I dunno, I think back to like when Notre Dame played for the BCS championship like five years ago. At the start of the season, it looked like they had a real nasty schedule. But then looking back at the end when they were undefeated, it was like every 'tough' opponent on their schedule had ended up having a down year, so their schedule actually wasn't nearly as rough at it was expected to be. Unsurprisingly, they got their asses kicked when they played Alabama for the championship.
