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bionicarm http:///t/393183/ncaa-football/40#post_3496438
You're the expert of twisting comments out of context.
Notre Dame dictates it's own schedule because they are Independent. I don't bother to track their history of who they play. Notre Dame got this multi-year contract to have almost all their games shown on NBC (mainly due to their fan base. More fans watching, more advertising dollars). Any team willing to play them will get some form of revenue stream for the same reason Notre Dame gets it. When it comes to college football, it is all about money. That's what gets the recruits (scholarships), that's what pays the bills for the huge stadiums, that's what keeps the Athletic Dept. as a whole viable. Getting selected to a BCS Bowl is the Holy Grail of the season.
The majority of Division 1 teams always play non-conference teams in their first few games. Of those, most of them are Division 2 or smaller teams. Why? Because it would be foolish to play another team from another Division 1 Conference that early in the season when you're still conditioning your team and figuring out plays, strategies, and positions. You're telling me a Big 12 team would schedule a SEC or Pac 10 team the first game?
ND could just as easy schedule rent A victims too. Like you said they have the TV deal but they don't do it.
All teams have control over their out of conference schedule subject to conference rules. When the pac 10 was still 10 teams they were required to play every other team in the conference. That leaves 3 out of conference games. 3 seasons ago USC'c out of conference schedule was Virginia Tech, Ohio State and Notre Dame. Yeah, easy teams there LOL!
Now let's look at Miss State. 5-0 ranked in the top 25. First 5 games are Jackson State, Auburn, Troy, South Alabama and Kentucky. Their two SEC opponents each have a 1-4 record. None of their minor league opponents thus far have a winning record either. This is not a team that deserves to be ranked yet they are. They still have a 4th rent a victim left in their schedule too. Yet when Bama whoops on them they will get credit for beating a ranked team, it's a joke. You telling me Miss State can't get quality opponents because they are such a good team? They were a 7-6 team last year with only 2 conference wins.
What we are seeing now is the rest of the NCAA doing what the SEC has done for years. Can't say that I blame them. I blame the NCAA for not creating a level playing field.