knapplc Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 2015 Nebraska Football Schedule Sept. 5 BYU Sept. 12 South Alabama Sept. 19 at Miami Sept. 26 Southern Miss Oct. 3 at Minnesota Oct. 10 BYE Oct. 17 Northwestern Oct. 24 at Wisconsin Oct. 31 Michigan State Nov. 7 at Michigan Nov. 14 Indiana Nov. 21 at Penn State Nov. 28 Iowa 2016 Nebraska Football Schedule One non-conference game TBA Sept. 3 Fresno State Sept. 10 Tennessee Sept. 17 Wyoming Oct. 1 at Northwestern Oct. 8 Wisconsin Oct. 15 BYE Oct. 22 Minnesota Oct. 29 at Michigan State Nov. 5 at Indiana Nov. 12 Michigan Nov. 19 Penn State Nov. 26 at Iowa Here's Nebraska's Conference schedules from 2011-2016: ILL - XXXX - XXXX - 2013 - 2014 - XXXX - XXXX IND - XXXX - XXXX - XXXX - XXXX - 2015 - 2016 IA - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - Legends Division Opponent (Play every year) MI - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - Legends Division Opponent (Play every year) MSU - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - Legends Division Opponent (Play every year) MIN - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - Legends Division Opponent (Play every year) NW - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - Legends Division Opponent (Play every year) OSU - 2011 - 2012 - XXXX - XXXX - XXXX - XXXX PSU - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - Protected Crossover Game (Play every year) PUR - XXXX - XXXX - 2013 - 2014 - XXXX - XXXX WIS - 2011 - 2012 - XXXX - XXXX - 2015 - 2016 In 2015 we switch away from playing Ohio State every other cycle and pick up Indiana. That makes for a crossover slate of: Indiana, Wisconsin and our protected (annual) game against Penn State. We alternately miss out on Indiana or Ohio State for a four-year cycle in that scenario. Of course, if we can get our act together and make it to the Big Ten Championship (presuming the game is still played), we may face them more often. Quote Link to comment
Omaha-Husker Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 So we wont see Ohio St. for four years? Thats a bummer. Quote Link to comment
Fuzzy Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I thought Wisconsin wasn't an annual crossover game? Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Wiscy isn't. We don't play them the next two years (2013 & 2014). Quote Link to comment
Omaha-Husker Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I thought Wisconsin wasn't an annual crossover game? We don't get them 2013-14. Quote Link to comment
BOJ Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 So we wont see Ohio St. for four years? Thats a bummer. B1G championship game, see you there! Quote Link to comment
Omaha-Husker Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 So we wont see Ohio St. for four years? Thats a bummer. B1G championship game, see you there! Quote Link to comment
VectorVictor Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 2015 Nebraska Football Schedule Sept. 5 BYU Sept. 12 South Alabama Sept. 19 at Miami Sept. 26 Southern Miss Oct. 3 at Minnesota Oct. 10 BYE Oct. 17 Northwestern Oct. 24 at Wisconsin Oct. 31 Michigan State Nov. 7 at Michigan Nov. 14 Indiana Nov. 21 at Penn State Nov. 28 Iowa 2016 Nebraska Football Schedule One non-conference game TBA Sept. 3 Fresno State Sept. 10 Tennessee Sept. 17 Wyoming Oct. 1 at Northwestern Oct. 8 Wisconsin Oct. 15 BYE Oct. 22 Minnesota Oct. 29 at Michigan State Nov. 5 at Indiana Nov. 12 Michigan Nov. 19 Penn State Nov. 26 at Iowa Here's Nebraska's Conference schedules from 2011-2016: ILL - XXXX - XXXX - 2013 - 2014 - XXXX - XXXX IND - XXXX - XXXX - XXXX - XXXX - 2015 - 2016 IA - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - Legends Division Opponent (Play every year) MI - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - Legends Division Opponent (Play every year) MSU - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - Legends Division Opponent (Play every year) MIN - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - Legends Division Opponent (Play every year) NW - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - Legends Division Opponent (Play every year) OSU - 2011 - 2012 - XXXX - XXXX - XXXX - XXXX PSU - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - Protected Crossover Game (Play every year) PUR - XXXX - XXXX - 2013 - 2014 - XXXX - XXXX WIS - 2011 - 2012 - XXXX - XXXX - 2015 - 2016 In 2015 we switch away from playing Ohio State every other cycle and pick up Indiana. That makes for a crossover slate of: Indiana, Wisconsin and our protected (annual) game against Penn State. We alternately miss out on Indiana or Ohio State for a four-year cycle in that scenario. Of course, if we can get our act together and make it to the Big Ten Championship (presuming the game is still played), we may face them more often. So we get Illinois while they still have talent from the Zook regime and have a year under a competent coach and Indiana in their third year of their new offense. These cupcakes (particularly, Illinois) could have teeth by the time we see them. Oh the joys of the Big 10. Quote Link to comment
