Top 12 Non-Conference games for 2011

• sleeper

  

  Tobias Fünke;743233 wrote:Twice.

  
  This decade? LOL
  
  Look, I don't really want to get into the history of Notre Dame, because they will never win anything from here on out. The paper championships they won back in the day of leather helmets mean nothing for a school with the money and prestige that Notre Dame had. I wouldn't be surprised if 20-30 years from now it comes out that ND bought championships by paying off AP writers for votes, because we have seen what happens when they actually have to play someone good(they lose every time).
• karen lotz

  

  Its truly a gift that you have sleeper, to be able to turn a thread that has nothing to do with Notre Dame into an opportunity to troll them.
• sleeper

  

  karen lotz;743255 wrote:Its truly a gift that you have sleeper, to be able to turn a thread that has nothing to do with Notre Dame into an opportunity to troll them.

  
  I didn't mention Notre Dame first. Only when a delusional Domer tried to de-legitimize the schedules of other teams by boasting about 2 games nobody cares about did Notre Dame become open for more criticism.
  
  If you don't want Notre Dame in the topic, don't bring it up.
• cats gone wild

  Scarlet_Buckeye;743188 wrote:Comments:
  
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  > - LSU vs. The Ducks is going to be a GREAT game. I do think the Ducks
  > will win, however, and I really wouldn't be THAT surprised if they won
  > convincingly. LSU's Jefferson did not look that impressive to me
  during their Spring Game, and he really hasn't quite panned out as well as I thought he was going to. If he struggles, it's going to be a
  long yr for the Tigers with their schedule.

  If you did much research, you would realize that LSU has the huge upper hand in this game. LSU returns most their team while Oregon has alot of holes to fill, including their D-line. LSU will run all over them. LSU is picked by many people as the #1 team in the country. I see a double digit win for LSU.
  
  Spring game means squat.
• sleeper

  

  cats gone wild;743350 wrote:If you did much research, you would realize that LSU has the huge upper hand in this game. LSU returns most their team while Oregon has alot of holes to fill, including their D-line. LSU will run all over them. LSU is picked by many people as the #1 team in the country. I see a double digit win for LSU.
  
  Spring game means squat.

  
  Yeah, of course the year LSU plays Oregon, they are depleted. And WVU is always overrated. Congrats, on the your future appearance in the Outback bowl, let's hope you don't have to play Penn State again. LOL
• athlete37

  

  sleeper;743360 wrote:Yeah, of course the year LSU plays Oregon, they are depleted. And WVU is always overrated. Congrats, on the your future appearance in the Outback bowl, let's hope you don't have to play Penn State again. LOL

  
  Yea, maybe they'll get lucky and get a Sugar Bowl rematch with Ohio State
• krambman

  

  I agree with the first three and I think the first two are almost interchangeable.
  
  Michigan/SDSU isn't really a big out-of-conference game, but it does have intrigue because SDSU did make a bowl game last year and because Hoke left there to coach at Michigan.
  
  I would move the OSU/Miami game down to about 7 or 8 and move everyone else up a slot.
  

  cats gone wild;740208 wrote:I agree with the 1st - 3rd top games and the only other ones worth watching (for me) is the #7 and #8 games. The OSU game would of been a good one if OSU had their players and coach.

  
  I couldn't disagree more. Last year OSU basically blew Miami out (had it not been for two special teams touchdowns it would have been a complete blowout). If OSU were at full strength this fall I think it would be a blowout again. However, since Tressel will not be coaching and since we will be missing four starters on offense, I think it levels the playing field and makes this game more interesting. This game and the Nebraska game are the two pivotal games on OSU's schedule next year. Can OSU win on the road at Miami without those guys, and if they do, can they win on the road at Nebraska once they're all back? That's why this is a bigger game without those guys playing than it would be with them.
• cats gone wild

  krambman;745782 wrote:
  
  
  I couldn't disagree more. Last year OSU basically blew Miami out (had it not been for two special teams touchdowns it would have been a complete blowout). If OSU were at full strength this fall I think it would be a blowout again. However, since Tressel will not be coaching and since we will be missing four starters on offense, I think it levels the playing field and makes this game more interesting. This game and the Nebraska game are the two pivotal games on OSU's schedule next year. Can OSU win on the road at Miami without those guys, and if they do, can they win on the road at Nebraska once they're all back? That's why this is a bigger game without those guys playing than it would be with them.

  
  I just think the game has no hype since the star players are gone. People would rather see it with the star athletes. And being that its at Miami it wouldnt be as easy like last year. And if Miami wins, its only because of OSU missing the coach and players. It might be a big game for OSU fans, but as in national audience, it lost its luster.
• vball10set

  athlete37;744646 wrote:Yea, maybe they'll get lucky and get a Sugar Bowl rematch with Ohio State

  
  one can only hope
• Speedofsand

  

  F$U at Florida , Nov. 26