Around the Big Ten

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Big non con schedules..


Michigan

2014

08/30 - Appalachian State
09/06 - at Notre Dame
09/13 - Miami (OH)
09/20 - Utah

2015

09/03 - at Utah
09/12 - Oregon State
09/19 - UNLV
09/26 - BYU

2016

09/03 - Hawaii
09/17 - Colorado
09/24 - Ball State

2017

09/09 - Cincinnati

2018

09/01 - Arkansas

2019

08/31 - at Arkansas

2020

09/19 - Virginia Tech

2021

09/11 - at Virginia Tech

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Wisconsin


2014

08/30 - LSU (at Houston, TX)
09/06 - Western Illinois
09/20 - Bowling Green
09/27 - USF

2015

09/05 - Alabama (at Arlington, TX)
09/12 - Miami (OH)
09/19 - Troy
09/26 - Hawaii

2016

09/03 - LSU (at Green Bay, WI)
09/10 - Akron
09/17 - Georgia State

2017

09/09 - Florida Atlantic
09/16 - at USF

2018

09/01 - at Washington
TBA - BYU

2019

08/31 - Washington
09/14 - Virginia Tech
TBA - at BYU

2020

09/12 - at Virginia Tech

2021

09/04 - at Hawaii

2022

09/17 - Hawaii
TBA - Washington State

2023

TBA - at Washington State

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Ohio State

2014

08/30 - Navy (at Baltimore, MD)
09/13 - Kent State
09/20 - Virginia Tech
09/27 - Cincinnati

2015

09/07 - at Virginia Tech
09/12 - Hawaii
09/19 - Northern Illinois
09/26 - Western Michigan

2016

09/03 - Bowling Green
09/10 - Tulsa
09/17 - at Oklahoma

2017

09/16 - Oklahoma
09/23 - at North Carolina

2018

09/15 - at TCU
09/22 - North Carolina

2019

09/07 - Cincinnati
09/21 - TCU

2020

09/12 - at Oregon
09/19 - Boston College

2021

09/11 - Oregon
09/18 - at Boston College

2022

09/17 - at Texas

2023

09/16 - Texas

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Penn State

2014

08/30 - at UCF (at Dublin, Ireland)
09/06 - Akron
09/20 - UMass
11/15 - Temple

2015

09/05 - at Temple
09/12 - Buffalo
09/26 - San Diego State

2016

09/03 - Kent State
09/10 - at Pittsburgh
09/17 - Temple

2017

09/02 - Akron
09/16 - Pittsburgh

2018

09/08 - at Pittsburgh

2019

09/14 - Pittsburgh

2020

TBA - at Syracuse

2021

TBA - Syracuse

2022

09/17 - at Virginia Tech

2023

09/02 - West Virginia
09/16 - Virginia Tech

2024

08/31 - at West Virginia

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Iowa

2014

08/30 - Northern Iowa
09/06 - Ball State
09/13 - Iowa State
09/20 - at Pittsburgh

2015

09/05 - Illinois State
09/12 - at Iowa State
09/19 - Pittsburgh
09/26 - North Texas

2016

09/03 - Miami (OH)
09/10 - Iowa State
09/17 - North Dakota State

2017

09/09 - at Iowa State
09/16 - North Texas

2018

09/08 - Iowa State
09/15 - Northern Iowa

2019

08/31 - Miami (OH)
09/14 - at Iowa State

2020

09/12 - Iowa State

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Northwestern

2014

08/30 - California
09/06 - Northern Illinois
09/20 - Western Illinois
11/15 - at Notre Dame

2015

09/05 - Stanford
09/12 - Eastern Illinois
09/19 - at Duke
09/26 - Ball State

2016

09/03 - Western Michigan
09/10 - Illinois State
09/17 - Duke
09/24 - at Stanford

2017

TBA - at Duke
TBA - Rice (site TBA)

2018

TBA - Duke
TBA - Notre Dame
TBA - Rice (site TBA)

2019

09/14 - Stanford
TBA - Syracuse

2020

09/19 - at Stanford

2021

09/18 - Stanford

2022

09/17 - at Stanford

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Michigan St

2014

08/30 - Jacksonville State
09/13 - at Oregon
09/20 - Wyoming
09/27 - Eastern Michigan

2015

09/12 - Oregon
09/19 - at Western Michigan
09/26 - Central Michigan

2016

09/10 - Eastern Michigan
09/17 - Furman
09/24 - Notre Dame

2017

09/09 - Miami (OH)
TBA - at Notre Dame
TBA - Western Michigan

2018

09/22 - at USF
TBA - Central Michigan
TBA - Notre Dame (site TBA)

