13 game schedule
13 games is the solution to all of the BigTen's scheduling woes, and more! Play a full conference slate, and have 3 OOC games like we used to. No need for last minute 1-AA teams. Each team can play 8 home games if they so choose. Solves first place ties. Provides 4 additional hours of ecstasy per year. I think some teams (Wisconsin) regularly play 13 games anyway.
I could be crazy, but I'm pretty sure every team in the nation plays 12 games and then possibly a bowl game. Unless you are just stating that Wisconsin usually makes it to bowls, you are wrong my friend.
As for the possibility of a 13th game, I like it. Anything to create a little more difference from team to team. Also would make for a longer season.
Hawai'i plays 13 and teams that play them play 13, but other teams don't (for some rule of which I do not know.)
im pretty sure cincinnati had 13 last year because hawaii was on their schedule. i also thought that this was allowed for hawaii because its tough for them to get home games
Hmmm you appear to be correct on the Wisconsin thing. For some reason I thought that their post-BigTen-conference-play games were a 13th game.
I didn't know about Hawaii, but wisconsin is for sure not playing 13
I like the idea if for no other reason what the original poster said with the extra 4 hours of football ecstasy. I must say that I really cannot think of anything that would be a negative. let's run it by the Jim Delaney and see how quickly he can shoot this down.
Regarding Hawai'i--I believe that teams that travel to Hawai'i get an extra game added to their schedule. This is based, however, on the scheduling rules from NCAA Football 2001 for Playstation, the last college football video game I owned, so it may have changed.
Teams that play in conference championship games play 13 games, but that's only, like, 10 teams or so. Adding another game would force all Big Ten teams to play either into the first or second week of December, and finish on championship weekend (SEC, Big XII and ACC will not be happy about UM-OSU conflicting with their championship games), or have the teams play 13 straight weeks without a bye in most years.
I doubt the NCAA and Big Ten will be interested in allowing a 13 game schedule. It was hard enough to add the 12th game.
I was thinking they would add the extra game during the nice weather in late August. This year our first game is Sept 5. We could put one on Aug 29 which wouldn't put any extra strain on the student athlete since I believe it's just before classes start.
The Big Ten would never approve this because it would lower the average number of conference teams that qualify for bowl games. Teams would need 7 wins instead of 6 and they would be playing against a higher level of competition, especially for teams that are near the bottom of the Big Ten and make a very weak non-conference schedule to try to rack up the wins. Furthermore, a longer, more difficult schedule would have more potential pitfalls for a team trying to make it to the National Championship game. Finally, it would force the Big Ten to play in late November/December if it wanted to keep bye weeks, something that should be done anyway, but creates weather-related problems that will cause some weird quirky games. The Big Ten does not want this because these games have a greater likelihood of producing a victory for the less talented team, which is bad because it can lead to your strongest teams getting kicked out of a BCS bid.
That said I really like this idea from the standpoint of a fan and would be thrilled if it were ever adopted.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Mr. Delaney.
This may be where our opening game in 2010 comes in. Possibly a big ten school?
...the connection between a hypothetical 13-game schedule and our 2010 schedule. Can you please explain the connection?
Early conference games are nonsensical. Practice in the non-conference because they are less important.
I don't care what we do as long as after this year we start scheduling some tougher opponents
...at night? Eh?
i'm sick of the big ten being known as the conference that schedules only cupcakes. actually, its not the whole big ten, its only michigan and tUoOS! That should not be happening. I get how doing that doesn't make as much money,and thats why Bill Martain has avoided it, but maybe if they had these games prime time (at night) they would make more money and it would be more exciting to watch for the fans.
Schedule 1 MAC team a year max, Notre Dame, then someone from the ACC, Big 12, Big East, or SEC.
PAC-10.
forgot them! at least we scheduled oregon in 03 and 07, too bad we lost both games, but I still liked it. If they do the 13 game schedule, I think it would bring in more money and they would be able to schedule at least 1 team from another conference each year.
I think that for a while Big 10 teams would get that extra game against Hawaii. I know that a few years ago MSU went there and haha lost, and Purdue had gone a year or so before that.
3 OOC games is fine enough, then a round-robin with all 10 other Big 10 opponents. Besides, while this is different as a team has to earn the privilege of playing in that game, other conferences have a championship game.
I just like it. Teams get to schedule fewer cupcake OOC games. Plus more college football, and who could disagree with that? Exactly. The school presidents. Dammit.
Just seeing what happens how posts impact our points, 1000 of which will buy you a unicorn. At the time of this post, I have 1 point.
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