2013 and 2014 Football Schedules

[Killjoy]

Some people have been wondering why we haven't played Indiana yet and when are we going to play them. Under the new division scheduling format teams that are in the other division are rotated into your schedule for two years on a home and away basis. We will be playing Indiana in 2013 and 2014 per the following schedule:

2013

Sat, Aug 31 UNLV
Sat, Sep 07 at North Carolina
Sat, Sep 14 Western Illinois
Sat, Sep 21 San Jose State
Sat, Sep 28 Iowa *
Sat, Oct 05 at Michigan *
Sat, Oct 19 at Northwestern *
Sat, Oct 26 Nebraska *
Sat, Nov 02 at Indiana *
Sat, Nov 09 Penn State *
Sat, Nov 23 Wisconsin *
Sat, Nov 30 at Michigan State *

2014

Sat, Aug 30 Eastern Illinois
Sat, Sep 06 at Miami (Ohio)
Sat, Sep 13 North Carolina
Sat, Sep 20 San Jose State
Sat, Sep 27 at Penn State *
Sat, Oct 11 Northwestern *
Sat, Oct 18 Michigan *
Sat, Nov 01 at Nebraska *
Sat, Nov 08 Indiana *
Sat, Nov 15 at Iowa *
Sat, Nov 22 at Wisconsin *
Sat, Nov 29 Michigan State *

 

[dpodoll68]

You posted the same schedule twice.

 

[Catechol]

With Indiana on the schedule, 3 easy home OOC games, and Iowa, Nebraska, PSU and Wisconsin all at home, there had better be big expectations for 2013.

 

[Killjoy]

Thanks dpodoll

You posted the same schedule twice.

I noticed it probably at the same time you were making your comment. Sometimes you may think you are copying something new but you are actually copying what you copied before. It has been corrected.

 

[Seany]

Nice to see us playing North Carolina the next two seasons, just to branch out a little bit beyond our usual out of conference milieu. I like to see us playing an ACC team like that, and it would be really cool if we could set up a home and away against an SEC school in the not too distant future.

 

[Nokomis]

Nice to see us playing North Carolina the next two seasons, just to branch out a little bit beyond our usual out of conference milieu. I like to see us playing an ACC team like that, and it would be really cool if we could set up a home and away against an SEC school in the not too distant future.

The Oregon St. series will be fun too. USC, UNLV, UNC, OSU: love our non-con schedule the past/next several years!

 

[Eagan]

Home games in August? Is the 'U' planning an alternate parking location to replace the State Fair parking?

 

[Gopherprof]

So we trade Illinois/Purdue for Indiana/Penn State? Not sure I like that trade, but we'll see what becomes of Penn State.

 

[McGopherFan]

Those are U parking spots the Fair would have to replace

If I remember correctly from the Stadium building information, the U used to lease or lend the lots to the Fair for a marginal amount for a few days of Fair run.

The previous agreement called for no U activities that required those lots. There was a date listed, and I take it that 2013 was that date, when the parking would be available and a road opener was no longer a must.

Home games in August? Is the 'U' planning an alternate parking location to replace the State Fair parking?

 

[GopherInPittsburgh]

I have doubts about an SEC team agreeing to come up to play Minnesota.

 

[dpodoll68]

I have doubts about an SEC team agreeing to come up to play Minnesota.

A real team wouldn't, but I'm sure we could get someone like Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, etc. to agree to it.

 

[CrocShots]

Some people have been wondering why we haven't played Indian yet and when are we going to play them. [QUOTE/]

We can't play the Sue in football...

 

[Jike Spingleton]

it would be really cool if we could set up a home and away against an SEC school in the not too distant future.

Big Ten schools absolutely will not schedule OOC games with SEC schools, with the exception of the SEC's academic standard-bearer, Vanderbilt, unless it's a rivalry game such as Indiana-Kentucky, Illinois-Missouri or Penn State-Alabama (which actually goes back to the Nittany Lions days as an independent), and even those appear to be on hiatus.

The last true Big Ten-SEC non-conference game was a home-and-home between Ohio State and LSU in 1987-88. Before that, you have to go back to 1980, when Illinois hosted Mississippi State (Iowa played Tennessee in the 1987 Kickoff Classic and Michigan played South Carolina in 1985, seven years before the Gamecocks were members of the SEC). There are many reasons why the two conferences avoid each other except for bowl games, and I'm fine with it.

As pointed out, the Gophers have a very attractive list of non-conference series over the next decade. In addition to UNLV, North Carolina and Oregon State, there's also trips to Colorado, Colorado State and Navy. And, if you consider Oxford, Ohio to be attractive, the Miami Redhawks.

 

[Seany]

Big Ten schools absolutely will not schedule OOC games with SEC schools, with the exception of the SEC's academic standard-bearer, Vanderbilt, unless it's a rivalry game such as Indiana-Kentucky, Illinois-Missouri or Penn State-Alabama (which actually goes back to the Nittany Lions days as an independent), and even those appear to be on hiatus.

The last true Big Ten-SEC non-conference game was a home-and-home between Ohio State and LSU in 1987-88. Before that, you have to go back to 1980, when Illinois hosted Mississippi State (Iowa played Tennessee in the 1987 Kickoff Classic and Michigan played South Carolina in 1985, seven years before the Gamecocks were members of the SEC). There are many reasons why the two conferences avoid each other except for bowl games, and I'm fine with it.

As pointed out, the Gophers have a very attractive list of non-conference series over the next decade. In addition to UNLV, North Carolina and Oregon State, there's also trips to Colorado, Colorado State and Navy. And, if you consider Oxford, Ohio to be attractive, the Miami Redhawks.

Interesting. I was not aware of that RE: the Big Ten and SEC. Ahh well...

That's very cool we're going to be playing Navy. I just think it would be neat to see more games against teams we never seem to play, like K-State or Kansas or Oklahoma State or some of the Texas schools. And it would be fun to see us venture up into the northeastern part of the country (and my neck of the woods) and play some teams like Boston College or UConn. Love to see us play some of the new up and comers from the Mountain West too, heck there are a ton of teams I'd like to see us play. But as you say, the upcoming schedule is looking pretty exciting as is.

 

[supadupafly]

Home games in August? Is the 'U' planning an alternate parking location to replace the State Fair parking?

not sure. but i do know the U is taking their stadium parking lots back (did not renew the contract with the state fair), so our boys don't have to stupidly keep opening the season on the road anymore. which allowing people to park at the U of M for free during the fair has forced them to do since moving to tcf stadium. i believe the current state fair parking contract ends after next season, if i am not mistaken. thought i had read that the last contract with the state fair for parking had been signed before tcf stadium became a reality and why they couldn't change this until around 2012 or 2013 when it expired.

 

[Killjoy]

In that case....

Some people have been wondering why we haven't played Indian yet and when are we going to play them. [QUOTE/]

We can't play the Sue in football...

....how about the cowboys?

 

[matt]

The best thing about those schedules? It doesn't include the word "Dakota".

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

Any idea if the University will continue to lease the parking spaces to the State Fair on non gamedays?

 

[monsonville]

Has anyone heard about who is replacing Texas on the schedule? If I remember right Maturi said he had a deal with a bcs school, but wanted to wait until the BIG 10 figured out if they were going to a 9 game schedule first.