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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 631370" data-source="post: 1475463"><p>That's exactly it. One should look at the entire schedule rather than parsing it out by OOC and conference. </p><p></p><p>Sure, Washington went out and scheduled Auburn last year (just as Oregon is doing this year). Good for them. But then they go play in a weak conference. So, are we supposed to think highly of that because they scheduled a tougher OOC game?</p><p></p><p>Ditto for an ACC team that goes out and schedules a good OOC team only to play in the ACC which is basically Clemson, Syracuse, and then a bunch of middling teams.</p><p></p><p>Alabama's SEC schedule makes up for the weak OOC showing, for the most part. The wild card, however, is if they fail to make the SEC title game and thus miss the chance to beat a team like Georgia. That's what happened to them in 2017. But they still snuck in........and won it all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 631370, post: 1475463"] That's exactly it. One should look at the entire schedule rather than parsing it out by OOC and conference. Sure, Washington went out and scheduled Auburn last year (just as Oregon is doing this year). Good for them. But then they go play in a weak conference. So, are we supposed to think highly of that because they scheduled a tougher OOC game? Ditto for an ACC team that goes out and schedules a good OOC team only to play in the ACC which is basically Clemson, Syracuse, and then a bunch of middling teams. Alabama's SEC schedule makes up for the weak OOC showing, for the most part. The wild card, however, is if they fail to make the SEC title game and thus miss the chance to beat a team like Georgia. That's what happened to them in 2017. But they still snuck in........and won it all. [/QUOTE]
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