Did anyone look at the 2011 Football Schedule?
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...
January 14th, 2011 at 10:00 AM ^
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.
January 14th, 2011 at 10:09 AM ^
I'm less optimistic than most. We may have difficulties with ND, NW, MSU, OSU, Neb, IA, IL, and even SDS.
Not saying we are going to lose these games, but believe NW, IL, IA ND and SDS are toss-ups.
January 14th, 2011 at 11:10 AM ^
ND ended the season on a bit of an upswing. I think coach Kelly will have ND ready for revenge.
January 14th, 2011 at 10:42 AM ^
I see 6 or 7 wins before the bye week and 2 to 3 more after. We should end up with 8 to 10 wins.
January 14th, 2011 at 9:49 AM ^
6-6? are you kidding me, many of the big ten's elite have lost significant players, and we are returning just about everyone. 8-4 is a reasonable assumption, 6-6 is just plain stupid.
January 14th, 2011 at 9:55 AM ^
Is anyone else terrified by the Nebraska/OSU alignment? Does this mean that every other season has lowered expectations? How many teams could win two road games against those teams in a row?
January 14th, 2011 at 1:07 PM ^
I could be wrong but I don't think we play OSU and Nebraska on back to back weeks in 2012.
January 14th, 2011 at 10:02 AM ^
(just like Penn St. did) that the Big Ten is no joke. They will settle in the middle for the first two or three years before they figure out how to deal with the upper eschelon teams in the B1G. BTW is Big Ten wrong now? Do we just say "big" now to refer to our conferece? I'm confused....
January 14th, 2011 at 10:07 AM ^
Nope we all said fuck it, we are going in blind.
January 14th, 2011 at 10:31 AM ^
Not sure how people are penciling SDSU in as a win, they are better than any team we have beaten in the last 3 years, and recently teams on their level have blown us out.
January 14th, 2011 at 10:38 AM ^
just sad. I'm going to start a thread called - we better kick michigan state's ass.
January 14th, 2011 at 10:57 AM ^
I'm pretty certain there is going to be a lock out so non of this matters anyways, right?
January 14th, 2011 at 11:42 AM ^
Does anyone know what plane the 2011 Schedule is currently traveling on? Maybe we can figure out more about it from flight aware.
January 14th, 2011 at 11:44 AM ^
no way Michigan loses the opener. The energy in that stadium, returners on D, injuries healed (knock on wood, QUICK!), and of course offensive experience/playmakers (thank you, RR)
January 14th, 2011 at 11:45 AM ^
Has anyone noticed we have a new coach?
And have you seen the stadium? WTF are those monstrosities on either side?
And who's the gentleman of color behind the podium at the White House?
January 14th, 2011 at 11:52 AM ^
Well, if anything happens at SDSU like what happened to Ball State after Hoke left (read: They imploded after their 12-0 regular season and Hoke's departure), then, despite the awkwardness, it should be a win.
January 14th, 2011 at 8:53 PM ^
i have seen it.I think we go 9-3.GO BLUE!!!