... is when a very weak opponent is scheduled by a far superior team.
The cupcake games really benefit the strong teams because it gives them both a preseason game to gain experience and a chance to pad stats, all while racking up BCS style points.
For the weaker teams, they get a big paycheck in return and a chance to see how they stack up against the top teams.
The addition of the 12th game in 2005 has produced many more of these situations in recent years.
This has raised a lot of controversy, as teams have scheduled numerous cupcakes in order to inflate their record by year's end.
This ranking system is very different from most we do here.
In this instance, instead of counting down from 10-1, we look at ten particular games in 2010 with the p...
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