The lack of upperclassmen and the transition to Petersen's culture

The OP is why most rational observers are predicting a 5-7 to 7-5 regular season.

There's no upper level / NFL talent left from the 2011 and 2012 classes except for maybe Dwayne Washington. Josh Perkins may have a slight chance but needs to be playing at closer to 240 lbs so that he can add more in the running game.

I used to be more bullish on Dex Charles he's had problems staying healthy and that's slowed him down.

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

HFNY said:

The OP is why most rational observers are predicting a 5-7 to 7-5 regular season.

There's no upper level / NFL talent left from the 2011 and 2012 classes except for maybe Dwayne Washington. Josh Perkins may have a slight chance but needs to be playing at closer to 240 lbs so that he can add more in the running game.

I used to be more bullish on Dex Charles he's had problems staying healthy and that's slowed him down.

5-7 against this dreckfest of a schedule is bullshit.

HTH

The narrative about a "dreckfest of a schedule" is complete BS.

A little data for you, comparing the mighty SEC, SEC, SEC with the P12 in terms of non-conference scheduling.....

2015 SEC Non-Conference Away games (keeping in mind they have 4 non-conference games/year):
Georgia vs GT
LSU vs. Syracuse
MSU vs. Southern Miss
Missouri vs. Arkansas State
Ole Miss vs. Memphis
Vandy vs. Mid Tennessee
Vandy vs. Houston

2015 SEC Neutral Field games:
Alabama vs Wisconsin @ Dallas - I'm ignoring this match-up, as it's fairly close to a neutral field.

P12 Non-Conference Away games (keeping in mind they have 3 non-conference games/year):
Arizona vs. Nevada
ASU vs. TAMU @ Dallas (a virtual home game for TAMU)
Cal vs. Texas
Colorado vs. Hawaii
Oregon vs. Michigan State
OSU vs. Michigan
Stanford vs. Northwestern
UCLA vs. UNLV
USC vs. Notre Dame
Utah vs. Fresno State
UW vs. BSU
WSU vs Rutgers

Let's see. The SEC, SEC, SEC has 14 teams playing a total of 56 non-conference games. Of those 56 games, 7 are away games (2 of those are played by the worst team in the conference). Overall, 7/56 = 12.5% of SEC, SEC, SEC non-conference games are played away.

In the P12, every single team has an away, non-conference game. With 12 teams and 36 non-conference games in total, that works out to 12/36 = 33.3% of non-conference games played away.

And this doesn't take into account whether a team like BSU is a tougher opponent than Southern Miss, Arkansas State, Memphis, Mid Tennessee or Houston, 5 of the 7 SEC non-conference games played away.

So who exactly has a dreckfest of a schedule?

dnc said:

HuskyInAZ said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

HFNY said:

The OP is why most rational observers are predicting a 5-7 to 7-5 regular season.

There's no upper level / NFL talent left from the 2011 and 2012 classes except for maybe Dwayne Washington. Josh Perkins may have a slight chance but needs to be playing at closer to 240 lbs so that he can add more in the running game.

I used to be more bullish on Dex Charles he's had problems staying healthy and that's slowed him down.

5-7 against this dreckfest of a schedule is bullshit.

HTH

The narrative about a "dreckfest of a schedule" is complete BS.

A little data for you, comparing the mighty SEC, SEC, SEC with the P12 in terms of non-conference scheduling.....

2015 SEC Non-Conference Away games (keeping in mind they have 4 non-conference games/year):
Georgia vs GT
LSU vs. Syracuse
MSU vs. Southern Miss
Missouri vs. Arkansas State
Ole Miss vs. Memphis
Vandy vs. Mid Tennessee
Vandy vs. Houston

2015 SEC Neutral Field games:
Alabama vs Wisconsin @ Dallas - I'm ignoring this match-up, as it's fairly close to a neutral field.

P12 Non-Conference Away games (keeping in mind they have 3 non-conference games/year):
Arizona vs. Nevada
ASU vs. TAMU @ Dallas (a virtual home game for TAMU)
Cal vs. Texas
Colorado vs. Hawaii
Oregon vs. Michigan State
OSU vs. Michigan
Stanford vs. Northwestern
UCLA vs. UNLV
USC vs. Notre Dame
Utah vs. Fresno State
UW vs. BSU
WSU vs Rutgers

Let's see. The SEC, SEC, SEC has 14 teams playing a total of 56 non-conference games. Of those 56 games, 7 are away games (2 of those are played by the worst team in the conference). Overall, 7/56 = 12.5% of SEC, SEC, SEC non-conference games are played away.

In the P12, every single team has an away, non-conference game. With 12 teams and 36 non-conference games in total, that works out to 12/36 = 33.3% of non-conference games played away.

And this doesn't take into account whether a team like BSU is a tougher opponent than Southern Miss, Arkansas State, Memphis, Mid Tennessee or Houston, 5 of the 7 SEC non-conference games played away.

So who exactly has a dreckfest of a schedule?

Yeah, but the SEC teams don't get to play 9 games against the Pac12.

Who would you rather play for that gimme? Colorado/WSU or Troy/McNeese St.

whatshouldicareabout said:

HuskyInAZ said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

HFNY said:

The OP is why most rational observers are predicting a 5-7 to 7-5 regular season.

There's no upper level / NFL talent left from the 2011 and 2012 classes except for maybe Dwayne Washington. Josh Perkins may have a slight chance but needs to be playing at closer to 240 lbs so that he can add more in the running game.

I used to be more bullish on Dex Charles he's had problems staying healthy and that's slowed him down.

5-7 against this dreckfest of a schedule is bullshit.

HTH

The narrative about a "dreckfest of a schedule" is complete BS.

A little data for you, comparing the mighty SEC, SEC, SEC with the P12 in terms of non-conference scheduling.....

2015 SEC Non-Conference Away games (keeping in mind they have 4 non-conference games/year):
Georgia vs GT
LSU vs. Syracuse
MSU vs. Southern Miss
Missouri vs. Arkansas State
Ole Miss vs. Memphis
Vandy vs. Mid Tennessee
Vandy vs. Houston

2015 SEC Neutral Field games:
Alabama vs Wisconsin @ Dallas - I'm ignoring this match-up, as it's fairly close to a neutral field.

P12 Non-Conference Away games (keeping in mind they have 3 non-conference games/year):
Arizona vs. Nevada
ASU vs. TAMU @ Dallas (a virtual home game for TAMU)
Cal vs. Texas
Colorado vs. Hawaii
Oregon vs. Michigan State
OSU vs. Michigan
Stanford vs. Northwestern
UCLA vs. UNLV
USC vs. Notre Dame
Utah vs. Fresno State
UW vs. BSU
WSU vs Rutgers

Let's see. The SEC, SEC, SEC has 14 teams playing a total of 56 non-conference games. Of those 56 games, 7 are away games (2 of those are played by the worst team in the conference). Overall, 7/56 = 12.5% of SEC, SEC, SEC non-conference games are played away.

In the P12, every single team has an away, non-conference game. With 12 teams and 36 non-conference games in total, that works out to 12/36 = 33.3% of non-conference games played away.

And this doesn't take into account whether a team like BSU is a tougher opponent than Southern Miss, Arkansas State, Memphis, Mid Tennessee or Houston, 5 of the 7 SEC non-conference games played away.

So who exactly has a dreckfest of a schedule?

Both

Bull Shit. One conference plays 12.5% of their non-conference schedule on the road, while the other conference plays 33.3% of their non-conference schedule on the road. Apples & oranges. The SEC is a pack of entitled pussies with fans who are too stupid to realize it.