2019

TBA - Notre Dame (site TBA)
TBA - Western Michigan

2020

09/12 - at Eastern Michigan
09/26 - Miami (FL)

2021

09/18 - at Miami (FL)

2022

09/17 - at Boise State
TBA - Notre Dame (site TBA)

2023

09/16 - Boise State
TBA - Notre Dame (site TBA)

2024

TBA - Notre Dame (site TBA)

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And Nebraska's

2014


08/30 - Florida Atlantic
09/06 - McNeese State
09/13 - at Fresno State
09/20 - Miami (FL)

2015

09/05 - BYU
09/12 - South Alabama
09/19 - at Miami (FL)
09/26 - Southern Miss

2016

09/03 - Fresno State
09/10 - Tennessee
09/17 - Wyoming

2017

09/09 - at Tennessee
09/16 - Northern Illinois

2018

09/08 - Colorado
09/15 - Troy

2019

08/31 - South Alabama
09/07 - at Colorado
09/14 - Northern Illinois

2020

09/12 - Cincinnati

2021

09/04 - Northern Illinois
09/18 - at Oklahoma

2022

09/17 - Oklahoma

2023

09/09 - at Colorado
09/16 - Northern Illinois

2024

09/07 - Colorado

2025

09/13 - at Cincinnati

[Jeff Buchanan]

A pretty harsh self assessment from a PSU writer about the state of affairs in Happy Valley. What caught my eye was that Brand-On! gets called out. Terrific, DB's well earned rep as a parasite is officially recognized outside the state of Michigan. It saddens me that mo' money for declining quality of presentation is now the driving theme ........ It's like Chuck E. Cheese at 110 decibels now. Lots of clueless noise with no ebb and flow to it. I think some people just have had it with that and are staying home."

It's only going to get worse.

The arms race between the major FBS programs and even among some of the also rans seems to be driving the value of entertainment over substantive CFB as most of us once knew it.

I think it's bull shit that ADs say we're selling to what the target audience wants. They don't know what they want any more than Fast Food eaters or Cigarette smokers do.

IMO, people like Brandon have a duty to preserve elements of the game traditionally important to it ...... Marching bands, a focus on the football game instead of a drone of features on the giant score boards and rawk music. It could happen and it could sell tickets to a group of loyalists to football the way it should be presented.

I'd like to see some numbers, marketing surveys on that. I could be way off but I don't think I am. It seems to me you want to court a large loyal base of consumers instead of a small number high rollers that have little interest in the game and will turn off contributions, give up their suites and abandon the team when their declining profits demand it.

[Jeff Buchanan]

Seeing a good example of a power team with a good defense bludgeoning its way to a lead against a spread team that plays exciting offense but lacks power and defense.

MSU 21 IU 14 at the Half.

[Jeff Buchanan]

More bludgeoning.

Wisconsin is just pounding NfW.

I think the badgers look better under Anderson than they did under Bilema. Not sure anyone is sad he is gone. Also, if osu plays Wisky at home, they lose.

Wisconsin is good.

[Rob F]

More bludgeoning.

Wisconsin is just pounding NfW.

I think the badgers look better under Anderson than they did under Bilema. Not sure anyone is sad he is gone. Also, if osu plays Wisky at home, they lose.

Wisconsin is good.

Yes, Wisky looking like an improved team so far, and NU not. Fitz has no answers yet on either side of the ball to what the bagers are doing.

[JRB]

Northwestern looks like a team that hasn't gotten over last week. I don't know that there was a worse draw for the Wildcats the week after Ohio State than a road game at Wisconsin.

[whodean]

The Big Ten is baaaaaaaaaaaad

[WM Wolverine]

It's awful, worse than the ACC bad.

[iam416]

Also, if osu plays Wisky at home, they lose.

Heh heh. Yeah.

[Dr. Strangelove]

1. Ohio State
2. Wisconsin
3. Nebraska
4. Northwestern
5. Michigan State
6. Michigan
7. Penn State
8. Iowa
9. Illinois
10. Indiana
11. Minnesota
12. Purdue

[WM Wolverine]

Looks very accurate, not sure how I'd place Iowa, Illinois & Indiana.

[Paul L]

13. Michigan

[Dr. Strangelove]

Indiana's defense stinks so I think some of Sparty's offensive awakening today is due to that. If they've legitimately improved though they will be a dangerous team because they arguably have the best defense in the league. Their next two games are Purdue & Illinois too.