2010 Schedule Official Release

Looks like I need to reschedule my Sept. 10-12 vacation.

My older daughter is getting married September 18 at 4:00 at Columbia Gorge Hotel....should I have the Pilots reschedule the match for around 9:00 AM.......????? Or.......I could just video my daughters wedding.......what is a Dad supposed to do???!!!! lol

Are you a Pilot fan or not? It's not either-or.

Halftime at Merlo field... room for 5000

the G.A. tickets HAVE to be cheaper than catering in the Gorge.

There's already a tent in the corner - I'll get you in on a guest pass.

Widmer, hot dogs, and Pokies for the reception meal. Maybe Kettle corn guy will send some across the field.

I wonder if the Villans can play Pomp and Circumstance on the drums?

UP won't have to spring for the frisbee dogs, so they might even kick in a little.

I'll be gone that weekend so you can have my ticket for extra a guest. The Villans will have plenty of time to learn the wedding march. sp

Penn State/UP Fan wrote:Looks like I need to reschedule my Sept. 10-12 vacation.

PS/UP Fan - It should be no problem. You don't have to reschedule the time, just the place. Do as I do and schedule your vacation in Portland. In fact, I will probably make that weekend my two in-person games this fall - my fall vacation.

ff afar,
I have already changed my plans and look forward to a great match. Just need a health Pilots team by that time... Trying to convince some Pennsylvania relatives to visit at the same time.

Another great schedule. Does anyone remember the games when we played against Mexico's women's national team? Those were great. Crowds of 4,000 or so with the Mexican flags waving as well as the UP flag. I'd love to road trip to PDX and bring my girlfriend to one of those games if we ever get that set up again.

otf,
i remember those games. i think the mexican community remembers them as well since i see a significant number of hispanics in the crowd to this day. they came to support their compatriots an saw what great soccer our ladies play!

I think that was the game I learned that there are 11 stanzas to the Mexican National Anthem.

I don't recall seeing this earlier, so I'll put it here:

The Pilots' game at San Diego on October 22, at 8:00 pm, will be televised on Fox Soccer Channel.

I've just finished some 2010 strength-of-schedule calculations based on this year's schedules for the top 60 RPI-rated teams from last year. I calculated average opponent's strength for each team, using teams' 2009 RPIs as the measure of this year's strength, since that's as good as anything. I calculated the 2010 overall schedule average strength for each team and also the 2010 non-conference schedule average strength.

Here are the results, first for overall schedule and then for non-conference schedule. The data, reading across, are the team, the team's 2009 final RPI rank (including games from the NCAA Tournament), the team's 2010 overall average strength of schedule, and the team's 2010 non-conference strength of schedule. This provides some interesting insight into the difficulty teams outside the very top conferences have in matching top conference teams' strengths of schedule.

Ordered by Overall Average Strength of Schedule

1 NorthCarolinaU 1 0.6063 0.6030
2 Stanford 2 0.6063 0.6023
3 ArizonaState 32 0.5981 0.5747
4 Duke 43 0.5969 0.5616
5 UCLA 3 0.5959 0.5779
6 FloridaState 6 0.5941 0.5648
7 WakeForest 8 0.5933 0.5626
8 SantaClara 12 0.5925 0.6095
9 BostonCollege 7 0.5918 0.5565
10 VirginiaU 24 0.5901 0.5461
11 VirginiaTech 10 0.5893 0.5531
12 OregonU 58 0.5864 0.5473
13 WashingtonState 18 0.5863 0.5531
14 MiamiFL 49 0.5837 0.5333
15 CaliforniaU 30 0.5836 0.5420
16 FloridaU 15 0.5833 0.5958
17 TexasA&M 22 0.5774 0.6162
18 WashingtonU 26 0.5763 0.5332
19 PennState 16 0.5761 0.5812
20 SouthernCalifornia 17 0.5756 0.5336
21 PortlandU 4 0.5746 0.5864
22 GeorgiaU 20 0.5743 0.5733
23 MarylandU 14 0.5739 0.5125
24 WisconsinU 31 0.5721 0.5889
25 Auburn 40 0.5706 0.5596
26 Vanderbilt 51 0.5661 0.5468
27 OregonState 19 0.5658 0.5107
28 ConnecticutU 27 0.5644 0.5592
29 MinnesotaU 37 0.5640 0.5519
30 Villanova 45 0.5628 0.5594
31 SanDiegoU 47 0.5625 0.5587
32 MissouriU 44 0.5618 0.5789
33 Purdue 38 0.5616 0.5471
34 OhioState 21 0.5607 0.5471
35 NotreDame 5 0.5604 0.5859
36 SouthCarolinaU 9 0.5589 0.5418
37 Georgetown 56 0.5588 0.5471
38 Marquette 23 0.5573 0.5627
39 LSU 13 0.5568 0.5330
40 Rutgers 39 0.5554 0.5575
41 WestVirginiaU 25 0.5542 0.5550
42 MichiganState 50 0.5541 0.5280
43 StJohns 41 0.5526 0.5243
44 MississippiU 35 0.5520 0.5199
45 SanDiegoState 29 0.5496 0.5702
46 IndianaU 53 0.5489 0.5165
47 OklahomaState 36 0.5461 0.5468
48 UCF 11 0.5456 0.5789
49 BYU 28 0.5350 0.5567
50 Memphis 34 0.5338 0.5450
51 UAB 59 0.5328 0.5390
52 ColoradoCollege 42 0.5286 0.5312
53 KansasU 55 0.5275 0.5050
54 UNCWilmington 57 0.5103 0.5073
55 UNCGreensboro 60 0.5041 0.5646
56 Charlotte 46 0.4918 0.5270
57 Northeastern 52 0.4863 0.4454
58 Samford 54 0.4835 0.5086
59 Dayton 33 0.4733 0.4987
60 CentralMichigan 48 0.4687 0.4670

