2018 Schedule

Atbone95 said:
How did we get @ Wisconsin, NW, OSU, AND Iowa again? That's ridiculous.

Oops. This is two years from now. Ignore me lol
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I did the same thing, had to edit my post.
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RunMickeyRun02 said:
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.
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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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Magnus said:
RunMickeyRun02 said:
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.
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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
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Thank you so much for figuring this out!

 
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.

 
RunMickeyRun02 said:
Thank you so much for figuring this out!
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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
 
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HuskerMav11 said:
GBRHouston said:
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.
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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.
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The problem is it doesn't seem random. It seems... unrandom, in the opposite direction.

 
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