Michigan Probably Playing Kansas State In Bowl
MICHIGAN VERSUS GANDALF
Various newspaper reporters from Kansas are reporting that Michigan is likely to be matched up with Kansas State in the Copper Bowl, which is now in Tempe. The game is December 28th at 8:15 PM.
I have no opinion on this.
UPDATE: official.
December 8th, 2013 at 7:07 PM ^
Wow, haven't heard it called the Copper Bowl in a long time. Didn't even recognize which game you were referring to for a second ... but I assume you have an (understandable) standing policy against Generic Corporate Sponsor Bowl nonsense?
December 8th, 2013 at 7:08 PM ^
I've heard 10:15 and 8:15, which is it?
December 8th, 2013 at 7:32 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 7:10 PM ^
8:15 MST, that's 10:15 EST
A late one!
December 8th, 2013 at 7:24 PM ^
maybe if you are good, I will let you stay up late to watch, but as it stands it is way past your bedtime.
December 8th, 2013 at 7:27 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 7:10 PM ^
Dec 28th in Arizona at 10:15 pm. Yea that sums up the season in a nut shell. Lets just hurry up and get it over with.
December 8th, 2013 at 7:12 PM ^
10:15 is too late. Who thought this was a good idea? The primary viewing audience will have to be up until 1am+ to watch this game through.
December 8th, 2013 at 8:59 PM ^
I was called a gramps when I said that.
December 8th, 2013 at 9:59 PM ^
I'll say it again: anyone who can't stay up until 1 am on a Saturday is either geriatric or sad
December 9th, 2013 at 9:22 AM ^
I guess I am sad.
December 9th, 2013 at 10:23 AM ^
Or has young children that wake them up at 6:00-6:30 every saturday and sunday because they are so happy to have their dad stay home all day on the weekend. I am not sad (although I am pretty damn tired) about this.
Of course I will be staying up for the game and cheering as if it were the National Championship game, but it still sucks for those of us that can't sleep in the next day. There is just no need for this start time. You could to a 7:00 local kickoff, which would be 9:00 Eastern. Still a night game, but a bit less brutal on many of us.
December 9th, 2013 at 10:55 AM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 9:06 PM ^
1. It's Saturday
2. When you eat at Buffalo Wild Wings, you're usually making a compromise.
December 9th, 2013 at 4:48 AM ^
December 9th, 2013 at 8:48 AM ^
Delicous? They're not terrible, but their wings top out at average. Of course living in Buffalo for 2 years spoiled me on wings, so, yeah. I miss authentic wings and beef on weck.
December 9th, 2013 at 10:24 AM ^
I would take Mr. Spots over any wing, including Duffs and Anchor bar in Buffalo.
December 9th, 2013 at 12:33 PM ^
Duffs has gone downhill a lot over the last few years. In fact when we were there last Christmas visiting family they were barely on par with BWW, we vowed never to go back when we visit. Anchor bar was never that impressive. I mean they were good, but not the best. Hard to pick one that's the best, but Bar Bill was probably my top choice if I had to choose.
December 10th, 2013 at 4:03 AM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 7:20 PM ^
Booooooooooooooooooooo
December 8th, 2013 at 7:23 PM ^
It's a Saturday night at least.
December 8th, 2013 at 7:24 PM ^
Copper, Tangerine, Peach!!! Bring them all back!!!
December 8th, 2013 at 8:39 PM ^
It's getting added to the playoff rotation, and they wanted to give it class back. So it'll be the Peach Bowl again.
It's a great development.
December 8th, 2013 at 10:19 PM ^
I mean A-Freaking-Men!
December 9th, 2013 at 8:07 AM ^
if we made the Rose Bowl, NONE OF THIS WOULD MATTER!
December 8th, 2013 at 7:26 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 7:29 PM ^
The BWW picked before the Gator Bowl this year, meaning they picked us over Nebraska.
December 8th, 2013 at 10:23 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 11:37 PM ^
because apparently everyone in our fanbase is over 50 and thinks playing in January means anything
December 9th, 2013 at 2:41 AM ^
Who cares? It's a match up of 7-5 teams after a dreaful year for Michigan. Does winning the BWW bowl make the season a success? No. Does losing make it even worse? Yes. There is very little upside to this bowl game. However, had Michigan been playing in the Gator bowl against Georgia, winning that game would have at least been against a good team from the SEC. On top of that it would have been on New Years Day when people tune in to watch football, rather than at 10:30 at night on a day few people watch football, against a team no one cares about.
December 9th, 2013 at 8:33 AM ^
Average Nielsen rating of Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl over last 3 years: 2.6 (4.3 million viewers)
Average Nielsen rating of Gator Bowl over last 3 years: 1.7 (2.6 million viewers)
If you would rather see Michigan play in Jacksonville, fine, but don't pretend that more people would have been watching Michigan play in the Gator Bowl.
http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2013/01/2012-13-college-football-bowl-t…
December 9th, 2013 at 9:29 AM ^
I guess the thing about the Gator Bowl is that it has some history. If you're older, you remember Woody Hayes punching Charlie Bauman in that game one year and then Lawrence Taylor destroying Johnny Wangs' knee in that game a year later. In the lexicon of bowl games, any bowl that can trace its history back to the '70's qualifies as a classic, even if it's played in Jacksonville.
I can tell you that the UGA fans would rather play Michigan. Hell, they got a re-match with the same team they played last year, with neither team being as good now as they were then.
December 9th, 2013 at 2:55 PM ^
The real question is which bowl has the better swag for the players
December 10th, 2013 at 3:34 AM ^
I'd rather see Michigan play against a team that matters. Beating Georgia would matter, beating KSU will not. If the BWW had Oregon, Oklahoma, or some other school that is a sexy match-up then I would be all for the BWW. You go ahead and get excited about that KSU match up any way you can.
December 9th, 2013 at 10:14 AM ^
Getting picked by the Gator Bowl would not have improved our 7-5 regular season record.
Arguing that you'd rather see a matchup with an SEC team (even a mediocre one) is one thing, but there are a lot of people griping about how we "sank to such a lowly bowl" and at the same time arguing for a matchup in a bowl that would have meant we "sank" lower. It would be like Trey Burke complaining that he didn't get picked by the Clippers or something.
Ultimately, Michigan got picked ahead of two superior teams, in terms of B1G standing: Minnesota and Nebraska. We should be thankful. And while the stadium kind of sucks, I submit that Phoenix/Tempe/Scottsdale is a nicer place to be in December than Jacksonville.
December 8th, 2013 at 7:30 PM ^
I don't understand why anybody is disappointed that we didn't drop to the Gator Bowl. Also, it's a much more interesting destination (at least in late December/early January).
December 9th, 2013 at 8:45 AM ^
The place is interesting for about a day (which in all fairness should work out well for a bowl trip) but it isn't what I would call a destination all of itself. Then again, Jacksonville isn't either... I guess I hate cactus, but I hate Florida more!
December 8th, 2013 at 7:45 PM ^
Jan 1st bowl against respectable and beatable SEC team or Dec 28th 10pm who-cares-fest?
December 8th, 2013 at 8:17 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 7:51 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 7:26 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 11:17 PM ^
That would make this an infinitely more interesting game.
December 8th, 2013 at 7:26 PM ^
Just realized that is same night as Silva/Weidman 2.
December 8th, 2013 at 7:43 PM ^
Gol durn it... Well I'll be flipping channels back and forth that evening...
December 8th, 2013 at 7:49 PM ^
I'll be at the Holiday Bowl.
December 8th, 2013 at 9:24 PM ^
Lordy gurl git my med'cin.
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