Schedules and discussion at the following points in the show: 0:00 - Eliminating Divisions and Discussing Protected Match-Ups 3:34 - USC & UCLA's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents 5:37 - Michigan's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents 6:52 - Ohio State's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents 8:46 - Wisconsin's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents 9:45 - Minnesota's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents 10:44 - Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti Discusses New Football Scheduling Format 17:10 - Penn State's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents 18:14 - Michigan State's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents 19:39 - Iowa's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents 20:42 - Nebraska's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents 21:45 - Ohio State AD Gene Smith Discusses the New Scheduling Format 25:38 - Illinois' 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents 26:48 - Northwestern's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents 28:16 - Maryland's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents 29:18 - Rutgers' 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents 30:25 - Big Ten COO Kerry Kenny Discusses New Football Scheduling Format 37:11 - Indiana's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents 38:14 - Purdue's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents 39:30 - Nicole Auerbach on the Flex Protect Plus Schedule Model 43:00 - Final 2024& 2025 Schedule Notes and Thoughts
That's why they started with the flex format. They knew where things were headed but couldn't make it official before schedules were due. Aside from rivalries...note they scheduled half the big ten for double games against non rivalry opponents. It will be no issue plugging the two universities in those slots for half their games and schedule them the opposite dual team those weeks they lost their double game opponent. It's designed specifically to be flexible for this reason
I like this format because then it gets the other big ten teams a chance to go to the big ten championship game now the big ten championship games are now going to be the toughest conference and make really good games.
😂😂😂😂😂😂, toughest conference? Right. Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, LSU, Florida, OU, Texas. Y'all have OSU, Michigan and Penn State ( sometime) everyone else is like Miss State, Old Miss, Texas A&M, South Carolina, Mizzou , Arkansas, Vanderbilt and Kentucky.
Nebraska was building a fun rivalry with Northwestern. We hope Matt Rhule will elevate them beyond that, but I wouldn't have minded getting a protected game with Northwestern.
Same, I don’t care if Northwestern isn’t a competitor every year. That seemed to be the only game that was naturally developing into a rivalry. All the other ones seemed forced besides maybe Minnesota.
The SEC wasn't going to add a 9th conference opponent because it would take away there schools playing bcs teams a week before rivalry week what a joke
the real reason for not going to 9 is that ESPN wasn't going to pay extra for the 9th game in either 24 or 25, but '26 brings an opportunity to renegotiate the deal for more money to bring a 9 game conference slate.
With the expanded playoff and conferences moving to this larger round robin model, wouldn’t it make the most sense just to eliminate conference championship games?
Guess we the USC fans need to subscribe to this channel soon 😆✌🏼but analyst doesn’t seem to know*ucLA DO not play ND? It’s USC vs ND one of the longest running rivalry… dude do some studying first
I am a die hard Washington Husky fan! I've noticed Washington doesn't play Illinois or Indiana. And, those two schools don't play each other either. What are the tie breakers?
I would argue that there are some forced rivalries on here. Plus, there are some other rivalries that should be protected, yet aren’t. Maybe the Big Ten had every school list all their rivalries and order them, from most to least important. But I’m surprised by these results. Why does a school like Iowa deserve three protected rivalries while Penn State gets none? I’m no PSU fan but that looks b.s. to me.
Honestly every designated B1G rivalry that Penn State has had feels forced. The school was kind of on its own geographically right after joining the conference. Ohio State and Michigan are usually the biggest games on the calendar but we know we'll never be their biggest game, although Ohio State is as close to a natural rival within the conference in terms of geography and competitive games over the past decade or so. Not sure why the conference didn't protect that game, unless that ended up being the difference between allowing every school to play each other home and away over a four-year period. Michigan State never really caught on as a real rival no matter how much the conference tries to make the Land Grant Trophy a thing. While I think Maryland and Rutgers see Penn State as their big game, that feeling isn't reciprocated. Plus I'm guessing the B1G wants to limit those two always playing the "big three" in the east all the time. I don't know if there was a way to do it without messing up what it looks like the conference is intending to do, though. In essence, I think our only real rival is Pitt, and I never really got to experience that as someone who graduated from Penn State in 2010 and hasn't been back to the state of PA since.
when the big ten championship game started in 2011, it was msu and wisconsin meeting 2 times. Won't be shocked if its michigan and ohio state meeting 2 times a year for a while
for rutgers 2024, michigan, ohio state, iowa, and penn state were replaced with wisconsin, nebraska, usc, and washington. they also have howard as a non-conference opponent. washington illinois and minnesota are now two-play opponents instead of penn state. rutgers will also play oregon. they will not play wisconsin, indiana, nebraska, or northwestern in 2025 either.
