Michigan scheduling quirk we may never see again
With 2017's season opener being at a neutral site, it sure feels like Michigan doesn't open the season at home very often.
Also important to note that the 2018 season opener will also be away from The Big House, when Michigan faces Notre Dame and their first year head coach's first game next year.
In a 4 year span that began in 2015, Michigan will have played season openers away from Ann Arbor in 3 of the 4 years.
This also happened 130 years ago.
Season | Date | Opponent | Result |
1885 | 11/7/1885 | at Windsor Club | W 10-0 |
1886 | 10/16/1886 | at Albion | W 50-0 |
1887 | 11/12/1887 | vs Albion | W 32-0 |
1888 | 4/20/1888 | at Notre Dame | W 26-6 |
This trend would've continued but the AD is trying to cancel the Washington series in 2020-2021. Michigan would've opened the 2020 season at Washington.
Michigan also had 3 straight season opening road games from 1990-1992, but the 130 year old trend is much more interesting.
August 31st, 2017 at 5:11 PM ^
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August 31st, 2017 at 5:51 PM ^
This is possibly one of the best comments I've seen on this site. I can't upvote this enough.
August 31st, 2017 at 5:57 PM ^
but a generic joke like that is the best comment youve ever seen on this site? Lets be real here.
August 31st, 2017 at 6:10 PM ^
Yes, I loved it. It was a beautifully applied joke. It hit my funny bone spectacularly.
August 31st, 2017 at 9:29 PM ^
Unfortunately, the girlfriend didn't hit his funny bone spectacularly.
August 31st, 2017 at 6:18 PM ^
in the timing....
August 31st, 2017 at 7:14 PM ^
August 31st, 2017 at 6:37 PM ^
La Gloria Cubana.
August 31st, 2017 at 7:24 PM ^
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August 31st, 2017 at 5:21 PM ^
August 31st, 2017 at 5:12 PM ^
Heading to a meeting. I'll catch up on this later.
August 31st, 2017 at 5:14 PM ^
September 1st, 2017 at 12:38 AM ^
August 31st, 2017 at 5:16 PM ^
Fergodsakes, I'd walk from here to San Diego to see them play. Every opener if I had to.
August 31st, 2017 at 5:34 PM ^
or did you start walking already?
September 1st, 2017 at 7:11 AM ^
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August 31st, 2017 at 5:17 PM ^
August 31st, 2017 at 5:21 PM ^
August 31st, 2017 at 5:48 PM ^
I want ND, but still can't believe we agreed to put them on the schedule as away games the same years as Sparty and Ohio State.
August 31st, 2017 at 6:54 PM ^
August 31st, 2017 at 5:24 PM ^
Not saying it's false, but the radio guy out of Seattle (who does seem to be pretty reputable) is the only single person that has reported that there was talks to try to get out of it. Even he says that it's still on at this point. His tweet just happened to spread like wildfire on the internet.
So I'll wait til it gets a little more smoke before I get upset. He also never said when the talks were to try and cancel. It's possible they occurred awhile ago when trying to get ND back on the schedule.
August 31st, 2017 at 5:38 PM ^
cancel VT if we're going to cancel one of those series.
I'd still rather play them both, though. If we play two tough non-conf games with a nine game conference schedule, we could afford to lose one of those non-conf games and still likely make the playoff as a conference champion with zero or one conference losses.
Which means the only way it hurts you is if you lose them both, and what are the odds of winning the conf if we lose them both anyway.
August 31st, 2017 at 5:21 PM ^
August 31st, 2017 at 5:35 PM ^
Sadly they will probably be replaced by Notre Dame per Brian's request.
August 31st, 2017 at 5:57 PM ^
August 31st, 2017 at 5:27 PM ^
does WD know so much about Michigan
August 31st, 2017 at 5:35 PM ^
August 31st, 2017 at 5:38 PM ^
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August 31st, 2017 at 5:52 PM ^
There's no reason to run up the score on Albion like that.
August 31st, 2017 at 6:07 PM ^
August 31st, 2017 at 6:05 PM ^
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August 31st, 2017 at 6:16 PM ^
Florida scheduling quirk we may never see again: the Gators open the season away from Gainsville for the first time since I was born. I'm nearly 30.
August 31st, 2017 at 6:48 PM ^
In addtion, this might also be the first time they've opened the season with a seeming fifth of the team and thousands of Floridians suspended.
All the same, it is interesting to get the SEC to step - however gingerly - out of their more familiar confines.
August 31st, 2017 at 6:25 PM ^
August 31st, 2017 at 6:29 PM ^
I find WD to be at least moderately annoying but, "Notre Dame and their first year head coach's first game" was funny.
August 31st, 2017 at 6:51 PM ^
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August 31st, 2017 at 8:31 PM ^
we have plenty of our own arrogance to go around.
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