…..avoid any hard games that you can. In UM’s case, they even paid to get out of the only games with a pulse on their nonconference schedule (UCLA and Arkansas).
Next years Conference imposed schedule (after infusion of better teams) was beyond their control to dilute. It also has nothing to do with this year’s schedule which was a joke - up until facing OSU in the last game of the regular season. The CFP schedule has nothing to do with this either as it is also involuntary, and since qualifying for it was the goal of UM’s cream puffery.
My question is valid. With the CFP not penalizing weak schedules, why would any team schedule a hard game. And by extension for ND, why would any team be scheduling us anymore? (This is the pertinent point). I believe this will push us toward a conference.