I really never understood everyone argument about strength of schedule for OOC games. It seems to me that everyone schedule is similar to ours. Why should we schedule multiple hard OOC schedule? Maybe one big match up ND, one mid level (N. Illinois) and two cupcakes at least we hope they are (Maine and Howard). Yes one of these should be 1A or whatever they are calling it to make the win count towards bowl eligibility. This year is bad because of the two 1AA teams but out schedule is pretty par for the course. Look at the Pre-Season top five OOC Schedule
OSU: VT, Hawaii, N Illinois, W Michigan
Baylor: SMU, Rice, Lamar
Alabama: Mid Tenn, Wisconsin, U.L Monroe, Charleston Southern
UCLA: UVA, UNLV, BYU
TCU: Minnesota, SF Austin, SMU
OSU: VT, Hawaii, N Illinois, W Michigan
Baylor: SMU, Rice, Lamar
Alabama: Mid Tenn, Wisconsin, U.L Monroe, Charleston Southern
UCLA: UVA, UNLV, BYU
TCU: Minnesota, SF Austin, SMU