SIAP, but I just took a look at the schedule for the first time since the CC.
I have to imagine September 24th will be AWKWARD...can't think of an example of a HC of a major FB program playing his former team so quickly after his departure.
I know this game was added earlier this year to complete the schedule (and possibly as a favor to the Hokester), but this game has the distinct possibility of being a trap game...motivated opponent the week before the bye...
Two things:
- Yes, we have
Denard v T-Woolf
I thought we were playing all intra-squad games leading up to 2012. Shit.
----umhannon
You are fucking with us,
You are fucking with us, right?
It's going to be a tough game
It's going to be a tough game for many reasons. I think they return a lot of starters. Hoke joked around about buying this game out. Maybe he wasn't joking.
God help him get the support
God help him get the support of the fanbase if he can't even face his old team. That game is a bellwether for the rest of the season and beyond. Think back to the MWC team we played at the start of 2008. It's an opportunity to show progress against an up-and-coming non-AQ team.
the first five games are home games I believe
we have 8 home games in 2011 and six in 2012.
What the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve and...Those Who Stay WILL Be Champions.
No, no one on this board has
No, no one on this board has contemplated the near future of Michigan football. We were mostly talking about macrame before you got here.
Jiminy Christmas man.
No we haven't.
Is there something cool coming up?
Uh-oh
RUN OP RUN!!! You have vastly undestimated the intelligence of this board and they will now rip you to pieces!!! You should have known that this board realized this scheduling issue as soon as Hoke became a potential HC candidate.
I pray for your safety...
That's just like your opinion man...
this will
be a good game for sure.
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Do we play the school in Ohio
Do we play the school in Ohio or someting, I haven't looked.
I think our plans are to play
I think our plans are to play them in back to back weeks at the end of November/beginning of December.
In addition
That title is fucking awesome.
Reponse: "No is it out yet?, Oh wow take a look guys these are the teams we play next season I guess. Cool, thanks OP..."
That's just like your opinion man...
Yes, we have and I believe it
Yes, we have and I believe it has been discussed in a ton of different threads since Hoke was hired. It will be a good game, but I think we come out with a win because it's at home, we have the majority of our starters coming back, and because we have Denard as our QB. Plus, we will have an actual defense next year.
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You mean, a defense that has
You mean, a defense that has players in all the gaps and, like, tackles? Cool!
"Football is happening at Michigan... we have that savoir faire." Dhani Jones
I hope so! I have optimism!
I hope so! I have optimism!
“What the mind can conceive, the mind can achieve and those who stay will be champions.” - Bo
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no
wait, wait. um. maybe.
"Real n*gg*z do real things." -Braylon Edwards
Whaaaat?
UM has a football team and they play football in 2011?
/ugh
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The board shall now unleash snark because that's how mgoboard rolls. What a bunch of d-bags.
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Metasnarky
Now you're just being snarky about being snarky.
BE the change you want to see on the board, bro.
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Touché.
Takes one to know one. Pfft. :-)
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It will be fine
SDSU is much improved under the tenure of Coach Hoke, but I imagine that Michigan will come ready to play and will handle SDSU.
"Look up, get up, and don't ever give up"
This years schedule is sooo easy
I think that is why they submarined RR this year. They knew if he made it to next year he was going to win at least 10 games and beat at least one of our rivals. There would be no way we fire him after that. So they pushed Martin to retire...Lloyd got DB to apply and get the AD job (somebody he knew would fire RR)...Got former players to raise cain about RR and not being a "Michigan Man" B.S. and start the media shit storm. Then RR didnt do himself any favors by trying to change the D to the 3-3-5 and get killed in the big ten games with it. I am just sick of all the old guard at UM that are willing to sacrafice the university and our program to preserve their idea of what the university should be. Because they are destroying it.
Please, for the love of God!
Please, for the love of God, tell me that this was a sarcastic post!
If not, this is the most batshit crazy piece of tinfoil-hat-conspiracy-theorism I have ever seen on the Interwebz.
We ARE Michigan....COME GET SOME!!!
It must be serious
There was no
/s
at the end so that leaves only one option.
Okay, but anyone who can pull
Okay, but anyone who can pull off a conspiracy like this can win the B1G!
"Football is happening at Michigan... we have that savoir faire." Dhani Jones
Alex Jones?
Question, who really did the crop circles?
Conspiracies
They're ok as long as we're in the Legends division. Or are we in Leaders...
Wait shit no one remembers!
Dude. Come on. Its sooooo
Dude. Come on. Its sooooo easy to remember. Just think of "The Victors".
"Hail, Hail to Michigan, the LEADERS and best!"
So naturally, we're in the legends division. Get it straight, man.
Legends or Leaders
I thought we are in the Big Ten West.
If all goes according to plan
If all goes according to plan we will return most of our starters as well. Filling out the recruiting class is more important right now than wprrying about intangibles for next year. It stinks how long it is until September 3.
Here's hoping for a bright future. This team does try hard and I will continue to support them.
And here I was just focusing
And here I was just focusing on the overall grittiness of the roster and everyone's ability to just make plays.
And John Navarre is going shopping... - Keith Jackson
All in favor of washing Fitzgerald's jersey in olive oil...
Wait.. I thought Brandon
Wait.. I thought Brandon cancelled the season after the RR firing due to an extensive and exhaustive coaching search. Good to hear though !
Yeah this schedule was set up
Yeah this schedule was set up to take Michigan to greener pastures IF Rich Rod was still the coach but now there is uncertainty. Will Brady Hoke be able to win more than 6 or 7 games this season? I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Things are looking optimistic. Denard's staying, Mike Martin is staying..maybe this means we wont suffer as much pain this season as the past three.
