OT: Rutgers and Syracuse to meet twice in 2012 for football?

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February 9th, 2012 at 12:15 PM
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OT: Rutgers and Syracuse to meet twice in 2012 for football?

If West Virginia does leave the Big East, and moves to the Big XII, the remaining teams in the Big East can add an additional non-conference game. For teams like Syracuse and Rutgers, adding another FCS opponent probably makes little sense, given both already have one scheduled.

Solution? Apparently playing a conference opponent in a non-conference game. Not unheard of, as Colorado and California met this year (was scheduled when Colorado was in the Big XII); Michigan and Michigan State met a few years back in basketball, twice, with one being a non-conference game.

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February 9th, 2012 at 12:27 PM | IIRC, I remember hearing (Score:2)
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IIRC, I remember hearing rumblings of Michigan scheduling Minnesota for a non-conference game for some reason.

EDIT:  This was in football, around 2007 or so.  I could also be making this up...

February 9th, 2012 at 1:58 PM | Was to be opener in 2010 (Score:4 Normal)
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For the re-dedication of the stadium, UM was trying to get Minnie to be the season opener.  Minnie wasn't on our B1G schedule that year, so the game would have had the rivalry trophy, be a familiar opponent, and someone whose souls we could crush.

Minnie said no, b/c the very next week they had a game with USC already scheduled, and they didn't want to have ther souls crushed two weeks in a row.

So instead we got Connecticutt, and the first look at Denard at full megawarp.

February 9th, 2012 at 12:26 PM | Now, I can not care about (Score:5 Normal)
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Now, I can not care about that game twice then.

February 9th, 2012 at 12:55 PM | It's like (Score:5 Normal)
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It's like I just got another 3 hours of free time

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February 9th, 2012 at 12:26 PM | Michigan and OSU to meet (Score:1)
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Michigan and OSU to meet twice in 2013 for football?

February 9th, 2012 at 12:31 PM | Eh the MSM still wouldnt vote (Score:0 Overrated)
February 9th, 2012 at 12:32 PM | no, OSU isn't eligible for (Score:1 Overrated)
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no, OSU isn't eligible for the B1G championship game.

February 9th, 2012 at 12:36 PM | They will be in 2013. (Score:3 Normal)
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They will be in 2013.

Omnia mutantur nos et mutamur in illis.

February 9th, 2012 at 12:54 PM | . (Score:3 Normal)
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.

February 9th, 2012 at 3:34 PM | How about three times? Once (Score:2)
Zak
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How about three times? Once OOC, then The Game, and then again in the B1G championship game.

February 9th, 2012 at 12:31 PM | why would a team do that? Is (Score:1)
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why would a team do that? Is scheduling that much of an issue that there are only FCS teams to choose from? Seems like even playing EMU would be better than playing someone twice...

Michigan football = life

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February 9th, 2012 at 12:46 PM | EMU's football schedule is (Score:3 Normal)
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EMU's football schedule is set for the upcoming season, as is the schedule for most other teams around the nation.

February 9th, 2012 at 12:41 PM | Why not? (Score:1)
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There are plenty of rematches now anyway, both in conference tournaments and whenever the SEC circle jerk gets out of hand.  Neither team has much of a national base, but an extra game in Yankee Stadium might be the most-attended game either team plays all year.  

 

 

 

February 9th, 2012 at 12:45 PM | This is stupid. (Score:1)
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This is dumb.

You can't make up conference and non-conference games.

I can spend 10 minutes customizing my schedule in NCAA Football '12...I'm pretty sure they can figure something out in 7 months.

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February 9th, 2012 at 1:15 PM | NO, NO, A THOUSAND TIMES, (Score:1)
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NO, NO, A THOUSAND TIMES, NO.

We really need to get out of that shitshow.  If it indeed turns out to be $11 million for WVU's buyout, someone's getting the checkbook now.

Fuck the Big East.

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Space bitches, space.

February 9th, 2012 at 1:30 PM | Peppers (Score:1 Normal)
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It's not really worth it's own thread and since it's NJ related I'll throw it in here. Jabril Peppers a So. cb/wr/rb from Don Bosco and arguably the best player on the team this year has transferred to Paramus Catholic. He'll be one of the biggest recruits in the country in '14. Worth noting because it's said that Bosco is friendly with UM. So the coaches should get to the the PC coaches ASAP.

February 9th, 2012 at 1:48 PM | And by the way, Rutgers is (Score:1)
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Also...

http://mobile.philly.com/news/?wss=/philly/hp/sports/&id=138977799&deliv...

"Sources say Rutgers has been telling recruits it plans on being in the Big Ten sooner than later."

Syracuse '03, Michigan G'05

Space bitches, space.

February 9th, 2012 at 1:51 PM | Pass (Score:4 Normal)
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Pass

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February 9th, 2012 at 2:06 PM | cute (Score:1)
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Lots of fantasy in that article.  UConn to ACC?  They wish; won't happen.  I think ACC is holding out for Notre Dame, and would grab Rutgers with them.

I think B1G won't expand period, unless Notre Dame makes the first call, in which case I have no clue who the #14 team will be.

February 9th, 2012 at 2:03 PM | Nick Saban doesn't see a (Score:2)
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Nick Saban doesn't see a problem with it.

February 9th, 2012 at 3:19 PM | The Big East: we're bad at (Score:2)
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The Big East: we're bad at more than just football games!

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