Michigan 2024 schedule
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If that schedule was 2023, that would be 5 of the top 8? I need to check the polls now
No Penix at Washington next year, so there’s that.
Good call! Current AP Rankings:
Texas #3
Ohio State #4
Washington #7
Oregon #8
USC #9
Fresno State #24
No Williams at QB for USC and no Nix (after 17 yrs) at QB at Oregon.
I wonder what the people whining about the Big Ten trying to help out the bluebloods and intentionally giving Rutgers a difficult schedule have to say about this.
Michigan#2
OSU#4
PSU#6
Not whining just an observation.
Michigan had the weakest out of conference schedule in the country.
We were getting these guys and a solid MSU team every year!
Even Indiana had a solid team in there for a few years.
Meanwhile the Big Ten West was a cakewalk.
Not whining but we definitely paid our dues.
.The new schedule is equitable.
Who cares- Michigan is playing a schedule of their equals and still 5 games the expect to win.
We do that and tougher every f-ing year
We do that and tougher every f-ing year
I don't know, maybe that they're finally going to learn what it's like to play all the best teams throughout the B1G just like Rutgers seems to do every year. You'll see the bitching and moaning if they lose a few. Just like Wisconsin did when God for bid they had to play Ohio St. and Michigan in the same year.
Yeah nobody is going to argue the East has been much more difficult than the West, I was referring to the numbskulls on here who seemed to think the Big Ten would go into these scheduling meetings with a primary objective of giving a Rutgers a difficult schedule.
I disagree however that the new schedule is equitable. Can't wait for the 2025 thread about how the Big Ten is favoring Oregon by giving them us, Indiana, and Northwestern while avoiding both Ohio State and Michigan.
Of course Rutgers seems to play the best teams every year, they're all in our division, which was formed by geography. My point is just that there wasn't some conspiracy to make it as difficult as possible for Rutgers, which some on here implied in the past. Anyway, a look at our recent crossover opponents should put that to rest. Here's who our crossover games were against the past three years and what their records were excluding their game against us:
2020: Illinois (1-6) L, Purdue (2-3) W, Nebraska (2-5) L
2021: Wisconsin (5-3) L, Illinois (4-4) W, Northwestern (0-8) L
2022: Nebraska (2-6) L, Iowa (4-4) L, Minnesota (4-4) L
This year we have Iowa, Wisconsin, and Northwestern whose in-conference records last year were 5-4 (one of those wins being against us), 4-5, and 1-8 respectively.
If anything it looks like they were helping us out by giving us relatively weak crossover opponents.
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You are correct. I believe the opinion is…when RU came into the conference, we came from the AAC, and day 1, we got shot for funding with our deal. So, it would be like Temple now getting into the B1G with no money and expected to compete.
So- our schedules looked like much worse than what Mich has next year. They are at least equal or better than all of those teams with better funding..,
Sure but how many teams is Michigan worse than or outfunded by? They have the advantage in scheduling because when you're one of the powerhouses, that is one fewer powerhouse for you to be scheduled against.
To be fair, UM has typically played difficult schedules since the 80s, and since PSU joined the conference in ‘93, Michigan has had the most difficult cumulative in conference schedule.
Since those on this board probably care more about the 2014 and on timeframe, the following is a comparison showing Michigan’s conference schedule still being respectable. If one compares the teams not played due to rotation (eliminating the unbalance due to how successful a respective team may be), the cumulative totals before this season are:
Final ranked teams not played:
UM: 10
RU: 10
Illinois: 18 (most)
Conference records of teams not played:
UM: 165-178 0.481 (5th)
RU: 166-158 0.512 (9th)
Iowa: 175-153 0.534 (highest)
The point here at Rutgers is that teams on Michigans schedule may be really good but still only equal to or slightly below Michigan.
If Rutgers schedule has been close to comparison- we are not playing equal or slightly below us. Since coming into the conference- we spent the first 8 years of it with only a small % of the conference money compared to everyone else.
For you (and x others) it is. For who I responded to (and y others), a different point was presented. That was all I was addressing.