Nebraska's Big Ten Conference Schedules

[knapplc]

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.

[Omaha-Husker]

So we wont see Ohio St. for four years? Thats a bummer.

[Fuzzy]

I thought Wisconsin wasn't an annual crossover game?

[knapplc]

Wiscy isn't. We don't play them the next two years (2013 & 2014).

[Omaha-Husker]

I thought Wisconsin wasn't an annual crossover game?

 

We don't get them 2013-14.

[BOJ]

So we wont see Ohio St. for four years? Thats a bummer.

B1G championship game, see you there!

[Omaha-Husker]

So we wont see Ohio St. for four years? Thats a bummer.

B1G championship game, see you there!

 

[VectorVictor]

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.

[Creed]

 

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.

[kchusker_chris]

 

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.

[corncraze]

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...

[knapplc]

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.

[corncraze]

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.

[knapplc]

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.

[corncraze]

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.