We play the three toughest teams in the West (in a row), the best team in the East (likely a top 3 team), Northwestern is as scrappy as they come, and then Penn State after that (who will likely be a top 10 team).
So you're saying I'm wrong...???
if Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota are the three toughest teams in the West, that means we are 4th at best. If we are 4th at best in the west, it doesn't matter what our schedule is. We suck.
Wisconsin will be favored against us, and I believe we will lose. We should be competitive, however.
Iowa, at this point in Frosts career, should be a game we are at least equal in. And we should win this year.
Minnesota should be another game we see as our equal at best, not our superior. They were good last year and are on the rise, but they also lost key players.
I'm not saying it's an easy stretch. But you have to play these teams sometime, and like I said there is a bye week in there. Northwestern is the easiest team in the West and they are stuffed in there as well.
I just don't think it's earth shattering brutal or something to get upset about. This is the big ten. Overall, our schedule is good.
I'm more upset they have us (or anyone else) travelling to Rutgers in the first week. They should be travelling here or elsewhere, if they are that scared of the rona.