Michigan vs Texas 2024 and 2027 tweak

Submitted by COLBlue on September 4th, 2019 at 2:36 PM

SIAP, but I couldn't find anything about this when doing an MGoBoard search, and don't recall seeing it here or elsewhere, though it looks like the change was uploaded to the site back in May.

In regards to the Michigan-Texas home-and-home in 2024 and 2027, Michigan was originally scheduled to host Texas in 2024 (on Aug 31) and visit Texas in 2027 (on Sep 4).

Looking at the MGoBlue site now, it lists Michigan playing AT Texas in 2024 (on Sep 7), and home against Texas in 2027 (on Sep 11).

Link: https://mgoblue.com/news/2009/8/18/Future_Michigan_Football_Schedules.aspx

I wonder if this was a change Warde Manuel pursued, as he has mentioned wanting Michigan to have at least 7 home games per season, and this change provides for that keeping that option available in 2027.  Michigan still has a max of 6 home games per the 2023 and 2025 schedules thanks to away games at UCLA (2023) and Oklahoma (2025).

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The Mad Hatter

September 4th, 2019 at 3:44 PM ^

If MSU is going back to their historical average of play, and I think they are, I don't mind the schedule being the way it is.  In the long term PSU is the bigger threat, so I'd rather have home/away with PSU/OSU than OSU/MSU.  Which I think was the logic when this mess all started.

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bacon1431

September 4th, 2019 at 2:49 PM ^

Our schedules have been a hot mess these past few years. First, Brandon, schedules App St. Then we get MSU and OSU on the same home/away schedule. Then ND series is brought back and it's done on the same home/away schedule as MSU and OSU. Opened with Florida two years ago. ND last year. Next year we open at Washington. 

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Sione For Prez

September 4th, 2019 at 2:59 PM ^

Sucks that we will play at Texas, MSU and OSU in 2024 now. Was going to be nice to have the marquee non-conference game be opposite of MSU/OSU once the Washington series was over. I guess I should have expected it with how adamant Warde is with playing 7 at home every year, regardless of how much more difficult the schedule becomes.

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Sione For Prez

September 4th, 2019 at 4:44 PM ^

We could probably argue the overall impact to the community for moving the game. Overall, they will still have 14 home games total in 2024 & 2027. It does build in a level of predictability which is a good argument but we aren't talking about "losing" a home game in total.

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ak47

September 4th, 2019 at 3:36 PM ^

Home field is worth about 2-3 points. So switching it is about 4-6 point swing in expected outcome. Its not nothing but the reality is if Michigan is a team capable of competing for a national championship (the only way the Texas game matters) its not a big enough point swing to really worry about. When you combine that with the overall benefits for everyone else in the Michigan community to have an extra home game its 100% worth the trade off. 

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St Joe Blues

September 4th, 2019 at 3:36 PM ^

That's an odd take since we don't even know what our 2021, 2022 and 2023 recruiting classes will look like. Will Ryan Day still be coaching at OSU or will he have spectacularly flamed out? Will Mork still be at Staee or will he have retired peacefully/been forced out/sent to prison for covering up rapes? How many rings will Coach Harbaugh be wearing by then? Will Tom Herman and Zach Smith get arrested on a tour of Arkansas strip clubs?

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Ali G Bomaye

September 4th, 2019 at 3:06 PM ^

It's an interesting switch, because we play AT MSU and OSU in even years, and we host MSU and OSU in odd years. So that gives us three premier games on the road in 2024 and three premier games at home in 2027.

That said, our 2024 home schedule includes Wisconsin, Nebraska, and PSU thanks to a brutal crossover game draw, so there will still be some appeal for season ticket holders.

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Leaders And Best

September 4th, 2019 at 3:25 PM ^

This may piss off some Spartans, but I am not buying stock in MSU five years from now or its status as a premier game in the future. 2024 also features 3 home games against PSU, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. Those road games seem tough, but two of those games are Northwestern & Rutgers, and MSU is a short bus ride away.

Hard to say much about the 2027 schedule until it is released, but it is going to feature 5 B1G road games including at PSU, at Nebraska, and at Wisconsin if the current scheduling format holds. Those are three of the toughest road venues outside of OSU in B1G. I think having Texas at home that year would be preferred IMO than the alternative.

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I'mTheStig

September 4th, 2019 at 6:46 PM ^

This may piss off some Spartans

Fuck em.  And their delusional rape-enabling fanbase.

but I am not buying stock in MSU five years from now or its status as a premier game in the future.

Agreed.

We'll see later this season.  Dantonionia took advantage of a time of piss-poor Michigan leadership, put the biggest chip on his shoulder he could, and parlayed it into 3 B1G championships.  Now that the balance of power has been righted, Sparty won't taste that kind of success again for a long time -- no matter how many PEDs they take, how dirty they play, how much shit they cover up. Sparty's run is over.

I'm on a plane 40 weeks out of the year.  People all around the world who Michigan is.  Moo U is only relevant regionally.

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Hab

September 4th, 2019 at 3:27 PM ^

I take solace in the fact that Texas football will be back to their historical position of national powerhouse in another 5 - 7 years.

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rob f

September 4th, 2019 at 3:55 PM ^

Another anomaly I noticed on the upcoming schedule grid is that we do NOT have Minnesota at The Big House at all thru 2025, only playing them twice (2020 and 2023) in Minneapolis for the Little Brown Jug in that span.  

WTF is up with that?!

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ak47

September 4th, 2019 at 10:57 PM ^

Blame Minnesota for being trash. Nobody cares about that game and hasn’t for a while outside of some corners of the internet. Minnesota games sold like Purdue and Indiana games on the secondary market and never had an atmosphere that resembled anything close to a rivalry game. 

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UofM626

September 4th, 2019 at 4:37 PM ^

This schedule w heavy home and heavy away is killing us. 

 

I would be in favor of plying MSU away 2 times in a row to fix this so it’s corrected moving forward! Way to go WARDE!

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LSAClassOf2000

September 4th, 2019 at 5:37 PM ^

I am just here for the hot takes about teams that are, at the moment, still meandering their way through earlier stages of their education.

In all seriousness though, I do look forward to being able to see Texas in Ann Arbor. 

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Perkis-Size Me

September 4th, 2019 at 9:28 PM ^

So what is the point of making it so unnecessarily hard on yourself every other year by putting every difficult team on the road? Eventually it’ll get to the point where Wisconsin is cycled out of your schedule and your lone marquee home game is Penn State, and maybe Nebraska if they get their shit together by that point.

In odd years you may have a monster home schedule, but in even years it’s a step above hot garbage. What’s the point?

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