Hypothetical weakest possible schedule

[JWB389]

I've been thinking, what is our weakest possible BIG schedule without a protected rival. Just a quick thought.

Maryland
Michigan State
Indiana
Rutgers
Purdue
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Northwestern
Michigan
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Nebraska
USC
UCLA

You could switch out any of Iowa, MSU with a UCLA or recent Nebraska. Still has the last 3 West champs. Would not be a muderers row, but still as tough as the ACC Coastal.

 

[LionJim]

I've been thinking, what is our weakest possible BIG schedule without a protected rival. Just a quick thought.

Maryland
Michigan State
Indiana
Rutgers
Purdue
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Northwestern
Michigan
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Nebraska
USC
UCLA

You could switch out any of Iowa, MSU with a UCLA or recent Nebraska. Still has the last 3 West champs. Would not be a muderers row, but still as tough as the ACC Coastal.

Love your last line.

 

[JWB389]

Love your last line.

It's not wrong though.

 

[LionJim]

It's not wrong though.

Well, you could have said that your potential PSU schedule was tougher than what you’d see in the ACC Coastal but I won’t quibble.

 

[psuro]

We're just lucky to be playing.

 

[Psumatt85]

I've been thinking, what is our weakest possible BIG schedule without a protected rival. Just a quick thought.

Maryland
Michigan State
Indiana
Rutgers
Purdue
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Northwestern
Michigan
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Nebraska
USC
UCLA

You could switch out any of Iowa, MSU with a UCLA or recent Nebraska. Still has the last 3 West champs. Would not be a muderers row, but still as tough as the ACC Coastal.

That would mean we would play OSU, um, and usc the following year. Don’t think they’d let either happen

 

[BobPSU92]

We're just lucky to be playing.

Maybe. Let’s see what Franklin throws onto the field this fall.

 

[1995PSUGrad]

Throw in Delaware, UMASS, and Coastal Carolina and it's dream schedule!

 

[psuro]

Maybe. Let’s see what Franklin throws onto the field this fall.

I have no confidence.

 

[BobPSU92]

Throw in Delaware, UMASS, and Coastal Carolina and it's dream schedule!

Hasn‘t Coastal Carolina been good lately?

 

[razpsu]

In baseball.
Yea they have been decent but not at our level.

 

[PSUSignore]

Interesting hypothetical exercise, but will never happen. The TV networks are going to insist on many games between PSU, OSU, UM and USC because that's where the ratings and prime advertising revenues are. Based on the first schedule release, it looks like each of these programs can count on at least 2 matchups from that list, protected rival or not.