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    Who is the worst commissioner?

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    I admit I stole this topic from another board, however:


    After the B1G’s announcement about Friday night football, it got me thinking about all the commissioner blunders that have been occurring, especially lately. I found it odd that I knew so many of their names off the top of my head, all for bad reasons.


    Here are the candidates:


    Jim Delany (B1G): Most recently, he released that teams would be playing on Fridays. He clearly didn’t ask the universities about this, because there was instant backlash. Responsible for adding Rutgers. Destroyed the CCHA. Anything to make a quick buck > tradition.


    Greg Sankey (SEC): A few weeks ago he completely botched postponing the Florida/LSU game, and instead it's now a home game for LSU. This didn’t seem like a huge deal at the time, but now Florida is first in the East, and LSU is very much alive in the West. He also spent all summer complaining about satellite camps instead of addressing huge issues at Ole Miss and Tennessee.


    Bob Bowlsby (Big12): Basically signed a death warrant for the conference. Was bullied by ESPN to halt expansion for a mere $10 million (a whopping $1 million per school). Except for Texas, the payouts for next year are expected to be about $30 million per school. By comparison, B1G and SEC will be ~$50 million. Not sure if the intent to expand was ever even there, or they just needed to convince themselves they were still relevant by trolling G5 teams all summer.


    Roger Goodell (NFL): LOL, needs no introduction.


    Gary Bettman (NHL): As recently as last week, he continues to vehemently deny that CTE is linked to concussions. He also went all in on a Las Vegas expansion team instead of more sustainable cities. Three lockouts have almost crippled the NHL under his watch.


    Sepp Blatter (FIFA): A pinnacle of corruption.

    2018 Schedule

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    Posted

     

    Thank you so much for figuring this out!

     

     

    If the scheduling continues to follow this pattern, 2021 could be something special:

     

    Home 2021

    Non-Conference: Northern Illinois, Buffalo
    West Division: Northwestern, Wisconsin, Iowa
    East Division: Michigan, Ohio State
    Away 2021
    Non-Conference: Oklahoma
    West Division: Illinois, Purdue, Minnesota
    East Division: Michigan State

    2018 Schedule

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    Looks like we're getting Wisconsined in 2018. Get MSU, Michigan and Ohio State out of the other division. I know MSU looks bad this year but I'd always be ready for a fight with a Dantonio coached team.

     

    On another note is there any kind of set rotation or is that out of the question with 7 team divisions? I know Indy and Duey are permanent crossovers but other than that I can't make out any sort of pattern.

     

    There does appear to be a method to the madness.

     

    Listed below are the West division crossover games from 2014-19.

     

    When the B1G announced adding a ninth conference game (beginning in 2016), I remember Jim Delany commenting that each school would face every other school at least once every three years.

     

    I note a pattern in that 2019 crossover games are a "home and home" reversal of 2016. Similarly, perhaps 2020 will be a reverse of 2017, and 2021 a reverse of 2018?

     

    Also, every West division team faces a single East crossover in each season from 2016-19: Nebraska-Ohio State, Wisconsin-Michigan, Iowa-Penn State, Minnesota-Maryland, Northwestern-Michigan State, Illinois-Rutgers, and Purdue-Indiana.

     

    2014 Nebraska -- at Michigan State, Rutgers

    2015 Nebraska -- Michigan State, at Rutgers
    2016 Nebraska -- at Indiana, at Ohio State, Maryland
    2017 Nebraska -- Rutgers, Ohio State, at Penn State
    2018 Nebraska -- at Michigan, at Ohio State, Michigan State
    2019 Nebraska -- Ohio State, Indiana, at Maryland
    2014 Wisconsin -- Maryland, at Rutgers
    2015 Wisconsin -- Rutgers, at Maryland
    2016 Wisconsin -- at Michigan State, at Michigan, Ohio State
    2017 Wisconsin -- Maryland, at Indiana, Michigan
    2018 Wisconsin -- at Michigan, Rutgers, at Penn State
    2019 Wisconsin -- Michigan, Michigan State, at Ohio State
    2014 Iowa -- Indiana, at Maryland
    2015 Iowa -- Maryland, at Indiana
    2016 Iowa -- at Rutgers, at Penn State, Michigan
    2017 Iowa -- at Michigan State, Penn State, Ohio State
    2018 Iowa -- at Indiana, Maryland, at Penn State
    2019 Iowa -- Rutgers, at Michigan, Penn State
    2014 Minnesota -- at Michigan, Ohio State
    2015 Minnesota -- Michigan, at Ohio State
    2016 Minnesota -- at Penn State, at Maryland, Rutgers
    2017 Minnesota -- Maryland, Michigan State, at Michigan
    2018 Minnesota -- at Maryland, at Ohio State, Indiana
    2019 Minnesota -- at Rutgers, Maryland, Penn State
    2014 Northwestern -- at Penn State, Michigan
    2015 Northwestern -- at Michigan, Penn State
    2016 Northwestern -- at Michigan State, Indiana, at Ohio State
    2017 Northwestern -- Penn State, at Maryland, Michigan State
    2018 Northwestern -- Michigan, at Michigan State, at Rutgers
    2019 Northwestern -- Michigan State, Ohio State, at Indiana
    2014 Illinois -- at Ohio State, Penn State
    2015 Illinois -- at Penn State, Ohio State
    2016 Illinois -- at Rutgers, at Michigan, Michigan State
    2017 Illinois -- Rutgers, Indiana, at Ohio State
    2018 Illinois -- Penn State, at Rutgers, at Maryland
    2019 Illinois -- Michigan, Rutgers, at Michigan State
    2014 Purdue -- Michigan State, at Indiana
    2015 Purdue -- at Michigan State, Indiana
    2016 Purdue -- at Maryland, Penn State, at Indiana
    2017 Purdue -- Michigan, at Rutgers, Indiana
    2018 Purdue -- Ohio State, at Michigan State, at Indiana
    2019 Purdue -- at Penn State, Maryland, Indiana
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    Could the Purdue game be the one?

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    Posted

    What a stupid post, considering Banker's defense gave up 55 last year to Purdue, and is now on pace to do the same today.

     

    You know, I didn't see any articles in the Nebraska media analyzing the horrific Blackshirts performance last season in West Lafayette.

     

    I guess that's what happens when they still are fixated on rehashing all things Pelini.

    Will Bloomington have a lot of husker fans?

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    The days of NU fans invading places like Lawrence and Manhattan are over.

     

    Lots of Husker fans in Bloomington? Probably not. For whatever reason, NU fans just won't travel to the state of Indiana. Lots of excuses... game is on TV already, too far, can't spring for a motel, whatever.

     

    The B1G championship in 2012 had 20,000+ unsold tickets. Last year at Purdue, the stadium was less than half full.

    Rankings

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    Right now, the dream match up in college football would be Houston vs. Louisville.

     

    And that's a very weird thing to type.

     

    They're scheduled to play in the regular season -- Thursday night November 17th in Houston.

     

    ... assuming the free world survives after the election.

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    Best non con win since...?

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    Best non-conference win since the 2013 Gator Bowl (NU wasn't favored)

     

    NU was a three point favorite today despite being unranked.

     

    So it's kind of a misleading stat -- only 4 non-conference regular season games vs. ranked teams since 2001

     

    • 2006 at USC,
    • 2007 USC,
    • 2009 at Virginia Tech,
    • 2013 UCLA

     

    In that time there have been 3 bowl wins vs. ranked teams 2005 Michigan, 2009 Arizona, 2013 Georgia.

     

    So it's a nice spin job by the SID to frame this as The. Greatest. Win. Ever.

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