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RE: Rutgers and B1G money - some illuminating data
(11-28-2019 11:51 AM)goofus Wrote: I have a hunch that 2022 will be the year that the Big Ten scraps its divisions and changes the rules so that the 2 "best" teams always go to the CCG.
Then it could to a schedule where teams have 5 permanent opponents and play the other 8 teams 50% of the time.
If I had to guess the 5 permanent opponents will be
Rut- MD, PSU, OSU, Mich, Pur
MD - Rut, PSU, OSU, MSU, Indy
PSU - Rut, MD, OSU, MSU, Neb
OSU - Rut, MD, PSU, Mich, ILL
Mich - Rut, OSU, MSU, Pur, Minn
MSU - MD, PSU, Mich, Indy, Wisc
Indy - MD, MSU, Pur, ILL, Minn
Pur - Rut, Mich, Indy, NW, ILL
ILL - OSU, Indy, Pur, NW, Iowa
NW - Pur, ILL, Iowa, Wisc, Neb
Wisc - NW, Minn, Iowa, Neb, MSU
Minn - Mich, Wisc, Iowa, Neb, Indy
Iowa - ILL, NW, Wisc, Minn, Neb
Neb - PSU, Wisc, Iowa, Minn, NW
Sign me up for this right now. I want Ruters and PSU. I really like Indiana being of similar nature athletic wise and Michigan State also with the b-ball. Ohio State will continue to crush Maryland but I'm cool with it.
(11-28-2019 12:58 PM)Wedge Wrote: (11-28-2019 11:51 AM)goofus Wrote: I have a hunch that 2022 will be the year that the Big Ten scraps its divisions and changes the rules so that the 2 "best" teams always go to the CCG.
If the Big Ten ever does this, one of the priorities should be helping Rutgers, and to a lesser extent Maryland, with the football schedules. They need to not be playing Ohio State -and- Penn State -and- Michigan every single year. If there are "permanent" opponents, they should get at most one of those permanently, and play the others only once or twice every four years.
Yes and no. Both Maryland and Rutgers WANT to play Penn State for sure. It's also good for Ohio State and Michigan to be able to beat up on them (for the CFP) and also get eastern exposure. With only 5 locked games Maryland and Rutgers will be playing the top teams less and have *more* of a chance to win games. Not that this automatically means they go bowling every year but will make the bottom teams of the conference look better IMO.
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