The Alabama game will likely
Bama isn't at the Big House,
Bama isn't at the Big House, it's at jerry World, so that doesn't count.
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Not that i can see. UTL II
Not that i can see. UTL II vs MSU would be epic and I agree with you it's gonna happen. The only question will be when will the tailgate's start? That will be one insanely buzzed fanbase that's for sure......
Not gonna happen
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Yeah, I
Thats too bad
A bunch of drunken sparties ruin the chance for us to have another great night game.
Also,
Think of the cars:
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Not Just The Cars...
Think of the syntax, the orthography.....
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Sparty
Sparty cannot keep it classy on the road! Pathetic!
expect the best
Gotta be MSU or none
Mass and Air Force not worth it.
Too cold in November for Northwestern and Iowa.
Would never do it for homecoming for Illinois.
Therefore Spartie under the lights.
I'm not sure how this all
I'm not sure how this all works but is it too late to move homecoming?
Not that I loved Rich Rod less, but that I loved Michigan more.
Brandon Said NO
To sparty night game bc of the long day and potential for trouble. MSU agreed. Scratch that off.
It's gonna be the Illinois game.
I was hoping this thread was about the lack of away games. I realize we play neutral vs Alabama next year but I really think playing 7-8 home games a season is a bad idea. For recruiting and future bcs rankings we should play better teams and not at home all the time. I realize the revenue of 114000 fans is tough to pass up but winning national high profile games will pay off further more IMO.
I strongly disagree.
Winning games is the only thing that matters. If being at home helps us win - so be it.
I hear you
But had we won 1 more game this year on the road we would've been in the bcs already.
Granted had we beaten Iowa or MSU we wouldve been too.
I just think for M AND the BIG that playing better non-conference away games would be more beneficial for all.
The egg we laid in Iowa was enough to drop us
The rest of our schedule was not full of world-beaters, so it wouldn't have affected the polls too much if at all. For this team, they needed those home games based on how we played on the road this year.
And I'd hate to see some of these teams improve their non-conference schedule. Minnesota lost to FCS teams for goodness sake. What benefits the conference more would be to take care of business in the bowl games.
I think
if had help OSU to 7 or 14, we would be in the BCS already. Beating OSU was nice, but the game was far too close against a struggling 6-6 OSU (granted with all the Tats crew back for our game - but the national media overlooks that). Bottom line: to be a clear BCS bowl contender, we needed to take care of business against Iowa, and more convincingly over Ohio State.
If we played a night game
If we played a night game against Sparty there wouldn't be a single MSU fan at the game because they'd all be passed out.
One year, the MSU SigEps came to our house to party before the game. They got there at 7 am, called us all pussies for not being drunk yet, and by 1130 they were passed out in different parts of our house/lawn. That was a noon game. If the game were at night I don't know what would happen. Wo knows, maybe they'd be up by then and could go.
LSU's non-conference schedule
LSU's non-conference schedule would disagree with you. There is a reason they are on the verge of getting their 3rd title in 8 years. In that span, they have scheduled OOC games against Arizona (home and away), ASU (away), Va Tech, Washington, UNC, West Virginia, Oregon, and Oregon State.
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Oregon and Va Tech are the
Oregon and Va Tech are the only two teams on that list LSU wouldn't be comfortably favored by every single year.
That's fine. The point is
That's fine. The point is they went out and played somebody who posed a challenge away from home. Very much un-like most of the B1G who schedules 4 games vs. MAC and 1AA teams every year. The OOC scheduling is starting to get better.
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Disagree
It appears that Saragin has a biased toward the B12 teams (and BCS schools). We can beat most, if not all, of them. We lose in the OOC strength by playing MAC teams.
LSU gets huge love for scheduling weak-@ssed PAC-10 teams. We should take the opportunity to play a home and home with 'Zona. It will be fun and we will gain some street cred.
Brian has done a wonderful job in his quest to play BCS teams in the OOC schedule. I just think that Alabama is a little too much for us right now. But what the hell........
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That is true
Also consider Alabama; they played Penn State in 2010 & will play UM in 2011. Imagine how UM will prepare during Fall Camp in 2011 when they know Alabama is the first game on the schedule compared to Western Michigan this year. I truly believe there will be a greater intensity that will spill over into the rest of the season.
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The reason they're on the
The reason they're on the verge of a title is that they won those games. The system is such that big five conference teams (no Big East) need to win out to make a title game. Resume is a tiebreaker.
LSU does the same thing OSU does. They play one bigger name a year out of conference. Michigan and MSU play Notre Dame every year. It's essentially the same thing except ND isn't ever really good anymore. Personally, I'd like to play ND somewhere around 2 of every 6 years and play some intersectional home and home games in the other seasons.
