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Big Ten will embrace flex model for rivalries
Posted on 6/7/23 at 8:21 pm
Posted on 6/7/23 at 8:21 pm
I think this makes sense. For example Michigan will have rivalries with Ohio State and Michigan State. Some schools like Iowa will have three with Minnesota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin.
Some of you old-timers will recall a time in the SEC where the SEC played 6 conference games and LSU hardly ever played Vanderbilt or Tennessee, but would almost always play Ole Miss, Miss. State, Kentucky, and Florida.
Uneven rivalries are part of the SEC's history.
"The Big Ten will announce its new football scheduling model on Thursday, and a “Flex Protect” model in which league members have different numbers of permanent annual opponents is the frontrunner, several league sources involved in the decision-making process told The Athletic."
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Some of you old-timers will recall a time in the SEC where the SEC played 6 conference games and LSU hardly ever played Vanderbilt or Tennessee, but would almost always play Ole Miss, Miss. State, Kentucky, and Florida.
Uneven rivalries are part of the SEC's history.
"The Big Ten will announce its new football scheduling model on Thursday, and a “Flex Protect” model in which league members have different numbers of permanent annual opponents is the frontrunner, several league sources involved in the decision-making process told The Athletic."
LINK
This post was edited on 6/7/23 at 8:30 pm
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Posted on 6/7/23 at 8:23 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
Different treatment for the golden gooses of the conference I see
Posted on 6/7/23 at 8:28 pm to Cosmo
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Different treatment for the golden gooses of the conference I see
If anything, Ohio State is going to end up with Michigan, Penn State, and USC
Posted on 6/7/23 at 8:38 pm to Cosmo
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Different treatment for the golden gooses of the conference I see
No one really gives a shite about Iowa or Wisconsin football.
Posted on 6/7/23 at 11:02 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
Ohio State has played USC more than double of any other Big10 team (10-13-1)...
Given the history and market appeal, would be shocking if Ohio State and USC wasn't a staple.
Given the history and market appeal, would be shocking if Ohio State and USC wasn't a staple.
Posted on 6/7/23 at 11:08 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
quote:this is silly
No one really gives a shite about Iowa or Wisconsin football.
Posted on 6/8/23 at 6:22 am to Ralph_Wiggum
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No one really gives a shite about Iowa or Wisconsin football.
Never been to Wisconsin or Iowa I see
Posted on 6/8/23 at 6:44 am to Ralph_Wiggum
Damn I wish the sec could do that
Posted on 6/8/23 at 6:57 am to WG_Dawg
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Damn I wish the sec could do that
It’s glaringly obvious this is what the SEC should do.
No one believes Bama or AU or UGA is receiving some competitive advantage by playing other historically good teams every year, why mandate everyone play contrived “rivals” when what they want is to play the entire conference more often?
Posted on 6/8/23 at 7:02 am to Ralph_Wiggum
Networks will get what the networks want. They're not shelling this money out to air Ohio State-Rutgers or Bama-Vandy. Bama/LSU will end up being a yearly game, even if ESPN has to pay out a little more for that 9th game moving forward in 2025. SEC is just playing hardball right now.
Posted on 6/8/23 at 11:59 am to Ssubba
Neve thought about it that way. You’re probably right
Posted on 6/8/23 at 1:03 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
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Some of you old-timers will recall a time in the SEC where the SEC played 6 conference games and LSU hardly ever played Vanderbilt or Tennessee, but would almost always play Ole Miss, Miss. State, Kentucky, and Florida.
And Alabama......but not Auburn. There was a period where played we didn't play Auburn for 27 years (1942-1969) and then there were 7 year gaps where we didn't play Auburn ('73-'80) and ('81-'88).
Posted on 6/8/23 at 1:06 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
The issue is every school's # of main rivalries is different.
UF has rivalries with FSU, UGA Tenn and LSU (they are the permanent opponent I think) annually. That is a lot of games where you "have to" have them play.
UGA has UF, GT, Tenn and Auburn.
Some schools only have 1-2 real rivals, so it makes forcing 3+ a year weird for some schools while others need 3+ a year just to have their normal rivalries the fanbase cares about
Edit: I know that's what the flex is trying to do but then it makes it likely OSU will play teams who are flexing more teams annually less often.
UF has rivalries with FSU, UGA Tenn and LSU (they are the permanent opponent I think) annually. That is a lot of games where you "have to" have them play.
UGA has UF, GT, Tenn and Auburn.
Some schools only have 1-2 real rivals, so it makes forcing 3+ a year weird for some schools while others need 3+ a year just to have their normal rivalries the fanbase cares about
Edit: I know that's what the flex is trying to do but then it makes it likely OSU will play teams who are flexing more teams annually less often.
This post was edited on 6/8/23 at 1:10 pm
Posted on 6/8/23 at 1:06 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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this is silly
It's Ralph. Dude despises Wisconsin, for whatever reason.
Posted on 6/8/23 at 1:39 pm to hoopsgalore
He’s still salty from the Les Miles death knell game when Wisconsin longdicked his beloved Tigers
Posted on 6/8/23 at 1:49 pm to Raoul Stimulato
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longdicked his beloved Tigers
Wasn’t that score 16-14?
Posted on 6/8/23 at 1:56 pm to TackySweater
Holy shite USC's 2024 schedule is going to be insane.
LSU
Notre Dame
Michigan
Wisconsin
Penn State
Iowa
UCLA
LSU
Notre Dame
Michigan
Wisconsin
Penn State
Iowa
UCLA
This post was edited on 6/8/23 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 6/8/23 at 1:58 pm to Buckeye06
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UF has rivalries with FSU, UGA Tenn and LSU (they are the permanent opponent I think) annually. That is a lot of games where you "have to" have them play.
UGA has UF, GT, Tenn and Auburn
FWIW Tennessee considers themselves rivals of Alabama and have a lesser rivalry with Vanderbilt. Florida not really. They started regularly playing in the 90s. Georgia is a similar story. SEC expansion in 92 made them annual opponents.
With all due respect to the Spurrier vs Fulmer years Kentucky is more traditional opponent for Tennessee (118 games) and to a lesser extent Georgia (74 games) than Florida.
Posted on 6/8/23 at 1:58 pm to TackySweater
Ok: shortdicked em.
I was shitfaced at Mid City Yacht Club that day. A great cfb saturday but, alas, the details are hazy.
I was shitfaced at Mid City Yacht Club that day. A great cfb saturday but, alas, the details are hazy.
Posted on 6/8/23 at 2:02 pm to Raoul Stimulato
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Brett McMurphy
@Brett_McMurphy
Big Ten’s 2024 conference schedule, sources told
@ActionNetworkHQ
, includes:
Michigan at USC
Ohio State at UCLA
Wisconsin at Michigan
Iowa at USC
UCLA at Michigan
Wisconsin at USC
Nebraska at UCLA
Iowa at Ohio State
USC at Penn State
UCLA at Iowa
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