[washingtonismoney]

The 2010 team (playing in an even numbered year) had similar schedule challenges as this year's team.  ...

But I think Hulk is doing it from the perspective of preseason. And preseason, the Pac-10 looked a lot friendlier then than now. Here were our conference + ND opponents preseason of 2010:
#11 Oregon
#14 SC
#24 Oregon State

That's not too bad at all. Of course, as it turned out, it was slightly more difficult. Sagarin ranked SOS #9 that year, but that there was some disagreement -- Football Outsiders' FEI had us 31st, for example. But obviously it's too early to compare that element.

[washingtonismoney]

The 2010 team (playing in an even numbered year) had similar schedule challenges as this year's team.  ...

But I think Hulk is doing it from the perspective of preseason. And preseason, the Pac-10 looked a lot friendlier then than now. Here were our conference + ND opponents preseason of 2010:
#11 Oregon
#14 SC
#24 Oregon State

That's not too bad at all. Of course, as it turned out, it was slightly more difficult. Sagarin ranked SOS #9 that year, but that there was some disagreement -- Football Outsiders' FEI had us 31st, for example. But obviously it's too early to compare that element.