Comments on: The Case for Cupcakes: In Favor of Padding College Football Schedules With Weak Teams http://howtowatchsports.com/2009/09/the-case-for-cupcakes-in-favor-of-padding-schedules-in-college-football/ Unnecessarily in-depth sports analysis Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:36:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: hmmm http://howtowatchsports.com/2009/09/the-case-for-cupcakes-in-favor-of-padding-schedules-in-college-football/comment-page-1/#comment-6963 hmmm Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:22:56 +0000 http://howtowatchsports.com/?p=875#comment-6963 I agree. For instance, everyone assumes that the SEC is the best conference, but they do not have sustained series between other conferences (except the Sun Belt or C-USA) in order to create a basis for this comparison. The assumption that Florida, LSU, Auburn, and Alabama are great is based on the fact that they play each other regularly. They are simply assessed against each other. This is circular. I agree. For instance, everyone assumes that the SEC is the best conference, but they do not have sustained series between other conferences (except the Sun Belt or C-USA) in order to create a basis for this comparison. The assumption that Florida, LSU, Auburn, and Alabama are great is based on the fact that they play each other regularly. They are simply assessed against each other. This is circular.

]]> By: Uomo Del Ghiaccio http://howtowatchsports.com/2009/09/the-case-for-cupcakes-in-favor-of-padding-schedules-in-college-football/comment-page-1/#comment-5664 Uomo Del Ghiaccio Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:11:12 +0000 http://howtowatchsports.com/?p=875#comment-5664 Shame on Alabama rated #1 playing the Georgia State Panthers in their first year. This is the real problem. The SEC and the Big 10 play cupcakes and are afraid of playing tough non-aq teams like Boise, Utah, TCU, etc.. The rule should be only FBS teams during the regular schedule thus no FCS or Division II teams allowed. It they want warm up games these should be outside of the regular schedule and be treated as pre-season games like in the NFL. You knock the rust off and try out schemes before the season gets started. Shame on Alabama rated #1 playing the Georgia State Panthers in their first year. This is the real problem. The SEC and the Big 10 play cupcakes and are afraid of playing tough non-aq teams like Boise, Utah, TCU, etc..

The rule should be only FBS teams during the regular schedule thus no FCS or Division II teams allowed. It they want warm up games these should be outside of the regular schedule and be treated as pre-season games like in the NFL. You knock the rust off and try out schemes before the season gets started.

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