Like Justin Fields, I would love to see the Big Ten reconsider fall football, but I don't think there's much chance of that happening.  And I'm not sure there's all that great a chance of a spring season either.

But IF there is a spring season, I got to wondering what the schedule could look like, and where they would play the games.  From what we've heard they are talking about indoor stadiums, and after giving it some thought and playing around with a schedule, I think it could be done using just Minneapolis, Indianapolis, and Detroit on Friday nights and Saturdays over the course of 8 weeks.

I gave everyone four "home" and four "away" games, with location being chosen to give the home team less travel for that week, though in many cases the road team has the shorter trip due to only using three stadiums.  Each week has two Friday night games kicking off at 7pm and 8:30pm, and each Saturday has a pair of games kicking off at Noon, a single 4pm game, and two prime time games to end the weekend with.  I chose the times based on what I would expect to be the more exciting matchups, though some weeks ended up with better slates than others.

I kept the divisional home/road games the same as the 10 game schedule the Big Ten released, and then just filled in the cross-division games to fit the schedule. 

Here's what I came up with, first the Ohio State schedule since that's mostly what we care about:

Ohio State
Week 1 @ Mich State - @Detroit Fri - 7pm
Week 2 @ Minnesota - @Minny Fri - 8:30pm
Week 3 @ Penn State - @Indy Sat - 7:30pm
Week 4 Rutgers - @Indy Sat - Noon
Week 5 Indiana - @Indy Sat - Noon
Week 6 Iowa - @Indy Sat - 7:30pm
Week 7 @ Maryland - @Detroit Sat - 4pm
Week 8 Michigan - @Indy Sat - 7:30pm

Here's the week by week schedule for the entire conference:

Week 1 Location Time
Ohio State @ Mich State Detroit Fri - 7pm
Minnesota @ Nebraska Minny Fri - 8:30pm
Maryland @ Penn State Detroit Sat - Noon
Indiana @ Rutgers Indy Sat - Noon
Northwestern @ Iowa Minny Sat - 4pm
Purdue @ Illinois Indy Sat - 7:30pm
Wisconsin @ Michigan Detroit Sat - 7:30pm

Week 2 Location Time
Northwestern @ Purdue Indy Fri - 7pm
Ohio State @ Minnesota Minny Fri - 8:30pm
Penn State @ Rutgers Detroit Sat - Noon
Maryland @ Indiana Indy Sat - Noon
Wisconsin @ Nebraska Minny Sat - 4pm
Iowa @ Illinois Indy Sat - 7:30pm
Mich State @ Michigan Detroit Sat - 7:30pm

Week 3 Location Time
Rutgers @ Mich State Detroit Fri - 7pm
Nebraska @ Purdue Indy Fri - 8:30pm
Indiana @ Northwestern Indy Sat - Noon
Minnesota @ Illinois Minny Sat - Noon
Maryland @ Michigan Detroit Sat - 4pm
Ohio State @ Penn State Indy Sat - 7:30pm
Wisconsin @ Iowa Minny Sat - 7:30pm

Week 4 Location Time
Iowa @ Purdue Indy Fri - 7pm
Minnesota @ Mich State Detroit Fri - 8:30pm
Rutgers @ Ohio State Indy Sat - Noon
Northwestern @ Maryland Detroit Sat - Noon
Illinois @ Wisconsin Minny Sat - 4pm
Michigan @ Indiana Indy Sat - 7:30pm
Nebraska @ Penn State Detroit Sat - 7:30pm

Week 5 Location Time
Mich State @ Maryland Detroit Fri - 7pm
Purdue @ Wisconsin Minny Fri - 8:30pm
Indiana @ Ohio State Indy Sat - Noon
Illinois @ Rutgers Detroit Sat - Noon
Iowa @ Minnesota Minny Sat - 4pm
Penn State @ Michigan Detroit Sat - 7:30pm
Nebraska @ Northwestern Indy Sat - 7:30pm

Week 6 Location Time
Penn State @ Purdue Indy Fri - 7pm
Northwestern @ Minnesota Minny Fri - 8:30pm
Michigan @ Illinois Indy Sat - Noon
Rutgers @ Nebraska Minny Sat - Noon
Indiana @ Mich State Detroit Sat - 4pm
Iowa @ Ohio State Indy Sat - 7:30pm
Maryland @ Wisconsin Minny Sat - 7:30pm

Week 7 Location Time
Michigan @ Rutgers Detroit Fri - 7pm
Purdue @ Minnesota Minny Fri - 8:30pm
Penn State @ Indiana Indy Sat - Noon
Wisconsin @ Northwestern Minny Sat - Noon
Ohio State @ Maryland Detroit Sat - 4pm
Mich State @ Iowa Indy Sat - 7:30pm
Illinois @ Nebraska Minny Sat - 7:30pm

Week 8 Location Time
Purdue @ Indiana Indy Fri - 7pm
Nebraska @ Iowa Minny Fri - 8:30pm
Rutgers @ Maryland Detroit Sat - Noon
Illinois @ Northwestern Indy Sat - Noon
Minnesota @ Wisconsin Minny Sat - 4pm
Michigan @ Ohio State Indy Sat - 7:30pm
Mich State @ Penn State Detroit Sat - 7:30pm

I'm sure this won't happen, but I was more curious how it could look and think it's an interesting concept to think about if they do go with a shorter spring season.