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Hickey: Winners, losers and takeaways from the B1G football schedule format release SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Fitting 18 teams into a 9-game schedule is a dizzying process. Saturday Tradition's Alex Hickey makes sense of the Big Ten's new format.

For someone with my tech skills? YES!

Interesting guy. Among other great stories is Butkus winning the Player of the Year Award his senior season at Illinois and not showing up for the banquet. As a teammate commented: Not surprising, jerk never showed up for a class. He was a scary dude on the field. RIP.

WOOF! Dogs to Dawgs.

Michigan at SC is a bigger game than Ohio State at Oregon? Does this guy pay any attention to the number of viewers watching? CU at Oregon was watched by close to 3M more folks than watched SC at CU and Ohio State is the most-watched team in the B1G year after year. Just more La La Ga Ga.

On the reset post-expansion probably but as of now, Oregon will not be playing USC every year. SC is not on the 2024 schedule. Washington is Oregon's designated permanent opponent.

Darren, Don't Worry, Be Nappy. Work Week for the team; but not for us. Fans get back to work next Saturday. I'm stocking up on Rolaids.

Michigan - 2024. Have Mercy! How about jumping from a relatively light schedule to this in 2024, wow! (Using current AP rankings.) 3. Texas/ at 4. Ohio State/ at 7. UW/ 8. Oregon/ 9.USC And USC in addition to the B1G slate in 2024, also plays LSU and Notre Dame.

It's 9 conference games every year. Alternating 5 at home and 4 on the road. Oregon has 8 home games in 2024 and only 6 at home in 2025. With the quality and depth of the conference schedule, it is senseless to be playing at OK ST and at Baylor as currently scheduled. And playing at Boise State in 2025 and at Utah State in 2027? Come On Rob!

The Prime Time Rule? Get your sunglasses ready!

Big Ten announces full conference schedules for 2024-28 seasons SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Big Ten reveals conference schedules for 2024-28.

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/big-ten-scheduling-format-revealed-for-usc-and-other-departing-pac-12-members

Very interesting. No USC game in 2024. Instead, the Ducks play both Ohio State and Michigan. Ohio State in Autzen as was predicted, and in the Big House in Ann Arbor instead of playing at USC as was predicted. The Ducks will also get the chance to Jump Around at Wisconsin. UW will play the Ducks in Autzen and is a protected annual game. I was somewhat surprised to see that UCLA/USC are not annual protected games. I expect that the UW game will be the ultimate regular game match up for the Ducks. This is a tough schedule. Especially with having to break in a new starting QB. Ohio State, Michigan, and UW are currently ranked. Maryland is 5-0 and the Terps, not LSU should be ranked in the Top 25. It will be interesting to see how Maryland stands up in Columbus on Saturday. Wisconsin and UCLA are on the cusp of moving back into the top 25. Michigan State will be coming to Eugene with a new coach and Oregon State's J Smith and Washington State's Jake Dickert are both rumored to be in the mix for the MSU job. Like Oregon in 2024, Maryland, UW, and most likely Michigan will be breaking in new QBs. In 2024, Dante Moore will have a shot at being one of CFBs best QBs. With the opening game in 2024 at Hawaii, and with 5 B1G home games the Ducks will have 8 home games in 2024. OOC opponents Idaho, Texas Tech, and Boise State will be coming to Autzen. The highlight home game will, of course, be the game versus Ohio State. Ohio State QB McCord will be back. At Michigan is the highlight away game. Will Jim Harbaugh still be coaching his alma mater? Playing in Camp Randall Stadium versus Wisconsin will also be a great away game venue. It's going to be one heck of a first-season B1G ride. No divisions in the B1G in 2024. And, thank goodness, no games on the Pac-12 Network. Here's more on the schedule from CBS Sports Dennis Dodd. Big Ten football schedule: Conference releases opponents, protected rivalries for 2024-28 seasons - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The Big Ten has set its football schedules for the next five years with USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington joining the league

Hope Jack gets back. But what is interesting regarding this D compared to 2022 is the D depth behind the starters. The Oregon D's improvement is one of the best stories in 2023. Now, keep it up against better competition.

'You are what your record says you are.' Bill Parcells. The rest of the season against a tough schedule will prove whether or not Oregon is elite. I'm optimistic but there is a lot of ball to be played in a loaded back end of the schedule.

