Logistically Speaking Arizona is the Right UM Opponent for Sept 4, 2010

would definitely be a winnable game against a legitimate BCS opponent. I wouldn't mind them playing Virginia either since they have some history in the 90's of playing each other. I think Virginia still has an open date for that 1st week of the season.

Toledo played at Arizona last season, so I'm guessing that this is the return game of a home and home or a 1 for 2.

It's a possibility but probably not very likely. Arizona is on the upswing, so it would be an interesting matchup.

we might even get out of paying for it by agreeing to a future REVENGE GAME.

There will be no game against a BCS conference team for all the reasons already discussed. Namely, BM won't give up the home date revenue. That might suck, but I'll be the most surprised MGoBlogger out there if he does anything different.

will pull yet another rabbit out of his hat. Book it, Dano.

I would support such a game. Why not?

i know im in the minority ... but we have a nasty schedule next yr with games at psu, osu, and nd ... give me a team i think that we will beat ... I will always rather have a win over a crude team then a loss to a great team

get into a rotational schedule... and schedule in home/home's with SEC/Big12/Pac10/Big East conference champs. I could care less about having to travel every other year and less worried about any impact to the Athletic depts revenue base.... Martin can make it up elsewhere during those years....

I've had season tics now for 28 years..... and although I rarely miss a home game and DESPITE our poor performance against the Toledo's, Appy State...etc...I just dont get into those games at all... they truly are "gimmes".... You can argue with that all you want.... but if you look in the mirror... you must admit....scheduling an EMU or Del. State... that is a gimmee game, nothing more than a " break the sweat" scrimmage.... If... by some unbelievable catastrophe we lose a game like that...it is an apocolyptic event.. but does not increase my "desire" to attend future games like that...... I want to see the Texas', Tex Tech, Oklahoma's, Georgias, Fla and Fla States, USC's, etc... because I want the hype, I love the football environment it creates and adds to the Michigan football experience.

so... save me the games against Div I bottom dwellors or Div II teams... I want a true competitive environment for the home games... and I'll even pay more for the experience. !!!

I hate watching these cupcake games we play. If we win.....well we were supposed to and if we lose....we look lke the laughing stock. I prefer legitimate opponents and if we lose to a great team, at least it will have been fun to watch.

I'm in favor of a "meaningful" opponent here. Someone tougher that has a chance to beat UM. Bowling Green and UMass are already baked with Betty Crocker cupcake goodness.

Also, there's nothing preventing Michigan from turning the tables a bit here and making this Sept 4th game a night game event, for example. I know I'm venturing into fantasy land for a moment, but what if Michigan Stadium with 108,000 fans decked out in dark navy suddenly became a deafening, hostile environment for opponents again?

I know, I know. That's just crazy talk.

There are plenty of mediocre to bad BCS teams who would be willing to do a one off game for enough money. The problem is that a lot of them are booked for that week.

OK, I can understand the desire for a victory over a team whose players are uncouth, ill-mannered, foul-mouthed, and unwashed scalawags, but do you really want a victory over a crappy team too?

The nightgame meme just won't die, will it?

Florida State would be perfect. We would even benefit from the return game by getting to showcase ourselves in Florida where we seem to want to do all our recruiting.

in the month of September. Never. Ever. Maybe, just maybe, the mid-season OC game can be down in sweet iced-tea land.