Oregon head football coach Mario Cristobal said Friday that he has no desire to schedule easier games in order to improve the Ducks' chances of reaching the College Football Playoff in future seasons.
According to ESPN's Kyle Bonagura, Cristobal expressed his belief that facing top teams in non-conference games is important:
"They want to play the best teams in the country all the time, and there is no way we're going to go away from that mentality to try to schedule down to appease—whatever, I guess I should stop there before I get in trouble, right?