Next season's football schedule looks significantly tougher than 2015 slate.

by DoogieHouser Wed May 11, 2016 8:13 pm

Date Opponent
Sep 2 Furman
Sep 17 at Notre Dame
Sep 24 Wisconsin
Oct 1 at Indiana
Oct 8 BYU
Oct 15 Northwestern
Oct 22 at Maryland
Oct 29 Michigan
Nov 5 at Illinois
Nov 12 Rutgers
Nov 19 Ohio State
Nov 26 at Penn State

Add Notre Dame and Wisconsin. Get a visit from BYU that is perennially tough. Will have to see how tough Maryland will be with um's former DC. At least 6 tough games when you add in um, OSU, and PSU (although PSU may continue to be overrated).

by **Death Roe** Wed May 11, 2016 8:16 pm

Shut up Doogie.

by **Turtleneck** Wed May 11, 2016 8:17 pm

Thanks, Doogie. Great stuff. You deserve a spot as a staff writer.

by **Turtleneck** Wed May 11, 2016 8:17 pm

Shut up, Dead Hoe.

by **Death Roe** Wed May 11, 2016 8:18 pm

Turtleneck wrote:...Dead Hoe...

by Guest Wed May 11, 2016 8:22 pm

DoogieHouser wrote:
Date Opponent
Sep 2 Furman
Sep 17 at Notre Dame
Sep 24 Wisconsin
Oct 1 at Indiana
Oct 8 BYU
Oct 15 Northwestern
Oct 22 at Maryland
Oct 29 Michigan
Nov 5 at Illinois
Nov 12 Rutgers
Nov 19 Ohio State
Nov 26 at Penn State

Add Notre Dame and Wisconsin. Get a visit from BYU that is perennially tough. Will have to see how tough Maryland will be with um's former DC. At least 6 tough games when you add in um, OSU, and PSU (although PSU may continue to be overrated).

We're gonna smack dem Catholics and Mormons around.

by **Death Roe** Wed May 11, 2016 8:23 pm

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by **Travis of the Cosmos** Wed May 11, 2016 8:24 pm

Which transformer is your favorite transformer doogie?

by **Floyd Robertson** Wed May 11, 2016 8:26 pm

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by **Turtleneck** Wed May 11, 2016 8:27 pm

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Which transformer is your favorite transformer doogie?

Probably the one that would like to smash your face. Leave Doogie alone. He does not want to be your friend.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Wed May 11, 2016 8:28 pm

Turtleneck wrote:....flirt.....

by **Turtleneck** Wed May 11, 2016 8:29 pm

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by **Dr. Strangelove** Thu May 12, 2016 8:28 am

Fur realz?

Sep 2 Furman - WIN
Sep 17 at Notre Dame - LOSS
Sep 24 Wisconsin - WIN
Oct 1 at Indiana - WIN
Oct 8 BYU - WIN
Oct 15 Northwestern - WIN
Oct 22 at Maryland - WIN
Oct 29 Michigan - WIN
Nov 5 at Illinois - WIN
Nov 12 Rutgers - WIN
Nov 19 Ohio State - LOSS
Nov 26 at Penn State - WIN

Let's see if 8-1 is enough to get to Indy.

by **I.B. Fine** Thu May 12, 2016 8:42 am

Dr. Strangelove wrote:Fur realz?

Sep 2 Furman - WIN
Sep 17 at Notre Dame - LOSS
Sep 24 Wisconsin - WIN
Oct 1 at Indiana - WIN
Oct 8 BYU - WIN
Oct 15 Northwestern - WIN
Oct 22 at Maryland - WIN
Oct 29 Michigan - WIN
Nov 5 at Illinois - WIN
Nov 12 Rutgers - WIN
Nov 19 Ohio State - LOSS
Nov 26 at Penn State - WIN

Let's see if 8-1 is enough to get to Indy.

With the current unbalanced divisions, seems likely the Nov. 19th game will decide who goes to Indy. Thanks, Delaney.

by **InTenSity** Thu May 12, 2016 8:48 am

So...Our season doesn't begin until the 17th of September? WTF?

by **kingstonlake** Thu May 12, 2016 9:01 am

Way to early to predict anything past Sept.

by **InTenSity** Thu May 12, 2016 9:08 am

kingstonlake wrote:Way to early to predict anything past Sept.

Furman is just a scrimmage, right? So we start with a scrimmage, then get a bye, then we play ND? Who the fuck decides the bye's?

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** Thu May 12, 2016 9:11 am

Delany and his goons obviously.

by **NigelUno** Thu May 12, 2016 9:12 am

InTenSity wrote:
kingstonlake wrote:Way to early to predict anything past Sept.
Furman is just a scrimmage, right? So we start with a scrimmage, then get a bye, then we play ND? Who the fuck decides the bye's?

Maybe the BYU game was supposed to be 9/10, but got pushed back to 10/8 for some reason.

by Guest Thu May 12, 2016 9:16 am

InTenSity wrote:
kingstonlake wrote:Way to early to predict anything past Sept.
Furman is just a scrimmage, right? So we start with a scrimmage, then get a bye, then we play ND? Who the fuck decides the bye's?

