Around the Big Ten

[Hannibal]

Good riddance.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Hey your manlove for Mike should not be an issue here...

[Dr. Strangelove]

https://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2023/02/02/todd-blackledge-noah-eagle-kathryn-tappen-to-call-nbc-sports-new-big-ten-saturday-night-football-package/amp/

[WingsFan]

The Big Ten conference signed one 5-star recruit in the 2023 - the SEC signed 21 - yikes! I figured Ohio State would have at least 3 *5s

[iam416]

They have a couple kids who should be 5* -- WRs, of course. But, NIL, man. They got smoked for the big-time kids they probably should have got -- or would have in another time.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Kevin Sumlin joining Maryland's coaching staff. He hasn't had much work since a disastrous three years at Arizona.

[WingsFan]

Big Ten Permanent Rivals

Illinois	Northwestern	Purdue	UCLA
Indiana	Michigan	Northwestern	Purdue
Iowa	Minnesota	Nebraska	Wisconsin
Maryland	Minnesota	Penn State	Rutgers
Michigan	Indiana	Michigan State	Ohio State
Michigan St.	Michigan	Rutgers	USC
Minnesota	Iowa	Maryland	Wisconsin
Nebraska	Iowa	UCLA	Wisconsin
Northwestern	Illinois	Indiana	USC
Ohio State	Michigan	Penn State	Purdue
Penn State	Maryland	Ohio State	Rutgers
Purdue	Illinois	Indiana	Ohio State
Rutgers	Maryland	Michigan State	Penn State
UCLA	Illinois	Nebraska	USC
USC	Michigan State	Northwestern	UCLA
Wisconsin	Iowa	Minnesota	Nebraska

[WM Wolverine]

Sounds like the TV people are going to force Mich & Ohio State to have rivalries with UCLA, USC for $...

Buckeyes would get UCLA instead of USC since the Buckeyes would have a problem playing USC, Penn State, and Michigan every year (3 of the top 4 teams in B1G).

[lineygoblue]

I wish we could trade Indiana for Penn State. But the Nits probably prefer to play Rutgers and Maryland.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Sounds like the TV people are going to force Mich & Ohio State to have rivalries with UCLA, USC for $...

Buckeyes would get UCLA instead of USC since the Buckeyes would have a problem playing USC, Penn State, and Michigan every year (3 of the top 4 teams in B1G).

Did you see anything specific on this recently? Would prefer USC just because we have lots more history with them but it’d be nice to improve our record vs UCLA too

[THE_WIZARD_]

STFU

[Da Geezer]

I hate that proposal. UM plays 2 of the best 4-5 teams in the conference each year.

Look at UCLA. They play USC, but then Ill and Nebraska. Teams in the West appear to want to play a round-robin of only West opponents. That gives Wisconsin and Iowa a big advantage. They have had years of little competition, and they want to lock that in.

UM should not have to play MSU, and getting that changed to Minnesota or Wisconsin should be the goal.

Personally, I'd like the schedule done randomly each year.

[THE_WIZARD_]

UNL and UCLA have a pretty decent rivalry...played 13 times...we are 7-6 versus them.

[WM Wolverine]

Some article today had this report, DSL. Nothing official, just some reporter who supposedly had info from a TV exec.

They'd be doing away with divisions as expected.

[lineygoblue]

UM should not have to play MSU, and getting that changed to Minnesota or Wisconsin should be the goal

I agree with this. Replace MSU with Minnesota so there can be a Little Brown Jug game every year. They can rotate MSU in with the rest of the conference.

If there's any justice in the CFB world, USC will be scheduled to play in Ann Arbor in mid-November at least once.