Sparty vs UM football game (2014 Iteration)

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Can somebody again explain why it is that we're playing road games against Sparty on back to back years? I don't know that Brandon has ever sufficiently explained the scheduling anomaly. Does anybody know the backstory? 

LSAClassOf2000

May 5th, 2014 at 1:43 PM ^

As far as I understand, and someone can definitely correct me if I am wrong, there are two issues at work here:

1) The inclusion of Rutgers and Maryland into the Big Ten

2) The looming move to a nine-game conference schedule

I believe that these next two seasons are merely that awkward transitional phase. I am not sure how much the divisional changes and playing all divisional opponents and then only 2 (after 2016, three) from the other division factor into it, but I imagine that might be part of it as well. 

M-Dog

May 5th, 2014 at 5:51 PM ^

DB did it to clear out our season ticket waiting list.  

It was a pain administering that thing.  Now there is nobody on it.