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This. Only problem is, or has been, finding quality programs that will schedule a home and home with another OOC powerhouse (thanks, and props to tOSU). Our AD came out and said it, and the silence was deafening.

Now, we have some pretty good ones lined up in the future, the fans would sure like more though...

*Note: I think USC will always schedule Hawaii...for both the players and the fans. Last trip the school treated the players to the max the NCAA would allow - one day after the game I think, to enjoy and relax before heading home...it was also a treat for the senior members of the Trojan Marching Band, who filmed a commercial out there. We tend to schedule a home and home with them once every four years at least, as a travel treat and the extra game.

ND does it. Michigan does it. You do it. You mentioned tOSU. It's not a matter of being able to do it. It's a matter of will.

Of course 11 would be better than 9 but No university would go for that, to lose all that money. You still have 3 weeks to play a top team from another conference, so the flexibility argument doesn't fly.

What are you talking about? 11 would be a disaster. It would be the same schedule every year except for one game and that game almost certainly would be against a non-BCS team. I'm sorry your AD schedules lousy opponents for you, but the rest of us shouldn't be forced to suffer as a result.

You can do whatever you want. Go to a movie. Play with your kids. Read a book. Our non-conference slate this year includes games against Notre Dame, Alabama and Air Force. If you don't want to watch them, don't.

And, again, the argument that teams like Nebraska can't upgrade their OOC schedules unless someone forces them at gunpoint is absurd. Michigan State plays both BSU and Notre Dame this year. NW plays three BCS OOC opponents (Syracuse, Vanderbilt and Boston College). Penn State just played a home-home series with Alabama and OSU is just coming off home-home series with UT, USC and Miami. This is a self-created problem. Nebraska is an elite program and has tremendous appeal as an opponent. You have no excuse for not scheduling better. Just like Wisconsin has no excuse. If MSU and NW can put together interesting OOC schedules, so can Nebraska. You just choose not to.

Are you really laughing at Boise St being a solid OOC team to play?

Do we really need to compare Boise St and Nebraska's last 10 years of BCS victories against OOC teams or in BCS bowls for that matter?

I would think with your complaints of a boring OOC schedule that Boise St and Notre Dame would be much more appealing. Michigan St also has a home and home coming up with Bama in the near future as well.

State also has a series with Oregon in '14 and '15, with USF coming to EL next year to balance a road trip to ND. There should be 2 "AQ Conf." caliber team on State's schedule for the foreseeable future.

MSU and UM are the only 2 Big 10 schools with decent OOC schedules. Heck, only Central Michigan didn't go to a bowl in 2011 out of the OOC opponents for MSU, and even UM's game against FCS UMass is excusable because they've got a neutral site game vs. Bama and a road game vs. ND.