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Message: [QUOTE="JeremyCuse, post: 4912848, member: 43"] Was able to use the link, thanks. His analysis of the schedule seems a bit over the top and some of the data points he is using and calculations seem flawed or as he noted is using last year versus this year in some of the calculations. When you look at last year into this year it does appear more daunting as Holy Cross and the Bonnies are off along with Albany and you add Cornell, Army, and Delaware. However, he is not as you pointed out taking into account SU isn't playing Duke twice year, or UNC and if the ACC hadn't gone back to the originally format we were set for UVA and ND twice. He also talks about the first four games being an easier go from the rest of the schedule (despite Maryland being #4) and that SU has a 1.9 Win expectation. 1.9 Seems really low, when you look at who the opponents are, again outside of Maryland. I think his point that SU could have one of the toughest schedules in the country is not far off at all. With SU playing Army, Cornell, Maryland, and Hop in the OOC they are essentially playing the entire top 10 when you add in the ACC opponents. From that standpoint I do think SU did over schedule a bit. Not sure we needed to add both Cornell and Army if Maryland was being brought back on. 2 of the 3 would have sufficed. I also think he made a pretty good point about that Duke to ND stretch where its 4 games in 15 days. That's a tough stretch and playing Hobart on the road after a mid week game against Duke isn't exactly a game that screams just show up and get a W. One thing I will say is that in year 3 under Gait he doesn't seem clear on exactly what he wants to do schedule wise. I worry that he's getting caught up in trying to play the RPI game and falling into the same trap Desko did at times. I don't think anyone is begrudging moving on from Holy Cross and St. Bonnies as both were so bad last year but with the ACC and Hop and usually Cornell already on the schedule each year you have to make reasonable OOC choices. I think this years schedule is pretty good and I like the fact that unlike Desko, Gait added on some additional teams to ensure a 15 game scheduled versus a 13 or even 12 which I think are usually monumental mistakes. I would say that instead of Delaware in the middle of VA, SU would be much better off simply playing Albany at home. I am also not a huge fan of the Army game as a weekday matchup but that's a whole other post. [/QUOTE]

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