Cal88 said:

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We shouldn't have LSU and UCLA in our OOC slate the same season, it's kind of dumb, counterproductive scheduling, especially given that few other ACC programs schedule 2 "A" games out of their 4 OOC.

We need to get into bowl games even on down years, a 3-1 or better OOC record is key for that to happen consistently.

Scheduling UCLA as a regular opponent makes sense in terms of keeping access to SoCal for recruiting and for the alumni base. as well as minimizing travel. The downside is that with UCLA on the schedule, we can't also schedule schools like Florida or LSU any more, but this isn't much of a downside considering we are already frequently playing bigtime programs from those regions in the ACC.

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I'm not sure right now UCLA is anything close to an A team.

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UCLA is a 50-50 game on any given year, they are down right now, but given the program's advantages are likely to bounce back pretty soon. We're talking about scheduling teams years in advance, so you never know how good they will be years from now.

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I agree with this. Cal needs to schedule more wins in OOC, and with multiple away games on the east coast during conference play, the OOC should be west coast centric.

Ideally, there would be 1 game against a P4 team, 2 games against a mid-major like the Mountain West or the new Pac-12, and 1 tune up game against UCDavis, Sac st or Cal Poly.

Get to a minimum of 3-1 OOC and only needing a 3-5 record in conference to go bowling. Cal should also try to schedule a minimum of 3 homes game OOC a year for a total of 7 in a season.

1) One of Sac State, Idaho, Davis, Cal Poly, Portland State each year at home week 1.
2) UCLA
3) I think the ACC will have a scheduling deal with the new look Pac 12. My guess is two games each for the PAC 8 - whoever that is - which would translate to one game each for the ACC. We need content in the middle of the season if we are going to keep our 4 game OOC slate. Just as long as it is not Fresno State. I would prefer that we did not but I think this will happen.
4) Hawaii home and home each year. I was hoping for thanksgiving weekend but apparently we are going to have to do that with SMU. So maybe week or week 1.

Separately I would love to have a home and home with Tulane. I would think they would be all for that - I think about a third of their population is from CA.

This pretty much leaves out the east coast except for us playing our conference opponents.

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> This pretty much leaves out the east coast except for us playing our conference opponents.

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works for me, thanks '87

WalterSobchak said:

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U$C beat us not once, not twice, but three times on touchdown "catches" that clearly bounced to the receiver. Goff had his collar bone broken by a launching, crown-leading Skov. DeSean was headhunted by Ellison. They added an extra minute to a game that we lost on a last-second score in Corvallis. They robbed us of a Rose Bowl with a phantom PI in Tucson. Pac officiating was plenty corrupt, just not in our favor.

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Interesting claims. Are any backed up by being printed in a newspaper or elsewhere?