TCU's Schedule Strength

[SmooBoy]

"Your Mom goes to college."

Are you suggesting I could be Pony Time's Father? It was a few years ago and he sounds like he is 12. If his face looks like an inside out catchers mit it could be true. After all the makeup ran off and clogged the drain that is what she looked like. I will never trust the looks of SMU coeds again.

I am suggesting you go watch Napoleon Dynamite, and lighten up, Francis.

[gostangs]

And oregon state will not finish ranked this year. They are just not that good. Not saying TCU is not good - they are - but i dont think you will have much to hang your hat on with O State.

That Tenn Tech game will be a killer for ya'll beofre its all over. There had to be a better option for TCU then that...almost anything would have been smarter.

[guadalupe river frog]

And oregon state will not finish ranked this year. They are just not that good. Not saying TCU is not good - they are - but i dont think you will have much to hang your hat on with O State.

That Tenn Tech game will be a killer for ya'll beofre its all over. There had to be a better option for TCU then that...almost anything would have been smarter.

Everyone said the same thing about Oregon State at the end last September and two months later they're playing Oregon for the Pac 10 title.

[feelan]

"Your Mom goes to college."

Are you suggesting I could be Pony Time's Father? It was a few years ago and he sounds like he is 12. If his face looks like an inside out catchers mit it could be true. After all the makeup ran off and clogged the drain that is what she looked like. I will never trust the looks of SMU coeds again.

I am suggesting you go watch Napoleon Dynamite, and lighten up, Francis.

Any of you guys call me Francis, and I kill you.

[S....M....U]

Earlier this season I was looking into our opponents' schedules...and I must say, TCU's is pretty weak compared to other national contenders.

They have 3-4 "tough" games. (As did we, until Houston's losses this past weekend.)

Looking forward to what will be a great game Friday. Beat TCU!

[Junior]

TCU is a good football team. However, I am tired of the ongoing rant about how unfair college football is to them (see school paper, our fan board, FWST, etc).


You want some respect? Then shut up, play some real football games, and let someone else do the talking for you. Because where you come from, it's still Hook 'Em Horns.

Amen Pony Soup! Pretty sad that with each passing week they could actually drop in the polls - regardless of a W or L . . .

We will try to earn some respect Friday night. And tell your girls to go easy on the make up. I remember taking a shower with one (Chi Omega I think) a few years back on a road trip and, once the water hit, her face melted faster than the wicked witch of the west. And she looked like said witch as well. Couldnt wait to get back to the Fort and true hottness.

Funny. Too bad we won't even touch the FW skanks.

Way to take a real football discussion into yet another irrelevant discussion.

[Junior]

I'm not too worried about our strength of schedule this year. Oregon St. and Utah will be ranked by season's end, as well as possibly Air Force or SMU. I think attrition will take its toll on the other teams at the top, especially Ohio State and maybe even Boise. Fresno and Nevada are a lot better than most people give them credit for. I think this is one year where if we just focus on winning our own games, we'll be fine.

Which is why we need SMU to do well, this year and for the future. We're all hoping that y'all can win C-USA and bring some national meaning to this rivalry.

Just when I thought some frogs might actually post some meaningful insight in a thread (which you have done), I read the ridiculous BS from yet another froggie [deleted] (see a few posts down). It's nice to know that mommy and daddy's tuition went to mold such a mental giant.

Undercover Frog, come by for a beer and some Q. Be glad to discuss football with you.

[Pony in SA]

The point of my post was how the 3 analysts all viewed TCU as being behind Boise State because of their schedule strength, and that a TCU blow out win over us won't necessarily help them. I personally think TCU is a very good team that deserves a shot a playing for it all, but the perception by others (maybe because there is a Boise love fest) is that TCU's schedule this year does not help them. Doesn't matter what SMU fans thinks, others without rooting interest for TCU or SMU evaluating it have all commented on TCU's easier schedule, etc.

Despite the TCU poster that claims you should only look at the "BEST WINS" the rest of the schedule with the UNLV, New Mexico (who is thinking now of dropping football altogether), etc. does hurt TCU's street cred with others comparing them to Boise. Not fair, but that is how it is looked at now by others. Again, TCU is helped when we are better just like we are helped if we play them within 3 TDs. They should easily win this game, but both schools need a more competitive game than it may turn out to be, and TCU at the end of the day needs us to win our conference after this game to help them.

[stc9]

TCU would be foolish to want a playoff system. All the talk about the playoffs has been an 8 team playoff format. This means that BCS AQ Schools like Texas or Florida that don't win their championship games will get the 7th and 8th spot. An undefeated TCU with only 1 or 2 quality wins is still looked upon by the polls a lesser program than a 1 loss SEC Team. They would be on the outside looking in. Further - A playoff would ruin the bowls. TCU would loose that potential revenue.

