re: Harder to win on the road or at home? (college football)

I agree that 4 absolute cupcakes even in addition to an 8 game conference schedule is too many but does this really happen as often as your point may be making it seem?

However, as much as I hate the money-making home cupcakes, the money it means for local economies of teams that bring 100k fans likely means they're not going away.

It seems though that to only pick out LSU -- which certainly has scheduled well recently -- isn't entirely accurate.

Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Auburn et al seem to be making very positive efforts for years to take on a high profile, tough OOC foe every year, no?

So is this criticism really any more true for the SEC than most other big BCS schools?


Also, Florida, for example, has often been criticized for playing in state in years where @FSU or @Miami simply being in Florida completely gloss over other elements like having a tough OOC "rivalry" game. ( I'd venture a guess that Florida's record would have been better a few years had they played @Iowa instead of @FSU). The same could be said for South Carolina with Clemson and to some degree Georgia/Georgia Tech.


To me the important thing isn't really whether huge programs have 3 money making games, it's how many of the rest they actually play against somebody that could potentially challenge them.