A BRAVE NEW WORLD in which Michigan… wait for it… plays Wisconsin.
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You're sure you're in the Big Ten again?
Via Kyle Meinke:
| 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Wisconsin | @ Purdue |
| @ Rutgers | MSU |
| Penn State | @ Indiana |
| Illinois | @ Penn State |
| @ MSU | Rutgers |
| Maryland | Minnesota |
| @ Iowa | @ Maryland |
| Indiana | @ Wisconsin |
| @ OSU | OSU |
Items!
Crossover opponents are Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois in year one and Purdue, Minnesota, and Wisconsin in year two. Odd that they're switching up two of those but not the third.
That 2016 schedule has a couple of tentpole-ish games against Wisconsin and maybe Penn State depending on how quickly they climb out from under the rubble, but overall it is a very, very gross home schedule again. Nonconference opponents are Hawaii, Colorado, and Ball State. Those two tentpole-ish games are the whole season.
They may have to start selling tickets in two-year chunks. That's a joke, Dave Brandon. It is not a real thing.
The 2017 game at Wisconsin will be the first time Michigan has gone to Madison since 2009(!). Hello vaguely spliced together not-conference.
Meinke also notes that the 2017 Purdue game is on September 23rd, but that is the fourth week of the season so… uh… yeah, conference games are going to be going on then.
None of this will actually transpire because Michigan will spend the 2016 season on the moon once the Sea of Tranquility is added to the conference.