Weird opening week B1G schedule
was poking around the schedules of other B1G teams on football schedules.com and man what a weird looking opening week for B1G teams.
Michigan, OSU, MSU and PSU are all on the road to open the season.
Thursday, 9/3
Michigan at Utah
TCU at Minnesota
Friday, 9/4
MSU at Western Michigan (WTF?)
Kent State at Illinois
Saturday, 9/5
Penn State at Temple
Norfolk State at Rutgers
Richmond at Maryland
Southern Illinois at Indiana
Illinois State at Iowa
Stanford at Northwestern
BYU at Nebraska
Wisconsin vs. Alabama (Cowboys Classic)!
Sunday, 9/6
Purdue at Marshall
Monday, 9/7
Ohio State at Virginia Tech
April 18th, 2015 at 12:56 PM ^
B1G is also playing all four of the other P5 conferences opening week.
April 18th, 2015 at 12:57 PM ^
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April 18th, 2015 at 12:57 PM ^
Gonna be soooooooooooo weird not watching Michigan Football on a Saturday to open the season.
Thanks Dave.
We're the opening night primetime game with Harbaugh at the helm. We're going to be talked about a lot leading up to that game and it'll draw in some big ratings as the first big game of the year
Have Mercy. That's a great avitar
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But there are no other big games that night - UNC vs. South Carolina is pretty localized, TCU vs. Minnesota is hardly as big of a national draw as Michigan vs. Utah.
No way we aren't on ESPN that night, raback it.
there is a really good chance that the game will be on Fox Sports 1.
We'll be the most intriguing game by far Thursday night. It'll be the typical Thursday night 8 pm primetime game for ESPN, with the added spice of it being a) the opening 'big' of the season and b) Harbaugh
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can you cite that? Googling hasn't picked anything up for FS1 getting the first choice for P12 home games.
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Best screenshot I could get of the one episode Joey wore the Michigan jersey
April 18th, 2015 at 12:57 PM ^
It's a gamblers-----er, I mean it's a Big Ten football fan's dream. I'd take this over Baby Seal @ Big Ten Team x 14 any day. Especially since there's a good chance Iowa loses to said Baby Seal, and (or) Bobo Beathard tries to injure Jabrill, again.
April 18th, 2015 at 12:59 PM ^
I think Western Michigan is going to win that. They played pretty even a few years ago until their QB got hurt. Plus MSU has a history of losing to the directional schools.
Well, to be fair, MSU has never lost to Western or Eastern. They have, however, lost 3 games to CMU ('91,'92,'09).
Giving Western some credit, though, they certainly played MSU tough a few years ago despite being a 1-11 team under first-year head coach PJ Fleck.
and sparty better watch out..The Broncos are returning their QB, RB and top Receivers from last season. Their RB Jarion Franklin went for 1500+ as a true freshman last season.
How does that even happen?
April 18th, 2015 at 11:24 PM ^
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Iowa could very well lose that game to ISU because LOL FERENTZ and Illinois State went 13-2 last year losing to 4-peat FCS National Champion NDSU in the DI National Championship game.
They're going to get stomped.
Top 5 FCS teams are VERY good football teams. Take Illinois State in a heartbeat...tempted to even give 7.5 points and still take them.
Maryland vs. Richmond should actually be a close game, but I think Maryland will be solid next year (even though I'm picking Richmond because I have a personal rule to always take the top 15 FCS school - you'll be right more times than you're wrong).
Part of me looks at Norfolk State vs. Rutgers and wants that to be "upset special" for all sorts of selfish emotional reasons. I am guessing offhand that Northwestern is not going to like Stanford very much after that game and Ohio State probably comes out when the bell rings and flattens the Hokies.
Open the entire CFB season with ND, first game of the entire year. If it's on a Thursday - so what.
Open the B1G season with MSU.
Always close the season with OSU like we do.
It would just be cool for all college football fans nationwide to know "college football is here when Michigan is playing ND." And for Michigan fans to know "B1G season has arrived...time for MSU." And we always* play OSU last, so that's that.
*(I know WD, Hawaii and I'm sure there are other times)
Thursday, 9/3
Michigan at Utah
TCU at Minnesota
Friday, 9/4
MSU at Western Michigan (WTF?)
Kent State at Illinois
Saturday, 9/5
Penn State at Temple
Norfolk State at Rutgers
Richmond at Maryland
Southern Illinois at Indiana
Illinois State at Iowa
Stanford at Northwestern
BYU at Nebraska
Wisconsin vs. Alabama (Cowboys Classic)!
Sunday, 9/6
Purdue at Marshall
Monday, 9/7
Ohio State at Virginia Tech
since he left I don't think they've done much. 5 years ago I'd take Richmond, not anymore
Or whatever the heck it was called, was a pretty good (and forward thinking) idea from MSU's Ath Dept. They'd originally signed 3 for 1 deals with each of the in-state MACs, for which in return for an Eagle, Chippewa and Bronco home date, they all granted MSU massive discounts for their 9 trips to East Lansing.
The deal ended up being such a massive discount for MSU, that EMU requested out last year - as the money they'd receive, even from having one of the in-state B10 teams come to Ypsilanti, wouldn't make up for the lump sum payout they typically receive while being sacrificed at the altar of the Power 5...
What on earth does MSU gain from playing all of these games at MAC schools? It seems like they do this just about every other year
I think Harbaugh wants more of a jungle lion diet.
Penn State is really a de facto home game. They will pack Lincoln Financial unless Temple alums have cultivated a sudden interest in football.
TCU/Minn, BYU/Neb are awesome games. Love the Nerd Bowl in Evanston too.
Their new coach is doing a hell of a job (Hey, if a bit shtick is what it takes). #18 in recruiting nationally!!! I know it's early and they will drop but #18. WOW! (I think they were as high as 16 or 14 or something like that....). Still think Sparty takes that one, but don't take them for granted.
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April 18th, 2015 at 10:30 PM ^
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