[Husker] New B1G scheduling

[Richard Wessel]

With the way things have gone. Would ISU and KSU deserve a look??


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From: "Andy Knipp" <andy at knipp.com>
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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:09:57 
To: 'Mike Jaixen'<mikejaixen at yahoo.com>; <husker at tssi.com>
Subject: Re: [Husker] New B1G scheduling

As long as Texas is not included in the 16 is all I care.  I see the B1G
moving east/southeast rather than southwest so I hope that is not a worry

 

 

 

From: Mike Jaixen [mailto:mikejaixen at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 10:00 AM
To: husker at tssi.com; Andy Knipp
Subject: RE: [Husker] New B1G scheduling

 


I think you can handle this two ways:

(a) Designate two teams in the division as rivalry games (Iowa picks
Minnesota and Nebraska; Minnesota gets Iowa and Wisconsin; etc.)  Those
teams play every year.  Then the other three games in the division rotate
around.

(b) Don't worry about home-and-homes series, and rotate opponents every
year.  Nebraska and Indiana weren't scheduled to meet until 2015 at the
earliest.  That's too long to wait.

As for who the 15th and 16th teams will be, the speculation seems to start
with Virginia.  Other names that have been brought up have been North
Carolina, Georgia Tech, and UConn.  My personal preference is North Carolina
and Duke.  I don't see UNC coming on board without the Dukies, and while
Duke brings absolutely zero credibility in football, it makes the B1G a
basketball empire.

And more importantly, it stakes a signifcant B1G presence south of the
Mason-Dixon line, and helps set some national relevance to the conference.

Mike Jaixen
http://huskermike.blogspot.com
http://www.cornnation.com



--- On Thu, 11/29/12, Andy Knipp <andy at knipp.com> wrote:


From: Andy Knipp <andy at knipp.com>
Subject: RE: [Husker] New B1G scheduling
To: "'Mike Jaixen'" <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>, husker at tssi.com
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 9:27 AM

So no guaranteed NU/Iowa, UM/MSU, NU/Ill, or Ind/Purdue ? So not see that
happening.  

 

You also need to rotate every two years to get a home and home series.  I
think that will stay.  

 

No question 16 teams makes it real ugly.

 

 

 

From: Mike Jaixen [mailto:mikejaixen at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 8:21 AM
To: Andy Knipp; husker at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [Husker] New B1G scheduling

 


Or just drop the idea of playing everybody in your division.  Keep it at
five division games and three against the other division.  Rotate opponents
annually so there isn't as long of a break between games.

Keep in mind that the B1G is likely headed to 16 teams, so even a nine game
schedule doesn't solve these problems.  A nine game conference schedule also
presents a risk to the conference in strength of schedule discussions. The
non-conference game that will be dropped will not be the 1-AA "body bag"
games, but rather a more competitive non-conference game.  Teams need 7 home
games for revenue, so if you make teams go on the road for five conference
games one season, they'll need all three non-conference games to be home
games.

Mike Jaixen
http://huskermike.blogspot.com
http://www.cornnation.com



--- On Thu, 11/29/12, Andy Knipp <andy at knipp.com> wrote:


From: Andy Knipp <andy at knipp.com>
Subject: [Husker] New B1G scheduling
To: "'Husker List'" <husker at tssi.com>
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 9:04 AM

OK, I am thinking about the 14 team conference and how the B1G may handle
things.  Does anyone know how the SEC handles 14 teams ? 

With the current setup,  NU plays each division team (5 more), plus
designated rival (PSU) and 2 of the remain 5 teams in the other division,
totaling 8 games, plus 4 non-conf games, B1G champ and bowl makes a 14 game
season.

Toss on more team each division and you have 2 choices:

    An 8 game conf schedule, with designated rival, leaves room for 1
team from the other division, played 2 years in a row, takes 12 years to
scroll through the teams.  Not workable. You could ditch the designated
rival and scroll though playing 2 of 7 teams every 2 years, a 6 or 8
year
cycle.  Of course the B1G would have to rejigger the divisions because they
will never go without UM/OSU playing every year. 

    A 9 game conf schedule seems more likely to me.  Keep designated
rival and then play 2 of 6 teams every 2 years, keeps the cycle at 6
years.  But that will mean that teams drop a non-conference team (I do not
see 15 game seasons becoming the norm, if they are even     allowed


Are there any other scenarios out there ? 

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