...talks about how UConn hasn't been in contact and how they're out. (HT: UMHoops)
Michigan's 2011 Conference Schedule
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It's been announced: the division are as below. The schedule has also been released:
10/1 – Minnesota
10/8 – @ Northwestern
10/15 – @ Michigan State
10/22 – BYE
10/29 – Purdue
11/5 – @ Iowa
11/12 – @ Illinois
11/19 – Nebraska
11/26 – Ohio State
Doom partially averted.
UPDATE: 2012, by the way:
9/29 – BYE
10/6 – @ Purdue
10/13 – Illinois
10/20 – Michigan State
10/27 – @ Nebraska
11/3 – @ Minnesota
11/10 – Northwestern
11/17 – Iowa
11/24 – @ Ohio State
Looks like they're trying to make an important divisional game the second-to-last one of the season. By virtue of dodging Penn State and Wisconsin the next two years, Michigan is set up with pretty easy schedules.
UPDATE II: Sadly, "basketball will chart its own course."
September 1st, 2010 at 7:05 PM | 
Oh thank God.
Oh thank God.
September 1st, 2010 at 10:38 PM |
Some people wear Superman
Some people wear Superman
Some people wear Superman pajamas, Superman wears Chuck Norris pajamas, and Chuck Norris wears Mike Barwis pajamas.
All hail Hoke!
September 1st, 2010 at 7:05 PM |
Most good, Delaney.
Most good, Delaney.
Most good.
September 1st, 2010 at 7:06 PM |
....
....
I should start saving money now for season tickets...
September 1st, 2010 at 7:07 PM |
Wait, what?
Wait, what?
Did he just say the game might move after 2012, though?
"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."
September 1st, 2010 at 7:32 PM |
Is this true? Did he say it
Is this true? Did he say it
Is this true? Did he say it in passing and it's just being forgotten?
September 1st, 2010 at 7:34 PM |
Revsine asked him if the end
Revsine asked him if the end
Revsine asked him if the end of the year thing was permanent or just for this scheduling cycle (ie 2011-2012) and Delany refused to commit beyond 2012. I'm not that worried about it.
M BSE '05, A&M PhD '11
September 1st, 2010 at 7:07 PM |
I just uncocked my .40
I just uncocked my .40
I just uncocked my .40 caliber that has been pointed at my head since 6pm...Whew!
September 1st, 2010 at 7:07 PM |
If Rich Rod stays
If Rich Rod stays
and has this team where they should be then they will roll into that Nebraska game 6-0 in conference.
"I tried to but a pencil in the light socket but it was too wide and didn't fit so I used a paperclip."-Terrelle Pryor, Future Rhodes Scholar
September 1st, 2010 at 7:09 PM |
@Kinnick is tough.
But
@Kinnick is tough.
But
@Kinnick is tough.
But until November things look favorable.
September 1st, 2010 at 7:24 PM |
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Yeah, however, Iowa is set up for this year not 2011.
"I tried to but a pencil in the light socket but it was too wide and didn't fit so I used a paperclip."-Terrelle Pryor, Future Rhodes Scholar
September 1st, 2010 at 7:22 PM |
Finishing
Finishing
with the Huskers and Buckeyes on consecutive weekends, ouch! Thankfully, they're both at home.
Taking it one week at a time
September 1st, 2010 at 7:10 PM |
2012 BIg Ten season also announced
2012 BIg Ten season also announced
Brian just updated his main post with the 2012 schedule...nothing to see here!
September 1st, 2010 at 7:08 PM |
im watching the stream, and
im watching the stream, and
im watching the stream, and what stands out to me most is that Jim Delaney's head is really REALLY shiny.
This is home...
September 1st, 2010 at 7:09 PM |
Hmmm...
Hmmm...
Nebraska and Ohio State back-to-back... bad.
Illinois and Purdue as delicious snacky-cakes cross-over games = yum
Michigan v. Ohio State at the end of the year = obv.
September 1st, 2010 at 7:18 PM |
We used to get Wisconsin or
We used to get Wisconsin or
We used to get Wisconsin or Penn State before OSU all the time. No biggy.
"We've beaten Michigan the last four years. So where's the threat?"
- Mark Dantonio
Blogging the Virginia Cavaliers at http://fromoldvirginia.blogspot.com/<
September 1st, 2010 at 9:55 PM |
Yes, only committed to two years
Yes, only committed to two years
But I think Delany is leaving wriggle room regarding other cross-divisional rivalry games. I think he realized that there is zero wriggle room re: The Game.
They don't realize that there's this, like, lattice of coincidence that lays on top of everything.
