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Old 12-09-2009, 10:58 AM   #1296
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Originally Posted by JayP View Post
Ken Goe of The Oregonian made an excellent point this week. The Ducks were foolish to schedule Boise State at the start of the season. They should have brought Western Kentucky or some other creampuff and rolled to an undefeated record for most of the season. Who knows? Maybe they would have beaten Stanford while trying to protect a national title run. One of these days, schools will learn that in the BCS era, scheduling tough out-of-conference games doesn't help anyone. That's yet another reason why the system stinks.
I disagree with this line of thinking. Imagine if Oregon scheduled a creampuff out-of-conference (not playing Boise or Utah) and went undefeated. They'd still very likely finish third to Texas and Alabama, and then Oregon fans would be complaining that a stronger out-of-conference schedule could have put them into the BCS game.
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