2010 Pac-10 College Football Schedules: It's Wacky and Wild

Time to peek at your team's future schedule, your conference's future schedules, and get ready to decide whether or not your team has a shot at a BCS bowl (they don't) next season.

After all, for 99 percent of the country's football fans, the season is already over. Note: Certain conference's fans are exempt, as they root for all of their conference's teams even if their hated rival is playing in a bowl.

The Pac-10 has released its conference's football schedule (drumroll please), and it's a kaleidoscope of non-conference games that makes you wonder what some of these schools were thinking.

Do we keep scheduling aggressively, or do we go the route of the Big Ten and SEC and start filling up on calorie-laden, fluffy cupcakes?

Some teams chose the former, while many chose the latter. It's a mixed bag of "OMG" and "LMAO."

We rank the schedules with grades and snide comments where appropriate, which means, well, it's deserved.

Warning: some language may not be appropriate for children under 50, disgruntled fans, or readers with a poor sense of humor.

Arizona Grade: C-

At Toledo: Not bad, but Toledo hasn't had the same MAC "ummph" as, say, Central Michigan or Temple. 

Hosting The Citadel: I guess Citadel got tired of getting pasted by SEC teams and decided to immerse themselves in the West. Wait until they experience desert heat in mid-September. One-hundred percent humidity in the South beats "it's a dry heat" furnace blasting down your throat any day.

Hosting Iowa: Finally, a game that has some teeth in it. Word of advice—don't tune in until fourth quarter, as nothing interesting will happen up to that point.

Arizona State Grade: C+

Hosting Northern Arizona: Northern Arizona isn't Northern Iowa. Do not confuse the two. But they beat playing The Citadel.

Open date: If another cupcake gets scheduled here, downgrade the Sun Devils to a D.

At Wisconsin: Sure, it's great to get out of the desert in mid-September, but playing in Camp Randall is almost as bad in terms of hostile venues. Bucky is a badass.

Cal Grade: D

Hosting UC Davis: In 2005, UC Davis gave Stanford a scare, finally losing 20-17. Obviously, Cal waited for them to lose all that "killer FCS talent" and schedule them five years later, avoiding a possible upset. This is called "The Timmy Chang Factor." When that plan doesn't work, it's called "The Colt Brennan Factor."

Hosting Colorado: While scheduling a Big 12 team usually looks good on your resume, scheduling Iowa State or Baylor would have looked more impressive than putting this sinking ship and its ill-fated Captain on the slate. Does Hawkins have any regrets leaving Boise State?

At Nevada: The Wolfpack are always competitive, but when this looks to be the most challenging non-conference game on your schedule, any conference loss(es) will drop you in the polls faster than the believability factor of the Taco Bell Drive-Thru diet.

Stanford Grade: B

Hosting Sacramento State: Nicely done, Cardinal. I guess after TCU and Notre Dame, the geniuses were a bit tired of their schedule. But playing the Hornets (5-6 in '09) is a bit of an extreme here.

Hosting Wake Forest: A middle-of-the-road ACC team is nothing to sneeze at, even though the Demon Deacons didn't go bowling this year. A Tree vs Harley-riding-Jay-Leno-look-alike mascot fight could make things interesting. Gesundheit.

At Notre Dame: Brian Kelly gets a double dose of Pac-10 football starting with a one-win streak Cardinal team and then a November follow-up with the eight-win streak USC Trojans. And NO FCS teams on the schedule. Ever. Jim Harbaugh can't wait to pound salt in his wounds.

Oregon Grade: C+

Hosting New Mexico: The Lobos are everybody's patsy, aren't they? They must feel so loved with all the big boys wanting to play them. The Lobos are proof that anyone can and will get their teeth rearranged for a price. It's a recession, dammit.

At Tennessee: How embarrassing would a loss here be? A sucky UCLA team beat the Vols twice. T-W-I-C-E. Git R Done.

Hosting Portland State: If this was a basketball game, it might be entertaining. But it's not. What happened to Boise State?

Oregon State Grade: A

Hosting TCU: This was one of those games probably scheduled five years ago and was looked at as a bankable win. It's also one of those games that may get mysteriously canceled or rescheduled to when hell freezes over.

Hosting Louisville: The Ville has a new coach, which means the Ville will stink, but with a new coach.

At Boise State: After mowing over Oregon, the Smurfs get their shot at the Beavs. This game will mark the Beavs' 1-2 start, and they will have not even started conference play. Good times in Oregon lay ahead.

USC Grade: A

At Hawaii: Sure Hawaii hasn't done anything since Colt Brennan, June Jones, and Jerry Glanville all left, but, hey, nothing beats a Mai Tai at the Royal Hawaiian.

Hosting Virginia: A Groh-less Cavaliers team vs. a pissed off Trojans team was probably not what the schedulers had in mind when this game was inked.

At Minnesota: The Trojans added a thirteenth game with Minnesota, so with three BCS conference teams (plus a WAC team) on their schedule, they get props. If they don't beat the Golden Gophers (heck, even Cal beat them), say hello to another Emerald Bowl-bound year.

Hosting Notre Dame: Yeah, at home with Clausen and Tate out of the picture and new QB Dayne Crist in makes this just ripe for an upset, doesn't it?

UCLA Grade: A+

At Kansas State: The Bruins AD certainly scheduled this game when the Wildcats still sucked and Snyder was out hitting a nine iron on the links. It's pucker time for the Bruins. On the road.

Hosting Houston: After a road trip to Kansas and then hosting a surging Stanford, the weary Bruins get Case Keenum and Co. Are we having fun yet?

At Texas: R.I.P., Bruins football.

Washington Grade: A

At BYU. This could actually be a great game with Jake Locker and (insert next great BYU QB here) battling it out for Heisman contention. Does Mendenhall twitter? A tweet-off between he and @CoachSark would be awesome in Provo.

Hosting Syracuse: Uh, this year the Orange get better, right? Not going to give Huskies too hard of a time as, technically, Syracuse is a BCS conference team. Just like, technically, Florida International is an FBS team.

Hosting Nebraska: That Syracuse game looks a little more understandable now. The Huskies will still have Locker, while the Huskers will not have Suh. Nice timing of this game. And what's the over/under on how many times the game's announcers will mix up "Huskers" and "Huskies"?

Washington State Grade: C

At Oklahoma State: Prediction, 70-3 in favor of T. Boone's boys. Next.

Hosting Montana State: Prediction, 34-20 in favor of the reigning runner-ups in FCS. Oh wait, wrong Montana team...but I'll still stick to my prediction and give the Bobcats the upset.

At SMU. SMU has been horrid (thank you, NCAA) for years, but June Jones has turned this team around in two years while Paul Wulff, also in his second year (2010 will be his third), is still floundering in the wheat fields surrounding the Palouse. The Pony Express, FTW.

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