8 percent 12 teams and the Big East 328 69

Stevenson was the winner of fight/reality show TUF Two, and holds notable victories over Melvin Guillard, Nate Diaz, and Spencer Fisher.The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black-belt fell into a slump after he lost in his first Lightweight Title match to B.J Penn. But to nobody’s surprise Joe “Daddy” Stevenson is back at full blast in the lightweight division. If Stevenson continues his success, a second title bout looks very promising. These men have proven themselves time and time again, and are some of the worlds elite fighters. The real question, however, is how will these men handle themselves once they’re placed before The Prodigy B.J. Diego’s “destiny” couldn’t throw B.J off at UFC 107.

So to the four men mentioned above and to the many up and comers in the lightweight division: You think you’re up to the challengeNot if B.J Penn has anything to do with it.. Scheduling for Success Once again weve reached the part of the season that is consumed by boasting. Who has the best conferencemine or yours Were all biased even though we try to be objective about non-conference scheduling.Complicating the process is that fewer top teams are playingeach other, more teams are taking advantage of the 12th game to increase the number of home games, and conference teams schedule FCS teams and non-BCS teams in varying amounts. They also have differing amounts of non-conference games from the Big East (five per team) to the Pac-10 (three per team).Playing in front of your home crowd or a large amount of your fans at a nearby visiting game confers a distinct advantage. Teams with seven or eight home games as well as those teams who travel with significant amounts of their fanbase have a decided advantage.

Another advantage schedulers use is cupcake scheduling.A Pac-10 Non-Conference Schedule Analysis As an example, lets look at the Pac-10, which has a 21-9 (67.44 percent, 10 teams) non-conference record this year, third best to the SEC (42-6, 72.8 percent, 12 teams) and the Big East (32-8, 69.14 percent, eight teams).The worst conferences rated by their win-loss records are the FCS teams and Sunbelt conference year in and year out (Ill term the FCS teams a conference). Not far behind are the MAC and C-USA, which usually win less than 40 percent of their non-conference games. Scheduling those four does wonders for your records.The Pac-10 was 7-0 against those four conferences this year. Perhaps using those figures is a more accurate representation of how strong the Pac-10 is.One caveat: those 15 games against BCS opponents represent 50 percent of their non-conference games, ranking first in all BCS conferences. (Source: Colleys Bias Free College Football Rankings)An SEC Schedule Analysis The SEC, on the other hand, will have Alabama playing in the national title game, had two of the top three rankedteams nationally, and can boast the best non-conference record in college football. That ranked as fifth of the six BCS conferences, exceeding only the Big 12s paltry 23 percent. The SEC prefers conference competition against the FCS (11 games), Sunbelt (10), C-USA (six), MAC (four), and ACC (seven). The SEC record against the FCS, Sunbelt, C-USA, and MAC is 30-1.