Nebraska is the only school in the B1G that is not an AAU member institution. It was so when it joined the B1G but would not have received a B1G invitation if it was not an AAU member when invited. Come 2024, the Cornhuskers will be the only AAU member outlier.

With an injury waiver, which I believe is doable even though he played in 5 not 4 games, he could come back with 2 years and not 1 year of remaining eligibility.

BUMMER! Heal well Noah. Next man up.

UW, Utah, and USC will be tough. But don't overlook #13. Washington State playing at Autzen between the trips to Seattle and SLC. With Utah's O a rumor without Rising, I think WSU today is a better football team than Utah. And I can see USC with that awful D, as possibly being a 2L team when Troy visits Autzen.

Tough, tough schedule for the Ducks. But with SC playing at Notre Dame, and, Utah and UW in LA, SC has an equally difficult road. I found it interesting that 2M more folks watched the CU at Oregon game than watched SC at CU. The CFB QB, with the most starts in CFB, has to stay healthy. But the same can be said for Williams, Penix, and Cam Ward who could move up the Heisman list with a good game at UCLA this Saturday.

Using the AP Poll and assuming that the field goes with 5 highest ranked champs and 7 at-large teams in the field, the B1G would have 6 teams in the 2024 playoff. Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, UW, OREGON, and USC. #2 Michigan as the presumptive B1G champ would have a 1st round bye along with SEC champ #1 Georgia, ACC champ #3 FSU, and #4 MW champ Washington State. #12 Utah would represent the B12 and knock out Alabama. Georgia and Texas would be the two SEC teams in the field. Notre Dame would be in the field as an independent. The 6/6 to 5/7 change is likely with a Pac-2 and AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco in favor of the move to 5/7. #10 OREGON's 1st round game would be at #7 Penn State. Bring your long underwear. My guess, come 2026, when ESPN loses its exclusive playoff broadcast rights, a spot for the highest-ranked G5 champ will be preserved but otherwise, the field will be ranked as ranked by the Committee. I also think we will see a 16-team field with no 1st round byes. The season for all teams would start on what is now Week 0.

The Oregon/UW line is now Oregon +3.5. Right where we want the line to make a win in Seattle even sweeter.

The QB battles down the road in this conference this season promise to be epic. Saturday in LA vs. UCLA, Cam Ward will have a chance to move up. I expect Caleb will put up ridiculous yards vs. Arizona.

My guess is Ty will be again battling another guy out of the portal. And Ty's backup was a very good recruit as are other QBs coming in. But replacing the guy with the most starts in CFB will not be easy. There will be a lot of quality players including QBs to recruit out of the portal in 2024. Last season DL was a master portal picker and with Division Street in the mix, Oregon will have a shot at a lot of experienced players. As we see from Clemson, you must be a good HS recruiter and a portal recruiter in today's game. And of course, Oregon will lose some quality guys to the portal. Just the name of today's game. The Ducks have and will have Blue Chip rosters. But to be considered as a Blue Blood you have to win championships. Oregon has been oh so close. Now DL, take the Ducks over the hurdle.

Thank you, David. Another winner. CU came into the game vs. USC having rushed for 224 yards for the season. The Buffs put up 193 rush yards vs. SC. And true frosh, Omarion Miller, set the CU frosh receiving record with 198 yards and a TD. Sheduer Sanders threw for more yards than did Caleb Williams. Williams had 6 pass TDs but Shedure had 4 and also scored running the ball for 5 total TDs. The Ducks penalty yards have dropped. At Arizona, UW had 125 penalty yards. More concerning for UW is that outstanding WR Rome Odunze was dinged up. He is probable for the Oregon game but may not be at full speed. As noted by many above, with the Ducks SP+ SOS 109 and UW's SOS 90, the rubber is about to hit the road for both teams as this will be a game versus 2 Top 10 teams (first time ever in OU/UW history) and the road ahead is full of ranked opponents. Hopefully, The Oregon D will play as well as it has played to date against lesser-ranked opponents. UW and AZ rush yards were a push - UW 111/UA 110. Penix put up 363 pass yards but did not throw for a TD. Arizona true frosh QB Noah Fifita threw for 224 yards. One good thing about UW, Oregon has been susceptible to running QBs. Penix is a great thrower but he is not a dual threat. Thanks again, David. Should be one heck of a game.