Creed Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 So we get Illinois while they still have talent from the Zook regime and have a year under a competent coach and Indiana in their third year of their new offense. These cupcakes (particularly, Illinois) could have teeth by the time we see them. Oh the joys of the Big 10. Illinois is hard to guage. It seems every 6 to 7 years they have a decent team with some talent and they have beaten OSU on more than one occasion. Then the other 5/6 years they are flat out terrible. Quote Link to comment
kchusker_chris Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 So we get Illinois while they still have talent from the Zook regime and have a year under a competent coach and Indiana in their third year of their new offense. These cupcakes (particularly, Illinois) could have teeth by the time we see them. Oh the joys of the Big 10. Illinois is hard to guage. It seems every 6 to 7 years they have a decent team with some talent and they have beaten OSU on more than one occasion. Then the other 5/6 years they are flat out terrible. Illinois to OSU is like K-State to Texas. They just have their number...that's always a tough game regardless of the quality of team that they field. I'm very hopefully Northwestern hasn't started out like that for us. Quote Link to comment
corncraze Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 So we will face Wisconsin for two years, then won't for two years, then will face them again for another 2 years, etc.? Is this just like how our 2 year schedule was with the Big 12-1-2+1+1 South? Also we switch Indiana with Ohio State? I'm confused... Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 So we will face Wisconsin for two years, then won't for two years, then will face them again for another 2 years, etc.? Is this just like how our 2 year schedule was with the Big 12-1-2+1+1 South? Also we switch Indiana with Ohio State? I'm confused... The Big XII didn't have protected crossovers, like we do with Penn State. In the Big XII we just played half the South teams in a home-and-home pair, then the other half in the next cycle. With these protected crossover games in the Big Ten, six of our games are with the same teams every year - our five Legends mates and Penn State, our protected crossover. That leaves the other five Big Ten schools to fill the last two conference game slots, and they go AB/AB/CD/CD/EB/EB. It'll be interesting to see if that next cycle goes to AC/AC or AD/AD, or if it goes back to CD/CD. Of course, that's presuming we don't have a seismic shift in conference alignment at that point, which very easily could happen. At that point all these schedules get tossed in the bin and we start over. 1 Quote Link to comment
corncraze Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 So we will face Wisconsin for two years, then won't for two years, then will face them again for another 2 years, etc.? Is this just like how our 2 year schedule was with the Big 12-1-2+1+1 South? Also we switch Indiana with Ohio State? I'm confused... The Big XII didn't have protected crossovers, like we do with Penn State. In the Big XII we just played half the South teams in a home-and-home pair, then the other half in the next cycle. With these protected crossover games in the Big Ten, six of our games are with the same teams every year - our five Legends mates and Penn State, our protected crossover. That leaves the other five Big Ten schools to fill the last two conference game slots, and they go AB/AB/CD/CD/EB/EB. It'll be interesting to see if that next cycle goes to AC/AC or AD/AD, or if it goes back to CD/CD. Of course, that's presuming we don't have a seismic shift in conference alignment at that point, which very easily could happen. At that point all these schedules get tossed in the bin and we start over. I understood the protected cross over with Penn State, I just didn't understand how the Wisconsin series worked. McKewon's tweets confused me. @swmckewonOWH - The #B1G chose Wisconsin over Ohio State as NU's "second" crossover partner. Good call. @swmckewonOWH - Wisconsin will likely play Nebraska six times in 10 years. 11 and 12. 15 and 16. 1 And likely 19 and 20. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Sam is saying they chose to give us Wiscy more frequently than Ohio State. Since there's going to be that fifth team to squeeze in, they could have given us OSU in 2015/2016 instead of Wiscy. I think his wording is probably more a factor of having to limit himself to 140 characters than anything. Quote Link to comment
corncraze Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Sam is saying they chose to give us Wiscy more frequently than Ohio State. Since there's going to be that fifth team to squeeze in, they could have given us OSU in 2015/2016 instead of Wiscy. I think his wording is probably more a factor of having to limit himself to 140 characters than anything. Gotcha. Thanks for the explanation. Quote Link to comment
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