So what is the plan for scheduling The Game, Divisions, and the Conference Championship Game once USC/UCLA join?
November 6th, 2022 at 10:45 AM ^
I don’t know. I thought you disavowed the B1G yesterday.
November 6th, 2022 at 10:48 AM ^
Be prepared for three SEC teams (winner, runner up, and whoever else) and the Big Ten winner/runner every year in the expanded format then.
November 6th, 2022 at 11:12 AM ^
"12 team playoff? How can we get 12 SEC teams in?" - the CFP Committee
November 6th, 2022 at 12:11 PM ^
I thought the SEC would push the 16 team format, so the entire SEC can be in the playoff when Texas and Oklahoma become full conference members.
November 6th, 2022 at 12:06 PM ^
“This conference is terrible, dissolve the divisions & pull The Game into September/early October”
also OP
“So what is the plan for scheduling The Game, Divisions, and the Conference Championship Game once USC/UCLA join?”
November 6th, 2022 at 12:16 PM ^
The USC/UCLA thing wasn’t on my mind for the post yesterday. Adding those two teams obviously changes everything going forward.
November 6th, 2022 at 10:48 AM ^
I like money
November 6th, 2022 at 12:39 PM ^
Username checks out
November 6th, 2022 at 10:49 AM ^
I hope they add two more teams beyond USC and UCLA and go to a 1 / 8 / 8 where you have one permanent rival and play the other 8 teams in alternating years. And then drop the championship game and instead play all of the rivalry games on the final weekend, spread across three days. But whatever makes the most money is probably what's going to happen.
November 6th, 2022 at 10:51 AM ^
I think we may see a 10 game league schedule.
November 6th, 2022 at 11:03 AM ^
I think it cuts both ways. More league games could actually decrease inventory for a TV package by reducing the number of home one-off games each team has. It will also decrease the number of home games that conference members have which could decrease ticket revenue. Will there be enough new TV money to make up for this?
November 6th, 2022 at 11:06 AM ^
I have a feeling all of this was decided and figured out before a $7 billion dollar TV deal was signed, we’re just now waiting to figure out what was decided.
November 6th, 2022 at 11:02 AM ^
Let's enjoy this season...
November 6th, 2022 at 11:06 AM ^
Since restructuring has to happen, I would imagine that the simplest and easiest move would be to keep things largely as they are, put Purdue in the East, and the put the two west coast teams in the West division.
As it stands we play 3 ooc teams and 3 crossovers every year, we'll be adding one extra division opponent annually and having to sacrifice from the 6 mentioned above. I'd prefer sacrificing our 3rd meaningless warmup game for the new division opponent, and making one of the 3 crossovers protected for Minnesota, with the other 2 alternating between traditional B1G rivals.
I'd be fine if we never scheduled a major p5 school in a season opener in a baseball stadium or in Europe, etc.
I just don't find any appeal in us having a potential schedule full of teams like Utep, Akron, Bowling Green, Rutgers, Maryland, UCLA, USC, and Nebraska in the same year, at the expense of century old rivals.
We can occasionally play the West newcomers if they make the conference championship game.
November 6th, 2022 at 11:33 AM ^
I would hate to have USC get to be one of the top two teams every year because of their schedule.
November 6th, 2022 at 11:10 AM ^
Clearly USC and UCLA will join the East, and Maryland and Rutgers will switch to the West. Big Ten logic.
November 6th, 2022 at 12:31 PM ^
Knowing them, they'll put all of the red teams (Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, OSU, Rutgers, USC, Wisconsin) in one division, and the non-red teams (Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, MSU, Northwestern, PSU, Purdue, UCLA) in the other.
November 6th, 2022 at 12:49 PM ^
I actually enjoy this idea. It eliminates geographical bias and would still allow for good protected rivalries and crossover games. Plus it balances where USC and UCLA go instead of putting them both in the West.
November 6th, 2022 at 4:51 PM ^
I can’t think of a more politically imprudent thing than making divisions red v blue. Which means they will probably do it.
