BIG
Friday 9/18
Portland State vs
Oregon
BTN 10:30pm
Oregon leads series 6-0

Saturday 9/19
Kent State vs
Ohio State
Fox 12:00pm
Ohio State leads series 3-0

Buffalo vs
Penn State
BTN 12:00pm
Penn State leads series 3-1

Akron vs
Minnesota
BTN 12:00pm
First meeting

E. Michigan vs
Wisconsin
Peacock 12:30pm
Wisconsin leads series 4-0

S. Illinois vs
Illinois
Peacock 2:00pm
Illinois leads series 4-0

Southern California vs
Rutgers
CBS 3:30PM
USC leads series 1-0

UTEP vs
Michigan
BTN 3:30pm
First meeting

Western Kentucky vs
Indiana
Peacock 4:00pm
Indiana leads series 5-0

Northern Iowa vs
Iowa
FS1 4:00pm
Iowa leads series 17-1

North Dakota vs
Nebraska
BTN 7:15pm
Nebraska leads series 2-0

E. Washington vs
Washington
BTN 7:15pm
Washington leads series 3-0

Colorado vs
Northwestern
FOX 7:30pm
Series tied 1-1

Michigan State vs
Notre Dame
NBC 7:30pm
Notre Dame leads series 47-29-1

Virginia Tech vs
Maryland
FS1 7:30pm
Maryland leads series 17-15

Purdue vs
UCLA
BTN 11:00pm
UCLA leads series 3-0-2

Power 4 conferences Record
ACC 1–3
Big 12 1-1
Notre Dame 0–1
SEC 1-2
Power 4 total 3-7

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Big_T...all_season

OOC
Huge game Saturday night in the Lane Kiffin Bowl.
LSU vs
Ole Miss
I hope Ole Miss pounds the Tigers!

Down in Lubbock we have a nice matchup.
Houston vs
Texas Tech

In the ACC
SMU vs
Louisville
The Cardinals need this victory to keep their CFP hopes alive.

(09-17-2026 11:14 AM)cubucks Wrote:  OOC
Huge game Saturday night in the Lane Kiffin Bowl.
LSU vs
Ole Miss
I hope Ole Miss pounds the Tigers!

Down in Lubbock we have a nice matchup.
Houston vs
Texas Tech

In the ACC
SMU vs
Louisville
The Cardinals need this victory to keep their CFP hopes alive.

These teams hated each other before Lane jumped ship. Should be crazy in Oxford. I actually saw Ole Miss play LSU in Baton Rouge and the environment was insane. Saw Ole Miss host Tulane and it was still a very lively crowd. Should be a great environment.

(09-17-2026 01:30 PM)NotoriousOne Wrote:  

(09-17-2026 11:14 AM)cubucks Wrote:  OOC
Huge game Saturday night in the Lane Kiffin Bowl.
LSU vs
Ole Miss
I hope Ole Miss pounds the Tigers!

Down in Lubbock we have a nice matchup.
Houston vs
Texas Tech

In the ACC
SMU vs
Louisville
The Cardinals need this victory to keep their CFP hopes alive.

These teams hated each other before Lane jumped ship. Should be crazy in Oxford. I actually saw Ole Miss play LSU in Baton Rouge and the environment was insane. Saw Ole Miss host Tulane and it was still a very lively crowd. Should be a great environment.

I'm jealous! I'll get to a Southern game one of these days. It's on my bucket list and Oxford is on that list.

I would say the Big Ten can't embarrass themselves any worse than they have the last two weeks but then I'm sure they'll try to this week! Purdue and Rutgers are playing conference opponents so they can't embarrass the Big Ten (well I guess they can if they WIN). Minnesota could lose to Akron but if they do they'll make Mississippi State look bad in the process:)

If Oregon loses to Portland State, we're sending them back to the Pathetic 12.

(09-17-2026 03:41 PM)cubucks Wrote:  

(09-17-2026 01:30 PM)NotoriousOne Wrote:  

(09-17-2026 11:14 AM)cubucks Wrote:  OOC
Huge game Saturday night in the Lane Kiffin Bowl.
LSU vs
Ole Miss
I hope Ole Miss pounds the Tigers!

Down in Lubbock we have a nice matchup.
Houston vs
Texas Tech

In the ACC
SMU vs
Louisville
The Cardinals need this victory to keep their CFP hopes alive.

These teams hated each other before Lane jumped ship. Should be crazy in Oxford. I actually saw Ole Miss play LSU in Baton Rouge and the environment was insane. Saw Ole Miss host Tulane and it was still a very lively crowd. Should be a great environment.

I'm jealous! I'll get to a Southern game one of these days. It's on my bucket list and Oxford is on that list.

We now try to do one game a year and not one involving my beloved Wolverines. Going to see Auburn host Vandy in another week or so. It’s fun seeing how the SEC schools do it. Very friendly people and lots of fun. I definitely recommend it.

This week's Big Nooner!

(09-18-2026 06:57 PM)schmolik Wrote:  This week's Big Nooner!

Do you think it can hit 18M?

(09-18-2026 02:09 PM)NotoriousOne Wrote:  

(09-17-2026 03:41 PM)cubucks Wrote:  

(09-17-2026 01:30 PM)NotoriousOne Wrote:  

(09-17-2026 11:14 AM)cubucks Wrote:  OOC
Huge game Saturday night in the Lane Kiffin Bowl.
LSU vs
Ole Miss
I hope Ole Miss pounds the Tigers!

