Michigan coach Sherrone Moore advocates for major college football scheduling change

Zain Bando

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Sherrone Moore appears to have grown tired of college football's scheduling conundrum. So much so that he's now advocating for uniform change across the sport. 

The season is just under a month away, and Moore said recently he wants to see the sport have an even playing field, starting with how the schedules are formulated. Currently, the Big Ten plays nine games with the other three being nonconference opponents.

In an interview with SiriusXM College Sports Radio, Moore uncovered his true feelings.

“Let’s all do the same thing," Moore said. "[With] our nine conference games and everybody else is playing eight conference games, it’s like, ‘Well, that 6-3 team in the Big Ten looks better than the 7-2 or 8-1 team in the other conferences.’ I think for us, as the whole institution of college football, we’ve got to get aligned on what we want to do."

Moore adds the last thing he wants his teams to face are competitive disadvantages.

“Nine conference games, if we’re going to do that, we’re going to do it," Moore said. "If we’re going to do eight, we’re going to do eight. But let’s all do it together and not skip around and do all these different things to get an advantage.”

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Moore's team draws a few must-win games this fall, including a road game against Oklahoma, Ohio State to close the season at home and trips to Nebraska and USC, among others.

Whether Moore's thoughts are enough to change the entire system remains to be seen, but at the very least, his feelings are public if any of the leagues think to seek action. 

Zain Bando

Zain Bando is a freelance writer for The Sporting News. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism. Over the years, Bando has written about various beats surrounding Illinois, Northwestern, and Kansas State Athletics but sticks to the Big Ten as his primary expertise. Outside of collegiate reporting, Bando covers MMA and boxing for MMA Knockout On Sports Illustrated and hosts/co-hosts two podcasts as part of the Empty The Bench Podcast Network – Bando's Breakdowns and The MMA Outsiders, which air weekly on YouTube and are distributed on all podcast platforms Wednesday nights and Friday afternoons. Bando is a Chicago Suburban native and a member of the FWAA and USBWA, continuing to hone his professional skills as a sports journalist and media personality. Since June 2019, Bando's byline has been featured in numerous media outlets, including MSN, Yardbarker, Deadspin, FanSided, BJPenn.com, Bridge Media Network (Sports News Highlights), Mike Farrell Sports, Reuters, and more. When Bando is not writing, he binges on old UFC fights, spends time with family and friends, memorizes every Super Bowl, and manifests all the places he still has to travel to (even while bringing his laptop).