When USC and UCLA join the Big Ten in 2024, assuming there's no further conference realignment until then, which FBS conference in terms of geographical miles will have the longest stretch from one end of the league to the other? A. The ACC B. The Big Ten C. The Big 12 D. The Mountain West
@@mr.runner4213 Good question! I've brought up Hawaii before as to why it's a non-argument why idiots like Pat Forde of Sports Illustrated are trying to take CA Governor Newsom's case against UCLA and USC (or the mainly the former) in moving to BIG. I didn't hear about anyone crying for West Virginia being being in the B-12 either.
Damn as SC fan id never imagined watching my team facing Michigan my favorite coach that coached the niners I feel like Michigan is more of a threat to anyone in my opinion yeah everyone is competitive but Michigan feels like huge challenge USC better fix that defense for next year or else its no mercy from Harbaugh
Will this be seen as a good move for other sports outside of football? Are baseball and volleyball teams like USC, UCLA's really thrilled about going East, and vice versa?
The expanded playoffs will change everything. You potentially could have 5 - 8 Big ten teams in the playoffs every year. It's not inconceivable that Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, UCLA and USC would make the playoffs every year. Add to that Washington and Oregon and it could be as many as 7 on an annual basis. Besides those schools Wisconsin, Minnesota, Purdue, Michigan State and Illinois are often in the top 16. So, potentially that could put half of the playoff field in the Big Ten. That will take a lot of pressure off of programs to 'win' every game. A team with one or two losses could still make it. What it should do is cause the elite teams to play harder non-conference schedules so that with a loss they are still in the top 12.
Thats a gross oversimplification. What if USC/UCLA become the giant in the Big10, will you then argue against them playing in Rivalry Week as well? The last weak of the season is Rivalry Week and all of the conferences join in the pageantry. Stop trying to destroy what makes college football special, some of you are worse than the corporations and greedy Universities.
With the eliminated of divisions, does the Michigan vs OSU regular season game have to be the last game of the season! Can’t it be earlier in the season making a potential re-match more exciting?
@@N8TheGreatG In my opinion nothing is forever. If divisions can be eliminated and teams allowed to pick protected rivals then dates can be flexible too unless there is a contractual rule that says otherwise.
You dont understand college football. Rivalry week is the last week of the season. Every single conference does this. Its not moving, and there is no reason too.
Flex protect plus huh. Flex for it's flexibility substituting teams that may be joining....protect for the rivalry conservation....plus because they knew in advance Washington and Oregon would be coming along....
Now your hyping up USC and UCLA? These teams will make any weak conference better, ucla always has talent not as much as usc but they are California schools.
@@scottscottsdale7868 if you think it’s ok to completely misidentify universities and their rivals, why are you here? No one would care if they said OH St home field is the big house, or MI plays in the shoe? Please, go to the Rose Bowl when USC plays MI in 2024 and enjoy whoever UCLA is playing that day. 🤣🤣🤣
USC and UCLA will no have no fans in their stadiums; most casuals will not care about them playing teams from the Midwest; the away teams will have more fans at the Colosseum and Rose Bowl lol
What are you talking about? No fans to see USC? there has never been more away fans at a home USC game. I can't wait. See you folks next year...Fight On!
@@realbrownsfan3230 Yeah, OSU is ahead in the series and rightfully so but they are almost always competitive games and that's what makes it a semi-rivalry and real fun to watch.
I would’ve loved Penn St as a protected rival but I understand the B1G’s thinking. Have the 4 anchor schools (Ohio St, Penn St, USC, Michigan) play 2 of each other every year to keep competitive balance. With Michigan being our protected game, we will alternate Penn St & USC every other year. So in ‘24 we have Michigan & Penn St. Michigan has Ohio St & USC. Penn St has Ohio St & USC. USC has Penn St & Michigan. Then it alternates the following year as USC/Penn St are protected games with each other the first 2 years. I expect that to stay the same in ‘26 & beyond. I love the way the B1G set this up
Have you seen our 2024 schedule? Also, if anything, our conference schedule just got tougher with the addition of USC and UCLA. Not sure how you came to your conclusion with any rational basis other than a hatred for Michigan lmao. Sure, our SOS was weak the last two years but so was Georgia's. So is Clemson's every year. So was Ohio State's last year.
