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Title: 2022 schedule, week-by-week, weeks 5-8
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on June 14, 2022, 12:36:28 PM
I did weeks 0-4 here (https://www.cfb51.com/big-ten/2022-schedule-week-by-week-weeks-0-4/msg441993/#msg441993).  

Week 5, Saturday, October 1:


This is the first weekend of the season with a full slate of league games.  All 14 teams are playing a league game on October 1.  

Michigan at Iowa looks like the obvious headliner at this point.  It is both Michigan's first road game of the year and likely their first game against an opponent with a chance so it will be, for all practical purposes, our first look at the Wolverines.  Iowa will have already played ISU but I have no idea how good the Cyclones will be so this might be our first serious look at the Hawkeyes as well.  Both teams should be 4-0 heading into this tilt so it will likely get high-end TV treatment as a top-10ish match.  

Week 6:
Friday, October 7:
Saturday, October 8:

With the exception of PSU and MN taking the week off, this is another full slate of league games.  Ohio State at Michigan State looks to be the headliner but that could change between now and then.  Iowa and Michigan each face a potential trap game coming off of their big match in Iowa City on 10/1.  Both are on the road this week.  

Week 7, Saturday, October 15:

We have five league games on October 15 with PSU at M as the likely headliner but UW/MSU could be big as well.  I'm not sure who decided to give the Spartans tOSU and UW back-to-back but I'm pretty sure it wasn't @ELA (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=55) or any other MSU fan, more likely a Michigan fan.  

Week 8, Saturday, October 22:


We have five league games on October 22 and this could be a week that really clarifies both divisional races.  Iowa/Ohio State is the likely headliner but the PU/UW tilt could be decisive in the B1G-W and the MN/PSU game could easily impact both divisional races.  
Title: Re: 2022 schedule, week-by-week, weeks 5-8
Post by: 847badgerfan on June 14, 2022, 12:48:14 PM
Illinois at Wisconsin marks the return of Bert!!


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Title: Re: 2022 schedule, week-by-week, weeks 5-8
Post by: Hawkinole on June 15, 2022, 01:32:59 AM
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on June 14, 2022, 12:36:28 PM


Michigan at Iowa looks like the obvious headliner at this point.  It is both Michigan's first road game of the year and likely their first game against an opponent with a chance so it will be, for all practical purposes, our first look at the Wolverines.  Iowa will have already played ISU but I have no idea how good the Cyclones will be so this might be our first serious look at the Hawkeyes as well.  Both teams should be 4-0 heading into this tilt so it will likely get high-end TV treatment as a top-10ish match. 
Iowa looks to be extremely weak against Michigan because its QBs coach was a center, its 2021 QB was one of the worst in the Big Ten statistically in 2021, and its new QBs coach/OC has a 5-year history of being one of the very worst offensive coordinators in all of FBS football.
That said there is no reason to believe Iowa could defeat Michigan after it suffered one of its worst defeats to the Wolverines in 2022, in decades.
I like nepotism when it benefits my family members; so does Kirk Ferentz.
Title: Re: 2022 schedule, week-by-week, weeks 5-8
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on June 15, 2022, 12:02:44 PM
Quote from: Hawkinole on June 15, 2022, 01:32:59 AM
Iowa looks to be extremely weak against Michigan because its QBs coach was a center, its 2021 QB was one of the worst in the Big Ten statistically in 2021, and its new QBs coach/OC has a 5-year history of being one of the very worst offensive coordinators in all of FBS football.
That said there is no reason to believe Iowa could defeat Michigan after it suffered one of its worst defeats to the Wolverines in 2022, in decades.
I like nepotism when it benefits my family members; so does Kirk Ferentz.
I think that the CG beatdown provides motivation that may help Iowa.  I also just don't know what to expect from either team so it could be interesting.  
Title: Re: 2022 schedule, week-by-week, weeks 5-8
Post by: Abba on June 15, 2022, 12:48:27 PM
Worse Iowa teams have beaten better Michigan teams in Kinnick.  That will be a tough game.