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[THE_WIZARD_]

POOP AGAINST THE WORLD!!!!!!!

[Mike]

USC at Maryland and Rutgers at USC next year! Even those are interesting to me in a very weird way. But man, the number of games among big boy programs is fucking awesome. I don't care about regionality.

[iam416]

Wait....Texas, Penn State, UCLA, @Wisconsin, @Washington and @M is a "poop" schedule?

I agree on that 2024 ain't great, though the added trip to Eugene definitely raises it above whatever M has been doing the past 3 seasons.

But, 2025? JFC.

[Dr. Strangelove]

OSU's 2024 and 2025 schedule is poop.

In 2025 we have home games against Texas, UCLA, and Penn State. Road games at Michigan, Wisconsin, and Washington. I'm satisfied.

EDIT: oop, Talent beat me to it

[Mike]

This is how outstanding next year's Big Ten schedule is. Keep in mind some big time QBs will be gone so rankings will fluctuate. BUT... in the polls as of today, 6 of the top 9 teams will compete in the Big Ten next year and they all have at least 3 games against teams in the group.

Current rank:

Michigan - 2
OSU - 3/4
PSU - 6
Wash - 7/8
Oregon - 8/9
USC - 9/7

Number of games against teams in this group for each team in 2024:

Michigan - 4
Washington - 4
USC - 3
OSU - 3
Oregon - 3
PSU - 3

The 4 that only play 3 from that top tier all play Wisconsin and Michigan/Wash don't.

[iam416]

To be fair, Mike, in living his best Joe Biden life, was also in Berlin goading Hitler in 1941..."you're fighting a one-front war, dog...that's a poop schedule...go East and, if you get a chance, declare on the US! Be a man!"

Meanwhile, Mike, in living his best HARBAUGH!!!!!! was in Reagan's ear...."Yeah, dog, Grenada is perfect...chance to get some valuable experience."

[Mike]

Wait....Texas, Penn State, UCLA, @Wisconsin, @Washington and @M is a "poop" schedule?

I agree on that 2024 ain't great, though the added trip to Eugene definitely raises it above whatever M has been doing the past 3 seasons.

But, 2025? JFC.

I didn't know who you had in OOC. Just looking at your 2024 home Big Ten schedule, it's: IU, Iowa, Michigan, UNL, Purdue. So the one normal big game with us and traditional middling Big Ten teams. You go to Eugene but that's the only new wrinkle. Michigan goes to Washington but has Oregon and USC at home which is major sizzle compared OSU's home schedule. That was my first impression.

OSU's 2025 home slate is Minny, PSU, Rutgers, UCLA. So, again, not much sizzle over what it normally is. The road schedule is tough. Anyway, that was just my quick first impression without knowing who everyone was playing OOC.

[Mike]

And yes, Michigan's OOC has been a joke the last two years but this upcoming schedule is why. We have to do return trips to Austin and Norman and we have a 4 game home Big Ten slate in 2025. That means we'll only have 6 home games and the other upcoming years will be 7 at most. They bought out UCLA, not because we're AFRAID of UCLA (JFC) but because the AD wanted to load up a couple more 8 game home slates while they could. Those two extra home games are worth about $25M to the AD. Take that money now before the new TV deal kicks in and you're down to 6/7 home games a season.

[iam416]

Yeah, Ohio State has Texas and then Alabama starting in 2025.

[THE_WIZARD_]

STFU

[lineygoblue]

Has Nebraska's new schedule been announced yet?

[Mike]

All the Big Ten schedules through 2028 were released yesterday. No specific dates but it has who everyone plays at home and on the road.

https://bigten.org/news/2023/10/4/big-ten-conference-announces-future-football-schedule-formats-for-2024-28.aspx

[THE_WIZARD_]

WIZZIE'S BIG TEN RANKINGS

1. MICHIGAN
2. OHIO STATE
3. PENN STATE
4. WISCONSIN
5. MARYLAND
6. RUTGERS
7. IOWA
8. PURDUE
9. NEBRASKA
10 MINNESOTA
11. MICHIGAN STATE
12. INDIANA
13. ILLINOIS
14. NORTHWESTERN

BIG TEN EAST
1. MICHIGAN
2. OHIO STATE
3. PENN STATE
4. MARYLAND
5. RUTGERS
6. MICHIGAN STATE
7. INDIANA

BIG TEN WEST
1. WISCONSIN
2. IOWA
3. PURDUE
4. NEBRASKA
5. MINNESOTA
6. ILLINOIS
7. NORTHWESTERN

Man the West sucks balls. I do think the BiG gets at least 8 bowl teams this year.

[crashcourse]

arizona with a nice win over a ranked washington state squad.

they should have beat USC

this thread looked free to post on --arizona/ksu/other thread seems to have a lot of osu/psu BS on it

[THE_WIZARD_]

stfu