September 1st, 2010 at 7:10 PM |
Back to back
Back to back
OSU/Nebraska back to back at home next year, that's some football! Sounds like I have one week of vacation booked next year.
September 1st, 2010 at 7:14 PM |
Home/road rotation
Home/road rotation
I don't really like Nebraska going on the same home/away rotation as OSU and ND. With PSU and Wisconsin in the other division, this will lead to many years where the best home game will be against MSU. Other than that this sucks about as little as possible as far as alignments that split UM and OSU.
Edit: Forgot Iowa. Still not a fan of having NU on the same rotation as OSU and ND.
September 1st, 2010 at 7:44 PM |
Yeah, that is an issue. I
Yeah, that is an issue. I
Yeah, that is an issue. I guess the only thing we could do is maybe get ND to switch things around.
September 1st, 2010 at 7:11 PM |
Don't like the idea of
Don't like the idea of
the game at Thanksgiving. There would not be a lot of students at the game because most of them aren't a real hardcore fan. Kind of wish that it's a week before Thanksgiving with the Big Ten championship game after Thanksgiving so there would be 2 weeks of rest from the game.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:07 PM |
Compared with all of the
Compared with all of the
Compared with all of the other changes that could take place, this strikes me as not that serious of an issue.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:09 PM |
Fair enough on your second point
Fair enough on your second point
and I don't adore the holiday weekend concept either, but I'm willing to bet we can find 110,000+ people who are willing, maybe even eager, to escape their families and dried-out leftover turkey in order to attend that game. Students who don't go -- and I think that'll be more due to the logistics of getting back early than because of fairweather fandom -- can sell their tickets at a price that'll buy lots of beer at VC. Just as long as they're careful not to sell to any Buckeyes attempting to infiltrate the student section.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:11 PM |
"There would not be a lot of
"There would not be a lot of
"There would not be a lot of students at the game because most of them aren't a real hardcore fan"
Good. Frees up more tickets for people that actually want to be there.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:48 PM |
The Game was Thanksgiving Saturday in 2001
The Game was Thanksgiving Saturday in 2001
I was there, and although there did seem to be less students, the crowd was still very loud. Unfortunately, by the end of that game most of the noise was being directed at one John Navarre.
September 1st, 2010 at 11:37 PM |
The Game is Thanksgiving Weekend This Season
The Game is Thanksgiving Weekend This Season
This was in the works prior to conference expansion/realignment.
"True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise - the other, loyalty." -Fielding Yost
September 1st, 2010 at 9:49 PM |
1995
1995
Timmy B's 313 yd game was after Thanksgiving in 1995. I don't remember many empty seats. It's Ohio State, putting people in the seats won't be a problem.
"I want to go back, I gotta go back, to Mi-chi-gan."
September 1st, 2010 at 10:43 PM |
It's also two days after
It's also two days after
It's also two days after Thanksgiving; most students live close enough that they can head home for the holiday and make it back for the game.
For those of us watching on tv, the more good football that weekend, the better.
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:11 AM |
What is most? Half the
What is most? Half the
What is most? Half the student body is from out of state.
September 2nd, 2010 at 11:06 AM |
Well if one assumes half the
Well if one assumes half the
Well if one assumes half the student body is from Michigan(I think it's more but whatever) and add in those that live in the upper parts of Ohio and Indiana plus those that decide that Michigan-OSU is more important than Thanksgiving, then you get most.
" I want to win Big 10 titles. Multiply. Consecutively. I just made that word up (multiply). I'm like that. I'm good at Scrabble."
September 2nd, 2010 at 1:04 PM |
And Chicago, and....
And Chicago, and....
And Chicago, and....
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
September 1st, 2010 at 7:13 PM |
I wish Nebraska was away next
I wish Nebraska was away next
I wish Nebraska was away next year. As it stands, in odd numbered years, we get Nebraska, ND and Ohio State at home, but in even number years, we only get Iowa and Little Brother at home. It would've been nice to have a homefield advantag against either OSU or Nebraska every year.
September 1st, 2010 at 7:14 PM |
Can't wait til 2011 already...
Can't wait til 2011 already...
... we should have a very good team with a decent defense
... Night game vs. Notre Dame
... First game vs. Nebraska
... Beat Ohio State!!!!
“Meeeshigan wins, 27-21. They aren’t even going to try the extra point. Who cares? Who gives a damn?”
September 1st, 2010 at 7:15 PM |
Oh my god. We could be
Oh my god. We could be
Oh my god. We could be undefeated heading into OSU. At the very least we should have 9 wins before that game.
September 1st, 2010 at 7:18 PM |
I'm happy they came to their senses...
I'm happy they came to their senses...
