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The home slate isn't bad... by chicagond99

2 definite Tier 1 games in Michigan and FSU. Stanford is another great one. Pitt is a decent home game, but not great. One complete cream puff in Ball(s) State. An Vandy is nothing special. But everyone has at least 1 or 2 creampuffs on their home slate...usually more. OSU has Rutgers, Tulane, and Indiana (Michigan and Nebraska are the big home games). Michigan has SMU, W Michigan, and Indiana (Penn St, Nebraska, and Wisconsin are their decent home ones). Bama has Arkansas St, UL Lafayette, and the Citadel at home (A&M, Auburn, and LSU are the big home ones). Auburn has Alabama State, Southern Miss, and Liberty (LSU and A&M as good home ones). FSU has Samford and N Illinois. Florida has Charleston Southern and Idaho. Wisconsin has W Kentucky and New Mexico. Etc, etc.

I won't get excited for Ball State either, but games like that are a necessity. You need some layup home games to fill out the schedule (especially with teams moving to 9 conference games, which makes it harder to schedule). I think we have enough meat on the rest of the home slate to not be all that upset.