Michigan-notre dame 2014 will be a night game
Looks like the final game in the series against the fig thing chickens will be a night game.
This is a must win game for historical purposes.
The 2014
Irishhome game against Michigan will be a night game and will be televised in prime time by NBC.
January 4th, 2014 at 2:09 AM ^
#beatthefigthings
January 4th, 2014 at 2:14 AM ^
than to beat ND in the final game between us, in who knows how long, especially on their turf and their cute little network, fuck ND
January 4th, 2014 at 2:20 AM ^
And their stadium that's stuck in 1972 with those awful scoreboards.
Sad thing is, those are relatively new. And they STILL don't have a video screen. Michigan is already on their second one.
January 4th, 2014 at 2:48 AM ^
January 4th, 2014 at 7:33 AM ^
It is a nice place to see a college game even if it doesn't have the latest and greatest in technology, and one thing I have always found interesting about it is that the stadium was designed in the late 1920s by the same Cleveland architectural firm that did other historic sites like Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park.
January 4th, 2014 at 10:06 AM ^
It was based on Michigan Stadium.
January 4th, 2014 at 12:51 PM ^
Yeah. I didn't know that about the architectural firm but I don't think it mattered - Rockne followed our blueprint, as ND fans themselves acknowledge:
Rockne, impressed by Michigan’s massive stadium, had Notre Dame Stadium designed based off the Big House only on a smaller scale with a construction cost of $750,000
http://www.uhnd.com/history/notre-dame-stadium/
January 4th, 2014 at 8:40 AM ^
Notre Dame's campus is beautiful.
In 2002 I sat in the end zone (in front of TDJ) in row 8, and when the teams were inside the opposite red zone, you can't tell what's happening because the field is so crowned. Plus, we lost.
Fortunately, I was also at the beat down in the big house in 2003. Probably my best experience at the Big House.
January 4th, 2014 at 10:47 AM ^
I agree with Seth; the surrounding area and campus life suck: http://mgoblog.com/content/hokepoints-am-i-living-it-right
South Bend and Notre Dame du Lac vs. Ann Arbor: If not for the signs (which you should ignore because they tell dirty lies) you wouldn't realize there's a city here. Northern Indiana once you leave the part you pass to get to Chicago is right out of Rudy: small industrial belt homes nooked close together right up to the point campus has to start.
and..
The closest thing they have to a State Street or South University is a one-block collection of chain-ish restaurants in a pair of newer building complexes that straddle Eddy Street.
The Grotto looks like a place hobo's go to take a piss.
January 4th, 2014 at 1:49 PM ^
Well, yeah, South Bend itself is pretty much awful. LIke, really, really bad. But the campus itself, once you penetrate the walls, is beautiful.
January 4th, 2014 at 3:39 PM ^
That's a great Grotto line
January 4th, 2014 at 2:39 AM ^
I'll glady lose this game by 50 if it means we beat MSU and/or Ohio.
January 4th, 2014 at 2:44 AM ^
Yup. I've never agreed with the notion than ND was bigger, or even close to, MSU as a rival. I think the fact that even one of the participants wanted to cancel the rivalry should confirm to many of us that they have always been a distant third whenever MSU is even remotely competitive.
January 4th, 2014 at 7:43 AM ^
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January 4th, 2014 at 10:10 AM ^
They cost us a legit shot in '88, '89, '90, '92.
January 4th, 2014 at 11:14 AM ^
They weren't remotely competitive with us until the hiring of RichRod. That may have been more key than the hiring of Dantonio.
January 4th, 2014 at 4:19 PM ^
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January 4th, 2014 at 8:41 AM ^
they are the Fig Things.
January 4th, 2014 at 10:20 AM ^
looks like a vagina spitting fire. Everyone from my Mom through my commanding officers told me to stay away from those.
January 4th, 2014 at 10:10 AM ^
January 4th, 2014 at 3:06 AM ^
I'm going. 1 and a half hours from Kalamazoo and the last game in the series.
January 4th, 2014 at 12:27 PM ^
I would not miss this for anything. I usually try to get to 1 away game every year. This year was Penn State and we all know how that turned out.
At least ND is much closer if the game does not go as planned. It should be a great atmosphere though.
January 4th, 2014 at 3:09 AM ^
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January 4th, 2014 at 10:26 AM ^
January 4th, 2014 at 3:27 AM ^
We need to win back the "All Time Winningest Program" title from them.
January 4th, 2014 at 8:44 AM ^
We still have the most wins. They just passed us for winning percentage.
January 4th, 2014 at 8:53 AM ^
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January 4th, 2014 at 12:53 PM ^
But we don't just have the advantage in wins because we've been playing longer. They actually caught us in total wins at one point in the 1970s and we've since moved ahead again.
January 4th, 2014 at 1:12 PM ^
Michigan wins over Appalachian State and Notre Dame would put the Wolverines back on top in winning percentage, .73286 to .73262 (assuming an Irish victory over Rice in their first game of the 2014 season).
January 4th, 2014 at 1:42 PM ^
It sets up nicely. They will likely beat Rice and we will likely beat App State (yeah, I know).
Among the million other points of interest in the 2014 Michigan - Notre Dame game will be the battle for the All Time Winning Percentage title.
January 4th, 2014 at 2:23 PM ^
Navy every year and that only recently become something less than a scheduled "W". They have traditionally had a much weaker schedule, playing two or three marquee games a year. Also, playing in a conference with teams who are familiar with you will always be tougher than roatting out two-thirds of your opponents every year.
January 4th, 2014 at 8:46 AM ^
Too bad Tommy Rees won't be there.
January 4th, 2014 at 12:26 PM ^
Tommy Rees bailed them out when they beat us in 2012. Golson was terrible in that game.
January 4th, 2014 at 9:06 AM ^
article says playing in all the top TV markets, specifically listing Detroit.
game by game does not show a game at Detroit.
Are they anticipating a Little Caesar's Bowl bid??
January 4th, 2014 at 10:29 AM ^
January 4th, 2014 at 9:20 AM ^
Gee - where did the fig things get this idea of making it a night game? Where or where?
January 4th, 2014 at 10:21 AM ^
ND had night games before we did.
January 4th, 2014 at 10:29 AM ^
January 4th, 2014 at 11:11 AM ^
Gary Moeller's first game as HC at Michigan was at South Bend in '90, and it was a night game. Fucking Lake Dawson catching a lucky tipped pass late in the game was crucial in beating us 28-24.
January 4th, 2014 at 11:36 AM ^
I was there. It sucked. The next year made up for it though!
January 4th, 2014 at 11:52 AM ^