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Michigan at Iowa? 

Some theories. 

It may make sense for Indy and Purdue to play during champions week, not just because of the long rivalry, but because both teams were having COVID problems this week,  so there is a chance their games might get canceled again.  So might as well pair them up.

It also makes sense for Minny and Wiscy to try to reschedule their game for champions week.  Keeping that long streak alive of the 2 teams playing every year.

It might also make sense for MD to try to reschedule 1 of its games that got canceled, either against MSU or Mich.

So let's see what we got.

1.  OSU-NW
2.  Indy-Purdue
3.  Wiscy-Minny
4  Iowa vs Mich/Rut
5.  MD vs.  Mich/MSU
6.  PSU vs.  ILL
7.  Mich/Rut/MSU vs.  Neb

Guess I should have stuck with my original theory.  That ended up being the one closest to what they chose.

I really wish Indiana was playing Iowa instead but I get it, why they went with Indiana vs. Purdue.

3 of those games make sense

that's pretty good for the leadership of the conference

if the commish would have started the season earlier, the East could matchup with the West like they planned

could have played "the game"

3 of those games make sense

that's pretty good for the leadership of the conference

I honestly think they did a fine job and that this was the obvious solution.

It appears to me that priority #1 after the CG was set was to preserve ancient rivalries. Thus these three were pretty much automatic:

• NU/tOSU
• PU/IU
• UW/MN

Then they had to create a B1G-E match that hadn't already been played. With tOSU unavailable there were only two choices:

• UMD/M, or
• UMD/MSU

They picked MSU because M is a bigger ratings draw, plain and simple.

With those four set they were left with three teams each from the B1G-E and B1G-W,
B1G-E:

• 3-5 PSU (already played UNL and IA)
• 3-5 RU (already played IL)
• 2-4 M

B1G-W:

• 6-2 Iowa (already played PSU)
• 2-5 IL (already played RU)
• 2-5 UNL (already played PSU)

PSU/IL was automatic because PSU had already played the other two.

At that point there were just two choices, either:

• RU/IA and M/UNL, or
• M/IA and RU/UNL

I agree with their decision of #2 here. It puts a helmet in each game and even though Michigan isn't much (if at all) better than RU still, M just "sounds" like a better match-up for ranked Iowa than Rutgers.

I'm also more excited for the 30 for 30 about why the Big Ten scheduled 6 exhibitions in the middle of a pandemic than the games themselves

yeah the gophers are still short players and it will give the Badgers something to feel good about

Minnesota will crush Wisconsin this weekend. It's 2020.