01-28-2021, 05:50 PM
Here’s what’s bugging me. Let’s look at the top four teams in tha PAC 12: Stanford, Arizona, UCLA and Oregon.
Stanford and Oregon will play 8 games against the top five teams in the conference. Arizona and UCLA will play only seven. Thus far, Stanford is 4-1 in five games against the top five, Arizona is 2-2 , UCLA is 3-2 and Oregon is 2-3. Stanford has 3 more games as do Oregon and Arizona. UCLA has 2.
Further, UCLA has been playing one game a week . Stanford, on the other hand, is playing four games in a Sunday to Sunday week. At least new of those is a make up game scheduled for Stanford that Stanford agreed to play in Pullman.
I know this is because of Santa Clara County’s inquest world perspective and I know we managed to Colorado, a non top five team. Yes we could have made most of this academic by beating Colorado.
But shouldn’t there be some recognition of schedule differences? UCLA has only to play 2. Maybe I’m guilty of whining and if it doesn’t affect NCAA seeding, i don’t care. But it bugs me.
Stanford and Oregon will play 8 games against the top five teams in the conference. Arizona and UCLA will play only seven. Thus far, Stanford is 4-1 in five games against the top five, Arizona is 2-2 , UCLA is 3-2 and Oregon is 2-3. Stanford has 3 more games as do Oregon and Arizona. UCLA has 2.
Further, UCLA has been playing one game a week . Stanford, on the other hand, is playing four games in a Sunday to Sunday week. At least new of those is a make up game scheduled for Stanford that Stanford agreed to play in Pullman.
I know this is because of Santa Clara County’s inquest world perspective and I know we managed to Colorado, a non top five team. Yes we could have made most of this academic by beating Colorado.
But shouldn’t there be some recognition of schedule differences? UCLA has only to play 2. Maybe I’m guilty of whining and if it doesn’t affect NCAA seeding, i don’t care. But it bugs me.