Posted by conqistdr on 5/28/2015 11:53:00 PM (view original):

Posted by ebbets55 on 5/27/2015 1:16:00 PM (view original):

Posted by awags on 5/24/2015 6:21:00 PM (view original):

Posted by stalagna on 5/24/2015 5:48:00 PM (view original):
Your SOS is weak. You cannot schedule sim opponents for OOC games. The best way to schedule OOC games is to schedule 3-4 human coached teams you have a good shot at beating and 1-2 that are somewhat cupcakes, maybe one semi-difficult opponent. If you have 2 or more sim coached teams your SOS suffers greatly.

In all fairness to him, it's often difficult to get other D1A teams to accept challenges. Especially if they think there is a chance that they will lose.

I'm also in Camp (as Penn State).  I challenged Arizona at least a couple of weeks ago for a non-con for next season, and it's just been sitting there.  There is a strategy to creating a good OOC schedule and perhaps scheduling Penn State isn't part of Arizona's...but I don't buy that you can't find *someone* to play if you're looking to boost your SOS.

I scheduled Nebraska because I thought they would be one of the top teams. I already have USC and Arizona State in my division, I didn't think I had a weak schedule at all. My mistake was not scheduling some 10-3 human teams from the middle of the pack or smaller conferences to 'pad' my schedule a bit. But I never like to challenge a small school team that has absolutely no chance to beat us for the sake of making the schedule look better. To be honest, I never dreamt we would win our conference, let alone be in the discussion for the NC.

But we kicked Nebraska's *** up and down the field. Head to head matchups should mean a lot more than wins over Marshall and Toledo if we are trying to simulate real life situations. We have the best team in Camp, and I have the box score to prove it.

And you elites with RS Senior QB's love to challenge us mid-range programs when we have a Freshman on deck. Keep my name in your rolodex Ebbets, we'll gladly do business next season.

Will do, and I wasn't necessarily trying to call you out.

FWIW, I honestly don't look at how a team looks next season when I challenge them.  I saw that you had a pretty good ranking, so I figured you might be willing to take on an elite.  Arizona State actually ended up taking up that game slot, so we'll see how we fare against your rival.