I do wish that the conference wouldn't have continued the "tradition" of making Michigan play an extremely physical opponent the week before OSU. Hopefully, Iowa can make OSU work as hard as Michigan will have to work against NU.
At any rate, the Big Ten is no longer the path to least resistance to the MNC game. Michigan would be wise to schedule all cupcakes for non-conference games until a playoff involving conference champions happens.
September 1st, 2010 at 7:18 PM |
Flipping the ND series?
Flipping the ND series?
I wonder if Michigan will try to flip the ND series after the short hiatus they're taking in a few years so that one year will be Nebraska and OSU at home and MSU and ND the next. The UM-MSU series was played in Ann Arbor both in 1967 and 1968 so that the extra revenue generated by the rivalry games with OSU and MSU would be distributed evenly and not concentrated every other year. I think it was Canham's decision (he took over in 1968) but it might have been Crisler's.
Hail to the college whose colors we wear,
Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue!
September 1st, 2010 at 7:20 PM |
Dropping Pitchfork, Picking Back Up In 2012
Dropping Pitchfork, Picking Back Up In 2012
Okay, so can we agree that they did a pretty great job with what they had to work with? I'm pleased.
However, the idea that "we'll see what happens after 2012" regarding the final regular season games scares me. I feel like Delaney is giving himself wiggle-room...
But at the end of the day, it's nighttime. And we should be very happy.
"The Strength of the Wolf is the Pack, and the Strength of the Pack is the Wolf."
September 1st, 2010 at 7:21 PM |
Really interesting that the
Really interesting that the
Really interesting that the two non-protected non-divisional games are apparently on a home and home set up, so that each team hits the same conference teams two years in a row.
September 1st, 2010 at 7:21 PM |
oh snap we're winning 26
oh snap we're winning 26
oh snap we're winning 26 straight. rad times ahead
September 1st, 2010 at 7:21 PM |
Are there any plans to name
Are there any plans to name
Are there any plans to name the divisions or are the names "X" and "O" going to stick?
A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something. - Plato
September 1st, 2010 at 7:53 PM |
names
names
Delany said the names were meant to be forgettable placeholders
September 1st, 2010 at 11:41 PM |
Placeholders Indeed
Placeholders Indeed
Those were throw-away names that BTN came up with; they weren't even floated by Delany/committee/what-have-you. Delany even jokingly gave them a hard time for not being more creative. Those are absolutely not the names of the divisions.
"True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise - the other, loyalty." -Fielding Yost
September 1st, 2010 at 7:21 PM |
If by "partially" you mean
If by "partially" you mean
If by "partially" you mean about 95%, then I agree. Hooray for keeping the game in November!
"We've beaten Michigan the last four years. So where's the threat?"
- Mark Dantonio
Blogging the Virginia Cavaliers at http://fromoldvirginia.blogspot.com/<
September 1st, 2010 at 7:22 PM |
8 home games next year
8 home games next year
Toughest road games in East Lansing and Iowa City. Gotta love 8 games in the Big House.
September 1st, 2010 at 7:22 PM |
BTN Coverage
BTN Coverage
Gotta love how the announcement is basically "Here are the divisions; let's talk about Michigan and Ohio State for the next hour."
By which I mean "sorry other teams in conference, I am sure you were talked about too."
(Blogger alias: "Misopogon") This team is under construction. We thank you for your patience.
September 1st, 2010 at 7:32 PM |
I wonder what the reaction will be
I wonder what the reaction will be
When the divisions are named "Bo" and "Woody." Or "Schembechler" and Hayes." It sounds more formal.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:17 PM |
They'll get over it if that's the case.
They'll get over it if that's the case.
The only Big 10 School with a comparable legacy coach is JoePa and he didn't help build the conference into what it is like Bo and Woody did. They'll get over it as soon as the profit-share checks start rolling in.
September 1st, 2010 at 11:14 PM |
"Build the conference"?
"Build the conference"?
If we want to name the divisions in honor of coaches who "built the conference into what it is," the only two names in play would be Stagg and Yost.
September 1st, 2010 at 7:23 PM |
If Wiscy and PSU are the
If Wiscy and PSU are the
If Wiscy and PSU are the crossovers for 2013 and 2014 that will be one brutal conference schedule.
September 1st, 2010 at 7:23 PM |
What is the logic for Nebraska instead of PSU?
What is the logic for Nebraska instead of PSU?
PSU-Mich and OSU-Nebraska seem like more natural pairing of elites. M's alumni-base leans eastward (as does PSU's) and PSU already thinks we're their biggist rival. Why are they lumped w/ OSU instead?
Apologies if this has already been discussed.
Oh thank God.
Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird.