Most of the time the third best team was in the east too.
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Big Ten 2024-25 scheduling announcement
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Maryland and Rutgers (and Indiana) are thrilled they don’t have OSU, UM, MSU, and PSU every year. They are the winners.
Nebraska’s 2025 schedule is easily the hardest on paper (admittedly looking ahead) of any team in the two-year period. Those of you who want to be playing in the big-time games have a got your wish. I’d rather see a little bit more fairness across-the-board myself.
If you choose not attend some of those games I can see you making some good money by selling them to the opposing fans.
Gotta love Will 
Normally I would completely agree with this regarding State Penn, but I think we all have come to realize that the make-up of the BIG10 is going to still expand at some point in the next 5-10 years (or sooner). Making a big deal out of these new protected rivalries is not going to matter for too long for that reason alone. Just my 2 cents. GBR
All I know is there is a huge difference in game week discussions, excitement and attention when we are playing Ohio State than Rutgers. As a lincoln resident the atmosphere is 1000 times better.
No let Nebraska do that
Or, have a real rivalry develop based on how games turn out on the field. Forcing a rivalry doesn't really make it a rivalry. With the flexibility in this new scheduling model, if a matchup starts to feel like a rivalry, they can make it a protected game later.
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Yes, but if you don't play each other you can't develop a natural rivalry. The Iowa game wasn't really a rivalry initially. Most Nebraska fans probably didn't really care. But it feels close to one now. With the larger conference PSU is only going to play most teams 2 out of 4 years. You aren't going to create a rivalry out of that.
I think Nebraska and Penn State actually could have been a good match for that. But its also better for the win total to now have to play a really good team every year. I guess I'd rather have the fun game and risk it.
I have hope that we will become one of those teams that others will fear on their schedules, so I choose not to worry about how hard our schedule looks.
To be the man, you gotta beat the man.
