Big Ten schedule + why?
Has there ever been any official explanation for the scheduling switch that resulted in Michigan facing MSU twice in a row in East Lansing?
At home vs our two biggest rivals then away vs our two biggest rivals is stupid, especially considering it required a switch in venue.
I consider MSU a "top 2" rival now that ND is gone. I consider ND a bigger rival than MSU b/c they are usually better.
I'm not okay with this move by the B1G.
October 13th, 2015 at 9:27 PM ^
October 14th, 2015 at 10:11 AM ^
This made me laugh. Not sure if the U.S. has this contest, but Kraft in Canada is giving away a 24 karat gold noodle. I am sure Brandon is buying crates of Kraft Dinner to win...
October 13th, 2015 at 9:28 PM ^
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little guy? claims to be 37 lbs, but is more like 3.7 lbs?
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koala joe!
October 13th, 2015 at 9:42 PM ^
Is this actually supposed to be a funny meme or something? I understand JH said it in his weekly interview but I'm guessing you're chasing some type of sarcastic humor? I'm asking for a friend.
October 13th, 2015 at 9:48 PM ^
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October 13th, 2015 at 11:19 PM ^
I think he probably caught you by now . . . .
October 13th, 2015 at 9:48 PM ^
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October 14th, 2015 at 10:58 AM ^
Sparty got two home games against M from it, but now they also play both OSU and UM at home one year, both away the next.
Had the B10 not required Michigan to play two home games in a row aganst State, all three schols would have one of the others at home every year. That would be an ideal outcome, which is why the B10 decided to fuck everyone over (except OSU).
October 13th, 2015 at 9:30 PM ^
They couldn't keep the schedules exactly as they were while realigning the divisions and adding 2 teams.
October 13th, 2015 at 9:44 PM ^
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Actually they could have. Someone (NittanyFan, I think it was) broke down a way they could have kept all the rivalries properly aligned. But the league office was apparently too lazy to care.
October 13th, 2015 at 9:53 PM ^
Michigan has to play both rivals on the road every other year, and so does MSU. However OSU gets Michigan at home and MSU away, then vice versa, each year.
This does not factor in that traditionally, Penn State should be the one whose schedule should be balanced out against other division "powers" and not MSU.
October 13th, 2015 at 10:55 PM ^
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October 14th, 2015 at 7:52 AM ^
Yes, but a number of them are rockin' Tigers or Redwings gear, God I hate them and their homosexual traditions/songs.
October 14th, 2015 at 6:44 AM ^
October 13th, 2015 at 9:57 PM ^
All they had to do was switch Maryland's schedule to home with us and @MSU last year. That would have worked perfectly.
For selling tickets, this setup is bad. For making the playoffs, maybe it works in out favor.
October 13th, 2015 at 9:34 PM ^
October 13th, 2015 at 9:40 PM ^
I see what you're doing here. Classic.
October 13th, 2015 at 9:41 PM ^
I hate when he's happy.
October 13th, 2015 at 10:00 PM ^
Which is like NEVER!
October 13th, 2015 at 9:45 PM ^
"It's disrespectful to my team that we don't play every game at home."
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But it also means a terrible home schedule every even-numbered year.
October 13th, 2015 at 9:42 PM ^
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October 13th, 2015 at 9:34 PM ^
I believe it was a quirk that resulted from the divisional realignment.
October 13th, 2015 at 9:41 PM ^
I can't stop watching your dancing banana Harbaugh.
October 13th, 2015 at 9:58 PM ^
I believe this was one of the main components of the explanation - the shift to East and West as well as the corresonding adjustment to the formula of playing all teams in your division screwed us and a few teams over like that, now that I think about it. The switch to a nine game conference schedule just adds one more out of division opponent, I think, so that wouldn't have been a factor, if I am not mistaken.
October 14th, 2015 at 7:50 AM ^
In a nutshell, Brandon didn't think that MSU was that important of a game and that OSU & ND were much more important. Hence all he cared about was protecting the OSU game in the schedule discussions. Because of this the big ten pushed this thru without Brandon blinking
October 13th, 2015 at 9:35 PM ^
If I'm Hackett, I just refuse to have UM play MSU until they come to the Big House twice in a row. Force the conference to call your bluff, which they never would.
October 13th, 2015 at 9:37 PM ^
October 13th, 2015 at 9:36 PM ^
I would not be surprised one bit if Michigan plays them at home in both 2019 and 2020.
The B1G schedules have not been released yet past 2019. I can't imagine this continuing.
Hackett can do this. After all, he brought Harbaugh home.
October 13th, 2015 at 9:37 PM ^
MSU was an afterthought in the scheduling and Brandon was asleep at the wheel in ensuring that UM maintained their traditional schedule.