Michigan vs Texas home-and-home announced for 2024, 2027
Per @umichfootball on Twitter.
Kapooya.
MGoBlue release-
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The athletic departments at the University of Michigan and the University of Texas have reached an agreement in principle to play the first-ever home-and-home football series between two of college football's most recognizable programs. The two schools rank first (Michigan, 912) and third (Texas, 876) in all-time victories.
The Wolverines will host the Longhorns at Michigan Stadium on Aug. 31, 2024. The return trip by Michigan to Austin will take place on Sept. 4, 2027.
"A match-up of this magnitude doesn't come along all that often, and when it does it's special for both programs and the great fans that support each institution," said Brady Hoke, U-M's J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Head Football Coach. "This also is a special series for all fans of college football, and I anticipate great games just like the first contest played between the two programs."
I'll be 29 when they play in 2024 in Ann Arbor. And when they play in 2027 in Austin, It will be the 100th anniversary of Michigan Stadium and the 30th anniversary of the 1997 national championship....
September 17th, 2014 at 1:34 PM ^
great stuff, thanks for the run down.
September 17th, 2014 at 1:46 PM ^
Cumong man, Jameis Winston was suspended today for what I posted yesterday.
And they have a pretty big game with Clemson on Saturday.
September 17th, 2014 at 2:26 PM ^
As much as I grumble about Brandon for other reasons, I spent all of my college years hoping to look into a regular season line-up like this for Michgian. Other than another stupid game in the Jerry-Dome (albiet against a team i'm excited to play), thats lots of very neat home an homes with away games I'd be pumped to go to.
September 17th, 2014 at 1:25 PM ^
Freshmen on the 2027 team will have been born in 2009....
...they are eagerly looking forward to their first day in elementary school, in 12 months....
...when a few will promptly receive scholarship offers from USC.
September 17th, 2014 at 2:56 PM ^
The allure of getting big cowboy hats and fake guns on our trip to Austin is probably a big sell to 5 year olds.
September 17th, 2014 at 1:24 PM ^
Michigan Stadium expansion size by 2027 game
September 17th, 2014 at 1:24 PM ^
I will be prolly be too damn old to turn on the fucking TV by then or even understand what is going on if I do.
On the bright side we'll probably have invented time travel and those Jetson cars that fly through the air by then so there's that.
September 18th, 2014 at 11:48 PM ^
They told us in the 80's we would have flying cars by now..its never gonna happen
September 17th, 2014 at 1:29 PM ^
Freaky to think that I will be 46 when the 2027 game is played.
September 17th, 2014 at 1:30 PM ^
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September 17th, 2014 at 1:41 PM ^
Jim Harbaugh vs. Kliff Kingsbury. I cannot wait.
September 17th, 2014 at 1:41 PM ^
to be filled before 2024, three of them before 2020. Brandon needs to get on the ball about scheduling games just a couple of years out. Now he's probably waiting to see how much influence SoS has on the playoff situation but seriously, that shouldn't be much of a consideration while the team remains moribund as a mere middling B1G team.
September 17th, 2014 at 1:50 PM ^
Go Blue!
September 17th, 2014 at 1:54 PM ^
16 team playoff won't matter; they'll give 11 seeds to the SEC and the other 4 conferences will get 1 seed, then the 16th seed will be a play in between the 12th team in the SEC and the 2nd highest rated team among all the other 4 conferences who did not win their respective conf championship.
But it might get the Big 10 champion into the playoffs as a 15th seed so there is that.
September 17th, 2014 at 2:01 PM ^
September 17th, 2014 at 2:04 PM ^
WOW, I can't wait to drive my flying car down to Austin!
September 17th, 2014 at 10:22 PM ^
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September 17th, 2014 at 2:27 PM ^
September 17th, 2014 at 3:04 PM ^
I am in the same boat. I will be 46 and 49 respectively when these game are played, but I am pretty sure I could muster the energy to hang about for a night game if one of these came to be one. Like someone said though, it is a bit of a shame that these sorts of meetings between storied program haven't been all that common recently, and now we have to wait for them...as in, a decade or so for them.
September 17th, 2014 at 2:42 PM ^
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September 17th, 2014 at 2:52 PM ^
Not as scary as 69! Dam that is old
September 17th, 2014 at 3:22 PM ^
I'll be 15 for the first game, but that's not the half of it: I'll be 18 for the second. Time flies!
Anyhow, time for a nap.
September 17th, 2014 at 4:36 PM ^
September 17th, 2014 at 5:20 PM ^
This game is going to generate a lot of dough $$$$$$$$$.
September 17th, 2014 at 7:19 PM ^
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September 17th, 2014 at 7:57 PM ^
That is way to far to even matter.
September 17th, 2014 at 9:40 PM ^
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September 18th, 2014 at 5:09 PM ^
We will be in the same Conference by then.
September 18th, 2014 at 6:11 PM ^
Would love to see Texas on the schedule in 2030 and '33 as well.
I have been saying it for years: I think about 3 years apart is ideal for such series- close enough for fans (and coaches and some players) to remember and talk about and get excited about a rematch, but far enough apart to let the games stand out even more on their own. (I believe that one reason the Stewart-Westbrook legend became magnified was because it was a few years before we played them again). I love cheese cake, but rather than two nights in a row and then never again for a few months, I'd prefer something else for a night or two and then come back to it again.
It would be great to have three PAC-12 teams, or three SEC teams on a rotation basis like that, too. More variety of teams, increased exposure in various parts of the country. That would be a lot more interesting to me, and I am sure a lot of other football fans as well.
I'd like to see something similar happen with the B1G non-division schedule also. Would rather see more teams in a shorter period of time (whether home or away), rather than wait five or six years between games with Wisconsin, or Nebraska, etc. because we had to play another opponent back to back. (That said, I would hope they could add some element of balance and matching the strongest teams with the strongest, based on the previous year's standings, the way I believe the NFL does for its non-divisional games).