Top non-conf. Games 2010

[A.E]

September 4th
Washington vs. BYU
Oregon State vs. TCU
LSU vs. North Carolina

September 6th
Boise State vs. Virginia Tech

September 11th
Michigan vs. Notre Dame
Southern Florida vs. Florida
Florida State vs. Oklahoma
Oregon vs. Tennessee
Miami vs. Ohio State
Penn State vs. Alabama

September 18th
Cincinnati vs. Fresno State
Clemson vs. Auburn
BYU vs. Florida
Nebraska vs. Washington
UCLA vs. Texas
Iowa vs. Arizona

September 24th
TCU vs. SMU

September 25th
Temple vs. Penn State
Oregon State vs. Boise State
West Virginia vs. LSU
Oklahoma vs. Cincinnati

October 2nd
Notre Dame vs. Boston College

October 9th
Arkansas vs. Texas A&M

October 23rd
Notre Dame vs. Navy

November 13th
Utah vs. Notre Dame

November 23rd
Houston vs. Texas Tech

November 27th
Notre Dame vs. USC
Georgia vs. Georgia Tech
Southern Florida vs. Miami
Florida vs. Florida State

 

[.GR]

Utah and ND play? That's cool.

 

[A.E]

I don't care what anybody says, Note Dame has THEE though schedule in all of CFB.

Purdue
Michigan
@ Michigan State
Stanford
@ Boston College
Pittsburgh
Western Michigan
@ Navy
Tulsa
Utah
Army (Yankee Stadium)
@ USC

 

[.GR]

They might as well just schedule a <Censored> ass schedule cuz they're going to get love either way.

 

[A.E]

They might as well just schedule a <Censored> ass schedule cuz they're going to get love either way.

This is why Notre Dame has yet to return to title contention, they've played the most brutal schedule, year in and year out, since the day Charlie Weis was hired. They're playing the toughest schedule in football, meanwhile, trying to install new head coaches and new systems.

I have much respect for Notre Dame, they stay independent & very few times in a decade do they play some cupcake-ass team like Florida International or some D1-AA school. I think all top BCS caliber teams should play a schedule as tough as the Irish's and I think the game would be much better b/c of it.

Too many times a year do we see these BCS schools play half-assed non-conference schedules b/c they fear that 1 loss that will knock them out of the National title bid in first few weeks of the season. It would be too easy for Notre Dame to schedule all half-ass opponents, maybe a couple of top 25 worthy games, and then ride out the standings...wait for those ahead of them to fall. Look around CFB and this is what a lot of teams are doing these days. A lot of teams use the excuse that they're conference opponents are "tough enough".