Michigan vs. Alabama 2012 at Cowboy Stadium??

Submitted by Jedelman11 on

Its behind a paywall and apparently just a rumor, but there is a report on Scout that Michigan will  be openning its 2012 season against Alabama in Dallas Texas.

(Link for those with memberships): http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=14&f=1016&t=6187317

Hopefully by then its will be defending national champions Michigan laying the beat down on a strong Crimson Tide squad...

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bigmc6000

August 6th, 2010 at 9:58 AM ^

1.5 miles for me - literally walking distance (assuming it's not 110 degrees that is...)

 

I've talked to some A&M fans and they really liked the A&M-Arkansas game there last year and thought it was pretty great. For all the people who are worried about it being sold out. Umm, yeah, that's absurd.  DFW is loaded with not only UM Grads but Big Ten grads who might go just to see a familiar face play and beyond that DFW is one of busiest (and largest) airports in the country, it's absurdly easy to get there from anywhere.

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cjm

August 6th, 2010 at 12:19 PM ^

I concur.  I know of several friends that attended the A&M game as well as the BYU-OU game just to see college football in that stadium.  A sellout wouldn't be a problem IME.

1.5 miles... nice.  It's nice being this close to the many sporting events that are taking place at Jerry's World.  Not to mention the U2 concert (sorry , I'm old.)

I even took in the Trinity/Allan game last year where 40,000+ fans showed up for a high school game.

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WolvinLA2

August 5th, 2010 at 11:31 PM ^

If this is true, and it's a done deal (or soon) it would be HUGE for recruiting.  If you're a kid considering UM as well as a handful of other schools, the opportunity to play Alabama at the new Cowboys stadium might be enough to push us to the top.  Especially for Texas recruits. 

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Jehu the Damaja

August 6th, 2010 at 1:31 AM ^

this will probably be my only chance to see a wolverines game for a long time. although it will be nothing compared to a saturday afternoon at the big house, I would think we would still pull in a decent crowd. there seems to be quite a few UM fans around here

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mrlmichael

August 6th, 2010 at 6:50 AM ^

Im on the fence about this. I am excited about a game against Alabama but cant decide which way I like better. On one hand I think a home and home would be cool.  classic programs playing each other in 2 classic stadiums would be sweet. But I also like the exposure the program could get from a game like this in Texas, especially if its a classic or we win.

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modaddy21

August 6th, 2010 at 11:19 AM ^

would it be to see the Wolverines put a whoppin on Bama.  Finally shut up all these SEC folks.  Living in FL for the past 8 yrs these people are insufferable when it comes to the SEC.

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jmblue

August 6th, 2010 at 4:26 PM ^

Playing Alabama is intriguing, but it should be a home game for one of the two teams.  And frankly I have no desire to enrich Jerry Jones further.

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MGoKalamazoo

August 6th, 2010 at 9:42 PM ^

Rocking the hypothetical here... would Michigan be making such plans unless they were very confident in keeping RR on board? Glass half empty says a coaching change (Magic 8 ball : Don't count on it) after this year could put Michigan in harms way IF the coach were to stray away from the spread option roster put together now. Also, I can't remember the exact year but I want to say 2012 is when ND is off the schedule(?)

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