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This makes no sense…..Penn State has zero protected rivalries and several schools have 2. I think she is wrong.
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So no more divisions, the top 2 teams play for the B1G Championship. How many times are the Bucks going to be playing the cockweasals two weeks in a row?
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
No surprise that we're playing UCLA and USC in the first two years. Laughing my ass off that the pedsters weren't made a rival of either us or tsun. I'm sure the conspiracy theories are raging.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Gene Smith Says Big Ten Has Annual Conversations About Conference Expansion But Isn’t Looking to Make Any Moves This Year
Gene Smith says the Big Ten talks every year about possible expansion but that it isn’t looking to expand further yet as it focuses on integrating USC and UCLA next year.
GENE SMITH SAYS BIG TEN HAS ANNUAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CONFERENCE EXPANSION BUT ISN’T LOOKING TO MAKE ANY MOVES THIS YEAR
It might only be a matter of time before the next round of conference realignment begins in college sports.There have been persistent rumors about the possibility of Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State and Utah leaving the Pac-12 for the Big 12. There were reports last month that Clemson, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia and Virginia Tech were looking to get out of the ACC’s grant of rights. The Big 12 has also reportedly explored the possibility of adding Gonzaga and UConn, while the Pac-12 has had talks with San Diego State and SMU.
As far as the Big Ten is concerned, there’s been a lingering question of whether the conference will eventually add Oregon and Washington ever since it announced its agreement with USC and UCLA last summer. It stands to reason the Big Ten would be interested in several ACC schools if they eventually hit the realignment market. And of course, there will always be the question of whether Notre Dame could eventually join its Midwestern peers in the conference.
With UCLA and USC set to join the conference a year from now, however, the Big Ten isn’t looking to add any more teams for the time being, according to Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith.
“At this point, we're not looking at that. We had a discussion about that earlier this year, and we decided that we’re just gonna pause and integrate USC and UCLA,” Smith told Eleven Warriors in an interview on this week’s Real Pod Wednesdays. “We always look at it. And we'll probably look at it again next year at some point. But I don't see us doing anything at this point in time.”
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“We look at AAU schools, first and foremost. And we obviously look at whether or not they bring value from a lot of different reasons, but mostly television,” Smith said. “We look at the value and whether or not that school fits our profile relative to how they operate. We want to make sure that they're an environment that we can trust. And there's so many other factors that's underneath that. Travel was a big one for us when we talked about USC and UCLA, but in today's world, we charter so much – it's kind of like our recruiting, it’s easier for us to go recruit in Europe sometimes – so travel’s a lot easier than it used to be.”
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Yeah, but the downside is....they only play scUM and Ohio State every other year; hence, fewer tough games will make it easier for them to get into the B1G CCG.
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FIFY
Edit - so, I was joking, sort of, when I posted that.
Then I decided to go check out Nittany Lounge.
The thread was started yesterday at 5:02PM.Big Ten 2024/25 football scheduling model to be announced 6/8
pennstate.forums.rivals.com
(In case you haven't been following, Penn State seems to have more than their fair share of conference openers on the road. They are very unhappy about that.)
So, not the biggest pile of cult-anger you've seen. But there are already some embers that are ready to turn into bonfires at 4:30 today.
Our 2 play teams (besides tsun) are Illinois and Northwestern
Penn State got Sparty and USC. They have also don't have a protected rival.
Make no mistake, that eats them the fuck alive.
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Our 2 play teams (besides tsun) are Illinois and Northwestern
Penn State got Sparty and USC. They have also don't have a protected rival.
Make no mistake, that eats them the fuck alive.
They shoulda kicked them in the nuts and made Rutgers their "protected rival" that woulda been fun.
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I put it in the other schedule thread but what's the tie breaker?
Say you get one of those years where Iowa goes undefeated because they have 3 protected tomato cans. Penn State has 1 loss but didn't play OSU or tsun. The winner of The Game has 1 loss as well but both teams are the highest ranked in the playoff format.
Now what?
Say you get one of those years where Iowa goes undefeated because they have 3 protected tomato cans. Penn State has 1 loss but didn't play OSU or tsun. The winner of The Game has 1 loss as well but both teams are the highest ranked in the playoff format.
Now what?
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Highest rated CFP ranking team gets it? Seems fairish compared to other potential scenarios.
I'm sure they will come up with some fuckery though.
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Not sure, will have to see how it shakes out down the road but I think PSU will always play at least one of OSU/scUM.
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