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From an IU fan, I have never agreed with B10 scheduling since they split to two uneven divisions. Even now their scheduling still sucks and is shocking because computer/AI could do it all. What I found in my research today and posted under a different post ... Once the schedules are in draft form they are given to the schools for negotiation and approval before they are released. Granted those schools may not have much power in their negotiations but when the dust settles, the schools have approved them. Does that mean some approve and are still not happy? Hard to say unless we are in the room. As far as "short changed", I have never figured why they do that because the new schools are not going anywhere for years so why are they paid less than the older B1G schools? Yet, it is still fact, even knowing you would be short changed financially that was probably more than you were going to make with the Pac12 on AppleTV. Basically this new schedule has given Penn State a 2026 B10 Championship ... I mean even the 2020 IU team could have been undefeated with that schedule. 😂

My uncle (the tough one who survived the Arizona) introduced my brothers and I to the Portland Buckaroos at Memorial Coliseum, in the early '60s. After that, every time we visited him in Molalla, it was a game night ritual to sit around his massive vintage radio, eating popcorn, and consuming appropriate beverages...Dad, Grandpa, Uncle George, my brother's and myself, plus a couple of cousins who lived in the area. Lucky he had a massive bedroom!

JJ, you go ahead and keep complaining about BIG scheduling......you being you is what's best for OBDF and its diverse group of members. You are correct the BIG scheduling woosies did a weak arse job. NO EXCUSES FOR THESE CLOWNS. The more I look at all the schedules there are some schools that are on the nice list and some being on the naughty list. Start the non con games one week earlier. There are no rules against and if there arw rules? Break em. Every school should have 2 bye weeks. This is best for the players health and affords better play. I was so excited to join the BIG. But the league officials seem petty in their actions. Please, someone, explain the polar opposites of PSU and Michigan's 2026 conference schedules? Same people in the room cranking out those conference schedules. GO Ducks....we got the short change on revenue splits, hec, might as well be one of the schools short changed on scheduling...

A way-too-early prediction of how the 2026 Oregon football season will play out The Ducks have their schedule for the 2026 season. Here's a quick prediction of how the season might play out.

I get it, my friend. And I also understand and respect all who think this scheme, er, schedule, is fine. But for putting together a back-of-the-envelope SOS analysis, FWIW, not much, I'm DUN scheduling DONE. (I can hear the sighs of relief all the way from here in the Eastern time zone. 😁) It is what it is, so, is it 9/5 yet?

Oregon closes in on three big 2027 football commitmentsAutzen ZooOregon closes in on three big 2027 football commitmentsOregon hosts their second consecutive Junior Day on Saturday, and the commitment to 2027 high school recruiting is relentless.

Recruiting Expert Reveals Prediction for Oregon 4-Star Receiver TargetThe Oregon Ducks are in the running for class of 2027 four-star recruit, wide receiver Dakota Guerrant. What is the updated prediction for his commitment? Oregon Ducks On SIRecruiting Expert Reveals Prediction for Oregon 4-Star Re...The Oregon Ducks are in the running for class of 2027 recruit, wide receiver Dakota Guerrant. Steve Wiltfong of Rivals said on “Wiltfong Whiparound” that the Du

Big Ten’s Toughest and Easiest Schedules RankedAssessing strength of Big Ten schedules based on college football analysts' early rankings. Oregon Ducks On SIBig Ten’s Toughest and Easiest Schedules RankedOn Tuesday, the Oregon Ducks released their official schedule for the 2026 football season. Though there's several points to focus on in this schedule, like theHere's that final aggregated list: 1. Ohio State Buckeyes & Texas Longhorns (tie) 2. Oregon Ducks 3. Georgia Bulldogs 4. Indiana Hoosiers 5. Notre Dame Irish 6. Texas Tech Red Raiders 7. Texas A&M Aggies 8. BYU Cougars & LSU Tigers (tie) 9. Miami Hurricanes 10. Oklahoma Sooners 11. USC Trojans & Michigan Wolverines (tie) 12. Ole Miss Rebels 13. Louisville Cardinals & Mississippi (tie) 14. Houston Cougars & Alabama Crimson Tide (tie)

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IU drove to campus to play Purdue. They didn't play anyone the next week because it is always their last game of the year, when they play Purdue. I get you point but you must of missed my "this is all in a joking manner btw" I only brought up my examples about bad weather in November.

If Oregon were to "win them all" that would mean IU couldn't be Natty champs again. Although the that is a real long shot to happen and probably won't.

