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Post by ilikecorn on Apr 25, 2019 17:54:06 GMT -5
Congrats!
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Apr 25, 2019 18:22:18 GMT -5
They're traveling to Waco this season to play Baylor and Missouri so I don't see why not. Hawai'i has played Nebraska at Nebraska a couple of times. Nebraska has never played a regular season match against Hawai'i at Hawaii. They could have flown to play at Hawaii instead of playing in San Diego. According to JournalStar article we're playing at San Diego because it's close to Sun's hometown. Makes perfect sense. I can't argue with that.
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Post by bluepenquin on Apr 25, 2019 18:46:56 GMT -5
Or if your a competitor a bad schedule Quite possibly the easiest B1G schedule in recent memory. Only play the following once: Illinois Minnesota Penn State I think I can safely say that I've done as much Big Ten schedule analysis as anyone, and I can categorically state that this is hardly out of the norm. One of the top teams almost always has only five games against the other four Top-5 teams. I have previously detailed the Big Ten schedulers penchant to not separate Penn State and Nebraska in other teams schedules which unnecessarily amps up the difficulties for one travel partner over another. Given the unbalanced schedules, this can and does happen consistently. Notably to Minnesota two years ago who played Penn State, Nebraska, and Michigan State once each while travel partner Wisconsin played all three twice. This may not be out of the norm - but this is likely to be the easiest B10 conference schedule? They play, Minnesota, Illinois, Penn State, Michigan, and Indiana once. Thankfully it wasn't Purdue instead of Indiana - or it couldn't have been easier (less tough is probably more appropriate for this conference).
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Post by oldmanred on Apr 25, 2019 19:21:06 GMT -5
I think I can safely say that I've done as much Big Ten schedule analysis as anyone, and I can categorically state that this is hardly out of the norm. One of the top teams almost always has only five games against the other four Top-5 teams. I have previously detailed the Big Ten schedulers penchant to not separate Penn State and Nebraska in other teams schedules which unnecessarily amps up the difficulties for one travel partner over another. Given the unbalanced schedules, this can and does happen consistently. Notably to Minnesota two years ago who played Penn State, Nebraska, and Michigan State once each while travel partner Wisconsin played all three twice. This may not be out of the norm - but this is likely to be the easiest B10 conference schedule? They play, Minnesota, Illinois, Penn State, Michigan, and Indiana once. Thankfully it wasn't Purdue instead of Indiana - or it couldn't have been easier (less tough is probably more appropriate for this conference). Good analogy! Still a tough enough schedule! I hope the girls are always ready for a tough game! Sometimes when you least expect it; is when bad things happen! GO HUSKERS
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Post by huskerjen on Apr 25, 2019 19:22:17 GMT -5
I think I can safely say that I've done as much Big Ten schedule analysis as anyone, and I can categorically state that this is hardly out of the norm. One of the top teams almost always has only five games against the other four Top-5 teams. I have previously detailed the Big Ten schedulers penchant to not separate Penn State and Nebraska in other teams schedules which unnecessarily amps up the difficulties for one travel partner over another. Given the unbalanced schedules, this can and does happen consistently. Notably to Minnesota two years ago who played Penn State, Nebraska, and Michigan State once each while travel partner Wisconsin played all three twice. This may not be out of the norm - but this is likely to be the easiest B10 conference schedule? They play, Minnesota, Illinois, Penn State, Michigan, and Indiana once. Thankfully it wasn't Purdue instead of Indiana - or it couldn't have been easier (less tough is probably more appropriate for this conference). It could have been easier if Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, were home matches.
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Post by ilikecorn on Apr 25, 2019 19:38:31 GMT -5
Huskers play 9 Friday/Saturday back-to-backs
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Post by horns1 on Apr 25, 2019 19:52:11 GMT -5
I see that UCLA is playing in Nebraska again. Do the Bruins ever get to host the Huskers?
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Post by bluepenquin on Apr 25, 2019 20:10:01 GMT -5
This may not be out of the norm - but this is likely to be the easiest B10 conference schedule? They play, Minnesota, Illinois, Penn State, Michigan, and Indiana once. Thankfully it wasn't Purdue instead of Indiana - or it couldn't have been easier (less tough is probably more appropriate for this conference). It could have been easier if Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, were home matches. I assumed a team couldn't play two travel partners just once (don't know if that is a rule) - which would make it impossible to play both Minnesota and Wisconsin just once.
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Post by milkmandan on Apr 25, 2019 20:53:20 GMT -5
I see that UCLA is playing in Nebraska again. Do the Bruins ever get to host the Huskers? Sealy must be a poor negotiator.
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Post by NebraskaVBfan93 on Apr 25, 2019 20:57:54 GMT -5
I see that UCLA is playing in Nebraska again. Do the Bruins ever get to host the Huskers? There will probably be just as many Bruin fans that come to Devaney as would go if they were playing at home.
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Post by hochee on Apr 25, 2019 21:14:23 GMT -5
I see that UCLA is playing in Nebraska again. Do the Bruins ever get to host the Huskers? An empty Pauley is a sad Pauley.
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Post by gobruins on Apr 26, 2019 5:24:02 GMT -5
I see that UCLA is playing in Nebraska again. Do the Bruins ever get to host the Huskers? At UCLA, school doesn't start until the 3rd or 4th week of September. So, they tend to want to use the non-conference to travel since they don't need to be home for school.
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Post by huskergeek on Apr 26, 2019 7:25:01 GMT -5
I think I can safely say that I've done as much Big Ten schedule analysis as anyone, and I can categorically state that this is hardly out of the norm. One of the top teams almost always has only five games against the other four Top-5 teams. I have previously detailed the Big Ten schedulers penchant to not separate Penn State and Nebraska in other teams schedules which unnecessarily amps up the difficulties for one travel partner over another. Given the unbalanced schedules, this can and does happen consistently. Notably to Minnesota two years ago who played Penn State, Nebraska, and Michigan State once each while travel partner Wisconsin played all three twice. This may not be out of the norm - but this is likely to be the easiest B10 conference schedule? They play, Minnesota, Illinois, Penn State, Michigan, and Indiana once. Thankfully it wasn't Purdue instead of Indiana - or it couldn't have been easier (less tough is probably more appropriate for this conference). It very well could be the easiest this year, but that wasn't the statement I was disputing.
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Post by huskergeek on Apr 26, 2019 7:43:52 GMT -5
It could have been easier if Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, were home matches. I assumed a team couldn't play two travel partners just once (don't know if that is a rule) - which would make it impossible to play both Minnesota and Wisconsin just once. You are correct. Every team plays three games against each pair of travel partners and a home and home against their own travel partner.
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Post by gls on Apr 26, 2019 8:31:04 GMT -5
This may not be out of the norm - but this is likely to be the easiest B10 conference schedule? They play, Minnesota, Illinois, Penn State, Michigan, and Indiana once. Thankfully it wasn't Purdue instead of Indiana - or it couldn't have been easier (less tough is probably more appropriate for this conference). Good analogy! Still a tough enough schedule! I hope the girls are always ready for a tough game! Sometimes when you least expect it; is when bad things happen! GO HUSKERS
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