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Message: [QUOTE="fieldystick, post: 4644496, member: 8152"] I think the problem isn't really the difficulty of the schedule more so that it's entirely bipolar other than like 3 games. To me, when we focus on schedule difficulty, we're normally talking about the most difficult parts of the schedule, the high end opponents. Syracuse has plenty of those. There a lot of top ~10 type opponents that Syracuse is an underdog against... sure, you could win and that changes everything about your season, but still a sizable underdog. And then there are a lot of absolutely terrible record/low RPI opponents that at best don't count for anything if you win against them and at worst actively hurt you for even playing them. And there's not much in the middle. Opponents that you can and maybe should beat that actually help you if you do. The lack of this middle is what I think really hurt Syracuse this year. [/QUOTE]