Traveling to play a school from a non-Big Six conference could be a dangerous proposition
This season, there are just 23 instances in which a Big Six conference school goes on the road to take on a non-Big Six opponent.
On the one hand, you have to give the "big" schools some credit for playing a road game against a non-Big Six opponent. On the other hand, you have to scratch your head and wonder why in the world they're risking an embarrassing loss when they don't have to.
Simply, it's a case of nothing to gain and everything to lose.
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Here are this season's 10 most intriguing such games, listed in reverse order of the "embarrassment quotient" should the Big Six school fall.
10. Missouri |
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Opponent/date: at UCF/Sept. 29 |
Opponent/date: Louisiana Tech in Shreveport, La./Aug. 30 |
Opponent/date: at Ball State/Sept. 22 |
Opponent/date: at Buffalo/Oct. 20 |
Opponent/date: at Rice/Sept. 1 |
Opponent/date: at Massachusetts/Sept. 8 |
Opponent/date: at Troy/Sept. 15 |
Opponent/date: at Louisiana-Monroe/Sept. 22 |
Opponent/date: at Texas State/Sept. 8 |
Opponent/date: at UTEP/Sept. 1 |
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