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Topic:  Big Ten to reduce OOC games
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L.C.
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  Message Not Read  Big Ten to reduce OOC games
   Posted: 2/12/2013 11:11:21 PM 
The big ten/fourteen is trying to decide between a 9 game and 10 game conference slate, which could mean only half as many non-conference games. Since some of the remaining ones will be TV attraction games, like Michigan-ND, that may mean a lot less "money" games for the MAC. The Big Ten/fourteen have tough choices now. They can use their 2-3 games for playing MAC teams, and get an extra home game (and extra revenue), but at the cost of hurting strength of schedule, just as they want stronger schedules for the new playoff system. Perhaps they will still opt for a MAC foe, but have a preference for a top-of-the-MAC one, so that they don't hurt the SoS.

It's possible that the teams that will be hurt the most will be teams like a Kansas, or a U.Conn, that would be looking for a home-home deal. Using one of their precious OOC slots for such a home-home deal does nothing for the Big Ten. It doesn't help their SoS, and it doesn't give them that 7th home game. Therefore a fringe benefit to the MAC may be a new opportunity to pick up home-home games with lower tier BCS teams.


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  Message Not Read  RE: Big Ten to reduce OOC games
   Posted: 2/13/2013 12:15:20 AM 
With a 10 game conference schedule, they're going to have a very strong SOS (assuming, that is, that 75% of their league doesn't crap the bed like they did this year)(actually, since the big10 will contain teams such as maryland and indiana and illinois, they might look to scheduling games with MAC squads to boost their strength of schedule)
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L.C.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Big Ten to reduce OOC games
   Posted: 2/13/2013 1:08:21 AM 
Exactly - with a ten game conference schedule there will be only 28 opportunities for the conference to create a baseline, and with a few losses, like the Penn State loss to Ohio last year, it will really hurt the whole conference because there won't be as many other games that can offset it.


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  Message Not Read  RE: Big Ten to reduce OOC games
   Posted: 2/13/2013 9:48:26 AM 
The Big10 has also agreed to stop scheduling FCS teams. So the Youngstown State's, Appalachia St.s, VMI's of the world appear to be taboo after this upcoming season for the Big10.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Big Ten to reduce OOC games
   Posted: 2/13/2013 11:06:37 AM 
BobcatSports wrote:
The Big10 has also agreed to stop scheduling FCS teams. So the Youngstown State's, Appalachia St.s, VMI's of the world appear to be taboo after this upcoming season for the Big10.
. Article says after 2016 for everybody in the league, some will stop before.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Big Ten to reduce OOC games
   Posted: 2/13/2013 12:06:31 PM 
It's a result of the RPI-like rankings that will be used for seeding teams.  One of two things will likely happen.  There'll either be a de facto split of 1A/FBS into the "bigs" and the "not-so-bigs" or a clamor to allow a 13th game, maybe doing away with the bye week (and midweek MACtion?). 


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  Message Not Read  RE: Big Ten to reduce OOC games
   Posted: 2/13/2013 1:05:57 PM 
     The only thing weaker than osu inc.'s non-league schedule from last year is osu inc.'s non-league schedule for this upcoming season. Having said that, however, osu inc. is improving it's non-league schedule in the future to improve its chances of making the title game playoffs. It will be interesting to see how the changes to the big 10 scheduling will affect the teams' non-league scheduling.
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