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So what's our schedule?

8 games 8 weeks. Since there are only 6 division teams available to play, it would suggest a minimum of 2 cross-division teams on the schedule.
 
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8 games 8 weeks. Since there are only 6 division teams available to play, it would suggest a minimum of 2 cross-division teams on the schedule.

And since we already had Ohio St, Penn St and Rutgers on the original schedule, I would bet one of these will be taken off and if we play Penn St the game should be in Lincoln.. Fans or no fans..
 
And since we already had Ohio St, Penn St and Rutgers on the original schedule, I would bet one of these will be taken off and if we play Penn St the game should be in Lincoln.. Fans or no fans..
Early indication is also that all games will be played in current stadiums but **for now** with no fans. Everything is fluid.
 
So the ninth game going to be on campus or a indoor neutral site. This wasn’t asked..
 
This season shouldn't count against eligibility for any player that plays less than 5 games.
 
So they're saying 9 game schedule but then alvarez says 8+1. So the 9th game or the 8+1 is the ccg??
 
They aren't this smart...but here is what they would do if they were smart, and if they want the best chance at teams in the playoff.

Take the top 2 from each conference preseason, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin and Minnesota and give them the bottom 2 from each conference, Maryland, Rutgers, Northwestern and Illinois.

Then schedule the middle 6 teams in round robin, Michigan, Indiana and Michigan State alongside Iowa, Nebraska and Purdue.

Here's the big part, crossover games should have 0 implications on the CCG or seeding for the final week, that only comes from division games. This also makes it FAR less likely for repeat games in week 9 and means you could easily end up with two 8-0 teams playing for the CCG and two 7-1 teams playing in the 2nd place game, giving the B1G a better chance of vying for a national title at the end of the year.

Week 8 should be primarily "rivalry week" with games lined up like this

Ohio State/Michigan
Wisconsin/Minnesota
Nebraska/Iowa
Michigan St/Penn St
Illinois/Northwestern
Rutgers/Maryland
Indiana/Purdue
 
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They aren't this smart...but here is what they would do if they were smart, and if they want the best chance at teams in the playoff.

Take the top 2 from each conference preseason, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin and Minnesota and give them the bottom 2 from each conference, Maryland, Rutgers, Northwestern and Illinois.

Then schedule the middle 6 teams in round robin, Michigan, Indiana and Michigan State alongside Iowa, Nebraska and Purdue.

Here's the big part, crossover games should have 0 implications on the CCG or seeding for the final week, that only comes from division games. This also makes it FAR less likely for repeat games in week 9 and means you could easily end up with two 8-0 teams playing for the CCG and two 7-1 teams playing in the 2nd place game, giving the B1G a better chance of vying for a national title at the end of the year.

Week 8 should be primarily "rivalry week" with games lined up like this

Ohio State/Michigan
Wisconsin/Minnesota
Nebraska/Iowa
Michigan St/Penn St
Illinois/Northwestern
Rutgers/Maryland
Indiana/Purdue
Good proposal
 
Dream scenario would be to get both Rutgers and Maryland as the East opponents.
schedule going to be the same as the one they had made for 2020. nebraska cross overs were osu, psu, rutgers. now it will be 2 of those 3. so you hope to keep rutgers
 
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Thurs, Oct 22 - @Michigan, ESPN
Fri, Oct 23 - @Penn State, FS1
Sat, Oct 24 - @Ohio State, ABC 7 PM Kirk Herbstreit/Chris Fowler with Desmond Howard on the sidelines
 
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