Big Ten Conference Moves to 13 Week Schedule

Beginning next season the Big Ten Conference will add one more week to their football schedule. Each team will have one bye week.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/bigten/2007-12-11-schedule-change_N.htm

Beginning in 2009 our big rival game with Michigan will be played the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Don

 

Don
I see some solid reasons for this move. BTW it's not going to happen next season but the one after.
It cuts down the time betweent the end of the season and the major bowl games. It seemed like OSU was off 2 years before the BCS Championship game last season.
It also allows for more games for the new Big Ten Network. Just as a bye week increased the number of football sundays for the NFL, this increases the number of weeks that the BTN will be showing games.

 

Very true and it will also eliminate straight twelve weeks of football, which is a real drag.

Makes sense me as well. Smith our AD and Tressel were against the move, because the team now will not have a real Thanksgiving break.

Don

 

How did we ever get by on 9 game schedules? Any of you guys remember those days?

 

Terry,

Yep! The world is changing, but not necessarily for the better?

Don

 

Next step for you guys would be to go to a 9th conference game like the PAC10 has done.

 

I was confused for a minute. They added a 13th week to play the 12 games. Got it.