It's Dave Brandon's fault.
I blame Warde Manuel. Fire Borges. Monkey Rodeo.
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Conference games are determined by the B1G, they would be an even home/away split except for the fact that we now have 9 conference games, so it has to be either 5/4 or 4/5. Nonconference games are up to us and nobody else. We try to schedule as many at home as we can while still playing good teams - sometimes this leads to all home games, sometimes we'll be away but normally for only one OOC game. This year things just worked out that way.
I am hating the nuetral site game next year. Playing Florida as a decent opponent helps though.
Also not a fan of neutral site games. Sterile NFL atmosphere. Give up a home game or home and home. Florida is ok but we've played them a number of times in the last ~15 years. Meh.
I'm glad it's in Dallas next year as we live in Austin so I can catch a game.
an NFL game atmosphere is about as un-sterile as it gets.
Have you sat among some of those animals who attend NFL games?
With florida, they absolutely refuse H&H so i'm ok with it, if the alternative is a cupcake game. In this case, it might have been because ND cancelled on us with little warning. OTOH i would definitely take arkansas H&H over neutral site vs anyone. Both atmosphere and quality of opponent need to be weighed
Fire Borges!!!
Fire Beilein!
Even years suck. Even with 8 games
Never sleep on Illinois.
Dave Brandon didn't care about having exactly 7 home games every year the way Warde Manuel does.
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they wanted to limit the ugly 4/white pants combo
White-on-white, that's fuckin' ROSS.
College football scheduling makes no sense at all especially with the various ways that were used to determine a champion. Different number of home and away, different number of byes, different start and end dates, playing FCS teams vs not, conf championship games or not, different number of conference games, different number of GAMES PLAYED. Shitshow.
Edit: but not as big of a shitshow as the fonts on our new jerseys! >:0
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you are concerned about fonts? if that is really a concern to you, what a life you must lead.
R u serious?
/s??
come on man
Yeah, this right here is why a lot of nfl fans i know don't watch. The best teams avoid playing each other being the #1 among that shitshow
The Big Ten conference schedule is unfair. It needs to be a eight or ten game schedule. The home and away games need to be evened out. The uneven schedule is UNFAIR!
You think harbaugh would ever say something like this?
It's as fair as it can be. At least everyone in each division plays the same amount of home and away games each year. There's an equal chance to make the championship on that respect. Who you draw from the other division is another story, but it's always been like that, even without divisions. Compare Wisconsin and Purdue's draws from the East this year:
WI: OSU, UM, MSU (all on a row, with 2 on the road)
PUR: MD, PSU, IU
I can't say I feel bad for the Badgers, because it seems like in both football and basketball they ALWAYS get an advantageous draw. They could easily start 2-6 if some balls don't roll their way:
the list of teams in the B1G West, then try saying that with a straight face.
Bet you can't do it!
Well duh. But hey, that DC market amiright? Who cares about fairness or integrity or tradition when you have that!
my question is how all of those 8 home games are against god awful opponents. I doubt any of them will be ranked. You'd think we're in mountain west or something