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Wisconsin Hockey Vol. XXVI: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Tolerate The BTHC

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I don't like the new B1G. Like thought it was great, but the competition isn't like the old WCHA.
 
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I was looking today and the schedule is really goofy. I think someone mentioned this earlier, too.

After NMU and the Boston Massacre, there was a bye week. Then we had LSSU this past weekend, another bye week, go to Miami, then another bye week. Then we go to Minnesota with no bye weeks until finals / Christmas. But then there is another bye week in January and another at the end of February.

Not having time to look back at past years, is this how it has been in past years, or are we playing less teams or a longer season w/ same number of games?
 
WiscTJK said:
I was looking today and the schedule is really goofy. I think someone mentioned this earlier, too.

After NMU and the Boston Massacre, there was a bye week. Then we had LSSU this past weekend, another bye week, go to Miami, then another bye week. Then we go to Minnesota with no bye weeks until finals / Christmas. But then there is another bye week in January and another at the end of February.

Not having time to look back at past years, is this how it has been in past years, or are we playing less teams or a longer season w/ same number of games?
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They do not have 1st round playoff games anymore since all Big 10 teams make the conference tourney. That opens up one weekend. Other than that, I think they were just light on the front end of the schedule w/ games.
 
Chuck Schwartz said:
I'll bet you Wisconsin's schedule is tougher this season than it was last year.
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Considering we haven't played a single b1g conference game yet, I don't know how anyone can comment on the quality of the conference games.

With the B1G it seems that UW hasmore conference games in January between semesters and only has 34 games because of not playing in AK this season so no exemption.
 
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I was going to say that playing 5 other teams is going to suck. There's really no team that we can expect to ruffle our feathers like Mankato did last year. We expect OSU and PSU to suck. We expect Michigan and Minnesota to rock, and MSU is a crap shoot. Maybe once Iowa and Rutgers get their programs up and running I'll like this conference a little more.
 
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Badgers are participating in Movember. LINK here to donate. Great cause, nice to see the guys supporting it.
 
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tigersinnet said:
I don't like the new B1G. Like thought it was great, but the competition isn't like the old WCHA.
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Old WCHA....maybe. New WCHA with Bemidji and Omaha...uhhh....how do I say this politely?...not a flippin' chance. When the WCHA watered itself down and we got to play Bemidji and Omaha at the expense of matchups with Denver/North Dakota....it became MUCH less attractive for me. Last year we did not have a single home game against Denver or North Dakota....what is so attractive about that? I'll take guaranteed home series against Minnesota and Michigan PLUS the scheduling flexibility of not playing in a bloated conference that will allow us to schedule series with Denver, North Dakota, Miami, BC, BU, ect.

Minnesota/Michigan will compare more then favorably to Minnesota/North Dakota/Denver, MSU will more then hold it's own against the next tier of old WCHA programs, and OSU/PSU have the resources to be solid teams which the bottom tier of the WCHA likely rarely if not ever can be.
 
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markwojo said:
Old WCHA....maybe. New WCHA with Bemidji and Omaha...uhhh....how do I say this politely?...not a flippin' chance. When the WCHA watered itself down and we got to play Bemidji and Omaha at the expense of matchups with Denver/North Dakota....it became MUCH less attractive for me. Last year we did not have a single home game against Denver or North Dakota....what is so attractive about that? I'll take guaranteed home series against Minnesota and Michigan PLUS the scheduling flexibility of not playing in a bloated conference that will allow us to schedule series with Denver, North Dakota, Miami, BC, BU, ect.

Minnesota/Michigan will compare more then favorably to Minnesota/North Dakota/Denver, MSU will more then hold it's own against the next tier of old WCHA programs, and OSU/PSU have the resources to be solid teams which the bottom tier of the WCHA likely rarely if not ever can be.
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I think you are mostly right. I will miss the guaranteed series ND and Denver especially, hoping we can schedule that again soon. And I do like more non-conference opponents and there is an opportunity there to bring in some different teams. Let's hope they schedule some tough competition and not door mats all the time...
 
