2018 Schedule

[RunMickeyRun02]

How did we get @ Wisconsin, NW, OSU, AND Iowa again? That's ridiculous.

 

Oops. This is two years from now. Ignore me lol

I did the same thing, had to edit my post.

[Magnus]

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

[RunMickeyRun02]

 

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 one 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

 

Thank you so much for figuring this out!

[GBRFAN]

I think the biggest thing is that the Big10 keeps changing the structure of the divisoins and the number of games. Each time they do this they reset the shuffle and it seems that they consistently want to give us the same situation - Bad teams at home and tough teams on the road. If we can keep the same structure in the league for the next 4 years we should start to see a pattern that makes sense.

[Magnus]

 

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

[Redux]

Yikes ^

[Moiraine]

 

Not sure why we got @Mich in 2018. We obviously have to play @OSU and @Wiscy in 2018 because they alternate between home and away, but the B1G schedulers could have at least tried to give us one good home conference game.

 

To be fair, I don't think they should base their decisions about whether a team is good or not. It should be mostly random.

 

 

 

The problem is it doesn't seem random. It seems... unrandom, in the opposite direction.

[HuskerfaninOkieland]

n/m I'm an idiot. Forgot it was 2016 right now.

You weren't the only one. My first thought was "Why TF are we playing @Wisconsin and @tOSU back to back years?"

[Big red surfers]

At this point 2018 is the absolute least of my husker worries. So many, what ifs..........................