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Alex Hickey: 5 takeaways from the 2023 Big Ten football schedule

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Alex Hickey: 5 takeaways from the 2023 Big Ten football schedule

The Big Ten released the complete 2023 football schedule Wednesday. It will be the conference's final season before the arrival of USC and UCLA. The current East/West divisional alignment is expected to be changed for 2024 and beyond.

The Big Ten schedule for 2023 is not yet available. West Division teams have 5 conference home games, and East Division team play 5 conferences road games.

Ohio online sports betting and Maryland sports gambling are coming to the 2022-23 Big Ten football season.

Minnesota hosts Nebraska on Thursday night to officially kick off the 2023 Big Ten football season. Ohio State opens at Indiana. Northwestern opens against Rutgers.

2023 is a difficult year for Minnesota football team. The Gophers start the season at home against Nebraska. They play North Carolina and Northwestern first, then they play a quality Group of 5 opponent in Louisiana-Lafayette. Next they face Michigan and Ohio State.

Purdue is replacing its quarterback and top offensive playmaker. The Boilers have a tough non-conference schedule, including Fresno State and back-to-back ACC games against Virginia Tech and Syracuse. They open conference play by trying to beat Wisconsin at Ross-Ade Stadium for the first time since 1997.

Penn State opens Big Ten play with a road game against Illinois in Week 3. The conference is doing Penn State a favor by not playing back-to-back games in the East.

Michigan's schedule is pathetic. Michigan is the only team in the Big Ten not to schedule a Power 5 opponent in non-conference play. The Wolverines are one of two teams to open with 4 straight home games. Michigan State has a return visit from this year’s game at Washington before opening league play against Maryland.

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