. W. Virginia	64%	71% (47)	58% (87)
67. UCLA	64%	75% (33)	53% (95)
68. Ohio	64%	51% (95)	78% (28)
69. So. Miss	64%	70% (50)	58% (85)
70. SMU	64%	75% (35)	53% (96)
71. Vanderbilt	64%	35% (122)	93% (4)
72. Arizona State	63%	50% (97)	76% (32)
73. Kent State	62%	68% (58)	57% (89)
74. Charlotte	61%	77% (28)	46% (115)
75. Tulsa	61%	88% (4)	34% (124)
76. Kansas State	61%	59% (80)	63% (67)
77. New Mexico	61%	70% (49)	51% (98)
78. Auburn	61%	61% (77)	60% (77)
79. Wyoming	60%	69% (55)	52% (97)
80. Troy	60%	48% (103)	71% (45)
81. Texas Tech	59%	48% (105)	71% (44)
82. Oklahoma	59%	49% (102)	70% (47)
83. Notre Dame	59%	66% (64)	51% (101)
84. Oregon State	58%	35% (123)	82% (12)
85. Washington State	58%	36% (121)	80% (22)
86. Minnesota	58%	82% (13)	33% (125)
87. Navy	58%	50% (99)	66% (58)
88. Oregon	57%	34% (124)	81% (18)
89. Maryland	56%	62% (73)	51% (99)
90. SJSU	56%	49% (101)	63% (65)
91. SDSU	56%	52% (91)	60% (76)
92. Ohio State	56%	65% (66)	47% (113)
93. Fresno State	56%	50% (100)	62% (73)
94. Temple	56%	73% (40)	38% (123)
95. Clemson	55%	60% (79)	51% (103)
96. Miami	55%	59% (82)	50% (105)
97. Utah State	54%	51% (93)	57% (88)
98. UNLV	54%	80% (20)	29% (129)
99. Missouri	53%	43% (111)	64% (62)
100. Iowa	53%	50% (96)	56% (90)
101. Army	53%	61% (74)	44% (117)
102. Hawaii	52%	44% (109)	60% (75)
103. Washington	52%	30% (127)	74% (39)
104. Liberty	52%	44% (110)	59% (80)
105. Syracuse	52%	61% (76)	42% (120)
106. UMass	51%	52% (92)	51% (102)
107. Baylor	51%	70% (51)	32% (127)
108. FAU	51%	59% (83)	43% (119)
109. Mississippi St.	51%	54% (86)	48% (112)
110. Wake Forest	50%	33% (125)	67% (53)
111. NMSU	50%	53% (90)	47% (114)
112. UL-Monroe	49%	29% (130)	69% (49)
113. NIU	49%	39% (117)	59% (81)
114. Colorado	49%	36% (120)	62% (70)
115. BGSU	47%	45% (108)	49% (108)
116. Michigan St.	46%	43% (112)	49% (110)
117. Texas State	46%	59% (81)	32% (126)
118. WMU	46%	41% (113)	50% (106)
119. Louisiana Tech	46%	61% (78)	31% (128)
120. N. Texas	45%	41% (114)	50% (107)
121. Tulane	44%	31% (126)	58% (86)
122. FIU	44%	30% (129)	59% (83)
123. EMU	44%	40% (116)	49% (111)
124. Michigan	43%	36% (119)	49% (109)
125. Kansas	42%	41% (115)	44% (116)
126. LSU	42%	30% (128)	54% (91)
127. Air Force	42%	46% (106)	38% (121)
127. Alabama	42%	46% (106)	38% (121)
129. UTEP	41%	39% (118)	44% (118)
130. Utah	37%	48% (104)	27% (130)

[PAC MAN]

Yikes...the Buffs do lose a ton of production on offense.  Thankfully the Buffs have a running game to look forward to next season as the new starting WRs and QB work on connecting.  I wouldn't have felt hopeful for a bowl game if CU didn't have a good running game last season with two RBs in addition to one true frosh that should see some playing time next season (Clayton).