2024 Schedule with dates comes out today

[SoCal_Corn]

The last 5 weeks...suck.

 

[vailhusker]

 

[vailhusker]

 

[CornFed Gregger]

Play tOSU after they have a bye then play UCLA after their bye & finally get USC after another bye. Difference with USC is we finally have a bye as well

 

[HerbRedman]

Whooboy...that CU home game is a must win. You lose that and that really fucks you up. Bc w this schedule you need to win during the "smooth sailing" portion of the schedule.

NU will have a new transfer portal QB starter. Need to get him going vs UTEP in the opener.

For CU it will be interesting to see how many OL/DL guys they can get in the portal. Also interested to see if their OC leaves for a HC job in the offseason.

 

[Irv]

Could potentially have our first 1-0 start since 2019.

 

[Stan Raymond]

7-5 in the future B1G is like going 9-3 now.

Not really. Still 3 Nonconference games, where 2 are almost gimmies and most years the 3rd will be a win. Good teams will do better than 4-5 or 5-4 in conference. 7-5 is most likely a team in the bottom half of the conference.

There will be on average 4 to 5 real good teams in the conference, hopefully we become one of them. These teams will rotate around a bit as teams change. This year it's Michigan, tOSU, Oregon, Washington and Penn St. A team will only play half of them a year, so 2.5 games a year against playoff quality teams.

There will still be some crap teams every year like Northwestern, Indiana, Michigan St, Illinois and Purdue. These teams will rotate around a bit as well. A team will play half of them every year as well, so 2.5 games against bad conference opponents.

Then the rest of the teams will be in the middle. Bouncing in and out of the rankings, usually with an obvious issue, like USC's defense or Cockeye's offense or Nebraska's turnover issues. There will be some good programs on down years like USC this year and bad programs with good years like Maryland or Illinois last season. There will be an average of 4 games from this group annually.

Top teams will go 8-1 or 7-2 in conference and make the expanded playoffs with an overall record of 11-1 to 9-3.
Teams in the bottom part of the top 25, will go 7-2 to 5-4 in conference and have an overall record in the range of 9-3 to 8-4.
A few teams will get bowl eligible with around a .500 conference record and an overall record of 7-5 or 6-6.
And the rest of the teams will have losing records.

 

[Stan Raymond]

The last 5 weeks...suck.

Looks like a great opportunity for us. tOSU is the only team I'm afraid of on that schedule.

 

[lee_carvallo_12]

Not really. Still 3 Nonconference games, where 2 are almost gimmies and most years the 3rd will be a win. Good teams will do better than 4-5 or 5-4 in conference. 7-5 is most likely a team in the bottom half of the conference.

There will be on average 4 to 5 real good teams in the conference, hopefully we become one of them. These teams will rotate around a bit as teams change. This year it's Michigan, tOSU, Oregon, Washington and Penn St. A team will only play half of them a year, so 2.5 games a year against playoff quality teams.

There will still be some crap teams every year like Northwestern, Indiana, Michigan St, Illinois and Purdue. These teams will rotate around a bit as well. A team will play half of them every year as well, so 2.5 games against bad conference opponents.

Then the rest of the teams will be in the middle. Bouncing in and out of the rankings, usually with an obvious issue, like USC's defense or Cockeye's offense or Nebraska's turnover issues. There will be some good programs on down years like USC this year and bad programs with good years like Maryland or Illinois last season. There will be an average of 4 games from this group annually.

Top teams will go 8-1 or 7-2 in conference and make the expanded playoffs with an overall record of 11-1 to 9-3.
Teams in the bottom part of the top 25, will go 7-2 to 5-4 in conference and have an overall record in the range of 9-3 to 8-4.
A few teams will get bowl eligible with around a .500 conference record and an overall record of 7-5 or 6-6.
And the rest of the teams will have losing records.

If you’re 9-3 coming out of the new B1G, I like your chances of getting one of the 12 playoff spots.

 

[HerbRedman]

If you’re 9-3 coming out of the new B1G, I like your chances of getting one of the 12 playoff spots.

Yeah they're not gonna be able to have all 10-2 (or better) teams in the 12-team playoff. There will be some 9-3s

 

[Jim14510]

10-2 will get you in the playoff most years. that's the new goal

I'd go as far as 10-2 in B1G or SEC will get you in the playoff every year.

 

[Turn Down for What]

USC is going to blow next year.

 

[HerbRedman]

I'd go as far as 10-2 in B1G or SEC will get you in the playoff every year.

I don't even think that's up for debate. I can't imagine a scenario in which that WOULDN'T get you there (in the CFP top 12).

 

[IM4NUALWAYS]

There are no easy schedules any more. Have manage the Non con relly well.

 

[Jim14510]

I don't even think that's up for debate. I can't imagine a scenario in which that WOULDN'T get you there (in the CFP top 12).

I agree. He said most years.

 

[HerbRedman]

I agree. He said most years.

Yeah I'd have to look at past CFP standings in early December each year and see what your top 12 looks like record wise. My guess is that it'll show that 10-2 in B1G/SEC is an auto top 12.

I don't think there are any scenarios where it's be mathematically possible to keep a 10-2 out. Maybe if you had multiple 11-1s in the B12/ACC. Even then I'm not sure.

My question honestly is how many 9-3s will make it in each yr in the B1G/SEC. 10-2 isn't even a question. I think the big controversy is going to be B1G/SEC stumping for their 9-3s vs say a 10-2 from the Big 12. I actually think the B1G/SEC homers might have a point when they say that 9-3 in this conference is more impressive than 10-2 in the Big 12. That I guarantee you will be the big argument in this 12 team CFP.

 

[Jim14510]

Yeah I'd have to look at past CFP standings in early December each year and see what your top 12 looks like record wise. My guess is that it'll show that 10-2 in B1G/SEC is an auto top 12.

I don't think there are any scenarios where it's be mathematically possible to keep a 10-2 out. Maybe if you had multiple 11-1s in the B12/ACC. Even then I'm not sure.

My question honestly is how many 9-3s will make it in each yr in the B1G/SEC. 10-2 isn't even a question. I think the big controversy is going to be B1G/SEC stumping for their 9-3s vs say a 10-2 from the Big 12. I actually think the B1G/SEC homers might have a point when they say that 9-3 in this conference is more impressive than 10-2 in the Big 12. That I guarantee you will be the big argument in this 12 team CFP.

9-3 would be better than 11-1 in some cases. That's probably where the controversy will be.

B1G team has a win over the 9 seed and losses to the top 3 teams or maybe top 3 of 6 something along those lines.

Big 12 team could have their best win against a team ranked 25 and a loss to an unranked team.

Who do you put in the playoff in that situation?

 

[HerbRedman]

9-3 would be better than 11-1 in some cases. That's probably where the controversy will be.

B1G team has a win over the 9 seed and losses to the top 3 teams or maybe top 3 of 6 something along those lines.

Big 12 team could have their best win against a team ranked 25 and a loss to an unranked team.

Who do you put in the playoff in that situation?

The B1G team.

I've said since the beginning that 9-3 in the new B1G is a very very very good season. It's the equivalent of a 12-4 NFL regular season circa 1990-2015 (IMHO).

If your NFL team went 12-4 in, say, 2005 you were king of the world. And your team likely won their division. 12-4 in the NFL is ratified air that some NFL fanbases don't experience for 20 years at a time.

 

[Adolph Coors]

Getting ready to open at USC

good. they suck

 

[doublewing]

USC is going to blow next year.

At some point teams are going to figure out that Alex Grinch is an overrated and highly overpaid DC.