Big Eleven? 0%, although Michigan will somehow be beaten by a Division III team this year anyway.
Brendan Loy
Heh. Actually, the Big Eleven clocks in at 32 percent, which is well behind the Pac-10, ACC (42 percent) and the Big East (40 percent), but at least ahead of the two overhyped windbag conferences. 🙂 No thanks to Penn State, I’m afraid… *cough* Akron *cough* Syracuse *cough* Temple *cough* Eastern Illinois . (Actually that puts Penn State at 25%, since technically Syracuse is a “BCS conference team”…hahahaha.)
dcl
Well, USC has gone with 66% BCS non conference games and 33% I-A non BCS. Though how San Jose State manages to be 1-A I’m not certain. And how ND manages to stay BCS I’m also not certain. Still, compared to the other national title contenders at this point in the seasons (Navel Gazing Time (NGT)) USC looks to have the toughest road to get there… the Ohio State University isn’t running a powder puff schedule either. It would have been nice to see them go for something a little tougher than New Mexico State. And they do only have 5 away games, playing everything non conference at home. Still no I-AA schools.
No, Penn State is never very good in this regard. I understand Temple – they used to be a BCS school, albeit a bad one that got kicked out of the Big East, and Penn State used to play them a lot. They are the college football “power” out of Philly (and really should be better than they are considering the fact that they are the major school in a major city in a football recruiting hotbed!). Plus, it makes it so they can ignore Pitt like JoePa wants, rather than play our rival school because he’s mad at them. (Lesson: never get powerful old guys mad at you.) ‘Cuse was also a school we played a lot from the olden days.
But yeah, its a pretty pathetic schedule – this is actually the most challenging its been in years! We’re playing a BCS team in non conference this year! (Notre Dame counts too, I suppose . . . 😉 )
Oh, and of course, this defeat of Michigan by a D-III school will take place in the Big House. And prompt weeks of kittens.
David K.
After September 5th (when Michigan State plays I-AA Montana State) there will be four teams left that haven’t played a I-AA oponent.
USC
UCLA
Washington
Notre Dame
gahrie
It should also be noted that USC plays all three of the other teams that aren’t playing AA teams.
dcl
Umm, Penn State is located in State College, PA. A “city” located in Happy Valley, PA. A location smack in the middle of the state of PA. Placing it no where near Philadelphia (in east coast terms.) On the other hand, University of Pennsylvania aka Penn is located in Philadelphia. Penn is a part of the Ivy League not the Big 10. In other sports trivia news, Penn’s last National Championship in football (of which they have 4) was in 1904. Of course Championships being championships, it is way more complicated than that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_National_Football_Championship The Bad news for ND is they are really only third on the all time list and have quite a ways to go before they catch Princeton and their 24(ish) National titles or Yale and their 19(ish).
Brendan Loy
Fight fiercely, Harvard!
Fight, fight, fight!
Demonstrate to them our skill!
Albeit they possess the might,
Nonetheless we have the will!
How we will celebrate our victory
We shall invite the whole team up for tea
How jolly!
Hurl that spheroid down the field
And fight, fight, fight!
Fight fiercely, Harvard,
Fight, fight, fight
Impress them with our prowess, do!
Oh, fellows, do not let the Crimson down
Be of stout heart and true
Come on, chaps,
Fight for Harvard’s glorious name
Won’t it be peachy if we win the game?
Oh, goody!
Let’s try not to injure them
But fight, fight, fight
Let’s not be rough, though
Fight, fight, fight
And do fight fiercely!
Fight, fight, fight!
Dane: Sorry, I wasn’t clear. I was talking about the school that should be best positioned to be a football power out of Philly, which is Temple. There was a reason I used “power” in scare quotes – because they never have been one. They could have been, although now it would be hard for them to do so. My main point was to say that by all rights, Temple should be on par with Penn State, or at least Pitt, not a laughing stock like it is, considering how much talent is in that area of the country.
I’ve been to State College. Nice town – its almost as big as the campus! 😉 But is is a nice place to go. I grew up in PA, and understand its geography perfectly well.
Penn could be an interesting team, too, but they aren’t ever going to play with the BCS powers as the system currently runs. But they do throw toast onto the field during their fight song, which is awesome.
Also, am I reading the Harvard song correctly – that they are apologizing for playing football? “Lets not be rough, though”?!?!? Huh?
No wonder the Ivy Leaguers are seen as pansies! Its in their fight song!!
Brendan Loy
Heh. That isn’t Harvard’s actual fight song. It’s a satire by Tom Lehrer. Click the link, it’ll take you to the YouTube of the recording, with a prologue that gives some context.
I love Tom Lehrer. Like the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, he’s one of the not-quite-mainstream ’60s artists who I’ve picked up from my parents, because I’m a huge nerd. 🙂
trooperbari
No, Brendan. You picked up on Tom Lehrer because you are Good And Right And True.
“An Evening Wasted” just oozes with subversive goodness.
dcl
Ahh, right oh. I’m so use to people mixing up Penn and Penn state that it’s almost a reflex at this point…
Big Eleven? 0%, although Michigan will somehow be beaten by a Division III team this year anyway.