Ordered by Non-Conference Average Strength of Schedule

1 TexasA&M 22 0.5774 0.6162
2 SantaClara 12 0.5925 0.6095
3 NorthCarolinaU 1 0.6063 0.6030
4 Stanford 2 0.6063 0.6023
5 FloridaU 15 0.5833 0.5958
6 WisconsinU 31 0.5721 0.5889
7 PortlandU 4 0.5746 0.5864
8 NotreDame 5 0.5604 0.5859
9 PennState 16 0.5761 0.5812
10 UCF 11 0.5456 0.5789
11 MissouriU 44 0.5618 0.5789
12 UCLA 3 0.5959 0.5779
13 ArizonaState 32 0.5981 0.5747
14 GeorgiaU 20 0.5743 0.5733
15 SanDiegoState 29 0.5496 0.5702
16 FloridaState 6 0.5941 0.5648
17 UNCGreensboro 60 0.5041 0.5646
18 Marquette 23 0.5573 0.5627
19 WakeForest 8 0.5933 0.5626
20 Duke 43 0.5969 0.5616
21 Auburn 40 0.5706 0.5596
22 Villanova 45 0.5628 0.5594
23 ConnecticutU 27 0.5644 0.5592
24 SanDiegoU 47 0.5625 0.5587
25 Rutgers 39 0.5554 0.5575
26 BYU 28 0.5350 0.5567
27 BostonCollege 7 0.5918 0.5565
28 WestVirginiaU 25 0.5542 0.5550
29 VirginiaTech 10 0.5893 0.5531
30 WashingtonState 18 0.5863 0.5531
31 MinnesotaU 37 0.5640 0.5519
32 OregonU 58 0.5864 0.5473
33 OhioState 21 0.5607 0.5471
34 Purdue 38 0.5616 0.5471
35 Georgetown 56 0.5588 0.5471
36 Vanderbilt 51 0.5661 0.5468
37 OklahomaState 36 0.5461 0.5468
38 VirginiaU 24 0.5901 0.5461
39 Memphis 34 0.5338 0.5450
40 CaliforniaU 30 0.5836 0.5420
41 SouthCarolinaU 9 0.5589 0.5418
42 UAB 59 0.5328 0.5390
43 SouthernCalifornia 17 0.5756 0.5336
44 MiamiFL 49 0.5837 0.5333
45 WashingtonU 26 0.5763 0.5332
46 LSU 13 0.5568 0.5330
47 ColoradoCollege 42 0.5286 0.5312
48 MichiganState 50 0.5541 0.5280
49 Charlotte 46 0.4918 0.5270
50 StJohns 41 0.5526 0.5243
51 MississippiU 35 0.5520 0.5199
52 IndianaU 53 0.5489 0.5165
53 MarylandU 14 0.5739 0.5125
54 OregonState 19 0.5658 0.5107
55 Samford 54 0.4835 0.5086
56 UNCWilmington 57 0.5103 0.5073
57 KansasU 55 0.5275 0.5050
58 Dayton 33 0.4733 0.4987
59 CentralMichigan 48 0.4687 0.4670
60 Northeastern 52 0.4863 0.4454

Looks like the Pilots are going for it with a very tough nonconference schedule. Good for the team, great for the fans.

As I think about the overall strength of schedule vs non-conference SOS numbers, what I see is this:

For non-conference SOS, 18 of the top 25 teams are from outside the ACC and Pac 10. For overall SOS, only 8 of the top 25 are from outside the ACC and Pac 10.

Texas A&M drops from #1 in non-conference SOS to #17 in overall SOS; Santa Clara drops from #2 to #7; Florida from #5 to #16; Wisconsin from # 6 to #24; Portland from #7 to #21; Penn State from #9 to #19;Georgia from #14 to #22; and Auburn from #21 to #25. All the other non-ACC, non-Pac 10 teams in the top 25 non-conference SOS drop completely out of the top 25 overall SOS (Notre Dame from #8 to #35, UCF 10 to 48, Missouri 11 to 32, San Diego State 15 to 45, UNC Greensboro 17 to 55, Marquette 18 to 38, Villanova 22 to 30, Connecticut 23 to 28, San Diego 24 to 31, and Rutgers 25 to 40).

Looking at it the other way around, every one of the ACC and Pac 10 teams in the top 25 overall SOS improves its position from the top 25 non-conference SOS.

This illustrates the virtual impossibility of teams outside the ACC and Pac 10, even teams from the next tier of conferences, matching the ACC and Pac 10 teams in overall strength of schedule.

When I first saw Wisconsin on the schedule, and not in bold, I got excited that I might be able to see a game...but then I saw that it is in Seattle, not gonna help me much.

Estplnr, I got married the same day as a third round playoff game that was being played in Portland. About eight season ticket holders were in Sunriver instead of Portland. Luckily my man, Stonehouse had his laptop and set up the live audio and game tracker in one of the other rooms. So there were definitely people during the reception following the Pilot game. So that would be my suggestion, bring a laptop and hope they have wi-fi. Or maybe by soccer season there will be a UP athletics iPhone app!