Saunders Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 18 minutes ago, Hilltop said: I believe you are correct. It may be boring to a few but most of the fans I know from both sides look forward to it. Yup Quote No. 13 Iowa's 28-21 win over Nebraska earned 1.94 million viewers, making it the most-watched football game in Big Ten Network history. The previous mark was held by Michigan vs. Colorado, with 1.86 million viewers in 2016. Following the football game, B1G Live: Football Postgame averaged 659,000 viewers, which was a new record for studio programming. https://btn.com/2021/12/01/black-friday-delivers-record-football-and-volleyball-viewership/ 2 Quote Link to comment
Red Five Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 9 hours ago, admo said: No offense, but Neb vs Iowa is kind of boring for that weekend. It's only boring because we have lost 7 straight years. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
nic Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 13 hours ago, Red Five said: Lol. You just listed 5 teams that have season ending games already. Minnesota/Wisconsin have played the last weekend 9 straight years (not counting the Covid year). Penn St/Mich St have played the last weekend 22 of their last 26 meetings. And you know who Iowa has played the last weekend the last 11 years. MSU vs PSU is forced though. I think sometimes those teams end up with Rutgers or Maryland. Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 21 hours ago, Saunders said: Yup That always seems odd to me. Under 2 million people (TV's) with that Husker game on. Doesn't every Husker fan watch pretty much every Husker game? I would imagine it is the same with Iowa. Either there are a lot of fans that don't watch the games or there are way less fans than I think Quote Link to comment
RedDenver Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 3 hours ago, teachercd said: That always seems odd to me. Under 2 million people (TV's) with that Husker game on. Doesn't every Husker fan watch pretty much every Husker game? I would imagine it is the same with Iowa. Either there are a lot of fans that don't watch the games or there are way less fans than I think Or a lot of people are watching the same TV's. My family in Omaha often gets together to watch the game. 1 Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 10 minutes ago, RedDenver said: Or a lot of people are watching the same TV's. My family in Omaha often gets together to watch the game. Yeah and then I don't know how they count people watching at bars and things like that. Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 6 minutes ago, teachercd said: Yeah and then I don't know how they count people watching at bars and things like that. I bet their eyeball counts are off by at least 3 or 4 people most of the time 1 Quote Link to comment
Hooked on Huskers Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Can't wait until 2023 schedule. Teams? Venues? Dates? Quote Link to comment
not me Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 I saw a lot of talk about the 3-5-5 model, wouldn't a 5-4-4 model also be possible if they want to keep 9 conference games? You'd get a lot more permanent match ups and the TV contracts would still be happy with the 9 games. 1 Quote Link to comment
runningblind Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 1 minute ago, not me said: I saw a lot of talk about the 3-5-5 model, wouldn't a 5-4-4 model also be possible if they want to keep 9 conference games? You'd get a lot more permanent match ups and the TV contracts would still be happy with the 9 games. I think the TV people want less permanent matchups, not more. Quote Link to comment
not me Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, runningblind said: I think the TV people want less permanent matchups, not more. Interesting, I'd think they'd still rather have 9 games than 8 though. Also those non permanent teams you still see every other year or 2 out of 4, so they'd get the less common match ups just as often still. Quote Link to comment
runningblind Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 8 minutes ago, not me said: Interesting, I'd think they'd still rather have 9 games than 8 though. Also those non permanent teams you still see every other year or 2 out of 4, so they'd get the less common match ups just as often still. I agree on 9 versus 8, but with more variety than today, however they decide to go. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 On 5/28/2022 at 10:19 PM, not me said: I saw a lot of talk about the 3-5-5 model, wouldn't a 5-4-4 model also be possible if they want to keep 9 conference games? You'd get a lot more permanent match ups and the TV contracts would still be happy with the 9 games. Actually, 5-4-4 would protect all the rivalry (trophy) games and balance out the schedules a little better. A 3-5-5 doesn't protect all the trophy games. Three teams have four of them and Minnesota actually has five. Here's my stab at it. Games in red are trophy games. Each team plays five teams every year and alternates the other eight every other year. 2 Quote Link to comment
Hilltop Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 9 hours ago, Mavric said: Actually, 5-4-4 would protect all the rivalry (trophy) games and balance out the schedules a little better. A 3-5-5 doesn't protect all the trophy games. Three teams have four of them and Minnesota actually has five. Here's my stab at it. Games in red are trophy games. Each team plays five teams every year and alternates the other eight every other year. Lol... Iowa fans cringing reading that. No way they let it happen but I would love it. Quote Link to comment
Red Five Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Who knew Minnesota/Penn St was a trophy game? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota–Penn_State_football_rivalry Quote Link to comment
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