@@CertifiedClapaholic And?! You should welcome tougher additions. Is this what has become of modern Meatchicken fans? Running from stiffer competition? 😂 more specifically from middle tier Pac teams 😂😂 As far as the SoS whataboutism, only UM '22 had the weak overall schedule ranking. UGA's schedule wasn't weak in '22 nor '21 and UM's was comparable to theirs when they pounded Meatchicken in the playoffs.
@@M.B1s0n huh? Where did you get the idea that I'm unhappy with Michigan's schedule after this year? I have never once complained about having a tougher SOS, I was pointing out that our 2024 SOS is not the cakewalk that the last two years have been perceived to be.
@@realbrownsfan3230 michigan 2 yrs on a row playing non conference cupcake teams. i was shocked that they put on the upcoming schedule for 24 and 25 better non conference teams
Should BIG get rid of its conference championship game in 2024 and beyond, despite the $$$ revenue generated? I believe it should, and here's my reasoning... In that year, the [my bad, the FBS] playoff series will expand from four to 12. I'm guessing that this means that a good three teams from BIG will be in the playoff, two at-large teams in seeds 5-12 and one of the top four who [has] the first-week bye. I believe that BIG should determine the conference champion by formula, [and] not by the two best teams playing because these two best will undoubtedly make the playoffs anyway. Additionally, the following week after a possible BIG championship game could see the start of the playoff games involving the eight at-large teams, because the season can't go beyond the second week of January to end the season. And UCLA in 2024 will play @LSU, @Hawaii, @Michigan, Ohio State, and USC, which will be travel-heavy and encompass a high-degree of difficulty, not to discount the other BIG teams UCLA will play. Bring it on, looking forward to it!
Because more people will watch Iowa vs NE each year. As a NE fan I hope we ruin your chances for any success again this year and every year to come. GBR! #HeroesGameTrophy
@@2528drevas Obviously they agreed. I as a fan, don't believe Nebraska is a rival. The conference has been pushing it to be 1 since they joined. I also preferred playing Minnesota as the last game of the year. I think this is more about getting Nebraska acclimated to the BIG than it has to do with rivalries... that don't exist.
Regret being part of the new Power two in college football? Regret the additional millions of dollars for their universities? Why? Because their strength of schedule is going to increase and they're going to lose a few more games? Respectfully disagree
@Will Muny Forgive me are you are you arguing that wins by John McKay and Pete Carroll are somehow relevant in 2024? What does that have to do with Lincoln Riley versus Jim Harbaugh or Ryan Day? Has Lincoln Riley ever proven he's capable of putting together a national championship caliber defense? Has he ever won a playoff game?
@Will Muny Discounting what Ryan Day did in 2020 simply because you want too is amusing and Ohio State went toe to toe with defending national champion Georgia for 60 minutes and lost 42-41. Meanwhile USC gave up 16 points in the last 5 minutes of the 4th quarter and lost to Tulane, not counting two losses to Utah in which they gave up a combined 90 points. What does your assertion mean? USC under Lincoln Riley is going to own the entire Big 10? What claim are you making? Are they going to win the Big 10 every year? Every two years? I'd love to know so we can come back to this and see how accurate your assertions are.
@Will Muny You claimed USC owns the entire Big 10 and when I ask what exactly that means going forward you change the subject and ask me to predict the future? I have no idea what's going to happen Will but I can't wait to find out because there are going to be an incredible number of amazing conference games to watch every season. I do know USC has LSU (neutral) , Notre Dame (home), Penn State (road) and Michigan (home) in 2024 and they'll be breaking in a new QB. I never speak in absolutes, but I find it highly unlikely they win the B1G in 2024. For the record I have nothing but respect for them as a blue blood program and I'm excited that they're joining the Big 10.
@Will Muny 1.) We agree that USC will not regret leaving the Pac-12. 2.) Not all facts are predictive - USC is 6-4 all time against Michigan going back to 1948. Does that small sample size of games tell us anything? Does it inform your opinion about what will happen when the two schools play each other in 2024? To me the answer to both questions is no. 3.) I have denied ZERO claims I simply asked you to explain what your assertion that USC has owned the Big 10 for the past 62 years means going forward. If you think it's predictive than make a prediction, if you don't think it's predictive than why are we having this conversation?