I'm good with that schedule. Furman to identify the kinks, a week to work them out and then a nice steady week after week destruction of all those before us.

by **DWags** Thu May 12, 2016 9:22 am

Gonna be beat up when we get to November. Sucks about the bye being the second week. I always thought if 2010 had we not had our bye week in mid november, we might have done better against Iowa. I think we were the last big ten team with a bye that year. By the end of October, playing 8 games straight through was tough.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Thu May 12, 2016 9:31 am

Natty. Elite defense. Great running game. Solid QB play and decision making. Promise labs.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Thu May 12, 2016 9:31 am

Land.

by **Dr. Strangelove** Thu May 12, 2016 9:59 am

BTW: BYU has a ridiculous schedule:

At Arizona
Utah
UCLA
WVU at Redskins stadium
Mich State
Mississippi State
At Boise State

by **InTenSity** Thu May 12, 2016 10:03 am

Dr. Strangelove wrote:BTW: BYU has a ridiculous schedule:

At Arizona
Utah
UCLA
WVU at Redskins stadium
Mich State
Mississippi State
At Boise State

Very respectable.

by **Nordic** Thu May 12, 2016 1:04 pm

NigelUno wrote:
InTenSity wrote:
Furman is just a scrimmage, right? So we start with a scrimmage, then get a bye, then we play ND? Who the fuck decides the bye's?

Maybe the BYU game was supposed to be 9/10, but got pushed back to 10/8 for some reason.

Pretty sure that was supposed to be the Bama game. When that was dropped and they moved to the 9 conference games we got stuck with the week 2 bye.

by **Rocinante** Thu May 12, 2016 1:06 pm

Nick is probably regretting ducking East Lansing now. Automatic W.

by **NigelUno** Thu May 12, 2016 1:21 pm

Rocinante wrote:Nick is probably regretting ducking East Lansing now. Automatic W.

The game this year would have been in Tuscaloosa.

Looks like they replaced it with a neutral site game with USC.

by **The_Dude** Thu May 12, 2016 1:26 pm

Is it really that much tougher? @ ND is a bit tougher than Oregon at home, but last year we went to Neb, UM and OSU. Toughest B1G games are all at home this year. Would be massively disappointing to lose any conference road games this year.

by **InTenSity** Thu May 12, 2016 1:32 pm

The_Dude wrote:Is it really that much tougher? @ ND is a bit tougher than Oregon at home, but last year we went to Neb, UM and OSU. Toughest B1G games are all at home this year. Would be massively disappointing to lose any conference road games this year.

...massively...

by DoogieHouser Thu May 12, 2016 2:49 pm

Dr. Strangelove wrote:BTW: BYU has a ridiculous schedule:

At Arizona
Utah
UCLA
WVU at Redskins stadium
Mich State
Mississippi State
At Boise State

OUCH!

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Thu May 12, 2016 2:53 pm

DoogieHouser wrote:
Dr. Strangelove wrote:BTW: BYU has a ridiculous schedule:

At Arizona
Utah
UCLA
WVU at Redskins stadium
Mich State
Mississippi State
At Boise State

OUCH!

You're goddamn right that's an ouch doogie!

by **Turtleneck** Thu May 12, 2016 2:53 pm

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:
DoogieHouser wrote:

OUCH!

You're goddamn right that's an ouch doogie!

You guys ever talk about your favorite tractors?

by **Dr. Strangelove** Thu May 12, 2016 2:54 pm

Four MSU night games so far:
BTN: Furman, at Indiana (Forks Down!), at Maryland
NBC: at Notre Dame

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Thu May 12, 2016 2:56 pm

Turtleneck wrote:
Travis of the Cosmos wrote:

You're goddamn right that's an ouch doogie!

You guys ever talk about your favorite tractors?

No, just trains so far. We'll see where the wind takes us in the future turtleneck :)

by DoogieHouser Thu May 12, 2016 2:57 pm

The_Dude wrote:Is it really that much tougher? @ ND is a bit tougher than Oregon at home, but last year we went to Neb, UM and OSU. Toughest B1G games are all at home this year. Would be massively disappointing to lose any conference road games this year.

Last season we had two games...Oregon and Ohio State. Does anyone think there will be no drop-off with the players we lost? Agree with you that the toughest games will be at home, which should help. But I see six games that will be tough, and that doesn't include Northwestern that has bitten State on occasion.

by **DWags** Thu May 12, 2016 3:12 pm

DoogieHouser wrote:
The_Dude wrote:Is it really that much tougher? @ ND is a bit tougher than Oregon at home, but last year we went to Neb, UM and OSU. Toughest B1G games are all at home this year. Would be massively disappointing to lose any conference road games this year.

Last season we had two games...Oregon and Ohio State. Does anyone think there will be no drop-off with the players we lost? Agree with you that the toughest games will be at home, which should help. But I see six games that will be tough, and that doesn't include Northwestern that has bitten State on occasion.

I just want Izzo to get back to the final four.

by **InTenSity** Thu May 12, 2016 3:21 pm

DoogieHouser wrote:
The_Dude wrote:Is it really that much tougher? @ ND is a bit tougher than Oregon at home, but last year we went to Neb, UM and OSU. Toughest B1G games are all at home this year. Would be massively disappointing to lose any conference road games this year.

Last season we had two games...Oregon and Ohio State. Does anyone think there will be no drop-off with the players we lost? Agree with you that the toughest games will be at home, which should help. But I see six games that will be tough, and that doesn't include Northwestern that has bitten State on occasion.

Isn't Dantonios record against Northwestern pretty ridiculous? Maybe 1 loss or something like that.

by **The_Dude** Thu May 12, 2016 3:30 pm

DWags wrote:
DoogieHouser wrote:

Last season we had two games...Oregon and Ohio State. Does anyone think there will be no drop-off with the players we lost? Agree with you that the toughest games will be at home, which should help. But I see six games that will be tough, and that doesn't include Northwestern that has bitten State on occasion.

I just want Izzo to get back to the final four.

natty or bust in hoops. FFs no longer matter for Izzo.

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