Teams on the Big Ten's western front face scheduling quirks that create challenges unique to college football in the conference realignment era. USC's Lincoln Riley pointed some of them out this week , and Oregon's Dan Lanning made it clear ahead of his marquee clash with No. 3 Penn State that he is not thrilled with the league's scheduling decisions.

The Nittany Lions are fresh off a bye week, while No. 6 Oregon has a cross-country trip to make on the heels of a rivalry game. That disparity stuck out to Lanning as a potential advantage to Penn State and a jab from the league office at his Ducks.

"We're traveling 15,000 miles this year, and we play seven teams that have more prep time than we do," Lanning said to John Canzano . "That's unique, isn't it? It's almost like they

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