Big Ten 2025 football schedule: Did Washington and Oregon get treated unfairly?

The Big Ten’s 2025 football schedule was revealed Dec. 11 at 11:53 a.m. in Seattle and Eugene. Minutes later, the complaining from Washington and Oregon fans began.

The timing of our byes is terrible!

All the cross-country trips!

So many opponents have byes before they play us!

Even former Washington coach Chris Petersen was critical, telling KJR radio in Seattle that an aspect of UW’s schedule “looks like a mistake to me.”

To be fair, Petersen was responding to a question without the aid of full context.