I'd say this is on par with
I'd say this is on par with that unintentionally-hilarious post that started with "Just got back from Wal-Mart with my new Michigan Shirt"...
Not that I loved Rich Rod less, but that I loved Michigan more.
Tell me OP, are you going to
Tell me OP, are you going to play that school from Ohio this year?
"It would be a travesty, it would be ridiculous to all of a sudden come back and get the feeling back, get the health back, feel good again and then all of a sudden go throw some other colors on my shirt and go coach."
I don't know, I heard there
I don't know, I heard there may be a lockout. Something about players wanting money? I don't know. I wouldn't bank on there being a 2011 season.
GO BLUE
If there isn't a lockout...
at least we can expect to see the team from down there arriving to the stadium in new cars instead of the team bus.
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schedule???
They already came out with the schedule? I will have to check this thing out. Did anyone see that we are playing MSU in basketball this month?
Nebraska?
when the hell did they announce that we are playing nebraska this year?????????
is it a home and home?????????
/s
Yeah...
Sounds "corny" doesn't it?
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Does it matter?
8-4 and 9-3 seasons are coming back. Oh yeah, and the usual disappointments of getting beat by teams we shouldn't. Welcome back to "3 yards in a cloud of dust". Again why does the Big Ten have problems winning BCS games? Hmmm....
Offense wins games, but defense wins championships
The irony of this post lies
The irony of this post lies in the signature.
Trap game
If that's a trap game we have hired the wrong coach and are on a downward spiral
Gardner for 2 more years
One point that I feel compelled to make
The Big Ten Divisional Split actually changed the 2011 schedule a bit, I think to Michigan's favor (or not.)
This is the original schedule from May 2010:
| Date | Opponent |
| Sept. 3 | Western Michigan |
| Sept. 10 | Notre Dame |
| Sept. 17 | Eastern Michigan |
| Sept. 24 | San Diego State |
| Oct. 1 | Bye Week |
| Oct. 8 | at Wisconsin |
| Oct. 15 | Indiana (Homecoming) |
| Oct. 22 | at Michigan State |
| Oct. 29 | at Iowa |
| Nov. 5 | Minnesota |
| Nov. 12 | Illinois |
| Nov. 19 | at Northwestern |
| Nov. 26 | Ohio State |
This is the new schedule from September 1, 2010:
| Date | Opponent |
| Sept. 3 | Western Michigan |
| Sept. 10 | Notre Dame (night) |
| Sept. 17 | Eastern Michigan |
| Sept. 24 | San Diego State |
| Oct. 1 | Minnesota |
| Oct. 8 | at Northwestern |
| Oct. 15 | at Michigan State |
| Oct. 22 | Bye Week |
| Oct. 29 | Purdue |
| Nov. 5 | at Iowa |
| Nov. 12 | at Illinois |
| Nov. 19 | Nebraska |
| Nov. 26 | Ohio State |
(italics indicates a -- ugh -- Legends divsion game)
Basically, five games stayed the same (Ohio State, Minnesota, at Michigan State, at Iowa, at Northwestern), one opponent stayed the same, changed venue (Illinois goes from home to away) and two opponents (Wisconsin and Indiana) were traded for new opponents (Nebraska and Purdue)
It's sort of a wash. I don't know if we get "lucky" to miss Wisconsin and Penn State since PSU was off schedule anyway next year and Wisconsin's out, but Nebraska's in (I guess having Nebraska come to Ann Arbor is better than going to Madison) and Indiana/Purdue feels like a wash. Going to Illinois seems "normal" since it keeps it on rotation.
The sequencing is the interesting part, in that the Nebraska/Ohio State finale seems like a rough road, saved by the fact that they are home games, but really, Minnesota coming in with a new coach as well (Hoke and Kill, tonight on the NBC Mystery Movie!) to start the Big Ten season, then going to Northwestern, a place where Michigan does get a solid showing of fans might be just what this team needs to get off to a good start.
That night game, by the way, has the potential to be an Event.
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A great start
I think the whole beginning of the season will be an Event with 5 home games in a row. We fans will be exhausted from the incessant tailgating, cheering and (hopefully) winning! I am looking forward to this schedule and think we could win 8.
not to be
a debbie downer, but looks like a 6-6 schedule for us.
| Sept. 3 W | Western Michigan |
| Sept. 10 L | Notre Dame (night) |
| Sept. 17 W | Eastern Michigan |
| Sept. 24 W | San Diego State |
| Oct. 1 W | Minnesota |
| Oct. 8 W | at Northwestern |
| Oct. 15 L | at Michigan State |
| Oct. 22 | Bye Week |
| Oct. 29 W | Purdue |
| Nov. 5 L | at Iowa |
| Nov. 12 L | at Illinois |
| Nov. 19 L | Nebraska |
| Nov. 26 L | Ohio State |
So not much change at all.
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Iowa loses a lot this year. I
Iowa loses a lot this year. I think they'll be a bit easier than you think. Illinois will be a tough game, but if our defense is respectable, our offense should be clicking by that point and I think we can pull out a win. I have to agree with you about ND, MSU, NU, and OSU, though. It'll be a miracle if he can pull one of those out.
did you just
put an auto-L next to illinois?
6-6?
I see 5-0 to start (again for the third year in a row). From there we beat NW, Purdue, Ill most likely. That's 8 wins with hopefully 1 win against MSU, Iowa, Neb, & OSU - I say 9 wins and all the naysayers will say things like "he's winning with RR's guys, just wait until they're gone and we will be back to the dumps again." The reality is that RR is the reason we were in the dumps in the first place, and Hoke will bring us back to beating more than 5 Big Ten teams in three years.
Two things:
- Yes, we have looked
- October 1st is not a bye. I believe we go to Minny.
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