The only way a playoff system would be equitable is if all conference champions played in it. The BCS Schools and the networks would never allow that. Imagine how Texas would react if SMU or TCU currently playing in a weaker conference could tell Texas' recruits, "Come to our School and you will have a better shot at making the playoffs." Imagine how ESPN would feel with TCU or SMU with maybe 1/5th the number of followers of OU or UT makes a run into the playoffs while they are sitting at home. They make significantly less money. ND isn't in a conference, yet has more TV and political power than any school in the nation - they are not going to put up with it. They won't join a conference because that would mean giving up their TV contract or sharing $$$.

All a playoff means to "Mid-Majors" is another chance to get screwed by the Majors. It will become a justification to keep quality undefeated mid-majors out.

Contrary to what someone already posted, TCU cannot rationally favor a playoff. It would put a large part of their annual revenues in jeopardy. I understand wanting one, as a fan, but the reality will be far from what is good for us. In 5 years, everything going correctly, when we are in the same position I hope we understand the trap of a playoff system.

[PurplFrawg]

And you should be worried about your SOS. Your schedule is among the easiest in the country TCU should not get a chance to play for the title this year in the current system, even if undefeated.

Last year, the same tired argument was all over the media. When things were said and done, 5 of the teams TCU defeated (including SMU) went on to play...and win...bowls games. That says the schedule strength was a bit stronger than the polls suggested. TCU is also one of two schools to have a winning record against every FBS conference since the onset of the BcS. Coach Patterson is one of the last coaches left to consider that a W by one point is still a W, and will take it easy on an opponent when the outcome is no longer in question. TCU plays as diificult of a schedule as we can find opponents to populate the schedule. This argument is as pertinent as attendance smack.

[Pony in SA]

Coach Patterson is one of the last coaches left to consider that a W by one point is still a W, and will take it easy on an opponent when the outcome is no longer in question. TCU plays as diificult of a schedule as we can find opponents to populate the schedule. This argument is as pertinent as attendance smack.

The argument is pertinent because others who are not TCU or SMU fans still see Boise as ahead of TCU and think their schedule is an issue. Doesn't matter what you or SMU fans think, the 3 analysts on ESPN all said so. Facts are current schedule is hurting them, and the Tenn. Tech. game may be a problem down the road.

As to going easy on an opponent, don't remember Patterson taking a knee last year at end of the SMU game. Instead, didn't he try to run it in when down near the endzone at end of the 4th qtr.??

[RGV Pony]

it does get old seeing the panels on ESPN and everywhere else who time after time say Boise State and TCU have risen as far as they will in the polls, and there's no way they'll wind up 1 or 2. They keep pushing the "human element" of the BCS formula as if to just put it out there so that those responsible for the human element will keep out the riff raf

[Pony Soup]

Coach Patterson is one of the last coaches left to consider that a W by one point is still a W, and will take it easy on an opponent when the outcome is no longer in question. TCU plays as diificult of a schedule as we can find opponents to populate the schedule. This argument is as pertinent as attendance smack.

The argument is pertinent because others who are not TCU or SMU fans still see Boise as ahead of TCU and think their schedule is an issue. Doesn't matter what you or SMU fans think, the 3 analysts on ESPN all said so. Facts are current schedule is hurting them, and the Tenn. Tech. game may be a problem down the road.

As to going easy on an opponent, don't remember Patterson taking a knee last year at end of the SMU game. Instead, didn't he try to run it in when down near the endzone at end of the 4th qtr.??

He did do that. And he scored more touchdowns to go up 55 against tenn tech to show how good his team is, and he apologized for it after the game and said that "isn't who he is," and he whined about his schedule and blamed SMU for a friday game because he needed to setup an excuse for losing tonight, and he ate too much at dinner last night, and then asked for dessert, and today he will thank nike for elastic waist pants.

If a win by one point is the same win as one by 55, take a play out of our book. Youll find it in the "Only time you shouldnt get 6 in the redzone" chapter.

[PurplFrawg]

He did do that. And he scored more touchdowns to go up 55 against tenn tech to show how good his team is, and he apologized for it after the game and said that "isn't who he is," and he whined about his schedule and blamed SMU for a friday game because he needed to setup an excuse for losing tonight, and he ate too much at dinner last night, and then asked for dessert, and today he will thank nike for elastic waist pants.

If a win by one point is the same win as one by 55, take a play out of our book. Youll find it in the "Only time you shouldnt get 6 in the redzone" chapter.

The last 2 TDs vs Tenn Tech were scored by the 2nd and 3rd teamers running between the tackles. Patterson did not allow them to throw the ball; there were no passes in the 4th qtr. The only other thing he couold have done was have the Freshman backup QB take a knee on every down.

[Stallion]

I love how Texas, A&M and Arkansas dessert TCU, OU and the rest of the Big 12 refuse to add Texas private schools to the depleted Big 12 and then they [deleted] about how schools like TCU don't play anyone. DON"T PLAY THE BCS's GAME. Its a monopoly designed to keep schools like TCU AND SMU from ever competing for a Championship. SMU fans should see through this argument. All I know is that TCU is 15-3 against BCS schools and that ain't bad. Few schools are 15-3 against only the BCS schools on their schedules. You don't think the same arguments have and will be made against SMU.