Should Minnesota vs Wisconsin stay on Black Friday

[MaxyJR1]

I liked it. Got the win out of the way first thing on Friday and cleared up the schedule for the rest of the weekend.

Next year we have WI, IA, and NE all on our schedule and there will be two bye weeks again.

 

[Some guy]

I haven't seen any announcement of when it will be released. The 2024 schedule was released in early November 2023, so we are already about 30 days later than last year.

It’s like they read this thread. The big ten has announced they’re releasing next years schedule on Wednesday

 

[Ope3]

It’s like they read this thread. The big ten has announced they’re releasing next years schedule on Wednesday

I hope "they" took notes on my plan for Black Friday going forward.

 

[GopherVotary]

I loved having the game on Black Friday. I could go to the game and still be able to sit back and watch the Michigan/Ohio State venom on TV.

 

[RogueGopher]

Minnesota/Wisconsin on Friday and Michigan/Ohio State Saturday. The 2 best rivalry games in the Big Ten get their own day.

 

[Ope3]

Problem for the conference is it is going to be network picked pre season… So it’s probably going to always end up being the 3-5th best conference game of the week. Which often is going to zero down to Mn-WI, USC game, or Oregon Washington game…whichever the networks feel is best for that slot that week. So I think it’ll come down to network preference more than anything.

Indiana Purdue won’t be a game they put in because those teams so consistently have down years even when one is up.
Same with Illinois northwestern, in my opinion.

NBC actually did pick Indiana-Purdue for the Black Friday Prime Time game this year:

https://bigten.org/fb/article/blt8eb3dde899ebe558/

 

[Some guy]

NBC actually did pick Indiana-Purdue for the Black Friday Prime Time game this year:

https://bigten.org/fb/article/blt8eb3dde899ebe558/

Crazy to me
It could very easily be 7-4 Indiana vs 2-9 Purdue

If the lines go chalk that’s my guess on their records at that point.


I suppose it could very easily be 7-4 Minnesota vs 2-9 Wisconsin too

 

[Married@SiebertField]

As long as Sun Country keeps the 7:00 am Friday morning flight to Madison which allows for Thanksgiving dinner late into the night and arriving on time for an 11:00 am game at Camp Randall.