Florida Rematch in 2007?

[bigballin2987]

Originally Posted by GatorsAreGood

I would love to have a rematch with the Buckeyes. I would actually love to play the Buckeyes annually. I think if we play every year this could turn into a really good rivalry.

Florida would never schedule this. Not because they are scared or anything, just because they are not known for scheduling tough out of conference games outside of Florida.

[IronBuckI]

Originally Posted by GatorsAreGood

I would love to have a rematch with the Buckeyes. I would actually love to play the Buckeyes annually. I think if we play every year this could turn into a really good rivalry.

Florida already schedules 1 (Florida State) sometimes two (Miami) OOC games against premier schools. I don't think that they'll ever schedule an annual game against another school. Plus, I like the way we are doing our premier OOC games for the next few years. It gets us exposure all over the country, rather than just in two regions.

[OCBucksFan]

Originally Posted by GatorsAreGood

I would love to have a rematch with the Buckeyes. I would actually love to play the Buckeyes annually. I think if we play every year this could turn into a really good rivalry.

I don't ever see this happening, since Florida already has 2 in-state rivals that are in different conferences and also for the reason that ooc games like that are a huge risk. Face it, the only way to insure you make it to the big dance is to win all of your games, if you lose just one, you need help. So, for Florida, who already schedules FSU and "The U", to take on another premier program would be borderline moronic.

I wish there was a way to reward schools more for taking on larger schools but the system we have in place isn't really effective.

[Zurp]

Originally Posted by OCBucksFan

I wish there was a way to reward schools more for taking on larger schools but the system we have in place isn't really effective.

It isn't terrible. I don't think that Ohio State got penalized, much, for Texas, in 2005. And Texas, likely, got rewarded quite a bit for that game. So, it isn't exactly win-win, but the loss isn't nearly as devastating as the win is helpful.

I don't like the idea of playing an annual OOC game against one team. I like the way we've been doing it: continue the home-away series with big-name teams, changing teams every other year. I also like playing one in-state MAC team at home. I'm not crazy about playing against Youngstown State, but that's not really a big deal.

I think that the PAC-10 did something right. I know - it's hard to envy the PAC-10. Anyway, I guess that when the NCAA switched to a 12-game schedule, the PAC-10 changed from an 8-game regular season to a 9-game regular season. All PAC-10 teams play all other PAC-10 teams. I'd like to see the Big Ten add the 9th in-conference game.

[OCBucksFan]

Originally Posted by Zurp

I think that the PAC-10 did something right. I know - it's hard to envy the PAC-10. Anyway, I guess that when the NCAA switched to a 12-game schedule, the PAC-10 changed from an 8-game regular season to a 9-game regular season. All PAC-10 teams play all other PAC-10 teams. I'd like to see the Big Ten add the 9th in-conference game.

I agree 100% here, this would resolve the issue of the shared big 10 title when the two who share it never got to play each other. Granted, we would still have some due to records, however, I think it would be shared a lot less.

[Zurp]

Originally Posted by OCBucksFan

I agree 100% here, this would resolve the issue of the shared big 10 title when the two who share it never got to play each other. Granted, we would still have some due to records, however, I think it would be shared a lot less.

It wouldn't resolve EVERYTHING. Each team would still have one team they didn't play. But it would lessen the chances that the two teams who share the Big Ten championship didn't play each other.

[23Skidoo]

Originally Posted by Zurp

I think that the PAC-10 did something right. I know - it's hard to envy the PAC-10. Anyway, I guess that when the NCAA switched to a 12-game schedule, the PAC-10 changed from an 8-game regular season to a 9-game regular season. All PAC-10 teams play all other PAC-10 teams. I'd like to see the Big Ten add the 9th in-conference game.

I agreed with everything else you said, and I love how the P10 added a game when we went to 12... however, it is impossible for the B10 to play a 9 game conference schedule.
The reason it is impossible is because there are 11 teams. You will always end up with 1 team that has only played 8 games -- and everyone else has already played 9. So either 1 team has to play 10 games so everyone else can play 9, or 1 team plays just 8 games.
Mathematically it works as follows 9(games) * 11 (teams) = 99 / 2 (teams per game) = 49.5 <--- that .5 is what makes it impossible.

If you bump it up to 10 games, it works out perfectly. Personally, I'd love to see us have 10 in-conference games + 1 local school + 1 great OOC opponent.