You need to get your facts straight, Yes, the SEC is going with 8 games in for now, probably for only a year or two before they go to 9 but they have got rid of divisions just like the Big 10 and even in the 8 game model every SEC team will play each other every 2 years and home and away every 4 years just like the Big 10 which means a tougher schedule for an SEC team because the SEC is a tougher conference from top to bottom. You have Ohio State and Michigan and Penn State after that what do you have. And just like the SEC there are some teams that are not going to play each other every year year anymore like they always have. They will still play each other every year. I realize you are trying to build up the Big 10 but don't say things that aren't true just to build up your own conference. I prefer a nine game schedule but I don't think it is that big of a deal to stay at 8. I think the bigger deal is getting rid of divisions because playing all the SEC teams in a 2 year period is going to be brutal.
USC is going the be the one of the top 4 teams from all the recruits they’re getting and the transfers they’re getting every year they’ll be fine and overall USC is 75-30-3 against the Big Ten all time
So which Alabama "rival" is no longer going to be played every year if they stay at 8 games? If you are correct and they will play every other opponent home and away every 4 years then they can only protect one game. I assume it's Auburn, so LSU and Tennessee will only be every other year if they stick with 8 games. The same issue happens with every other SEC team with more than one conference rival. I don't think the SEC is going to stick with 8 games very long though. They need the same kind of protected rivalries as the Big Ten is doing, which is not really possible with only 8 games. If they only have 8 games for 2 years they can maintain those rivalries and still get pretty close to "playing everyone home and away every 4 years" but if it goes longer than that they'll either miss out on playing some of the other teams or not play all of their rivals every year.
you are totally correct, I am for 9 games too and I think they will go to ni9games too but my point is people are saying the SEC is killing rivalries in which it is affecting some which I don't like but the same thing is happening with the Big 10 with what they just did. There are teams that have played each other every year but now it is going to be every other year.
How many years in a row now has the SEC won the national championship? and why does Big 10 teams keep losing to SEC teams in the college football playoff?
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Schedules and discussion at the following points in the show:
0:00 - Eliminating Divisions and Discussing Protected Match-Ups
3:34 - USC & UCLA's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents
5:37 - Michigan's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents
6:52 - Ohio State's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents
8:46 - Wisconsin's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents
9:45 - Minnesota's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents
10:44 - Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti Discusses New Football Scheduling Format
17:10 - Penn State's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents
18:14 - Michigan State's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents
19:39 - Iowa's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents
20:42 - Nebraska's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents
21:45 - Ohio State AD Gene Smith Discusses the New Scheduling Format
25:38 - Illinois' 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents
26:48 - Northwestern's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents
28:16 - Maryland's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents
29:18 - Rutgers' 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents
30:25 - Big Ten COO Kerry Kenny Discusses New Football Scheduling Format
37:11 - Indiana's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents
38:14 - Purdue's 2024 Big Ten Football Opponents
39:30 - Nicole Auerbach on the Flex Protect Plus Schedule Model
43:00 - Final 2024& 2025 Schedule Notes and Thoughts
This video needs to be updated to include Washington and Oregon. It will be interesting to see the schedule adjustments and methodology
That's why they started with the flex format. They knew where things were headed but couldn't make it official before schedules were due. Aside from rivalries...note they scheduled half the big ten for double games against non rivalry opponents. It will be no issue plugging the two universities in those slots for half their games and schedule them the opposite dual team those weeks they lost their double game opponent.
It's designed specifically to be flexible for this reason
I like this format because then it gets the other big ten teams a chance to go to the big ten championship game now the big ten championship games are now going to be the toughest conference and make really good games.
😂😂😂😂😂😂, toughest conference? Right. Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, LSU, Florida, OU, Texas. Y'all have OSU, Michigan and Penn State ( sometime) everyone else is like Miss State, Old Miss, Texas A&M, South Carolina, Mizzou , Arkansas, Vanderbilt and Kentucky.
@@thomasblankinship98
Tennessee? They’ve had one good year in 30. They’ve won 41% of their conference games the last decade. They’re Maryland
Nebraska was building a fun rivalry with Northwestern. We hope Matt Rhule will elevate them beyond that, but I wouldn't have minded getting a protected game with Northwestern.
