Information as pulled from TMQ @ ESPN.COM...
"Cupcake Update: Division I-AA Delaware State received a $550,000 fee to play at Michigan, where the Hornets were pounded 63-6 on Saturday. Check ESPN's standings for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, and Delaware State is listed as 1-4. Check the MEAC's own standings and Delaware State is 1-5. Why the discrepancy? In order to accept Michigan's bag of gold, Delaware State forfeited a scheduled contest against North Carolina A&T, and the forfeit is reflected in MEAC standings. Why didn't the Wolverines offer to host North Carolina A&T? The Aggies are 3-3 -- Michigan is afraid to play them."
That's why I root for Fresno State. Not just because I'm from Fresno but because they want to play the best competition out there. These Big 10 schools on the other hand, they want to fluff up their schedule.
And actually, let's call out all major schools. Here's another interesting tidbit...
"Texas, Oklahoma Boosters Demand Their Schools Schedule Delaware State: Last week's column detailed how the "explosion of scoring" in Division I football traces to blowout wins by football factories over cupcake schools, inflating averages; when power teams face each other, scoring remains at or below historic norms. What better example than Saturday's Texas-Oklahoma game. Texas came in averaging 47.2 points per game, a figure inflated by a gimmick schedule that included a 64-7 win over UTEP; Oklahoma came in averaging 35.2 points per game, a figure inflated by a gimmick schedule that included a 64-0 win over Division I-AA Idaho State; the Texas-Oklahoma final score was 16-13. Not only is scoring not up when teams of equal caliber face each other, pass wacky is no guarantee of scoring, either. Counting sacks and scrambles, in this contest coaches called 94 passes and 56 rushes. The result was a final of 16-13."
I will say, you don't see a lot of West Coast teams (Pac-10) doing stuff like that.
Boo on Big University Football!!!
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