Dave Wannstedt’s clearly not afraid of anyone. Pittsburgh put out its schedules for the next four years (minus the exact dates of Big East contests, which the league will set later) and there are some fancy names on there. Even the FCS schools Pitt’s scheduled are more Appalachian State than, uh, Howard. (In fact, they’re so un-Howard-like, they both actually have wins over Greg Schiano Rutgers teams.) Take a look.
2010
Sept. 4 New Hampshire
Sept. 11 @ Utah
Sept. 25 Miami (Fla.)
Oct. 2 Florida International
Oct. 9 @ Notre Dame
Big East Home: Louisville, Rutgers, West Virginia Away: Connecticut, Cincinnati, Syracuse, USF
2011
Sept. 3 Buffalo
Sept. 10 Maine
Sept. 17 @ Iowa
Sept. 24 Notre Dame
Oct. 15 Utah
Big East Home: Connecticut, Cincinnati, Syracuse, USF Away: Louisville, Rutgers, West Virginia
2012
Sept. 1 TBA
Sept. 8 Central Florida
Sept. 15 Virginia Tech
Oct. 6 @ Buffalo
Nov. 3 @ Notre Dame
Big East Home: Louisville, Rutgers, West Virginia Away: Connecticut, Cincinnati, Syracuse, USF
2013
Aug. 31 Villanova
Sept. 14 @ Virginia Tech
Sept. 21 NC State
Oct. 26 @ Navy
Nov. 9 Notre Dame
Big East Home: Connecticut, Cincinnati, Syracuse, USF Away: Louisville, Rutgers, West Virginia
Aditi Kinkhabwala has written a regular column for SI.com and been published in Sports Illustrated.
Now thats how scheduling should be. What do you think of the NCAA some how monitoring schedules?