How bad is this schedule?

[WoVeU]

I was perusing the Wk1 standings I noted teams who had not played yet. Once I came to the bottom I decided to check the schedules of those who had yet to play. The first one I checked, Nevada...woeful!

1) Week 1 -Bye (never like that)
2) 1st 4 games: @ Oregon, @ San Jose St., @ Tex Tech, @ Boise St.
3) All games are scheduled for Saturday
4) No games have been picked up for National Airing

This schedule is Terrible! Now Nevada isn't FSU, LSU, or Boise State, but they have a pretty good program. They don't play week 1 and have what I have always esteemed to be a wasted bye, as no rest is needed yet. Then you get to come out 1 game behind in experience. Then they have a really good chance of coming out 1-3. (And a victory may not be a given against San Jose State, as Nevada plays Oregon while SJSU plays UCLA the week prior.) When you then think that they have no TV money set to come in, and having all Saturday games have little chance at any. The schedule is just really bad!!!

[WoVeU]

Just in case you wanted to see the turd of a schedule...

http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/_/id/23/san-jose-state-spartans

[billybud]

San Jose State has been one of the worst teams in IA (next to dead last New Mexico State).

San Jose has gone two years with no win over a IA team except for their one close win over dead last New Mexico State. Not riveting TV unless you like cheering for the ultimate underdog.

[Eric]

Nevada/Oregon will be on FX and the other two are likely to get on. The Boise State game would likely be on CBS College Sports or Versus and I'm thinking the Texas Tech matchup should be on Fox Sports. The SJSU game could be on ESPN Gameplan via the WAC Sports production.

[WoVeU]

Nevada/Oregon will be on FX and the other two are likely to get on. The Boise State game would likely be on CBS College Sports or Versus and I'm thinking the Texas Tech matchup should be on Fox Sports. The SJSU game could be on ESPN Gameplan via the WAC Sports production.

My thinking is that getting a Thursday or Friday game means getting much more viewership and money. And I know I have watched Nevada on those nights. I didn't look but was pretty sure they'd be on TV on Saturday...but they will be up against many good games. And if coming out a week behind is as bad as I think, it means Oregon will beat on them pretty good. Thus reducing the perceived value of Nevada, and that won't help draw fans outside of the ranks of Nevada, Boise St., and Texas Tech for the following games. I just thought they could have done a whole lot better.

Yes BB, SJSU is the hinder parts over the recent past. SJSU is probably the team you want to play coming out a week late and after going to Oregon. And I don't know about the rosters and who has what returning. But I know QB Kaepernick is with the 49ers and he was a whole lot of Nevada's scoring. Nevada won by 22 points in game 6 for each team last season at home. I think having an extra game is worth like 10 points that early in the season. The difference in coming off an Oregon game compared to a game against UCLA could be worth 3 to 6 points. And I think the swing for Home-Away is worth a good 7 to 9 these days. And trying to retool an offense against Oregon that has lost the player of Kaepernick's value could be huge. (Not to mention Nevada won the TO battle 3-2.)

It wasn't my intent earlier, but I think I will take San Jose State in that game. And I don't think all of this will be caught up in the spread for that game! That could be a really good one to put some money on.

[Eric]

I agree that the Week 1 bye is a colossal waste. All that does is put you a week behind. I think the only other program to get a bye in the first week this year was UAB.

[Cane from the Bend]

San Jose State has been one of the worst teams in IA (next to dead last New Mexico State).

San Jose has gone two years with no win over a IA team except for their one close win over dead last New Mexico State. Not riveting TV unless you like cheering for the ultimate underdog.

Well, not necessarily dead last; New Mexico State beat New Mexico lase season, and the Lobos had a solitary win against Wyoming.

UNLV had only two wins -- New Mexico & Wyoming --

Buffalo and only two wins -- Bowling Green & Rhode Island --

With Wyoming's 3-9 record, having one of those victories vs Southern Utah, I would think it's safe to say, any one of these teams -- Buffalo, New Mexico, New Mexico St, UNLV, Wyoming -- could vie for worst in the land.

However, I must say, watching UTEP last night, I might hold out for the Miners being most terrible this year.

They missed a fieldgoal at the end of regulation putting them in an overtime situation, against Stony Brook. Even though UTEP won, they have set the pace for a miserable season.

We'll also get to see how bad Buffalo is, as they play Stony Brook this upcoming Saturday.

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[Cane from the Bend]

I agree that the Week 1 bye is a colossal waste. All that does is put you a week behind. I think the only other program to get a bye in the first week this year was UAB.

Yep, they are the only two; which is why they should have schedule each other for week one.

Even if it were to mean playing 13 games. (which has help other teams in the past, with regards to schedule strength & bowl bids, having played one extra opponent)

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[billybud]

New Mexico has one two games of the last 24.....Has any I A team only won one game in the last two seasons?

[Eric]

New Mexico has one two games of the last 24.....Has any I A team only won one game in the last two seasons?

New Mexico is pretty awful, but they lost by 4 to (a supposedly improved) Colorado State so I'm withholding judgment on whether or not they are the worst team in the country this year. I think right now, my bottom 5 is Akron, North Texas, New Mexico State, Eastern Michigan, and Idaho.

Also, Pitt put up 14 points fairly late into the 4th quarter and Buffalo was hanging with them the whole game. Again, it's too early to tell if this is a good barometer for the Bulls since Pitt was implementing a brand new offense, but time will tell.

[WoVeU]

I agree that the Week 1 bye is a colossal waste. All that does is put you a week behind. I think the only other program to get a bye in the first week this year was UAB.

Yep, they are the only two; which is why they should have schedule each other for week one.

Even if it were to mean playing 13 games. (which has help other teams in the past, with regards to schedule strength & bowl bids, having played one extra opponent)

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I was thinking that too when Eric brought up UAB. It isn't that easy I know, and I think 13 can only be done by a Conf. Championship Game or the Hawaii exemption. But I just could not settle for a week one Bye. Week 2 is terrible as well, and I wouldn't accept that either. I'd drop T.Tech from week 4 and play Stony Brook week 1 if I had to. UAB could have dropped Troy and done similarly. The 2 could have played each other and dropped those same games.