Social media reacts to Oregon’s Big Ten schedule release for 2024 and beyond
Thursday brought news that fans of the Oregon Ducks and every other team in the Big Ten have been waiting on for quite some time.
The Big Ten schedule of opponents for each team has been released for the next five years. While we don’t know the order or dates in which each matchup will take place, we now have an idea of which teams each school will face and where.
For the Oregon Ducks, there are some incredible matchups on the docket, including hosting Ohio State at Autzen in 2024 and traveling to Michigan and Wisconsin.
As you would expect, fans and media members had a great time on social media reacting to the schedule of opponents released on Thursday. Here are some of the top reactions:
The 2025 season will be quite the travel year for Duck fans. Oregon plays at Iowa, Northwestern, Penn State and Rutgers along with Washington that year.
— Erik Skopil (@Erik_Skopil) October 5, 2023
The Big House, going to Wisky, and the Buckeyes are coming to Eugene https://t.co/bepSnDrbpM
— Matt Prehm (@MattPrehm) October 5, 2023
Michigan will definitely be making up for last year and this year's joke schedules.
Texas
USC
Oregon
@ Ohio State
@ Washington https://t.co/HdRgpgw25X— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) October 5, 2023
Some notable 2024 matchups:
USC at Michigan
Oregon at Michigan
Penn State at USC
Washington at Penn State
Ohio State at Oregon— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) October 5, 2023
Michigan has a GAUNTLET https://t.co/i3yp5VRA3P
— Mike Black (@MichaelBlack_FB) October 5, 2023
The last time Oregon traveled t to Ann Arbor, Geoff was in at RT for both a fake and real Statue of Liberty https://t.co/KyKYJ9oRPF
— Dan Rubenstein (@DanRubenstein) October 5, 2023
I CANT WAIT https://t.co/98u84BQUJ8
— QB11 (@Qb11Sd) October 5, 2023
Gonna be wild facing Jonathan Smith coached teams in back to back years @ Autzen https://t.co/HxAlAaoYMn
— kwade (@KwadeSays) October 5, 2023
Pac-12 never set divisionless schedule so no exact comparison. But if realignment didn't occur in 2024 Oregon was once to play vs Arizona St, Stanford, Utah, Washington & at Cal, Colorado, Oregon State, USC, Washington St.
In B1G: vs Illinois, Maryland, Michigan St, Ohio State,…— James Crepea (@JamesCrepea) October 5, 2023
Midwest Duck-verse is about to go crazy 😈 https://t.co/Jyt9w1czTx
— Barstool Ducks (@BarstoolDucks) October 5, 2023
Protected conference games in the new B1G are…
Illinois-Northwestern
Illinois-Purdue
Indiana-Purdue
Iowa-Minnesota
Iowa-Nebraska
Iowa-Wisconsin
Maryland-Rutgers
Michigan-Michigan State
Michigan-Ohio State
Minnesota-Wisconsin
Oregon-Washington
UCLA-USC— Cyrus Smith (@CoolCyWrites) October 5, 2023
I asked Big Ten COO Kerry Kenny about future kickoff times.
Kerry said that the Big Ten will NOT have 9am local games on the West Coast, although USC/UCLA/Oregon/Washington may play in games that kick off at 11am CT or noon ET on the road: https://t.co/kCxEvMjtAv
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) October 5, 2023
Oregon's best conference schedule since the final year of the Pac-12 https://t.co/xoquGFd4wl
— The I-5 Corridor (@thei5corridor) October 5, 2023
Big Ten COO Kerry Kenny told @latimessports not having USC/UCLA/UO/UW play every year “allowed us to to have a more fluid rotation” for future schedules.
Kenny said past expansion showed “the integration process runs more smoothly when teams play each other more, not less”.
— Ryan Kartje (@Ryan_Kartje) October 5, 2023
The Big Ten has announced future football opponents from 2024-28, called the “Flex Protect XVIII” model.
-Everyone faces everyone at least 2x
-rotating opponents no more than 3x in a 5-year period
-12 protected matchups that will be played annually— Matt Fortuna (@Matt_Fortuna) October 5, 2023
It's a shame that teams fly charter… Imagine the perk of graduating college as a Delta Diamond Medallion member https://t.co/cufMPiqYny
— kwade (@KwadeSays) October 5, 2023