My Reaction To The 2024-2025 Big Ten Football Schedule Release | College Football 2023

The 2024 and 2025 Big Ten Conference schedules were released yesterday, and man, there is an avalanche of content we need to big through. This is the first-ever Big Ten schedule for the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins, who announced last year that they would be joining the Big Ten beginning in 2024. As expected, the Big Ten removed divisions and turned to a round-robin schedule that featured protected rivalries. Every Big Ten team (except for Penn State) has anywhere from one to three protected rivals. For example, Michigan and Ohio State, USC and UCLA are each other's only rivals, while Iowa has a protected rivalry with Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. While there is now more parity in terms of strength of schedule, teams did get the shorter end of the stick. Mel Tucker and Michigan State play Michigan every year, Ohio State in both 2024 and 2025, and they play USC and Penn State in 2024 and 2023 respectively. The Penn State Nittany Lions on the other hand have no protected rivals and their toughest game is home matchups against Ohio State and USC in 2024 and a road game at Michigan in 2025. I am already excited as can be for Big Ten Football in 2023, but with so much changing in 2024 I had to talk about it. Hope you guys enjoy my reaction and analysis! Leave a like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell for more of the best College Football content! My Merchandise Store: https://cfbwithsam.threadless.com/ Spotify Link: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/A9u1hWG8nybBig Ten Flex Protect Plus Scheduling Model:https://bigten.org/news/2023/6/8/big-ten-conference-announces-exciting-future-football-schedule-formats-for-2024-and-2025.aspx ESPN Article On The Big Ten Schedule Release: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/37820350/big-ten-introduce-flex-protect-plus-football-schedule-model-2024 List Of Big Ten Protected Rivals: https://www.clickondetroit.com/sports/2023/06/08/here-are-the-protected-rivals-for-every-big-ten-football-team-under-new-schedule-format/ #collegefootball #michiganfootball #ohiostatefootball #pennstatefootball #nebraskafootball #michiganstatefootball #uscfootball #uclafootball #bigtenfootball #collegefootballplayoff