However, I'd boycott the SEC until they quit oversigning and I'd do it publicly.
LSU could lose
Good point. LSU could conceivably lose the SEC Championship Game and still make the NC game, due in large part to their aggressive schedule this year.
Yeah ...
playing all these home games in front of our fans AND our students really sucks! It also sucks that downtown business have to endure all those crowds eating and drinking and the football program really doesn't need the money. WTF are you smoking?
Go Blue!
No place on earth I'd rather be on a football Saturday than Michigan Stadium !
I mentioned
The revenue. Clearly you missed my point. I was speaking about the big ten and Michigan increasing their OOC games for multiple reasons. Not so u can drive to AA to watch a game. I was speaking of the long term betterment.
I can't wait for Michigan vs Alabama.
I'll try to get tickets for this game. Only a 7 hour drive to Dallas for me. It will be interesting to see how the team improves up through the bowl practices, next spring and summer camp. I'm excited to see how our team will measure up to the AL defense. We got a shot at pulling out the victory!
expect the best
how?
How does one go about getting tickets for a neutral site game? Does anyone know? I have been considering going, but wonder what the process is for their release and other things like that.
Next years schedule is
Next years schedule is brutally tough. Away games to Ohio, Nebraska, ND, Neutral site with Alabama. I think we need every home game we can get. Our SOS next year will be higher than this years, likely highest in the B10, No reason to complain.
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The Air Force Game
might be interesting as well...
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...to say the least,VERY interesting.
After a very phyiscal games with bama & nd (?),this one will be just as phyiscal if not more. Along with a different offensive set...makes it a very interesting game.
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I am really pumped for the
I am really pumped for the Bama' game, its right up the road from me. I am hoping the Wolverines can pull out a "W" against them. What do you guys think our chances of winning that game next year? I know that Bama' is going to lose a bunch off their roster next year.
I am really sick of the SEC nut swingers I am surrounded by and thier trash talking and lack of respect for anything that isnt SEC. It has gotten really old here latley.
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The key will be opening-game jitters/rust. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes will take it, I'm just not sure we'll be far enough along to take down Alabama. I'm also not sure how many players they lose next year, if they lose some on defense and don't have a home run hitter at an offensive skill position, it could be possible
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So you know that one young mr. hart should be their starting tail back.
Is Dee even back on the team?
Is Dee even back on the team? He left earlier in the year. Rumor mongering went various directions, but he did leave the team.
I thought they were starting
I thought they were starting him at corner? Regardless, highly doubtful a redshirt freshman coming off a ligament tear wins the starting job at Alabama for their first game. It will likely be sophomore Eddie Lacy, who's rushing for 7.5 ypc this year.
Well Richardson will be gone
Well Richardson will be gone and I'm pretty sure they lose a lot of their best defensive players. But Bama is Bama, They'll have 4 or 5 star replacements.
Without Trent...
they become more mangeable stated by Sam Webb on yesterday show...I concur with that thought. Trent plays like a man among hs players. Theres no stopping him when he gets it going,which is Bama bread & butter.
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Brandon has already stated
Brandon has already stated that it won't be MSU. With Air Force, UMass, Illinois as the other non-Nov home games, I'll guess no night game next year.
Will probably take a year off and have ND in 13 and PSU in 14. Would be nice if we could get the Nebraska game moved up earlier in the later years.
Why not air force? They're no
Why not air force? They're no slouch. That triple option is nothing to scoff at.
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Im actually
looking forward to AF. It should be a good game.
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I would like PSU in 14. That
I would like PSU in 14. That would be a great scene.
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Spring Game
Probably not posted or even decided, but does anyone know the date of the Spring Game? Planning a family trip to see grandma and if I could start or end the trip in Ann Arbor, it would be tremendous.
LAX is
playing 14APR so its not then.
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It actually is April 14,
It actually is April 14, although the time is TBD.
spring game at night
OMGZ
April 14
I'm pretty sure that it is 14 April, because Michigan wants to set the record for lacrosse attendance, and it is an easy trick to add to the attendance numbers by having a doubleheader with the spring football game.
I agree with DB here. You
I agree with DB here. You shouldn't have a night game just for the sake of having a night game. Sparty would make the most sense. After reading the Detroit News article I don't think he's ruled that out, however, they will have to look at it from every angle and in different ways than they did with ND because it's an instate rivalry that's turned nasty as of late. I would love to see UTL II vs. sparty but I am not going to get my hopes up.
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Hmmm
For once, I agree with David Brandon. There is no way Sparty fans can be trusted not to turn Ann Arbor into a criminal cesspool if the MSU game is played at night. Besides, the entire square mile around the stadium would reek of stale beer and urine for weeks.
The Alabama game will likely be a night game. Did Brandon say he wanted a HOME night game a year?
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