they are a terrible football team Did they just play a week scheudle early on? They started out 7-1 or something crazy and then finished like .500 or a game over their non-conference schedule consisted of Northern Illinois, Bowling Green, Montana State, and Florida Atlantic. they've played something like 2 non-conference games against schools from BCS conferences in the last 10 years. they squeaked out their 3 conference wins against 3 of the worst 4 teams in the league, got spanked by Michigan (at home), and were completely dismantled in their finale against Iowa.