All valid points. How far did Indiana travel to play Purdue? How far did Indiana travel the next week? Iowa traveled to SC last season in November, but didn't play Oregon in Eugene two weeks later. Instead, after the SC game, Iowa played Michigan State at home, followed by a trip to Nebraska. B1G HQ does not control the weather. It does control this: Week 10 at Ohio State, Week 11 vs. Michigan, Week 12 at Michigan State, and Week 13 vs. Washington. That's a lot of travel in the last four weeks of the regular season. It also controls Oregon, being the only Big Ten team in 2024 and 2026, to play 8 straight Big Ten games without a break. It's great having you on the Forum. Allow to ask: If Ohio State had been scheduled to play straight Big games after an early bye, in 2024 and 2025, would TOSU fans, including Jack Nicklaus, say, "Well, that's just the rub of the green?" In 2027, Oregon plays at Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, UCLA, and UW. Plays home games vs. Iowa, Ohio State, Penn State, and Purdue. And IMO, the level of competition in 2027 is all good. Bring It On! Bring on the B1Ggest, baddest teams. Swap Maryland with Indiana if you want to. No complaints, mega-conference in-conference scheduling will not be equal SOS-wise. Fine, that's part of the deal. But it won't be all good in 2027 if Oregon has to play 8 straight B1G games without a nap and has to play two of Maryland, Michigan, and Nebraska in November. If the B1G schedules year to year, or for two years, were designed for the best media results, Oregon should be playing Indiana twice and not once in 2026, 27, and 28. Other than playing all the conference teams in five seasons, is there any method being used in scheduling? Was there any method in having Northwestern play 11 games in a row? Thanks for the comment. I'm not looking for an easy-peasy schedule, but I do want a fair shake.

Jon--take off you hoser!

We disagree on something. That's fine, eh. It's what pondering on the Forum is all about. One of the few places in today's world where folks can disagree without being disagreeable. Where does our disagreement lie?

Six Big Ten Men's hockey teams and Notre Dame compete in men's ice hockey. National rankings as of 1/29/26 - 1 Michigan, 2 Michigan State, 5 Penn State, 8 Wisconsin. This Saturday, Michigan State travels to Penn State for a game that will be played outdoors in Beaver Stadium. 70,000 plus fans are expected to attend the game. NIL has changed the college game. Players who want to be paid do not have to play in the Canadian Junior Hockey League. If he leaves after this season for the NHL, Penn State true freshman forward Gavin McKenna will be the No.1 pick. Big Ten Network - 1 ET/ 10PT Grab a Molson's or six, and enjoy, eh.

Cignetti is building a great reputation for analyzing talent with high upside. Years ago...when Washington dominated the conference with Don James as coach in the 80s, he had a policy that the Huskies would not offer a player unless two other Pac-8 schools did. The only exception was Oregon; if Rich Brooks offered a 3-Star....Washington would too, and they grabbed these players in the NW. Such was the respect for our talent analysis at that time. Cig is now that man, and he can't hog them all! 😄

🤣 Let's don't get too excited Jon ... only wanting good weather in November games??? So are you saying other B10 teams should play in inclement weather only because they live there?? (This is all in a joking manner btw) IU played Purdue in the snow in 2024 Thanksgiving weekend. 2022?? IU played at MSU in the snow and wind, only 6 total pass attempts it was so bad. Your favorite Huskies were beat in bad weather last year in Wisconsin as you mentioned. Bad weather is part of B1G football !!! Where else can you take your coat and shirt off in a snow storm at a B1G game as a college student (alcohol was a rumor) besides playing B1G football in November. I'll give you the 8 straight games thing and the flights back east ... but I am going to have to pass on the "before inclement weather arrives in November" request. BTW counting those easy cupcake OOC games at Bloomington in 2026, they will have played 9 games before their bye week. I know I know ... North Texas and Western Kentucky are not B10 teams but not that bad of teams to be included in a streak of games.

However, screw the folks at B1G HQ You and I at least agree on our feelings about the B1G HQ

A 3-star OL Soren Fifer was offered by Dan Lanning yesterday in Illinois. This morning Indiana's OL coach was paying Soren a visit. What are you doing trying to rob "our" 3-star recruits? 🤣

Oregon123, if you start a contest for how many games a team in Lubbock, Texas, will win this season, on December 4, 2026, well, I predict That'll Be The Day Texas Tech goes 13-0.😁 - 🤪 But, be wary of Beavis! But automatic qualifiers will destroy CFB, right? With this schedule, I'll leverage everything I have and borrow money to get down on the Ducks going 12-0. Oregon would probably have to face a worthy opponent in the conference champ game. Wreck'Em RedCFB fans sound off on the Big 12 as Texas Tech’s 2026 foo...Well, the 2026 Texas Tech football schedule has been released and it sure seems like something that the Red Raiders are going to enjoy playing. Being fully tra

