Urging members to water down nonconf schedule
OSU has already dropped Washington
We have Tennessee and OU in future years
OSU has already dropped Washington
We have Tennessee and OU in future years
The BIG wants to maximize the number of teams in the CFB playoff
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Typical B1G cowardice
10/14 B1G teams barely checked that box to begin with
I hope trev shows some backbone and doesn’t cancel. Playing lowly CU is bad enough. We deserve a marquee non-con matchup annually.
10/14 B1G teams barely checked that box to begin with
I hope trev shows some backbone and doesn’t cancel. Playing lowly CU is bad enough. We deserve a marquee non-con matchup annually.
Smart of them
The SEC does the same thing but nobody calls them on it.
The SEC does the same thing but nobody calls them on it.
The SEC could take the NFC South some years...they don't have to play a strong OOC schedule.
This move was made by people who believe it's better to dumb down everyone as opposed to trying to be elite.
Watch a BiG TeN team get passed over for having a weak-ass SOS
Every single SEC team plays a nonconf P5 or equivalent (BYU) opponent this year
But only 8 conference games.
The B1G and SEC don't have to play strong non-conference teams because they're already big enough with strong enough teams in their conferences.
Typical of liberalism... lower the bar and expect better results. Problem is all you achieve is a weaker result. A weak schedule gives you weak teams like weak practices gives you a soft team.
Nebraska has Arizona also scheduled in 2028 and 2031..
Don’t see Nebraska canceling the series with Tennessee when they had this series moved in 2016 and 2017 because Tennessee had a conflict scheduling with Virgina Tech to play at a race track..
Don’t see Nebraska canceling the series with Tennessee when they had this series moved in 2016 and 2017 because Tennessee had a conflict scheduling with Virgina Tech to play at a race track..
They should have 1 weak non con opponent and then go to 8 conference games. Plus add a terrible directional team late in the season like the sec. If you can't beat em join em.
What is this supposed to mean? The only team in the BIG10 that doesn't have a P5 out of conference this year is Michigan on top of playing a 9 game conference schedule.
The SEC may be going to 9 conf games with the addition of OU and UT
It's also dumb to give half your teams a loss in the first game of the season.
They basically scheduled in a late year bye week.
the B1G playing an extra conference game when only 2 out of 14 teams are worth a sh*t makes the schedule easier, not harder
playing iowast every season, your team is one that barely checked the P5 box anyhow
I am not surprised you are in favor of your beloved conference becoming more of a cowardly laughing stock than it already is
Except playing a conference game instead of a non-conference opponent also maximizes conference revenue. Depending on the who the non-conference opponent might be, that's not necessarily good for the fans but it's good for conference revenue which gets shared with conference teams.
And of course playing a non-conference Power 5 team doesn't always result in a quality opponent. There are some weak non-conference Power 5 teams out there.
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They claimed they would do it during the 4 Team playoff era and it never happened. Hell the 2015 Iowa team if they beat MSU they go to the playoff. The only way strength of schedule matters is if multiple undefeated teams are vying and that is not likely going to happen.
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I'll add in, though, an additional conference game adds another 0.5 losses per team across the league.
But the additional media rights revenue from more conference games likely is greater than the additional revenue from more playoff teams.
Love it! So long as the SEC is allowed to do so, why can't the B1G play that game too?
The SEC also only plays 8 conference opponents every year while the B1G plays 9. That means that teams in the SEC generally play one more cupcake per year compared to teams in the SEC.
No different than the SEC Schoos playing DIV 2 teams a week before huge games. Mid season no less.
And they play them in November. It basically functions as a bye week for them in November. I personally think that Nebraska should play all cupcake FCS teams 1 for the opener, one in October, one in November. Maybe you make one of those an okay team. But tactically you guarantee three wins but more importantly you get three extra bye weeks where you can sit starters and help with injuries.
You can only count 1 FCS victory per year for bowl eligibility. The other 2 nonconference opponents need to at least be FBS teams.
I know this is a popular refrain, but the SEC doesn’t have to prove anything to anyone
The B1G has 1 school that’s won an outright title in 53 years (ohiost x2). It gets absolutely embarrassed every single time it plays on the national stage.
Won’t be long before the powers that be get hip to the fact the conference is a complete and utter fraud. The league needs to play and win marquee games to continue earning a seat at the table.
Playing the bottom quarter of the B1G is as cupcake as any 4 non-P5 teams in the country, and arguably moreso because of the compete dearth of skill player/quarterback talent
Many B1G teams play northwestern/Rutgers/Indiana in (gasp!) November/October. That is a bye week, just like the SEC
Those teams suck ass today, tomorrow and throughout history
Way to compare scheduling football games with political views. 🙄
What the Big Ten doesn't realize is that most of the Big Ten teams are the "watered down cupcake"
Minny
Purdue
MSU
NW
Iowa
Indiana
Maryland
Rutgers
Nebraska (Which should change with just a normal head coach now)
It goes on and on.
I think the conference does realize it, hence their push to insulate itself from exposure both now and historically
I’ve said for years the league should just go back to playing for the rose bowl as receiving a media gift is its best chance at “winning” the big one
The ones who don’t realize it are B1G fans because they’re absolute clueless dolts who wouldn’t know good football if it keistered their grandpappies
Just imagine when the AD from Oregon State calls the AD from Miinny...the set up a game, hang up the phone and both high five their co-workers and say "YES! We scheduled a power 5 cupcake!"
It would be a crying shame if they don’t go to a nine game conference schedule with the addition of OU and Uterus in 2024..
If Nebraska needs the other two games to get bowl eligible then Nebraska does not need to be going bowling.
Not just for bowling. If we are playoff eligible but three of our wins are vs. FCS teams and the teams ahead of us only have 1 wins or no wins vs FCS teams, that might keep us out of the playoffs.
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