Gophers Schedule Taking Shape: Road Slate Will Test Their Mettle

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Feel comfortable saying we know 25 of the Gophers' 31 regular-season opponents.

PRESEASON/EXHIBITION
Oct. TBD: CREIGHTON (closed door scrimmage)

HOME (11)
Date TBD: ALABAMA A&M (Barclays Center Classic) -- perhaps excluded, or maybe replaced by non-DI opponent to avoid playing a NCAA-ineligible RPI killer?
Date TBD: WESTERN CAROLINA (Barclays Center Classic)
Nov. 29: MIAMI
ILLINOIS*
INDIANA*
IOWA*
MICHIGAN STATE*
NEBRASKA*
NORTHWESTERN*
PURDUE*
RUTGERS*

ROAD (11)
Nov. 13: @ Providence
Dec. 9: @ Arkansas
@ Indiana*
@ Iowa*
@ Maryland*
@ Michigan*
@ Nebraska*
@ Northwestern*
@ Penn State*
@ Purdue*
@ Wisconsin*

NEUTRAL (3)
Nov. 24: vs. Massachusetts (Barclays Center Classic)
Nov. 25: vs. Alabama (Barclays Center Classic)
Jan. 20: vs. Ohio State (New York) -- Gophers the "home" team
 

Updated with confirmed B1G schedule

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I have nothing else to say other than rivals should be home and away every year with no exceptions. No home game vs. Wisconsin is dumb.
 

There will be a few protected rivals going forward but apparently not Gophers/Badgers

mnsportsgeek said:
I have nothing else to say other than rivals should be home and away every year with no exceptions. No home game vs. Wisconsin is dumb.
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Based on Indiana's press release, the B1G has decided going forward it's only going to have a few protected rivalries. ... Illinois/Northwestern, Indiana/Purdue, and Michigan/Michigan State, all state rivalries.

I'm all for every team having 1 protected rival, but this is a bogus move by the B1G if only a select few are deemed worthy of yearly home & homes. I mean, I get Indiana/Purdue and Michigan/Michigan State, but Illinois/Northwestern? Are you kidding me? That's a "fake rivalry" if there ever was one.
 

So our non-conference schedule is mediocre and we don't play Wisconsin, MSU, Michigan and Maryland twice? Not good for our RPI.
 


Blitzkrieg said:
So our non-conference schedule is mediocre and we don't play Wisconsin, MSU, Michigan and Maryland twice? Not good for our RPI.
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Non-conference schedule, what we know of it so far, is fine. It does need 1 or 2 more top 75-100ish opponents.
 

SelectionSunday said:
Based on Indiana's press release, the B1G has decided going forward it's only going to have a few protected rivalries. ... Illinois/Northwestern, Indiana/Purdue, and Michigan/Michigan State, all state rivalries.

I'm all for every team having 1 protected rival, but this is a bogus move by the B1G if only a select few are deemed worthy of yearly home & homes. I mean, I get Indiana/Purdue and Michigan/Michigan State, but Illinois/Northwestern? Are you kidding me? That's a "fake rivalry" if there ever was one.
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It would make the most sense, conference scheduling wise, to have each team have a protected rival. If they did that the other 12 conference teams could be put in three pods of 4 that rotate each year on your schedule. One year double play, next year away, third year home. Your protected rival is home and away every year.
 

Bill Campbell chimes in:

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Go Gophers!!
 

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