Same, I don’t care if Northwestern isn’t a competitor every year. That seemed to be the only game that was naturally developing into a rivalry. All the other ones seemed forced besides maybe Minnesota.
The game
Finally, Michigan has a challenging schedule.
This aged well
Whoops! 🙃
Lots of Michigan alums in my neighborhood so Coli will be packed . Used to camp at Lake Michigan so will go to Michigan in future
The SEC wasn't going to add a 9th conference opponent because it would take away there schools playing bcs teams a week before rivalry week what a joke
Steve Deasce did a study and showed that the SEC purposefully schedules themselves the weakest schedule of any conference.
the real reason for not going to 9 is that ESPN wasn't going to pay extra for the 9th game in either 24 or 25, but '26 brings an opportunity to renegotiate the deal for more money to bring a 9 game conference slate.
When the announcer doesn’t know the difference between USC and UCLA. USC plays Notre Dame every year, not UCLA. 🙄🙄🙄 ✌🏽
💯 😂
With the expanded playoff and conferences moving to this larger round robin model, wouldn’t it make the most sense just to eliminate conference championship games?
No. Conference champs will be top seeds in the playoff
If no champ game and no divisions there is still a conf champ.
Guess we the USC fans need to subscribe to this channel soon 😆✌🏼but analyst doesn’t seem to know*ucLA DO not play ND? It’s USC vs ND one of the longest running rivalry… dude do some studying first
I am a die hard Washington Husky fan! I've noticed Washington doesn't play Illinois or Indiana. And, those two schools don't play each other either. What are the tie breakers?
I would argue that there are some forced rivalries on here. Plus, there are some other rivalries that should be protected, yet aren’t.
Maybe the Big Ten had every school list all their rivalries and order them, from most to least important. But I’m surprised by these results.
Why does a school like Iowa deserve three protected rivalries while Penn State gets none? I’m no PSU fan but that looks b.s. to me.
Rutgers v Maryland is a joke. Where is Michigan v Minnesota? How does Penn St have 0 rivalries, can a Penn St fan comment on this?
Honestly every designated B1G rivalry that Penn State has had feels forced. The school was kind of on its own geographically right after joining the conference. Ohio State and Michigan are usually the biggest games on the calendar but we know we'll never be their biggest game, although Ohio State is as close to a natural rival within the conference in terms of geography and competitive games over the past decade or so. Not sure why the conference didn't protect that game, unless that ended up being the difference between allowing every school to play each other home and away over a four-year period.
Michigan State never really caught on as a real rival no matter how much the conference tries to make the Land Grant Trophy a thing.
While I think Maryland and Rutgers see Penn State as their big game, that feeling isn't reciprocated. Plus I'm guessing the B1G wants to limit those two always playing the "big three" in the east all the time. I don't know if there was a way to do it without messing up what it looks like the conference is intending to do, though. In essence, I think our only real rival is Pitt, and I never really got to experience that as someone who graduated from Penn State in 2010 and hasn't been back to the state of PA since.
Bummer for the better West Division teams that may find the championship game now out of reach. But I like this new model very much.
This is one hour of programming (and several more hours of effort in coming up with this) that they'll never get back.
when the big ten championship game started in 2011, it was msu and wisconsin meeting 2 times. Won't be shocked if its michigan and ohio state meeting 2 times a year for a while
for rutgers 2024, michigan, ohio state, iowa, and penn state were replaced with wisconsin, nebraska, usc, and washington. they also have howard as a non-conference opponent. washington illinois and minnesota are now two-play opponents instead of penn state. rutgers will also play oregon. they will not play wisconsin, indiana, nebraska, or northwestern in 2025 either.
When USC and UCLA join the Big Ten in 2024, assuming there's no further conference realignment until then, which FBS conference in terms of geographical miles will have the longest stretch from one end of the league to the other?
A. The ACC
B. The Big Ten
C. The Big 12
D. The Mountain West
Is the answer not obvious?
EDIT: probably not, I'll go D because I'm sure Hawaii is farther than anywhere in the continental US
Yup.
@@mr.runner4213 Good question! I've brought up Hawaii before as to why it's a non-argument why idiots like Pat Forde of Sports Illustrated are trying to take CA Governor Newsom's case against UCLA and USC (or the mainly the former) in moving to BIG. I didn't hear about anyone crying for West Virginia being being in the B-12 either.
