I disagree. Look at the top programs in the country. OSU opens up with FOUR ******* home games, all of them non conference opponents. They don't even play back to back road games.
LSU, 3 home games to open the season, all non conference. No back to back road games.
Oregon, 4 home games to open the season, 3 against non conference opponents. One back to back stretch this season on the road. Same with USC and Texas.
Now look at us. 3 of our first 4 on the road, 1 against a top 15 opponent and the other two are conference games. Who the **** came up with that? Same thing in 2010. 3 out of 4 on the road to open the season, one against a top five opponent (OSU), a conference game (Clemson), and a middle of the road opponent that could give us issues (Pitt). Final piece of evidence is 2009, where we opened up with FSU, GT, VT, AND Oklahoma. Luckily we only had to go on the road for two of those games, or else we could have easily been 0-4 to start that season, which probably would have been better in the long run anyways, but I digress.
Point is, that is an outdated formula for success. In neither 2009 or 2010 did we prove we were a stronger team because of our tough schedule, and I have a pretty good feeling the same thing will happen this year. This ain't 1985. We need our AD to step to the plate and start trying to get us a schedule more on par with other big teams around the country.