Michigan-Rutgers to Take Place in Primetime - 7 PM Kickoff Announced
Big Ten Network announces that the Michigan-Rutgers game will be one of its primetime games this year with a 7 PM kickoff on October 4th.
As a Jersey alum, I'm pretty pumped.
Link:
http://btn.com/2014/04/22/btn-releases-2014-prime-time-slate/
Maryland?
April 22nd, 2014 at 12:06 PM ^
If it had been a daytime game, I'd have bet they'd be inundated with Michigan fans. Since it's a nightgame and their first time playing us in conference, I'd bet Rutgers will hold their hometurf alright with speckles of maize through the crowd (ala UConn) but in future years when Rutgers continues to suck, Michigan fans/alums from NYC and NJ will probably overtake the place (same with Maryland)
April 22nd, 2014 at 11:28 AM ^
Feature game deserves a feature time slot.
/Rivalryborn
/S
April 22nd, 2014 at 11:29 AM ^
#ChopMichigan
April 22nd, 2014 at 11:38 AM ^
Whoop de freaking doo
April 22nd, 2014 at 11:46 AM ^
I swear, if we don't play either MSU, OSU or ND every single game, half the board will be pissed about it. The prevailing opinion among M fans is that if it's not a rivalry game, it's not worth paying attention to.
Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Penn State aren't rivalries. I'd much rather be playing any of them.
April 22nd, 2014 at 11:46 AM ^
All Jewish alums living in the Northeast are very happy. Looking forward to a Yom Kippur break-fast tailgate. Calling sunset for 5 pm that night.
now allows one to call their own personal sunset time?
It'll be sunset somewhere, or he's planning on wearing really dark sunglasses.
April 22nd, 2014 at 11:46 AM ^
UM - 41
Rutgers - 17
April 22nd, 2014 at 12:08 PM ^
Quite the bold prediction considering neither team has played a down yet and Michigan still isn't sure they are going to field an O-line that's even slightly better than last year's
April 22nd, 2014 at 12:14 PM ^
I am optimistic.
April 22nd, 2014 at 12:40 PM ^
I hope you're the correct one here
April 22nd, 2014 at 12:11 PM ^
I'll take Rutgers and only 20 points - not the 24 line you predict. Easy money for you it would seem.
How much would you like to wager?
April 22nd, 2014 at 11:52 AM ^
I'll be there
April 22nd, 2014 at 12:47 PM ^
Not a bad time of year even though the shore isn't in season. I'll be on my couch for this game I think or with other M alums at the Charlotte M bar.
April 22nd, 2014 at 11:52 AM ^
Sweet, will be able to go to this game.
April 22nd, 2014 at 11:58 AM ^
Cool. Should be a fun game.
April 22nd, 2014 at 12:24 PM ^
It would be interesting if Michigan had played Rutgers before but Rutgers had never played Michigan.
to learn they've never met. Not even once, all the way back to 1869. Wow.
April 22nd, 2014 at 12:16 PM ^
Very tricky game. Rutgers was a very weird team last year. They lost 29-16 to ND in a bowl, and 24-10 to Louisville @Louisville. Both respectable showings by what most consider a bad team. But got blown out by a solid but not great Cincy and a very good UCF. Major variability game to game last year.
There is NO excuse for losing or even struggling to Rutgers. They're not good just like UConn wasn't good. This isn't Rutgers of 6-7 years ago or whenever that was. This isn't even a Tom Savage led Rutgers team.
We better not lose/struggle against:
- App St.
- Miami (OH)
- Minnesota
- Rutgers
We better pull away and win relatively easily against:
- Utah
- Northwestern
- Maryland
Just get the win, no matter how we get it against:
- Notre Dame
- Penn State
- Indiana
Please God...let us beat:
- MSU
- OSU
I'm going to go out on a "limb" and say 9 wins, even though deep down 8 is FAR more likely from what we've seen thus far.
April 22nd, 2014 at 12:22 PM ^
I'm glad to see it will be on campus despite the relatively small size of Rutgers stadium. I thought the forces of greed would take over this one and have it at an NFL stadium, completely removed from any knid of college atmosphere.
Don't get used to it though. There's mad money to be made. This may be your only chance to check out The New Jersey State University,
April 22nd, 2014 at 12:43 PM ^
duplicate
April 22nd, 2014 at 12:42 PM ^
This is going to be fun and a pretty big deal here in the NY area. I guess this is what the BIG wanted - hopefully it lives up to the hype.
barf
There goes my Saturday night in NYC. I was hoping for a noon game.
bros.
affair any more nauseating, besides a loss of course. Desmond Morgan better start working on his hops because we may need another one handed int to escape the east coast with a win.
...how the mighty have fallen.
J/k, we used to have night games vs. bad N'Western teams all the time, I see this as no different.
...the days were we hung 31 on N'Western with 2/3 into the 2nd quarter, Auburn and Alabama were unranked, Oklahoma destroyed Baylor (they were up 34-3 with 8:24 in the 3rd on the bottom line), Nebraska...not Michigan played Kansas St. and Purdue led OSU.
All games should be played at noon save maybe 1 a year. Otherwise it just ruins the entire day.
April 22nd, 2014 at 10:47 PM ^
April 23rd, 2014 at 10:31 AM ^
Unless it is raining I would much rather be outside enjoying the fall weather than inside watching football. I always pick football but I hate missing a beautiful fall day. Plus, if they lose a night game you can quickly fall into your drunken sleep and hope to forget it, if the lose a day game you have to be drunk and grumpy all day and night.