Damn as SC fan id never imagined watching my team facing Michigan my favorite coach that coached the niners I feel like Michigan is more of a threat to anyone in my opinion yeah everyone is competitive but Michigan feels like huge challenge USC better fix that defense for next year or else its no mercy from Harbaugh
The Big Ten cant handle anymore ohio state michigan matchups that are not title games
Will this be seen as a good move for other sports outside of football? Are baseball and volleyball teams like USC, UCLA's really thrilled about going East, and vice versa?
Fight on Sc ✌🏾
I just looked at the schedule and I am almost certain that the kids in Bloomington, IN might have to go through what I did in 1984.
The expanded playoffs will change everything. You potentially could have 5 - 8 Big ten teams in the playoffs every year. It's not inconceivable that Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, UCLA and USC would make the playoffs every year. Add to that Washington and Oregon and it could be as many as 7 on an annual basis. Besides those schools Wisconsin, Minnesota, Purdue, Michigan State and Illinois are often in the top 16. So, potentially that could put half of the playoff field in the Big Ten. That will take a lot of pressure off of programs to 'win' every game. A team with one or two losses could still make it. What it should do is cause the elite teams to play harder non-conference schedules so that with a loss they are still in the top 12.
Michigan and ohio state will play each other twice back to back? Assuming they usually will be the 2 best teams
Well. It's a 3rd now.
Thats a gross oversimplification. What if USC/UCLA become the giant in the Big10, will you then argue against them playing in Rivalry Week as well?
The last weak of the season is Rivalry Week and all of the conferences join in the pageantry.
Stop trying to destroy what makes college football special, some of you are worse than the corporations and greedy Universities.
man. Wiscons has a tough road schedule in 2024 along with playing Alabama
Pac 12 needs open door for San Diego state and UNLV to enter power 5
No please
What’s your deal, Jimbo. Payback coming✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼
With the eliminated of divisions, does the Michigan vs OSU regular season game have to be the last game of the season! Can’t it be earlier in the season making a potential re-match more exciting?
I have expressed that numerous times. It really should happen. The rivalry is protected. The date does not have to be.
No Michigan and Ohio always play last game of regseason
@@N8TheGreatG In my opinion nothing is forever. If divisions can be eliminated and teams allowed to pick protected rivals then dates can be flexible too unless there is a contractual rule that says otherwise.
Michigan Ohio state own the big ten
You dont understand college football. Rivalry week is the last week of the season. Every single conference does this. Its not moving, and there is no reason too.
Flex protect plus huh. Flex for it's flexibility substituting teams that may be joining....protect for the rivalry conservation....plus because they knew in advance Washington and Oregon would be coming along....
USC needs to be the white out game for 2024
Not keeping the Penn St v. Ohio St game is a huge mistake. Purdue v Illinois, who cares!
Now your hyping up USC and UCLA? These teams will make any weak conference better, ucla always has talent not as much as usc but they are California schools.
PSU fan likes the scrap the division decision...also I like not having any rival opponent every year....9 games.
I think Penn State was willing to play Ohio State every year but not fair to Ohio State
big ten doesnt want division runner up geting blown out like purdue
ohio state has a tougher road schedule in conference play in 2024 than Michigan.
Oh god I WANT mIchigan USC opening day in the rose bowl.
USC plays at the LA Coliseum. 🤦🏻♀️
@@jeannine1991 Pedantic
@@scottscottsdale7868 if you think it’s ok to completely misidentify universities and their rivals, why are you here?
No one would care if they said OH St home field is the big house, or MI plays in the shoe?
Please, go to the Rose Bowl when USC plays MI in 2024 and enjoy whoever UCLA is playing that day. 🤣🤣🤣
USC and UCLA will no have no fans in their stadiums; most casuals will not care about them playing teams from the Midwest; the away teams will have more fans at the Colosseum and Rose Bowl lol
Yes the team with the highest average in attendance in the PAC won’t have fans. 🤣🤣😭✌🏽
What are you talking about? No fans to see USC? there has never been more away fans at a home USC game. I can't wait. See you folks next year...Fight On!
cant wait watch my wolverines bury the trojans in coleseum
@@EricaAllispn-d2h Like every time they’ve come out west? 🤣
Keep hating
Grandslam schedule
30 years in the Big 10 and still the noobs I guess?