Heh. Actually, the Big Eleven clocks in at 32 percent, which is well behind the Pac-10, ACC (42 percent) and the Big East (40 percent), but at least ahead of the two overhyped windbag conferences. 🙂 No thanks to Penn State, I’m afraid… *cough* Akron *cough* Syracuse *cough* Temple *cough* Eastern Illinois . (Actually that puts Penn State at 25%, since technically Syracuse is a “BCS conference team”…hahahaha.)
Well, USC has gone with 66% BCS non conference games and 33% I-A non BCS. Though how San Jose State manages to be 1-A I’m not certain. And how ND manages to stay BCS I’m also not certain. Still, compared to the other national title contenders at this point in the seasons (Navel Gazing Time (NGT)) USC looks to have the toughest road to get there… the Ohio State University isn’t running a powder puff schedule either. It would have been nice to see them go for something a little tougher than New Mexico State. And they do only have 5 away games, playing everything non conference at home. Still no I-AA schools.
No, Penn State is never very good in this regard. I understand Temple – they used to be a BCS school, albeit a bad one that got kicked out of the Big East, and Penn State used to play them a lot. They are the college football “power” out of Philly (and really should be better than they are considering the fact that they are the major school in a major city in a football recruiting hotbed!). Plus, it makes it so they can ignore Pitt like JoePa wants, rather than play our rival school because he’s mad at them. (Lesson: never get powerful old guys mad at you.) ‘Cuse was also a school we played a lot from the olden days.
But yeah, its a pretty pathetic schedule – this is actually the most challenging its been in years! We’re playing a BCS team in non conference this year! (Notre Dame counts too, I suppose . . . 😉 )
Oh, and of course, this defeat of Michigan by a D-III school will take place in the Big House. And prompt weeks of kittens.
After September 5th (when Michigan State plays I-AA Montana State) there will be four teams left that haven’t played a I-AA oponent.
USC
UCLA
Washington
Notre Dame
It should also be noted that USC plays all three of the other teams that aren’t playing AA teams.
Umm, Penn State is located in State College, PA. A “city” located in Happy Valley, PA. A location smack in the middle of the state of PA. Placing it no where near Philadelphia (in east coast terms.) On the other hand, University of Pennsylvania aka Penn is located in Philadelphia. Penn is a part of the Ivy League not the Big 10. In other sports trivia news, Penn’s last National Championship in football (of which they have 4) was in 1904. Of course Championships being championships, it is way more complicated than that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_National_Football_Championship The Bad news for ND is they are really only third on the all time list and have quite a ways to go before they catch Princeton and their 24(ish) National titles or Yale and their 19(ish).
Fight fiercely, Harvard!
Fight, fight, fight!
Demonstrate to them our skill!
Albeit they possess the might,
Nonetheless we have the will!
How we will celebrate our victory
We shall invite the whole team up for tea
How jolly!
Hurl that spheroid down the field
And fight, fight, fight!
Fight fiercely, Harvard,
Fight, fight, fight
Impress them with our prowess, do!
Oh, fellows, do not let the Crimson down
Be of stout heart and true
Come on, chaps,
Fight for Harvard’s glorious name
Won’t it be peachy if we win the game?
Oh, goody!
Let’s try not to injure them
But fight, fight, fight
Let’s not be rough, though
Fight, fight, fight
And do fight fiercely!
Fight, fight, fight!
Dane: Sorry, I wasn’t clear. I was talking about the school that should be best positioned to be a football power out of Philly, which is Temple. There was a reason I used “power” in scare quotes – because they never have been one. They could have been, although now it would be hard for them to do so. My main point was to say that by all rights, Temple should be on par with Penn State, or at least Pitt, not a laughing stock like it is, considering how much talent is in that area of the country.
I’ve been to State College. Nice town – its almost as big as the campus! 😉 But is is a nice place to go. I grew up in PA, and understand its geography perfectly well.
Penn could be an interesting team, too, but they aren’t ever going to play with the BCS powers as the system currently runs. But they do throw toast onto the field during their fight song, which is awesome.
Also, am I reading the Harvard song correctly – that they are apologizing for playing football? “Lets not be rough, though”?!?!? Huh?
No wonder the Ivy Leaguers are seen as pansies! Its in their fight song!!
Heh. That isn’t Harvard’s actual fight song. It’s a satire by Tom Lehrer. Click the link, it’ll take you to the YouTube of the recording, with a prologue that gives some context.
I love Tom Lehrer. Like the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, he’s one of the not-quite-mainstream ’60s artists who I’ve picked up from my parents, because I’m a huge nerd. 🙂
No, Brendan. You picked up on Tom Lehrer because you are Good And Right And True.
“An Evening Wasted” just oozes with subversive goodness.
Ahh, right oh. I’m so use to people mixing up Penn and Penn state that it’s almost a reflex at this point…
Tom Lehrer is awesome. Haven’t heard that one, but I love his stuff. New Math! New-eew Math!