Get Your Cupcakes Here! Time To Bash SEC Out-Of-Conference Scheduling

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The Road Less Traveled: Recent Reflections on Out-of-Conference Scheduling
Published 7/13/2008 by T Kyle King at Dawg Sports: Front Page Posts
... took a look at the perennial complaints about S.E.C. slates and found that, while the average Southeastern Conference squad plays twice as many "cupcake" games annually (2.83) as the average Pac-10 team (1.4)---which ...

THE THREAD [06/14/08] :: Allies and Enemies
Published 7/14/2008 by cocknfire at Garnet And Black Attack: Front Page Posts
... SEC scheduling wars begin again. The latest installment is a shot against those who dare insult our conference's bravery courtesy of SBN colleague Track Em Tigers. ...

THE ROUNDABOUT: Summer Doledrums Edition
Published 7/14/2008 by Truzenzuzex at A Sea Of Blue: Front Page Posts
... has this post looking at the annual beef (or should I say, pastry) of rival conference proponents that the SEC schedules too many cupcakes in it's out of conference schedule.  Kyle examines this oft-repeated theory and essentially concludes that, while not totally meritless, it is more important to look at schedules in toto than to isolate sections of it for criticism.  Because the SEC is such a tough conference, the overall schedules of SEC teams are almost always among the toughest in the nation, regardless of who their OOC opponents are. ...

K-State Slate, 7/15/08
Published 7/15/2008 by TB at Bring On The Cats: Front Page Posts
Not a whole lot of K-State news out there, so this will be more of a grab-bag of K-State Slate. Scheduling: Over at Dawg Sports, Kyle has responded to my weekend post discussing scheduling. Also, as Kyle notes, the Auburn blog Track 'Em Tigers has weighed in on the issue. Facebook! You can now be a fan of BOTC on Facebook. Please, be a fan? Pretty please? Jaaaaaaackaaaaaaaasssss! Over at Crimson and Cream Machine, Matt names Nebraska fan ...