imgoingblue

May 16th, 2013 at 1:32 PM ^

I feel a little silly buying Maryland season tickets last week, given that U-M won't be coming to town until 2015.  I guess I'll have some amazing seats by the time they do...

With OSU/MSU away every other year, that provides an automatic easier schedule/harder schedule every other year.

ChicagoB1GRed

May 16th, 2013 at 1:42 PM ^

Here's mine, from hardest to easiest:

Michigan: OSU, NWU, MSU on road, MN and NWU crossdivision

Nebraska: WI, NWU, MSU on road, MSU and Rutgers crossdivision

OSU: PSU, MSU on road, IL and MN crossdivision

Wisconsin: NWU on road, MD and Rutgers crossdivision

 

CdubGoBlue

May 16th, 2013 at 2:33 PM ^

I will feel free to splurge on Notre Dame and OSU tickets this year.  That home slate next year is just pathetic, not even meh...  Taking the wife to Chicago for the weekend and catching the game at NW in '14 looks like the best option.  Does that qualify for a home game?

Darth Wolverine

May 16th, 2013 at 2:45 PM ^

Bad formatting. Is this so hard?

 

2014 Big Ten Schedule:

MINN (9/27)

@ RUT (10/4)

PSU (10/11)

@ MSU (10/25)

IND (11/1)

@ NW (11/8)

MD (11/22)

@ OSU (11/29)

 

And WTF...What is with the home away, home away, home away, home away garbage?

Wolverine Devotee

May 16th, 2013 at 2:55 PM ^

Now do people understand why I said Michigan should go to the Big 12? 

Just another prime example of why this conference does not desere Michigan. Fuck the idiots who run this league, the idiots who made the schedule and the B1G itself.

 

Avon Barksdale

May 16th, 2013 at 3:55 PM ^

If there is one plus, if we win all our home games this year, we will win all of them in 2014 as well and have the longest home win streak in the nation I'd say.

cutter

May 16th, 2013 at 6:32 PM ^

1. Michigan's B1G Eastern Division rotation is as follows: 



2014/6/8/20 



Home: Penn State, Indiana, Maryland 

Away: @ Ohio State, @ Michigan State, @ Rutgers 



2015/7/9/21 



Home: Ohio State, Michigan State, Rutgers 

Away: @ Penn State, @ Indiana, @ Maryland 



This is roughly what I expected, although I thought MSU and Indiana would be flip flopped. Not surprisingly, Maryland and Rutgers are split so that Michigan plays on the East Coast one per year. 



2014 Schedule (7 Home/5 Road) 



Aug. 30 APPALACHIAN STATE 

Sept. 6 at Notre Dame 

Sept. 13 MIAMI (Ohio) 

Sept. 20 UTAH 

Sept. 27 MINNESOTA 

Oct. 4 at Rutgers 

Oct. 11 PENN STATE 

Oct. 18 Bye 

Oct. 25 at Michigan State 

Nov. 1 INDIANA 

Nov. 8 at Northwestern 

Nov. 15 Bye 

Nov. 22 MARYLAND 

Nov. 29 at Ohio State 



2015 Schedule (7 Home/5 Road) 



Sept. 3 at Utah 

Sept. 12 OREGON STATE 

Sept. 19 UNLV 

Sept. 26 BRIGHAM YOUNG 



Home: OHIO STATE, MICHIGAN STATE, NORTHWESTERN, RUTGERS 

Away: @ Penn State, @ Maryland, @ Indiana, @ Minnesota 



B1G Teams Not Played in 2014/5: Nebraska, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Purdue 



2. Synopsis: This schedule was built for Michigan to make a major title run in 2014/5 as a prelude to the 2016 season when the conference adopts a nine-game schedule and the new television negotiations come into play. 



Nebraska and Wisconsin are conspicuously absent in 2014/5. As part of the weighted scheduling Delany said the conference was going to adopt starting in 2016, it makes sense that they don't show up on the schedule for the 2014/5 seasons. 



2016 Schedule (8 Home/4 Away/5 Home B1G) 



Sept. 3 HAWAII 

Sept. 10 Open 

Sept. 17 COLORADO 

Sept. 24 BALL STATE 



B1G East Home (3): PENN STATE, INDIANA, MARYLAND 

B1G East Road (3): @ Ohio State, @ Michigan State, @ Rutgers 

B1G West Home (2): NEBRASKA or WISCONSIN and 1 of ILLINOIS OR PURDUE OR IOWA 

B1G West Road (1): 1 of @ Illinois or @ Purdue or @ Iowa 



Synopsis: I'm guessing on the B1G West teams, but I suspect Nebraska or Wisconsin will be playing in Ann Arbor that year because it balances out the major team/rivalry games 2 at home (Nebraska, Penn State) with 2 on the road (@ Ohio State, @ Michigan State). 



It also sets up future years when Michigan has home and homes with major teams (Arkansas in 2018/9 and Virginia Tech in 2020/1). 



2017 (7 Home/5 Road/4 B1G Home Games) 



9/11 CINCINNATI 

Plus two home non-conference games 



B1G East Home (3): OHIO STATE, MICHIGAN STATE, RUTGERS 

B1G East Away (3): @ Penn State, @ Indiana, @ Rutgers 

B1G West Home (1): 1 of ILLINOIS or PURDUE or IOWA 

B1G West Road (2): @ Nebraska or @ Wisconsin and 1 of @ Illinois or @ Purdue or @ Iowa 



Synopsis: David Brandon might be able to get a team to agree to a home-and-home to be played 2017 and 2022, but it's more likely the home non-conference schedule will be like 2016. 



2018 through 2021 



Arkansas and Virginia Tech are the major non-conference home and home opponents for these years. A schedule for those seasons include: 



2018 (8 Home/4 Road/5 Home B1G) 



Home (8): ARKANSAS, PENN STATE, INDIANA, MARYLAND, NEBRASKA OR WISCONSIN, 2 NON CONFERENCE, 1 B1G WEST 

Road (4): @ Ohio State, @ Michigan State, @ Rutgers, @ 1 B1G West 



2019 (6 Home/6 Road/4 Home B1G) 



Home (6): OHIO STATE, MICHIGAN STATE, RUTGERS, 1 B1G WEST, 2 NON CONFERENCE 

Away (6): @ Arkansas, @ Penn State, @ Indiana, @ Maryland, @ Nebraska or Wisconsin, @ 1 B1G West 



2020 and 2021 are the same as above, but replace Arkansas with Virginia Tech.   While there aren't seven home games per year, UM will still have 14 home games in a two year period.  



We'll see what transpires in due course, but if the rotation for the Eastern Division is set, then we know at least six games per year IRT home or away.  There is some guesswork for 2016 and beyond regarding where Nebraska and Wisconsin will fit in

icegoalie1

May 16th, 2013 at 8:26 PM ^

Seeing how we don't have Nebraska or Wisco on the schedule and have to play at state two years in a row, isn't it possible that they will make us play at Wisco or Nebraska in the future and give us two years of home games with state to even it out?  Kind of like what they did with UM/msu in hockey with rotating who would have to give up a home game for the game at JLA. 

samdrussBLUE

May 17th, 2013 at 12:31 AM ^

Too much fucking whining. 2014 should be a solid year for the program and we should win a lot of games.