The talent is there, but the execution changes day to day. So why on earth would I worry about this position when there are so many other brilliant positions I could fill with alums?īecause the biggest issue we have on defense is consistency. Tuimoloau and Jack Sawyer projected to start, supported by a treasure trove of backups including sophomores Caden Curry, Kenyatta Jackson, and Omari Abor.
Today’s Question: What if Ohio State could bring back any alum for this year’s Michigan game?īy all measures, Ohio State football is stacked at defensive end this season, with juniors J.T. Then, in the end, it’s up to you to determine who’s right and who’s nuts. In You’re Nuts, two LGHL staff members will take differing sides of one question and argue their opinions passionately. So, we’re bringing that to the pages of LGHL with our favorite head-to-head column: You’re Nuts. You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all of our ”What If?” articles here.Įverybody knows that one of the best parts of being a sports fan is debating and dissecting the most (and least) important questions in the sporting world with your friends.
This week is all about players to watch this upcoming season.
UCLA will visit Michigan Stadium for the first time since 1996 and will host Ohio State for the first time since 2001.From now until preseason camp starts in August, Land-Grant Holy Land will be writing articles around a different theme every week. USC will visit Penn State for the first time since 1994. Michigan’s 2024 trip to USC will mark its first since 1958. “You have to balance Eastern time zone schools, Central time zone schools.” “We needed to make sure that we did a good job of balancing not having really extreme travel distances for them, of one school having to go to their five furthest possible opponents in Year 1,” Kenny said. Kenny said increased travel and a third time zone factored into the 20 opponents, as did avoiding repeat sites from the 2023 schedule and maintaining the alternating five-four split - five league home games one year, four league home games the next. UCLA’s first Big Ten slate has Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State and USC at home, and Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Rutgers on the road.īoth newcomers will play every Big Ten school at least once by the end of the 2025 season, and every existing Big Ten team will play at either UCLA or USC during the same span. USC’s initial Big Ten schedule in 2024 will feature Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin at home, and Maryland, Northwestern, Penn State, Purdue and UCLA on the road. Penn State doesn’t have any protected matchups, but they see more teams three out of four years, the way that the model will be built moving forward, that might be a little more geographic to them.” “The more protected matchups you’ve included in the model, the less flexibility you had to create a really balanced model for everybody,” Kenny said. The Penn State-Ohio State game has often shaped the league and CFP races, but it will not be played in 2025 after taking place at Beaver Stadium in 2024. Penn State, meanwhile, has zero annual protected opponents in the new model. For example, USC and Penn State will play in both seasons, as will UCLA and Nebraska. Teams also will have opponents they play in both 20 - called “two-plays” - that will change for the 2026-27 cycle.
The Big Ten on Thursday announced all opponents for the 20 seasons, although specific dates will be finalized later. The protected games are: Michigan– Ohio State, UCLA-USC, Minnesota– Wisconsin, Indiana– Purdue, Michigan State-Michigan, Iowa-Minnesota, Illinois– Northwestern, Iowa- Nebraska, Maryland– Rutgers, Iowa-Wisconsin and Illinois-Purdue. The list of annual protected matchups, which features historic rivalries and trophy games, varies in number among Big Ten teams. Beginning in 2024, every conference pairing will take place at least twice in a four-year span, once at each member school’s home stadium. The “Flex Protect Plus” model maintains a nine-game league schedule and contains both guaranteed annual matchups and rotating ones. The Big Ten in 2024 will introduce a football schedule model that includes 11 protected matchups across the conference, eliminates divisions and targets a robust overall rotation as the league expands to 16 members with USC and UCLA.
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