Around the Big Ten

[THE_WIZARD_]

I'll pay you cash money to stay away.

[Mike]

Iowa and Nebraska are probably going to be the last Big10 campuses I visit. Only other one I haven't been to is Rutgers and I'm thinking about hitting them this season.

Well scratch that, heh. I've never been to USC or UCLA either. Heh

Conversely, I HAVE been to both USC and UCLA.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Been to the Rose Bowl...but would never set foot in the Coliseum...bad area of town...reminds me of Cleveland when the river caught fire...

[Mike]

I went to a USC game at the Coliseum. Definitely a shitty party of town.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Saw a blurb that the Big10 may drop its requirement that teams schedule a "Power 5" team non-conference once USC & UCLA join

[Mike]

Since when has that been a rule? Michigan didn't play a P5 non-con game last year or this year.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Since when has that been a rule? Michigan didn't play a P5 non-con game last year or this year.

I think they immediately watered down the rule to allow AAC teams or BYU to count too. So UConn and East Carolina are your "Power 5" opponents!!!

EDIT: Never mind, forgot UConn is independent again.

[lineygoblue]

What's good for the SEC is good for the B1G.

[Dr. Strangelove]

We lacked a P5 opponent in 2019 unless Cincinnati counts.

[lineygoblue]

I'm not really being sarcastic here. The problem is that there is no penalty for the P5 schools to schedule weak OOC competition. I don't blame them. Teams can make the playoffs if they U Conn or Notre Dame as an OOC. It doesn't matter which one you play. If they'd tie in playoff consideration with the teams scheduled, then the bigger schools would start scheduling each other more often. Michigan is going to play Texas and Oklahoma in upcoming years (home and home) but that's just one team in each season. Its time to beef up these schedules by scheduling more conference games, and tougher OOC opponents. I really want to see more intersectional games, although with the way conferences are growing, "intersectional" could be a conference game. (see U-M v UCLA in the future)

[Dr. Strangelove]

Our non-conference for 2024 was finished today and it's as bad or worse as 2019: Southern Miss, Western Michigan, and Marshall.

[Dr. Strangelove]

OSU

2023: Youngstown St, Western Kentucky, at Notre Dame
2024: Southern Miss, Western Michigan, Marshall
2025: Texas, UConn
2026: Ball State, at Texas, Kent State
2027: Bowling Green, Alabama

[Dr. Strangelove]

MICHIGAN

2023: East Carolina, UNLV, Bowling Green
2024: Fresno State, Texas, Arkansas State
2025: New Mexico, at Oklahoma, Central Michigan
2026: Western Michigan, Oklahoma, UTEP
2027: at Texas

MSU

2023: Central Michigan, Richmond, Washington
2024: Florida Atlantic, LA-Lafayette, at Boston College
2025: Western Michigan, Youngstown St, Boston College
2026: Toledo, Eastern Michigan, at Notre Dame
2027: Central Michigan, Notre Dame

NEBRASKA

2023: at Colorado, Northern Illinois, Louisiana Tech
2024: UTEP, Colorado, Northern Iowa
2025: Akron, at Cincinnati, LA-Monroe
2026: Ohio, Tennessee, North Dakota
2027: Northern Illinois, at Tennessee

[THE_WIZARD_]

STFU

[lineygoblue]

So MSU is bringing back Notre Dame.

That used to be a good rivalry.