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markwojo said:
Old WCHA....maybe. New WCHA with Bemidji and Omaha...uhhh....how do I say this politely?...not a flippin' chance. When the WCHA watered itself down and we got to play Bemidji and Omaha at the expense of matchups with Denver/North Dakota....it became MUCH less attractive for me. Last year we did not have a single home game against Denver or North Dakota....what is so attractive about that? I'll take guaranteed home series against Minnesota and Michigan PLUS the scheduling flexibility of not playing in a bloated conference that will allow us to schedule series with Denver, North Dakota, Miami, BC, BU, ect.

Minnesota/Michigan will compare more then favorably to Minnesota/North Dakota/Denver, MSU will more then hold it's own against the next tier of old WCHA programs, and OSU/PSU have the resources to be solid teams which the bottom tier of the WCHA likely rarely if not ever can be.
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The WCHA's idiotic scheduling was the issue when they expanded to 12 teams (although last year I may attribute the crappy schedule to pettiness on the part of the WCHA on the perceived role of our illustrious Athletic Director in the formation of the BTHC).

Going forward, I believe that the UW has 4+ year agreements with UND, DU/CC, and BC/BU where one year we will have UND at home and the next year have DU or CC and BC or BU at home. Hopefully the AD can add another interesting draw (Miami, UMD, Cornell, SCSU, UNH, etc) to the years where CC visits UW.
 
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Almington said:
Going forward, I believe that the UW has 4+ year agreements with UND, DU/CC, and BC/BU where one year we will have UND at home and the next year have DU or CC and BC or BU at home. Hopefully the AD can add another interesting draw (Miami, UMD, Cornell, SCSU, UNH, etc) to the years where CC visits UW.
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This is the general outline, although it might not go exactly like this. For example, the Nodak series was originally supposed to be starting next year for four straight with the first games in Madison. I believe I heard there may be a one year break in there somewhere, and next year might start in Grand Forks. There's also an agreement with Northern Michigan in place that both schools can opt out of after next year (I believe). Supposed to play next year in Green Bay, year after in Madison.
 
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Chuck Schwartz said:
I'll bet you Wisconsin's schedule is tougher this season than it was last year.
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While we have a few softies later, after the next 4 games it certainly seems possible that the Badgers SOS could move from 5th to 1st or 2nd, especially if Miami does well this weekend. (That's just from glancing at it without doing any actual work.) I'll miss beating up on the Pio's and the no-names this year, but it's pretty hard to complain about the level of competition.
 
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Chuck Schwartz said:
This is the general outline, although it might not go exactly like this. For example, the Nodak series was originally supposed to be starting next year for four straight with the first games in Madison. I believe I heard there may be a one year break in there somewhere, and next year might start in Grand Forks. There's also an agreement with Northern Michigan in place that both schools can opt out of after next year (I believe). Supposed to play next year in Green Bay, year after in Madison.
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USCHO article on the NoDak series:

http://www.uscho.com/2013/11/07/wis...o-renew-rivalry-starting-with-2014-15-season/
 
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Gurtholfin said:
I never knew this part:

"Wisconsin leads the all-time series 86-65-12 in 163 games played dating back to the 1967-68 season."


Maybe we need to schedule teams that will give us a bit more of a challenge?
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*sigh* Well, we did put ourselves into a conference with Penn State.
 
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Gurtholfin said:
I never knew this part:

"Wisconsin leads the all-time series 86-65-12 in 163 games played dating back to the 1967-68 season."


Maybe we need to schedule teams that will give us a bit more of a challenge?
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It appears we addressed that with the BC/BU games. See, people complain about the Athletic Department but apparently they're right on top of these little nuances.
 
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Gurtholfin said:
I never knew this part:

"Wisconsin leads the all-time series 86-65-12 in 163 games played dating back to the 1967-68 season."
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No way. Somebody has to have forgotten to carry a 2. Has to have.
 
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