Michigan @ Virginia - Big Ten/ACC Challenge Schedule
2011 Big Ten/ACC Challenge schedule
(times and networks are to be determined):
Tuesday, November 29
Miami at Purdue
Northwestern at Georgia Tech
Illinois at Maryland
Michigan at Virginia
Clemson at Iowa
Duke at Ohio State
Wednesday, November 30
Indiana at NC State
Penn State at Boston College
Florida State at Michigan State
Virginia Tech at Minnesota
Wake Forest at Nebraska
Wisconsin at North Carolina
I don't have stats.. but it does seem we get an awful lot of road games in this challenge.
Nebraksa coming into the league, and the Big Ten giving them a home game, took away our home game for this year.
Overall, it's actually been even. Michigan has had 10 challenge games--5 have been at home, 4 away, and 1 "neutral." The games at Crisler were in 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009.
With all apologies to MaizeAndBlueWahoo, we are gonna rock some Hoos come November 29th.
I'm REALLY looking forward to the game, but not so much to the runup beforehand. This means six months of being on the UVA boards responding to the MICHIGAN SUX comments and six months of being on here responding to VIRGINIA SUX comments.
Probably much more of the latter since Michigan was in the tourney and UVA was not.
I suppose some will call this ancient history, but you could just point to the last time the two teams played: In 1989, on its way to the national championship, Michigan destroyed Virginia 102-65 in the Regional Finals of the NCAA Tournament. The 37-point margin remains the Michigan record for largest margin of victory in an NCAA Tournament game.
Overall, Michigan is 2-1 vs. Virginia. Rothstein summarizes the other matchups:
Michigan is 2-1 all-time against Virginia and two of the three meetings have been in the postseason. The Wolverines lost to Virginia in the 1980 NIT quarterfinals, 79-68.
The only other meeting came in Pittsburgh in 1951.
I don't think we care that much about Virginia to resort to "SUX" treatment. It's just one game in the nonconference schedule.
I don't mean like "STATE SUX", I mean stuff more like ish's comment below, which was just baffling.
...Michigan - UVA game trying to behave myself just enough so that my Hoos daughter doesn't disown me.
First with the fakesoccercatch against Missouri/shameless begging and now this. Pretty sure they had something to do with one of my Karma points dissappearing as well. Payback is coming Osbourne, and it will be sweet!
*edit: meant to be reply to "Nebraksa coming into the league"*
I don't know why we'd be mad, Virginia is a much easier opponent than other speculated teams.
we lose our best player, they lose their two best. they'll be a very young team next year. i like this matchup.
No, we don't.
I know that UVA is a talented young team, but you have to like this matchup for Michigan as compared to the possibilities that were being kicked around. I wouldn't mind playing Clemson again, though. We've got their number.
Well, I don't remember the matchups being kicked around. Where we stand now I do like Michigan to win the game. But I can see the misconceptions coming a long way away. UVA doesn't "lose its two best players", they actually get back their best one from an injury redshirt. (Which is probably going to give UVA a decent advantage down low, believe it or not.)
It is for lovers
Well - you know what all of my best lovers have done well?
leave?
IIRC, Dylan had mentioned at least once the possibility that UNC would be our opponent.
Especially considering that UNC was being kicked around as a possible opponent, this is freaking Christmas by comparison.
I wonder if/how much D-Mo's departure coupled with UNC's trio of superstars (Zeller, Henson, and Barnes) staying in school affected the potential matchups that the organizing committee may have had in mind.
use them.
am super excited about this game! I live in VA and have great friends who are UVa alums. Can't wait! GO BLUE!!
I thought for sure we would get Duke or Florida State (projected 2 and 3 in the ACC). Can't complain about the favorable matchup, but am I the only one that feels like they were slightly disrespected?
Woohoo! I'm only 75 minutes from Charlottesville, so I can't wait for this!
I've been wishing for years we'd do a home-and-away with UVA: two great academic institutions whose last matchup was a classic. It's far more likely, tho, if UM ever plays football in the state of Virginia again it'd be at Va Tech :(
...as well since my son's a Hokie. Longer drive, but it would be absolutely worth it to see Michigan play VT in Lane Stadium under the lights.
Not Virginia Tech
Not Virginia Tech
that Michigan can hope to get in Big 10/ACC challenge. There was a possibility that UNC was the opponent but getting Virginia is a much better draw because Michigan can land a road win. Virginia is an average team that likes to play slow paced. Michigan IMO should be a big favorite to win this challenge.
of a similar opinion prior to our trip there last fall.
We'll have a much better team next year than Minnesota had this year, even before Nolen's injury.
We should have a much better team, also. Among other things, hopefully, we won't be forced to start any true frosh as we did last year. We might actually be healthy for the game, which we weren't last year. (For the MInnesota game, we were missing the 1st string PG and lost a starting forward midway through.) We still don't have a full roster, but six returning players have starting experience, a seventh member saw plenty of game time, we finally add a highly touted kid who redshirted last year, and we add some nice recruits to the mix. And we are at home. Life should be good in Charlottesville this season! Slainte!
I put it to you that if U-M does win in Charlottesville, it will be a better resume booster than last year's win at Clemson.
Should be a nice little match-up. Will be interesting to see how the team handles one (maybe its first - don't have the schedule in front of me) of its early high-quality opponents as it breaks in a new PG. I know UVa has been down the past couple of years, but they always field decent teams,
... and for the first time since I've been here there is energy behind both the team and the coaching staff here. Like UM, UVA has a lot of youth getting PT. If some of their players make the same leap Morris did last year, UM could be in trouble. We need to hope some of our young guys match their talent improvements! By no means is this game a gimme.
In the event of a tie, which can now occur with the addition of Neb., is there a tiebreaker set.
Maybe we should consult with Dantonio, since he was the onky coach that voted against the BCS rankings.
Tiebreaker is the previous winner of the challenge. From a Fort Wayne News-Sentinel article:
The addition of Nebraska to the Big Ten means there will be 12 Challenge games instead of 11. If both conferences win six games, the winner of the previous year’s Challenge will be declared the winner. That gives the tiebreaker to the Big Ten, which has won the last two Challenges.
In the event of a tie, which can now occur with the addition of Neb., is there a tiebreaker set.
Maybe we should consult with Dantonio, since he was the onky coach that voted against the BCS rankings.