Down in Lubbock we have a nice matchup.
Houston vs
Texas Tech

In the ACC
SMU vs
Louisville
The Cardinals need this victory to keep their CFP hopes alive.

These teams hated each other before Lane jumped ship. Should be crazy in Oxford. I actually saw Ole Miss play LSU in Baton Rouge and the environment was insane. Saw Ole Miss host Tulane and it was still a very lively crowd. Should be a great environment.

I'm jealous! I'll get to a Southern game one of these days. It's on my bucket list and Oxford is on that list.

We now try to do one game a year and not one involving my beloved Wolverines. Going to see Auburn host Vandy in another week or so. It’s fun seeing how the SEC schools do it. Very friendly people and lots of fun. I definitely recommend it.

War Eagle!

Crazy, there were at least three better Big Ten games this week. I guess I can understand if they want to have Big Noon directly before the kickoff and they don't own the game but Maryland, Rutgers and UCLA all have bigger games than this. I guess my old canard about the OSU game being the big game if there is no big game came true this week.

(09-19-2026 12:17 AM)The Beaver Wrote:  Crazy, there were at least three better Big Ten games this week. I guess I can understand if they want to have Big Noon directly before the kickoff and they don't own the game but Maryland, Rutgers and UCLA all have bigger games than this. I guess my old canard about the OSU game being the big game if there is no big game came true this week.

I've never heard the word "canard" before but yeah normally the FOX Big Nooner rule is when in doubt pick Ohio State.

2025:
RUTGERS at Ohio State: 4.06M

The game drew more viewers than Texas Tech at Utah (4.04M), a game where both teams entered unbeaten and finished with 11 wins.

2024:
PURDUE at Ohio State: 3.48M
MARSHALL at Ohio State: 3.96M

The following week after Purdue played OSU on FOX they played a Penn State team that eventually made the Playoff semifinals on CBS. They got 1.8M.

Every Big Ten team is required to play two BTN games a season. Here's OSU's recent BTN games...

2024:
Western Michigan: 1.72M (Sat. prime time)
Northwestern: 1.89M (Sat noon) (The same week PSU-Pitt drew 1.8M on CBS, although different time slot. Virginia-Notre Dame drew 1.96M on NBC at the same time as PSU-Pitt!)

2025:
Purdue: 1.85M (Sat 1pm). FOX aired two non Big Nooner Big Ten games that weekend, Nebraska-UCLA, Sat. 9:25pm, 2.25M, Northwestern-USC, Fri. 9:06pm, 1.91M. On paper, Nebraska-UCLA and Northwestern-USC would be way better than Ohio State-Purdue but both barely outdrew Ohio State-Purdue even though they were on FOX and OSU-Purdue was on BTN.

2026:
Ball State: 1.6M (Sat. 12:30pm). Fresno State-USC on FOX Friday Night had 1.32M. Missouri State-Texas A&M on ESPN prime time Saturday night had 1.57M.

Even their BTN games are getting in the 1.5-1.85M range.

Maybe Ohio State should play Kent State every year!

(09-18-2026 08:33 PM)cubucks Wrote:  

(09-18-2026 06:57 PM)schmolik Wrote:  This week's Big Nooner!

Do you think it can hit 18M?

In case any lurkers aren't sure? This was me being silly. I'd hate to be on message board genius for something like this, lol.

(09-19-2026 10:09 AM)schmolik Wrote:  Maybe Ohio State should play Kent State every year!

Nice find!

Illinois must really be into football this year when they're even selling out vs. Southern Illinois! Either that or Southern Illinois has more fans than I think they do...

2026 BIG•MAC Challenge

Using Opening spread to determine winners.
BIG is winning 8-2-1
I believe there are 6 games remaining.

UMass (+29.5) - 37
Rutgers - 21
UMass outright

Toledo (+10) - 20
Michigan State - 30
push

Ohio (+23.5) - 21
Nebraska - 49
Nebraska

Ball State (+49.5) - 3
Ohio State - 56
Ohio State

W. Michigan (+26.5) - 12
Michigan - 13
W. Michigan

Bowling Green (+25.5) - 7
Nebraska - 56
Nebraska

E. Michigan (+15.5) - 7
Michigan State - 35
Michigan State

Kent State (+52.5) - 3
Ohio State - 59
Ohio State

E. Michigan (24.5) - 10
Wisconsin - 54
Wisconsin

Buffalo (39.5) - 13
Penn State - 55
Penn State

Akron (26.5) - 7
Minnesota - 41
Minnesota

(09-19-2026 12:18 PM)cubucks Wrote:  2026 BIG•MAC Challenge

Using Opening spread to determine winners.
BIG is winning 4-2-1
I believe there are 6 games remaining.

UMass (+29.5) - 37
Rutgers - 21
UMass outright

Toledo (+10) - 20
Michigan State - 30
push

Ohio (+23.5) - 21
Nebraska - 49
Nebraska

Ball State (+49.5) - 3
Ohio State - 56
Ohio State

W. Michigan (+26.5) - 12
Michigan - 13
W. Michigan

Bowling Green (+25.5) - 7
Nebraska - 56
Nebraska

E. Michigan (+15.5) - 7
Michigan State - 35
Michigan State

I have some love for a lot of MAC schools and I thought this could be fun.

You know it's been an easy week for the Big Ten when Minnesota wins 41-7! Didn't they lose 41-7 last week?