Who says the Big Ten is afraid of tough schedules?
by Jeff (BGS) 
, A starter home in suburban Tempe, Thursday, May 16, 2013, 12:44 (4772 days ago)
Hogwash! Just look at Rutgers...
Penn State at home with consecutive games vs Michigan, @ Ohio State, @ Nebraska, and vs Wisconsin, and traveling to East Lansing to boot.
Saturday, August 30 - TBA
Saturday, September 6 - Howard
Saturday, September 13 - Penn State
Saturday, September 20 - at Navy
Saturday, September 27 - Tulane
Saturday, October 4 - Michigan
Saturday, October 18 - at Ohio State
Saturday, October 25 - at Nebraska
Saturday, November 1 - Wisconsin
Saturday, November 15 - Indiana
Saturday, November 22 - at Michigan State
Saturday, November 29 - at Maryland
Wisconsin's got a weird one for 2014 (edit)
With one more game to schedule...
Sep 6 Western Illinois
Sep 13 open
Sep 20 Bowling Green
Sept. 27 USF
Oct. 4 at Northwestern
Oct. 11 Illinois
Oct. 18 open
Oct. 25 Maryland
Nov. 1 at Rutgers
Nov. 8 at Purdue
Nov. 15 Nebraska
Nov. 22 at Iowa
Nov. 29 Minnesota
No Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State or Penn State. Both crossover division games are Rutgers and Maryland.
ditto Nebraska
by Jeff (BGS) , A starter home in suburban Tempe, Thursday, May 16, 2013, 14:09 (4772 days ago) @ Jay
although they play MSU instead of Maryland.
To me, Wisconsin and Nebraska (along with Kansas State) are the poster children for scheduling their way to a seemingly good season. Kind of interesting that they ended up with such easy crossover games.
I know they are on a rotation, and in theory they will eventually have to face the tough teams in the East. But I wouldn't be surprised if the Big Ten threw that rotation out the window and started over when they go to nine games.
And there's Exhibit B.
by BillyGoat , At Thanksgiving with Joe Bethersontin, Thursday, May 16, 2013, 13:45 (4772 days ago) @ Jay
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This is Exhibit A for why I never ever ever want ND
by BillyGoat , At Thanksgiving with Joe Bethersontin, Thursday, May 16, 2013, 13:30 (4772 days ago) @ Jeff (BGS)
to join the Big Ten.
There's Michigan. Then Ohio State. And then everybody else is a twelfth-class citizen. And the new teams are going to be treated like 37th-class citizens.
And that schedule pales in comparison to what we would endure as a conference slate. If there are to be 9 conference games, then it would simply be us playing at Michigan, OSU, and Wisconsin three times each.
Welcome to the Big Ten Rutgers!
by NDTex 
, Dallas, TX, Thursday, May 16, 2013, 13:02 (4772 days ago) @ Jeff (BGS)
As your welcoming prize, we are going to schedule you against our entire top tier.
As consolation, we will give you Maryland to end your season.
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More like "Welcome to the basement of Zed's pawn
by BillyGoat , At Thanksgiving with Joe Bethersontin, Thursday, May 16, 2013, 13:35 (4772 days ago) @ NDTex
shop."
Howard?
by irishvol , Music City, USA, Thursday, May 16, 2013, 12:49 (4772 days ago) @ Jeff (BGS)
Howard who?
Howard Schnellenberger?
Howard Stern?
Ryan Howard?
Howard the Duck?
Regardless, a full team against 1 dude doesn't seem fair.
The ghost of Howaaaaaaaahd Cosell
by Jack , Thursday, May 16, 2013, 16:33 (4772 days ago) @ irishvol
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Can't tell if serious or...
by Chris (HCC) , Paradise, Thursday, May 16, 2013, 12:47 (4772 days ago) @ Jeff (BGS)
I mean, that TBA is going to be a dogshit game, guaranteed. Then you have Howard, which, umm, didn't realize Howard played football. Then you have Tulane in the mix. Navy wouldn't be bad, but as an anchor for the OOC schedule strikes me as kind of weak.
So basically, the argument would go, well Rutgers is in a "tough" division, so their OOC doesn't matter. Which, of course, is bullshit.