OOC Games Against Texas and Oklahoma

Keep them

Don't care as long as our starting QB doesn't get injured

especially if we end up with a QB injury like FSU.

Travis's injury was simply the fig leaf needed to sneak an SEC team in the top four.  If the Alabama QB had broken his leg, they'd still be in.

Let's worry about this season. 

Don’t know how we could get rid of Texas next year. Seems too late for that 

seeding matters especially if we end up with a QB injury like FSU

Let’s not forget that injury happened against an FCS opponent.

With the new super conferences, there is no reason to schedule anything but MAC teams to start the year, and a D2 team before rivalry week.

Zero incentive.  

Michigan will be lucky to be 10-2 next year. 

Keep them

But I bet we won’t see anymore games like this ever again in the OOC besides the ND games happening years from now 

More reason to have them now. A loss is not season-crippling, but a win insulates you against a loss elsewhere. Michigan will have Texas, UW, Oregon, USC and Ohio State on the schedule. 3-2 in that group gets them in the playoff, and even 2-3 gives them a chance. LSU almost would have made it this year with 3 losses and their only good win is Mizzou.

With the influx of good teams into the Big Ten, they are not necessary, but I'm not sure it would be easy to shed them. 

Our schedule will be hard enough going forward.

Replace them 

as someone living in OKC, with lots of friends that want to bring me along to these games, I'm all for keeping them.

With 2 or 4 teams, a tougher schedule with more losses might knock you out, with 12 teams I don't think it hurts you as much. And even this year it goes both ways: if Texas didn't play a strong OOC schedule and beat Alabama, I don't think they're in the playoffs this year. Next year we have a gauntlet in the Big Ten, but I'm generally in favor of more real games. 

Adding the Pac teams will make our regular season a murderer's row.  Our OOC schedule should consist of Eastern, Western,  and Central from now on.

Cancel immediately 

This is a legitimate question to ask. Especially with USC, UCLA, Washington and Oregon going to the B1G and OU & Texas going to the SEC. Theres no incentive playing these games. The conference schedule is going to be enough. The extra W isn't worth the risk of an extra L. Now, I'm not saying have a non conf schedule like the did this year, but schedule a low end P5 non conference opponent, a regional Mac-ish opponent or something along those lines. No need to go out and schedule these high end opponents because it's not going to help. 

FSU’s qb jury happened against a cupcake.  I don’t follow your reasoning.

The 2024 schedule includes:

• Texas
• USC
• @Wash
• Oregon
• @OSU

This year, the 12 vs 13 rankings cutoff just about coincides with the 2 vs 3 loss line.

I think dropping Texas with that schedule and all of the departures to the NFL would increase the chances of making the playoff.

I’m all for these home and home series.  Big games in the big house.  No one wants to sit and watch another MAC slaughter.  Ticket prices on the secondary market prove this.  

As a fan, I say keep them.  As someone watching the cfp, drop them.

Keep them

Get rid of them

I vote for better football. This 10 game preseason was awful.

If you want to be the best, you gotta beat the best. 

I hate how football fans want to set up horrible football games. Play games against good teams. So what if we are not national champions. We could go join the MAC and dominate all our opponents. There are way too many weak opponents in the B1G as it is.