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per The Gazette:
Saturday for college football fans is going to require a steady hand and fully-charged remote control batteries.
Across the country, several high-profile matchups dot Week 2, and in a few cases offer College Football Playoff implications — yes, this early. Outside the Big Ten, No. 3 Clemson plays No. 13 Auburn, No. 15 Georgia is at No. 25 Notre Dame and No. 5 USC hosts No. 14 Stanford.
Within the Big Ten, No. 4 Penn State hosts Pitt, while Nebraska (maybe, hold that thought) goes to Oregon, Minnesota to Oregon State and, of course, No. 2 Ohio State hosts No. 6 Oklahoma in the top matchup of the week in college football.
The number of high-quality games and Power 5 matchups this week is a direct reflection of the CFP and its effect on scheduling. Big Ten coaches had no problem saying so, either.
“I think there’s a lot of value to it, especially for the teams that are ranked in the top 10,” Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck said Tuesday on the Big Ten coaches teleconference. “I think there’s a lot of value in it in terms of being the strongest conference in the country and being able to continue to show that
“I think it does bring a lot of attention and a high profile to those schools to be able to help them down toward the end of the season. The faster you can gain attention, maybe the better off you’ll be toward the end because people are talking about you all the way through the year.”
Fleck was responding to a question about scheduling high-profile teams as compared to FCS programs, which still is a practice in which many programs across the country take part.
http://www.thegazette.com/subject/s...l-playoff-implications-in-scheduling-20170905
Go Gophers!!
Saturday for college football fans is going to require a steady hand and fully-charged remote control batteries.
Across the country, several high-profile matchups dot Week 2, and in a few cases offer College Football Playoff implications — yes, this early. Outside the Big Ten, No. 3 Clemson plays No. 13 Auburn, No. 15 Georgia is at No. 25 Notre Dame and No. 5 USC hosts No. 14 Stanford.
Within the Big Ten, No. 4 Penn State hosts Pitt, while Nebraska (maybe, hold that thought) goes to Oregon, Minnesota to Oregon State and, of course, No. 2 Ohio State hosts No. 6 Oklahoma in the top matchup of the week in college football.
The number of high-quality games and Power 5 matchups this week is a direct reflection of the CFP and its effect on scheduling. Big Ten coaches had no problem saying so, either.
“I think there’s a lot of value to it, especially for the teams that are ranked in the top 10,” Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck said Tuesday on the Big Ten coaches teleconference. “I think there’s a lot of value in it in terms of being the strongest conference in the country and being able to continue to show that
“I think it does bring a lot of attention and a high profile to those schools to be able to help them down toward the end of the season. The faster you can gain attention, maybe the better off you’ll be toward the end because people are talking about you all the way through the year.”
Fleck was responding to a question about scheduling high-profile teams as compared to FCS programs, which still is a practice in which many programs across the country take part.
http://www.thegazette.com/subject/s...l-playoff-implications-in-scheduling-20170905
Go Gophers!!