CFB Analyst
Posted 26 January 2022 - 06:12 PM
Oregon-Maryland home-and-home where each school comes up with the most outrageous uniforms possible
I think these will be more like the ACC/Big Ten Challenge games, where you alternate home/away each season, but it's a different opponent every year. That said, I do look forward to the chance to go watch the Terps play at Oregon or Oregon St someday.
CFB Analyst
Posted 27 January 2022 - 03:51 PM
The Athletic: How Big Ten football scheduling could work without divisions including permanent rivals for each team
For those without a subscription, each team would have 3 permanent opponents they play each year, and the other 5 conference games would rotate annually. That way every Big Ten team would play every other team at least once every other year. They also want to preserve the many "trophy games" the conference has. And of course OSU-Michigan has to be played every year....that game is worth way too much in broadcast money for it not to.
Dochterman even proposes his own version of who each team's 3 permanent opponents would be. For the Terps it was Rutgers, Ohio State and Indiana.
HOF
Posted 27 January 2022 - 04:24 PM
Why wouldn’t it be Penn State? Who are their three? MD/Penn St. is literally the only semblance of a rivalry MD has, and even that is using the term loosely.The Athletic: How Big Ten football scheduling could work without divisions including permanent rivals for each team
For those without a subscription, each team would have 3 permanent opponents they play each year, and the other 5 conference games would rotate annually. That way every Big Ten team would play every other team at least once every other year. They also want to preserve the many "trophy games" the conference has. And of course OSU-Michigan has to be played every year....that game is worth way too much in broadcast money for it not to.
Dochterman even proposes his own version of who each team's 3 permanent opponents would be. For the Terps it was Rutgers, Ohio State and Indiana.
CFB Analyst
Posted 27 January 2022 - 04:51 PM
Why wouldn’t it be Penn State? Who are their three? MD/Penn St. is literally the only semblance of a rivalry MD has, and even that is using the term loosely.
This was just some writer's attempt at it, not something the Big Ten has proposed. I think he was trying for a combo of two things; first, preserving traditional rivalries/trophy games; and second, competitive balance.
PSU's three games were MSU, OSU and Rutgers. They have the Land Grant Trophy with MSU. They will never be Ohio State's #1 rival, but the two teams usually play in meaningful, competitive games. When it came down to Rutgers or MD for the third game, I'm guessing he just did a coin flip.
HOF
Posted 27 January 2022 - 07:14 PM
This was just some writer's attempt at it, not something the Big Ten has proposed. I think he was trying for a combo of two things; first, preserving traditional rivalries/trophy games; and second, competitive balance.
PSU's three games were MSU, OSU and Rutgers. They have the Land Grant Trophy with MSU. They will never be Ohio State's #1 rival, but the two teams usually play in meaningful, competitive games. When it came down to Rutgers or MD for the third game, I'm guessing he just did a coin flip.
It’s probably what’ll end up happening if this goes through though. Rutgers has no one, so pairing them with the other bottom feeder, one mid team, and one premier team probably makes it fair.
Rather just keep the divisions. Hate that MD gets stomped by the elite every year, but get better, and it will be sweeter when they compete and win those games.
CFB Analyst
Posted 27 January 2022 - 07:58 PM
It’s probably what’ll end up happening if this goes through though. Rutgers has no one, so pairing them with the other bottom feeder, one mid team, and one premier team probably makes it fair.
Rather just keep the divisions. Hate that MD gets stomped by the elite every year, but get better, and it will be sweeter when they compete and win those games.
The reason they, and other conferences like the Pac-12/ACC, seem interested in getting rid of divisions is avoiding the potential scenario where a three or four loss team that wins one division knocks off your CFP contender from the other. If you just have the two best teams, and #2 wins, maybe they are still well-regarded enough to get in.
And if you're thinking a CFP contender who can't beat an 8-4 team doesn't deserve to be in the CFP, I totally agree. But if you are a conference, you want to do whatever increases your odds of getting a team in.
CFB Analyst
Posted 30 June 2022 - 02:12 PM
So anyone looking forward to that first road trip to LA? Hope it's one of those mid-November type of deals. I might have to head down there for that one.
Sr. Terps Analyst
Posted 30 June 2022 - 02:40 PM
I’m planning on moving out to San Diego in a few months, so good timing for me on that front.
So anyone looking forward to that first road trip to LA? Hope it's one of those mid-November type of deals. I might have to head down there for that one.
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Posted 30 June 2022 - 02:44 PM
CFB Analyst
Posted 30 June 2022 - 02:45 PM
Well, the Terps will finally get to play in the Rose Bowl (sorta).
HOF
Posted 01 July 2022 - 10:32 AM
Bout to be home and home with USC and UCLA. Both about to join the big 10. Crazy.
This is so stupid and getting out of hand. Just get rid of conferences.
Since that will never happen, just rename them all something generic and non-geographical, non-numerical. American, National, Stars, Stripes, Memorial, Freedom. Put 12 teams in each, give each a TV Network, and if a team wants to move to another one, they have to swap with someone else.
On the other hand, the Big Ten will get two teams that will make it farther in the NCAAT than any of the current teams (sans maybe Michigan State)
Sr. Terps Analyst
Posted 24 August 2022 - 11:09 AM
HOF
Posted 25 August 2022 - 12:23 PM
Maryland has announced a few future non-conference opponents:
- 9/13/2025: vs. Towson
- 9/4/2027: vs. James Madison
- 9/7/2030: at Wake Forest
- 9/6/2031: vs. Wake Forest
Wake Forest. That's interesting.
CFB Analyst
Posted 25 August 2022 - 02:23 PM
They seem unwilling to go outside the mid-Atlantic region for non-conference opponents anymore. That Texas series was fun (winning both games obviously didn't hurt). Wish they would try to schedule more schools like that.
CFB Analyst
Posted 24 October 2022 - 11:00 AM
To no surprise, the Big Ten will apparently stick with the East/West divisional format for 2023. They were looking at changing it for next season, but that was before UCLA and USC were announced as joining in 2024. So they get to punt the changes down the road one more year.
https://theathletic....dule-divisions/
CFB Analyst
Posted 26 October 2022 - 11:09 AM
The Big Ten released the 2023 schedule today, with the same East/West divisions. Maryland's West Division opponents will be Illinois at home and Northwestern and Nebraska on the road.
BSL Analyst
Posted 25 April 2023 - 01:11 PM
UVA is now on Friday
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Posted 07 June 2023 - 07:16 PM
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Posted 08 June 2023 - 08:29 AM
Sounds like we're coming to end of divisions thankfully
Until they wipe out the ACC and get to 24 schools.
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