November 6th, 2022 at 8:11 PM ^
I kind of like this.
The B1G could have a, "Red," and, "Not Red," divisions.
Or maybe just bring back, "Leaders," and, "Legends."
November 6th, 2022 at 11:15 AM ^
Wow, a 12 team playoff, how neat. Can't wait to see 8 eesss eeee seeee teams in it every year!!!
/s - just in case
November 6th, 2022 at 12:11 PM ^
Here is to the next generation of Michigan fans accepting the SEC crap like we did when UM was clearly #2 in 2006 (Well we had our chance) and LSU bama getting a rematch and us being ok with it.
November 6th, 2022 at 11:18 AM ^
Create two divisions called "Managers" and "Folklores." Then use a generator to randomly assign the teams into each division without thought of geography or match ups. That would scream Big Ten.
November 6th, 2022 at 4:55 PM ^
Divide them by academic ranking.
Michigan. Northwestern. USC. UCLA. Wisconsin and one other opposite a Dummies Division with all the land grant cowfucker schools.
November 6th, 2022 at 11:20 AM ^
Not looking forward to playing OSU twice this year
November 6th, 2022 at 11:48 AM ^
The odds of that are still small.
November 6th, 2022 at 11:21 AM ^
Whatever you did to get a million MGoPoints, it clearly wasn't this.
This isn't quite as bad as your thread from yesterday. Then again, it would be hard to be that bad.
November 6th, 2022 at 12:10 PM ^
Not defending yesterday' post, but MgA is good poster who has earned the right to have an occassional crankypants post once in a while.
November 6th, 2022 at 11:35 AM ^
Dump the BTCG and the divisions. If two teams share the title, good for them! Use tiebreakers to determine the official league representative. That's what we did as a conference for a century.
College football has to seriously think about how long the season is going to be. Are we really going to play a 12-game season, a conference title game, and a playoff that could be up to four rounds? Do we want college teams to play up to 17 games?
Conference title games are the simplest thing to get rid of. The extra revenue from the CFP should offset it.
November 6th, 2022 at 12:40 PM ^
More games = more money
What do you think?
November 6th, 2022 at 11:38 AM ^
Kevin Warren told me but made me pinky promise not to tell anyone. Sorry.
November 6th, 2022 at 11:48 AM ^
The only thing I've heard is that they are considering changing the conference name to "The Big Chill' after Michigan wins again this year.
November 6th, 2022 at 11:50 AM ^
OSU is excited to go play out west in the nice weather.
They will probably push for a retractable roof to be installed at the toilet bowl...or maybe go full dome.
November 6th, 2022 at 12:16 PM ^
Is there any truth to the rumor that Ohio State will relocate the entire university to Oakland, California? That way, they can play in warmer weather and not have to change their logo.
November 6th, 2022 at 12:35 PM ^
Gonna have a little problem with the academic standards that California expects from their public institutions...
November 6th, 2022 at 12:01 PM ^
Knowing the B1G, the conference will devise a scheduling plan at the latest moment possible. Not a second earlier.
November 6th, 2022 at 12:04 PM ^
USC will play at Michigan and UCLA at Ohio State the first year.
Why? Because of color contrast and to give a rough time to newcomers.
Just my best guess.
November 6th, 2022 at 2:10 PM ^
Pretty great for Penn State right
November 6th, 2022 at 12:16 PM ^
oooooops...wrong topic....
November 6th, 2022 at 12:41 PM ^
What ever the sec does, follow suit!
8 conference games, do it!
Allow fcs games into the end of October, do it!
if the sec keeps divisions and ccg, do it. We know that Espn Sec/Acc are married, so what ever formula they use, do it! From conference or division set up. Number of conference games, championship game and format! Do it, put the CFP in a bind imo!
November 6th, 2022 at 12:58 PM ^
Usc ucla in the west, move a bottom feeder west team to the east. Keep it the same otherwise.
November 6th, 2022 at 2:09 PM ^
Move Purdue to the East, simple
November 6th, 2022 at 2:08 PM ^
It will be lame and unfair