Huskers.com removes all conference games from 2023 schedule

[That SOB Van Owen]

Three protecteds is stupid. One is just fine. I can se two. But 3 is plain dumb.

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

COVID shutdown again?

Monkey pox

 

[tman87]

We HAVE to win the West this year
Otherwise our chances of making the conference title game again will take well over another decade (if ever)
We need the momentum from a favorable schedule this yr
Big10 is gonna schedule us against every East blueblood as often as they can bc even when we suck, we pull ratings
Won’t be able to “just win the division” anymore
It will take 1 or 2, loss conference seasons agsinst a gauntlet
We are light years away from that

Honestly... if we have to be in a very weak division to have a chance to get to a conference championship... then we still suck anyway. Maybe not suck as much, but we should want to be better than squeaking in to a championship game via being in a weak bracket. JMO, and part of me does want to just GD win the West and get in a conference championship game, but if it is really only because we are in a bad division, it really doesn't mean much.

 

[ChocaEgg]

3 protected for us will pry be:

Cockeye
Wiscy
Minnesota

 

[iruletheskool]

Now we can play BUCKS 18 straight years again

 

[Tsakoi]

Can't wait for the Big 10 to announce that our protected schedule will include Ohio State, Michigan and the Baltimore Ravens.

And Wisconsin will have Rutgers, Indiana and Kearney Catholic.

 

[Pipe Line]

Monkey pox

Just got 3 boosters

 

[Pipe Line]

I’ll ban your ass for saying that sonny!! Jk; I know you joke but fvck that shit

Lol fuck all of that doc

 

[Mavsker]

Hoping for Cockeye, Wisconsin, and Minnesota protected, in that order. The conference has to protect at least two and I'm guessing the number will be three.

 

[God is a Husker]

Wait, did the Big 10 announce they are getting rid of divisions or something?


I don’t understand some of the posts ITT.

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

Wait, did the Big 10 announce they are getting rid of divisions or something?


I don’t understand some of the posts ITT.

It is being highly rumored... Like rumored to the point that baring massive negative feedback from fans it is likely already done and just needs to be finalized

 

[Bootleg11]

Wait, did the Big 10 announce they are getting rid of divisions or something?


I don’t understand some of the posts ITT.

I think it's widely assumed that everybody is going to get rid of divisions. One because SEC is moving to 16 teams and they'd have to move Bama and Auburn to the East if they kept divisions and they aren't going to do that. Two because ACC has already announced they aren't going to have divisions any more. Three the Big 10 wants to make sure that their two best teams make the conference championship every year.

I think none of if matters until the teams willing to pay players break off and there's some semblance of equity in scheduling. I also think that if the playoff is expanded to twelve teams with automatic qualfiers, having your top two teams in conference play each other in the championship is really important. Imagine this:
Wisconsin wins the Big 10 West at 8-4
Ohio State wins the Big 10 East at 12-0
Michigan comes in 2nd in the Big 10 East at 10-2.

Wisconsin then beats Ohio State in the CCG.

Automatic Qualifier: Wisconsin
At Large: Ohio State with a lower seed because they just got beat by an 8-4 team

Is the committee going to let in a 3rd Big 10 team into a 12 team playoff? Maybe but you don't want to take that chance.

Whereas if you do a pod system you end up with Ohio St v Michigan in the CCG and most likely they both get in.

 

[God is a Husker]

It is being highly rumored... Like rumored to the point that baring massive negative feedback from fans it is likely already done and just needs to be finalized

I think it's widely assumed that everybody is going to get rid of divisions. One because SEC is moving to 16 teams and they'd have to move Bama and Auburn to the East if they kept divisions and they aren't going to do that. Two because ACC has already announced they aren't going to have divisions any more. Three the Big 10 wants to make sure that their two best teams make the conference championship every year.

I think none of if matters until the teams willing to pay players break off and there's some semblance of equity in scheduling. I also think that if the playoff is expanded to twelve teams with automatic qualfiers, having your top two teams in conference play each other in the championship is really important. Imagine this:
Wisconsin wins the Big 10 West at 8-4
Ohio State wins the Big 10 East at 12-0
Michigan comes in 2nd in the Big 10 East at 10-2.

Wisconsin then beats Ohio State in the CCG.

Automatic Qualifier: Wisconsin
At Large: Ohio State with a lower seed because they just got beat by an 8-4 team

Is the committee going to let in a 3rd Big 10 team into a 12 team playoff? Maybe but you don't want to take that chance.

Whereas if you do a pod system you end up with Ohio St v Michigan in the CCG and most likely they both get in.

Oh wow, had not heard this before.


So the SEC and ACC have already announced they are doing this?


I’m surprised they would do this because I’d assume the schools other than the big 2-4 in each conference would vote against this move.



Also, not really sure I understand the argument that the SEC wouldn’t just move Bama/Auburn to the East. It makes so much sense for competitive balance and most importantly all of their “other” rivals (UTjr v Bama, UGA v Auburn) are in the East.

West: Mizzou, Arkansas OU, UT, A&M, LSU, Ole Miss, MSU

East: UK, UTjr, Vandy, Bama, Auburn, UGA, USCjr, Florida


Great balance and almost every rivalry game is naturally intact.

 

[Bootleg11]

Oh wow, had not heard this before.


So the SEC and ACC have already announced they are doing this?


I’m surprised they would do this because I’d assume the schools other than the big 2-4 in each conference would vote against this move.



Also, not really sure I understand the argument that the SEC wouldn’t just move Bama/Auburn to the East. It makes so much sense for competitive balance and most importantly all of their “other” rivals (UTjr v Bama, UGA v Auburn) are in the East.

West: Mizzou, Arkansas OU, UT, A&M, LSU, Ole Miss, MSU

East: UK, UTjr, Vandy, Bama, Auburn, UGA, USCjr, Florida


Great balance and almost every rivalry game is naturally intact.

They don't want Bama and Georgia in the same division.

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

They don't want Bama and Georgia in the same division.

Yeah this is going to be geared on giving your teams the best shot to get into the playoff.

 

[God is a Husker]

They don't want Bama and Georgia in the same division.

Yeah this is going to be geared on giving your teams the best shot to get into the playoff.

Short term sure, but long term Saban is gonna be gone soon


Also long term if the CFP goes to 12 it won’t matter

 

[Kaladin]

 

[CornHub]

Probably going to get OSU for 6 years in a row again.

 

[Husker_in_OK]

guessing our protected games will be OSU, michigan and Penn state. Cockeyes will get Illinois, Indiana, and Rutgers.

That would be par for the course

 

[CornFed Gregger]

For a decade they already fucked us in the ass with the OSU scheduling, Neb 8, Wisky 5, & Cockeye 2. Michigan is even at 6/5 a piece then Penn State(the one beatable team for us) is Cockeye 8/Wisky 6/Nebraska 5 & before they were our protected crossover so once the new Big Ten West started, we ended up playing Pedo even less, 2 games to Cockeye’s 6.