We will have coverage of it here as well ASAP after announcement on BTN. It will be the pairings between teams and who opponents will be where for the 2024 and 2025 schedules. It will not be the schedule itself, however.
Per The Atletic:
"The Big Ten will announce its new football scheduling model on Thursday, and a “Flex Protect” model in which league members have different numbers of permanent annual opponents is the frontrunner, several league sources involved in the decision-making process told The Athletic.
As the name indicates, the Flex Protect concept is a flexible rivalry scheduling model that would allow schools to play between one and three protected annual opponents while cycling through the rest of the league’s schools over multiple years. The new model will begin when the Big Ten grows to 16 members in 2024, officially ending its divisional era. The Big Ten will continue to play nine conference games."
Per The Atletic:
"The Big Ten will announce its new football scheduling model on Thursday, and a “Flex Protect” model in which league members have different numbers of permanent annual opponents is the frontrunner, several league sources involved in the decision-making process told The Athletic.
As the name indicates, the Flex Protect concept is a flexible rivalry scheduling model that would allow schools to play between one and three protected annual opponents while cycling through the rest of the league’s schools over multiple years. The new model will begin when the Big Ten grows to 16 members in 2024, officially ending its divisional era. The Big Ten will continue to play nine conference games."