As an Ohio State fan I wanted Penn State every year because it is a great rivalry
@@realbrownsfan3230 Yeah, OSU is ahead in the series and rightfully so but they are almost always competitive games and that's what makes it a semi-rivalry and real fun to watch.
I would’ve loved Penn St as a protected rival but I understand the B1G’s thinking. Have the 4 anchor schools (Ohio St, Penn St, USC, Michigan) play 2 of each other every year to keep competitive balance. With Michigan being our protected game, we will alternate Penn St & USC every other year. So in ‘24 we have Michigan & Penn St. Michigan has Ohio St & USC. Penn St has Ohio St & USC. USC has Penn St & Michigan. Then it alternates the following year as USC/Penn St are protected games with each other the first 2 years. I expect that to stay the same in ‘26 & beyond. I love the way the B1G set this up
I thinks every big ten team should play 1 power 5 conference team for non conference games. enough of these teams playing cupcakes for 3 games
Purdue has been multiple P5 teams in conference for a while. This year they play Fresno state, VT, Syracuse
No the big change Michigan will notice is they’ll actually have to play a non con p5 for once instead of cupcakes
Have you seen our 2024 schedule? Also, if anything, our conference schedule just got tougher with the addition of USC and UCLA. Not sure how you came to your conclusion with any rational basis other than a hatred for Michigan lmao. Sure, our SOS was weak the last two years but so was Georgia's. So is Clemson's every year. So was Ohio State's last year.
@@CertifiedClapaholic And?! You should welcome tougher additions. Is this what has become of modern Meatchicken fans? Running from stiffer competition? 😂 more specifically from middle tier Pac teams 😂😂 As far as the SoS whataboutism, only UM '22 had the weak overall schedule ranking. UGA's schedule wasn't weak in '22 nor '21 and UM's was comparable to theirs when they pounded Meatchicken in the playoffs.
@@M.B1s0n huh? Where did you get the idea that I'm unhappy with Michigan's schedule after this year? I have never once complained about having a tougher SOS, I was pointing out that our 2024 SOS is not the cakewalk that the last two years have been perceived to be.
@@CertifiedClapaholic y’all haven’t played a p5 non conference game like the rest of the conference has for at least the last two years
yeah NOW they put Texas on and Oklahoma for non conference games. I think all big ten schools should play 1 power 5 conference team.
And put this is the garbage and start over.
USC fight on✌️
Ohio state scared to play a non conference power 5 school in 2024
Meat Chicken is doing that this year while Ohio State plays Notre Dame this year and Texas in 2025
@@realbrownsfan3230 michigan 2 yrs on a row playing non conference cupcake teams. i was shocked that they put on the upcoming schedule for 24 and 25 better non conference teams
college football is going downhill to destruction quickly. College football has lost its purpose.
Should BIG get rid of its conference championship game in 2024 and beyond, despite the $$$ revenue generated? I believe it should, and here's my reasoning... In that year, the [my bad, the FBS] playoff series will expand from four to 12. I'm guessing that this means that a good three teams from BIG will be in the playoff, two at-large teams in seeds 5-12 and one of the top four who [has] the first-week bye. I believe that BIG should determine the conference champion by formula, [and] not by the two best teams playing because these two best will undoubtedly make the playoffs anyway. Additionally, the following week after a possible BIG championship game could see the start of the playoff games involving the eight at-large teams, because the season can't go beyond the second week of January to end the season. And UCLA in 2024 will play @LSU, @Hawaii, @Michigan, Ohio State, and USC, which will be travel-heavy and encompass a high-degree of difficulty, not to discount the other BIG teams UCLA will play. Bring it on, looking forward to it!
My takeaway from all of this is that the Big Ten needs to invite The University of Pittsburgh to join.
Not sure why they insist Iowa vs Nebraska is a protected rivalry... as an Iowa fan I would rather play Penn State annually.
Because more people will watch Iowa vs NE each year. As a NE fan I hope we ruin your chances for any success again this year and every year to come. GBR! #HeroesGameTrophy
right on! Love playing the Hawkeyes!
I agree Iowa and PSU are always competitive great games down to the wire love the matchups.Expect a great matchup this fall
That's YOU. Obviously Iowa didn't agree since the schools had to agree.
@@2528drevas Obviously they agreed. I as a fan, don't believe Nebraska is a rival. The conference has been pushing it to be 1 since they joined. I also preferred playing Minnesota as the last game of the year. I think this is more about getting Nebraska acclimated to the BIG than it has to do with rivalries... that don't exist.
