Most Difficult Schedule
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 12:37 pm
Who do you guys think has the most difficult schedule in 2012? I was thinking Texas A&M's will be very difficult to deal with. Louisiana Tech and SMU aren't pushovers and probably won't win, but they're not cupcakes. Add that to drawing Florida and Missouri from the East with Alabama, LSU, and Arkansas and that's quite the year they're going to experience.
8-30-12 Louisiana Tech @Shreveport, LA
9-8-12 FLORIDA
9-15-12 at SMU
9-22-12 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE
9-29-12 ARKANSAS
10-6-12 at Mississipppi
10-20-12 LOUISIANA STATE
10-27-12 at Auburn
11-3-12 at Mississippi State
11-10-12 at Alabama
11-17-12 SAM HOUSTON STATE
11-24-12 MISSOURI
Alabama also has a difficult task opening up against Michigan (not that I think Michigan won't lose by two scores though). They get Missouri and Tennessee, both on the road, from the East.
9-1-12 Michigan @Arlington, TX
9-8-12 WESTERN KENTUCKY
9-15-12 at Arkansas
9-22-12 FLORIDA ATLANTIC
9-29-12 MISSISSIPPI
10-13-12 at Missouri
10-20-12 at Tennessee
10-27-12 MISSISSIPPI STATE
11-3-12 at Louisiana State
11-10-12 TEXAS A&M
11-17-12 WESTERN CAROLINA
11-24-12 AUBURN
Here's my pick for most difficult though: Notre Dame. There is seriously no let up in this schedule when your easiest game will be against Wake Forest. That's 12 weeks of challenges, some obviously bigger than others, but still chalked full with opportunities to lose in a draw or get upset. I have no idea how the Irish finish anything better than 7-5 this year. Even their game against Navy, who they usually take care of business against, is in Week 1 where everyone is rusty AND it's being played across the pond in Ireland.
9-1-12 Navy @Dublin, Ireland
9-8-12 PURDUE
9-15-12 at Michigan State
9-22-12 MICHIGAN
10-6-12 Miami FL @Chicago, IL
10-13-12 STANFORD
10-20-12 BRIGHAM YOUNG
10-27-12 at Oklahoma
11-3-12 PITTSBURGH
11-10-12 at Boston College
11-17-12 WAKE FOREST
11-24-12 at Southern California
TCU's is going to have a lot issues this year. They're certainly not used to this type of schedule. It's not particularly awful, but the road dates are what seem punishing. Baylor, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, and Texas.
9-8-12 GRAMBLING STATE
9-15-12 at Kansas
9-22-12 VIRGINIA
9-29-12 at SMU
10-6-12 IOWA STATE
10-13-12 at Baylor
10-20-12 TEXAS TECH
10-27-12 at Oklahoma State
11-3-12 at West Virginia
11-10-12 KANSAS STATE
11-24-12 at Texas
12-1-12 OKLAHOMA
8-30-12 Louisiana Tech @Shreveport, LA
9-8-12 FLORIDA
9-15-12 at SMU
9-22-12 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE
9-29-12 ARKANSAS
10-6-12 at Mississipppi
10-20-12 LOUISIANA STATE
10-27-12 at Auburn
11-3-12 at Mississippi State
11-10-12 at Alabama
11-17-12 SAM HOUSTON STATE
11-24-12 MISSOURI
Alabama also has a difficult task opening up against Michigan (not that I think Michigan won't lose by two scores though). They get Missouri and Tennessee, both on the road, from the East.
9-1-12 Michigan @Arlington, TX
9-8-12 WESTERN KENTUCKY
9-15-12 at Arkansas
9-22-12 FLORIDA ATLANTIC
9-29-12 MISSISSIPPI
10-13-12 at Missouri
10-20-12 at Tennessee
10-27-12 MISSISSIPPI STATE
11-3-12 at Louisiana State
11-10-12 TEXAS A&M
11-17-12 WESTERN CAROLINA
11-24-12 AUBURN
Here's my pick for most difficult though: Notre Dame. There is seriously no let up in this schedule when your easiest game will be against Wake Forest. That's 12 weeks of challenges, some obviously bigger than others, but still chalked full with opportunities to lose in a draw or get upset. I have no idea how the Irish finish anything better than 7-5 this year. Even their game against Navy, who they usually take care of business against, is in Week 1 where everyone is rusty AND it's being played across the pond in Ireland.
9-1-12 Navy @Dublin, Ireland
9-8-12 PURDUE
9-15-12 at Michigan State
9-22-12 MICHIGAN
10-6-12 Miami FL @Chicago, IL
10-13-12 STANFORD
10-20-12 BRIGHAM YOUNG
10-27-12 at Oklahoma
11-3-12 PITTSBURGH
11-10-12 at Boston College
11-17-12 WAKE FOREST
11-24-12 at Southern California
TCU's is going to have a lot issues this year. They're certainly not used to this type of schedule. It's not particularly awful, but the road dates are what seem punishing. Baylor, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, and Texas.
9-8-12 GRAMBLING STATE
9-15-12 at Kansas
9-22-12 VIRGINIA
9-29-12 at SMU
10-6-12 IOWA STATE
10-13-12 at Baylor
10-20-12 TEXAS TECH
10-27-12 at Oklahoma State
11-3-12 at West Virginia
11-10-12 KANSAS STATE
11-24-12 at Texas
12-1-12 OKLAHOMA