Yeah, what is left of Sports Illustrated today. A "legacy brand" that essentially exists to be licensed to whoever wants to pay to attach their content to its name. ABG now owns the S.I. brand. First gave it to the Arena Group who eventually bailed and now Minute Media is trying to do something with it. You, me, Jon, and $30 million lying around and we could have been Sports Illustrated instead. I recently caught an S.I. Fox Crader article that sounded interesting. It turned out to be mostly a nothing burger of info, which wasn't great but fine. The thing that bugged me more was the article had two pictures, one of Dante Moore and one of OL coach A'lique Terry. S.I. going to write an article called "Oregon's Next Star OT is Already on the Roster (Fox Crader)", yet not get a picture in there of him? I know he didn't play a ton, but he did make it into 5 games (including the entire USC game and most of the second half of the Indiana game). S.I. regularly seems like barely trying, with "barely" having one foot out the door. 🫤

Correct, there is no way to balance mega-conference schedules. But there is a way to ensure that one member school doesn't play 8 straight conference games without a break in 2024 and 2026. With today's computer power and AI, how about asking "HAL" to have 10 teams bye in Week 6, 8 teams bye in Week 7, including the four teams in the Pacific time zone that have the farthest to travel, and have quality over quantity in Week 6 and 7 by scheduling appealing matchups between the teams playing those weeks. Also, HAL, please have the Pacific time zone teams travel East before inclement weather arrives in November. I'm a 79-year-old tech dummy, but in today's wired world, with the world's knowledge in whatever hand you carry your smartphone, I don't think this is a huge ask. No way one conference team in two of three seasons should be asked to play 8 straight conference games without a break. And sending any team from the Pacific to the Eastern time zone twice in November is just wrong. UW traveled East twice last November, and its PO hopes were doomed when UW lost to Wisconsin on the second trip, which was a trip to the Central and not the Eastern time zone. East Lansing, Michigan, like Columbus, Ohio, is in the Eastern time zone. There's a good chance that the game in Columbus will be a 9 AM body clock kickoff, coming off a game at Illinois, which is off the week prior, and Northwestern at home. Three trips East in six of the final regular-season games is a yo-yo with a good chance of the string running out. You want better TV ratings? Take control of when the games are played. Ohio State at Texas this season at 7:30 Eastern will draw millions more eyeballs than last season's B1G Noon game. OBD will show up and play the games as scheduled, but to give B1G HQ a pass on Northwestern playing 11 games in a row, and doubling down on 2024 conference champ and a two-for-two Oregon PO team that brought millions of dollars to the conference in 2024 and 2025, playing 8 straight conference games? Why? Because scheduling is hard? Because you want to make more money off the Ducks' back? Male Bovine Excrement! Playing the best opposition is one season, like in 2027, bring it on, but don't tie a wing behind my back. If I have done nothing to deserve it and get punched in the mouth, not once but twice, I'm not going to apologize on behalf of the guy doing the punching. I'd wager that members of the Forum with less computer power at their hands could do better than this.

I'd also argue that there is no way to truly balance schedules because you don't know the strength of any of the given teams from year to year. I'm sure many in the B1G schedule office thought that USC was going to cause more of a problem to B1G blue bloods than Oregon. Also... no one saw Indiana's rise when the teams were sorted for who plays who years ago. If you were putting the team slates together back in 2022 with the match-ups you would be absolutely shocked to find out that Oregon and Indiana both were power houses and both had a B1G Championship. And that Penn State imploded so badly that they fired Franklin, because Penn State has had a pretty manageable schedule from year to year, especially if you assume that Oregon and Indiana weren't supposed to be fighting for the top spot in the conference.

Based on "years in advance" scheduling the B10 claims, I have a feeling 27 and 28 are already done. The B10 commissioner has nothing in his background that is football related. It's been sports media around MLB.

When the 4 PAC 12 teams arrived, the B1G TEN did reveal which teams each team would play for the 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028 seasons. Big Ten ConferenceBig Ten ConferenceThe official athletics website for Big Ten ConferenceThere is no way to balance schedules with 18 teams. It isn't possible for all the other B1G TEN teams to play all 4 west coast teams. The B1G TEN is looking out for its own interests as well. Do we really want to see Oregon, tOSU, Michigan, Indiana, Penn St. all play each other every year? When the schedule was revealed in 2023, did anybody think the 2025 schedule was going to be tough for the Ducks? It was essentially Penn St. Even with Indiana, last seasons schedule wasn't exactly murders row. After the opening week, the Ducks only had Penn St. and Indiana as ranked opponents on the schedule. There are going to be seasons where the Ducks have an easier schedule than others. I do hope the B1G TEN do rotate the BYE weeks though. It does look like the B1G TEN did do a better job of having teams play each other after both have BYES.