They will regret leaving the pac 12
Regret being part of the new Power two in college football? Regret the additional millions of dollars for their universities? Why? Because their strength of schedule is going to increase and they're going to lose a few more games? Respectfully disagree
@Will Muny Forgive me are you are you arguing that wins by John McKay and Pete Carroll are somehow relevant in 2024? What does that have to do with Lincoln Riley versus Jim Harbaugh or Ryan Day? Has Lincoln Riley ever proven he's capable of putting together a national championship caliber defense? Has he ever won a playoff game?
@Will Muny Discounting what Ryan Day did in 2020 simply because you want too is amusing and Ohio State went toe to toe with defending national champion Georgia for 60 minutes and lost 42-41. Meanwhile USC gave up 16 points in the last 5 minutes of the 4th quarter and lost to Tulane, not counting two losses to Utah in which they gave up a combined 90 points. What does your assertion mean? USC under Lincoln Riley is going to own the entire Big 10? What claim are you making? Are they going to win the Big 10 every year? Every two years? I'd love to know so we can come back to this and see how accurate your assertions are.
@Will Muny You claimed USC owns the entire Big 10 and when I ask what exactly that means going forward you change the subject and ask me to predict the future? I have no idea what's going to happen Will but I can't wait to find out because there are going to be an incredible number of amazing conference games to watch every season. I do know USC has LSU (neutral) , Notre Dame (home), Penn State (road) and Michigan (home) in 2024 and they'll be breaking in a new QB. I never speak in absolutes, but I find it highly unlikely they win the B1G in 2024. For the record I have nothing but respect for them as a blue blood program and I'm excited that they're joining the Big 10.
@Will Muny 1.) We agree that USC will not regret leaving the Pac-12. 2.) Not all facts are predictive - USC is 6-4 all time against Michigan going back to 1948. Does that small sample size of games tell us anything? Does it inform your opinion about what will happen when the two schools play each other in 2024? To me the answer to both questions is no. 3.) I have denied ZERO claims I simply asked you to explain what your assertion that USC has owned the Big 10 for the past 62 years means going forward. If you think it's predictive than make a prediction, if you don't think it's predictive than why are we having this conversation?
You need to get your facts straight, Yes, the SEC is going with 8 games in for now, probably for only a year or two before they go to 9 but they have got rid of divisions just like the Big 10 and even in the 8 game model every SEC team will play each other every 2 years and home and away every 4 years just like the Big 10 which means a tougher schedule for an SEC team because the SEC is a tougher conference from top to bottom. You have Ohio State and Michigan and Penn State after that what do you have. And just like the SEC there are some teams that are not going to play each other every year year anymore like they always have. They will still play each other every year. I realize you are trying to build up the Big 10 but don't say things that aren't true just to build up your own conference. I prefer a nine game schedule but I don't think it is that big of a deal to stay at 8. I think the bigger deal is getting rid of divisions because playing all the SEC teams in a 2 year period is going to be brutal.
USC is going the be the one of the top 4 teams from all the recruits they’re getting and the transfers they’re getting every year they’ll be fine and overall USC is 75-30-3 against the Big Ten all time
So which Alabama "rival" is no longer going to be played every year if they stay at 8 games? If you are correct and they will play every other opponent home and away every 4 years then they can only protect one game. I assume it's Auburn, so LSU and Tennessee will only be every other year if they stick with 8 games. The same issue happens with every other SEC team with more than one conference rival.
I don't think the SEC is going to stick with 8 games very long though. They need the same kind of protected rivalries as the Big Ten is doing, which is not really possible with only 8 games. If they only have 8 games for 2 years they can maintain those rivalries and still get pretty close to "playing everyone home and away every 4 years" but if it goes longer than that they'll either miss out on playing some of the other teams or not play all of their rivals every year.
you are totally correct, I am for 9 games too and I think they will go to ni9games too but my point is people are saying the SEC is killing rivalries in which it is affecting some which I don't like but the same thing is happening with the Big 10 with what they just did. There are teams that have played each other every year but now it is going to be every other year.
SEC isn't tougher. They just think they are.
How many years in a row now has the SEC won the national championship? and why does Big 10 teams keep losing to SEC teams in the college football playoff?
oh lord thank you iowa struggles with Purdue and now we have a chance where we might not play em 🥹🥹🥹🥹
Ope