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Title: 2022 schedule, week-by-week, weeks 0-4
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on June 08, 2022, 01:13:52 PM

Week 0:
Saturday, August 27:

• Northwestern vs Nebraska in Dublin, Ireland, 12:30pm, FOX
• Wyoming at Illinois, 4:00pm, BTN

I think that Nebraska will roll here.  Last year the Cornhuskers were an abysmal 1-8 in conference and even THAT team obliterated the Wildcats (56-7).  Still, it is neat to have a league game on free TV and in Ireland so I'll be watching.  

Week 1:
Thursday, September 1:

• Penn State at Purdue, 8pm, FOX
• NMST at Minnesota, 9pm, BTN

Friday, September 2:

• WMU at Michigan State, 7pm, ESPN
• Illinois at Indiana, 8pm, FS1

Saturday, September 3:

• SDST at Iowa, noon, FS1
• Buffalo at Maryland, noon, BTN
• Colorado State at Michigan, noon, ABC
• Rutgers at Boston College, noon, ACCN
• ND at Nebraska, 3:30pm, BTN
• ILST at Wisconsin, 7pm, FS1
• Notre Dame at Ohio State, 7:30pm, ABC

The ND/tOSU game is the obvious highlight here and will likely give us a good indication of how both teams' seasons will go.  That said, the most intriguing matchup of the weekend may be that Thursday night PSU/PU tilt in West Lafayette.  As covered here (https://www.cfb51.com/big-ten/b1g-w-2022-division-race/) and here (https://www.cfb51.com/big-ten/b1g-e-2022-division-race/), I think that both teams have a legitimate shot to win their respective divisions but the loser of this game will have to be near-perfect from this point forward.  I really can't call a first week game an "elimination" game but I see this as close to it.  I also like that Rutgers has a decent road game here to challenge themselves, we'll see how things are progressing there right away.  

Week 2, Saturday, September 10:

• WIL at Minnesota, noon, BTN
• DOOK at Northwestern, noon, FS1
• ARST at Ohio State, noon, BTN
• Ohio at Penn State, noon, ABC
• WashingtonSt at Wisconsin, 3:30, FOX
• Maryland at Charlotte, 3:30, TV?
• ISU at Iowa, 4pm, BTN
• Virginia at Illinois, 4pm, ESPNU
• INST at Purdue, 4pm, BTN
• Akron at Michigan State, 4pm, BTN
• Wagner at Rutgers, 4pm, BTN
• GaSo at Nebraska, 7:30pm, FS1
• Idaho at Indiana, 8pm, BTN
• Hawaii at Michigan, 8pm, BTN

This is just an embarrassingly bad set of games.  With the possible exceptions of Northwestern, Iowa, and Illinois all of our teams should be trying out backups by the middle of the third quarter.  

Week 3, Saturday, September 17:

• Rutgers at Temple, TBD, ESPN+
• Oklahoma at Nebraska, noon, FOX
• UCONN at Michigan, noon, ABC
• SoIL at Northwestern, noon, BTN
• Purdue at Syracuse, noon, ESPN2
• WKY at Indiana, noon, BTN
• Penn State at Auburn, 3:30, CBS
• Colorado at Minnesota, 3:30pm, ESPN2
• NMST at Wisconsin, 3:30pm, BTN
• Toledo at Ohio State, 7pm, FOX
• Michigan State at Washington, 7:30pm, ABC
• Nevada at Iowa, 7:30pm, ABC
• SMU at Maryland, 7:30pm, FS1
• Illinois is off thus making up for their "week 0" game

I am very interested to see how Nebraska looks at home against Oklahoma.  Despite their awful record last year, the Cornhuskers were actually competitive in nearly all of their games including losing to Oklahoma by just a TD in Norman.  Moreover, it might have been just a FG loss but for a blocked XP run all the way back for two point the other way late in the third quarter.  Another thing making this game interesting is that neither team is likely to be seriously challenged in any of their games before this one so this will be the first real opportunity to see both the Cornhuskers and the Sooners.  

PSU/AU, PU/Cuse, and MSU/UWash could also be interesting.  

Week 4:
Thursday, September 22:

• Chattanooga at Illinois, 8:30pm, BTN

Saturday, September 24:

• Iowa at Rutgers, TBD, TBD
• Minnesota at Michigan State, TBD, TBD
• Miami, OH at Northwestern, TBD, TBD
• Wisconsin at Ohio State, TBD, ABC
• Indiana at Cincinnati, TBD, TBD
• CMU at Penn State, TBD, BTN
• Maryland at Michigan, noon, TBD
• FAU at Purdue, 7:30pm, BTN

Wisconsin at Ohio State is the obvious headliner here and could have a substantial impact on either or both divisional races.  The loser in either case could still end up winning their division but they will not have much margin for error coming off of a loss here.  I see Minnesota/MSU as more similar to the week 1 PSU/PU tilt in that the loser is highly unlikely to end up winning their division.  Indiana at Cincinnati could be interesting.  Otherwise this looks like a pretty slow week.    

Title: Re: 2022 schedule, week-by-week, weeks 0-4
Post by: 847badgerfan on June 08, 2022, 01:27:45 PM

Is Washington State supposed to be bad? I've not gotten into any of the previews yet.

Title: Re: 2022 schedule, week-by-week, weeks 0-4
Post by: Abba on June 08, 2022, 01:37:43 PM

Based on Wazzu's 5.5 projected wins this year, I would say mediocre.  Wisconsin should beat them, but crazier things have happened.  I see the early line is Wisconsin by 14.

Title: Re: 2022 schedule, week-by-week, weeks 0-4
Post by: Abba on June 08, 2022, 01:55:01 PM

As for Nebraska, I learned my lesson last year.  I'll believe it when I see it and don't expect they'll easily handle Northwestern.  Northwestern is always a decent QB away from being a pain in the neck.  They didn't have one last year or in 2019, but let's see what they come up with.

Title: Re: 2022 schedule, week-by-week, weeks 0-4
Post by: Benthere2 on June 08, 2022, 02:07:40 PM

the NMST vs Minnesota will bring Jerry Kill back to the place that he last said would never set foot in that stadium again.   he was pretty upset when the U of MN fired Tracey Claeys for trying to support players that got into a bunch of trouble

Jerry took exception to hearing PJ say that a culture change was needed and that he hinted that Kills culture was not exceptional.  

how the game goes should not be interesting but seeing post game hand shakes etc. will be the fun to watch