According to Larry Lage on twitter, ND has canceled the 2015-17 games with Michigan.
#NotreDame has notified #Michigan it is exercising a 3-year out in their contract, meaning their last scheduled game will bein 2014
A letter from ND AD Swarbrick to UM AD Brandon cancelling games in 2015-17 was obtained by AP through a Freedom of Information Act request
The beginning of the end
They are so cool. Nobody can
They are so cool. Nobody can come to their party. They party alone. that's how cool they are. I hate ND so much.
or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
If I understand scheduling...
...this doesn't give Michigan much time to try to line up big-name opponents for those years. I hope I'm wrong.
It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. -- Yogi Berra
Georgia looks free in 2015
Okay, you got my attention.
Okay, you got my attention. Geogia, LSU, Florida...a high end SEC team on the schedule would be sweet. I think you have to have at least one top 25 team in the pre-B1G schedule and beating an SEC team moves you up the rankings, losing doesn't do too much damage.
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A high end SEC team you say?
A high end SEC team you say? Has anyone looked at Alabama's schedule to see if they have an opening?
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I know you're kidding but
FYI Bama plays Sparty in 2016-2017 season so they aren't available.
I'd love to see another SEC team like GA though.
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I'd love to see us play an
I'd love to see us play an SEC team like Vandy...
Too Soon.
Too Soon.
I can only continue to reference the fact that I live in an onion factory.
I don't know this "Alabama"
I don't know this "Alabama" you speak of.
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You don't know Bama? They
You don't know Bama? They play in the SEC and are coached by a former MSU head coach... Mr. John L. Smith.
Hail.
By then, Bama will be
a NFL franchise, thus leading the way for Saban's return to the NFL
Do you mean Alabama Alabama
Do you mean Alabama Alabama or JLS's Alabama?
Lloyd Brady is my homeboy...for real he is!
Hey Georgia....whatcha
Hey Georgia....whatcha doinnnnnnnnn on Saturday, 9/12/15 to be exact? Well hurry up and let me know because I just got off the phone with Florida State, and Georgia Tech.
Touchdown Michigan!
I would love to see Georgia
I would love to see Georgia or FSU or any other high profile southern team take up this spot. How cool would it be to see LSU up in Ann Arbor at night
That sucks.
That sucks.
How convenient.
The last game played will be at ND.
"The Ruhr will not be subjected to a single bomb. If an enemy bomber reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Hermann Göring: you can call me Urban Meyer!"
That'll never happen.
Considering the first game when the series restarted was in South Bend, it's going to end in Ann Arbor. Even if that means Brandon says "Fuck you, next year is our last game."
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
I'm not sure he can
I believe 3 years is the max number for opting out of the contract.
I somehow have a feeling that
I somehow have a feeling that Brandon will not care. The contract likely has a liquidated damages clause in it that fixes the penalty in the event of a breach. This seems like something Brandon would be willing to sacrifice to end the series on his terms.
Oh, and good riddance. This ND series has grown tiresome, IMO. It'll never be like the 90s again, when it was at its peak. Times have changed.
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Doubt It
Contract probably says have to give at least 3 years notice to NOT pay a penalty.
"Better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football" -- John Heisman
Agreed. It has a 3-year
Agreed. It has a 3-year notice term, meaning they have to give 3-years notice prior to termination in order to avoid a penalty. But the penalty is probably a fixed amount that Brandon would be willing to play to end the series on his terms. I could be wrong about him though.
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god i hope so, brandon would
god i hope so, brandon would get $20 in the mail from me.
Seriously
Notre Dame? That kind of sucks. I understood that time were changing but I was looking forward to it for a few more years. Those were going to be some prime time matchups.
Looks like we'll be
Looks like we'll be maintaining out lead in the all time series record vs ND for quite some time.
Not sad.
I'm guessing they
Not sad.
I'm guessing they will continue to play MSU and Purdue though?
Purdue is only signed through 2014
They have an unsigned agreement to play through 2021 -
http://www.jconline.com/article/20120912/SPORTS020101/309120027/Purdue-football-Notre-Dame
To hell with Notre Dame!
To hell with Notre Dame!
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Enjoy the acc and the decent
Enjoy the acc and the decent into irrelevance. Fuck Notre Dame
Decent?
Decent?
Yea...
/can't even blame the
Yea...
/can't even blame the iPhone for that one
I think he means they'll be
I think he means they'll be decent but irrelevant, which sounds about right.
Exactly! That's totally what
Exactly! That's totally what I meant. Definitely not just the wrong word...
1. Decent is an adjective
1. Decent is an adjective that means fitting, appropriate or in good taste. To pronounce the word, stress the first syllable to make a strong (long) "e" sound.
2. Descent is a noun that means a decline or the act of moving downward. The verb is descend. To pronounce , relax the first syllable and stress the second.
3. Dissent as a verb means to disagree or to differ in opinion. To pronounce this verb, stress the first syllable and relax the second.
Oh oh oh
Do disentary!
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or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
uhhhhh
.... while we remain irrelevant in the Big Ten. Srsly, after the first three weeks of this season, can you REALLY say the ACC is more irrelevant than the B1G? At least they have FSU. We have... Northwestern! Oh, and Minnie!
Raise your hand if you didnt
Raise your hand if you didnt see this coming a mile away. Trust me MSU is going to be next and probably Purdue too. With USC Stanford, the service acadamies and five (to start) ACC games there just wasnt room on their schedule for three B1G games and the cupcakes they're going to need to play.
Fuck Notre Dame. Have fun playing your new tradional rivals Wake Forest, NC & NC State, Duke, Clemson, Virgina and all the other schools who have basically never played the Irish before.
Meh. I won't miss them.
This opens up the schedule to play some good teams.
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Just Me?
Once Notre Dame started the drift towards the ACC (i.e., all other sports apart from football), with the proviso that it would play five ACC opponents in football, did anyone else think that the slow erosion of the historic Big Ten-Notre Dame rivalries would start to occur? It is a bit of a shame though - a few of these games have been rather exciting, but the "let's just be friends" attitude they've always taken with the Big Ten has gotten old and increasingly irksome over time...so, au revoir, Notre Dame!
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Screw them! The B1G should've
Screw them! The B1G should've stopped scheduling them when they refused to join.
Thank you! Exactly my
Thank you! Exactly my feeling! Playing ND when they refused to join was kind of like beng the abused spouse who wouldn't leave, but made sure dinner was ready every evening.
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Right, so once we get really
Right, so once we get really good, they want none of us. That makes sense.
That's fine, we'll beat up on someone else then. We just need to beat them the next two years.
They are a bunch of pussies.
They are a bunch of pussies.
Won't be gone long. Like
Won't be gone long. Like others have said, there is too much to gain for both sides. Give me a low risk, high reward investment any day.
Obviously I can't start a thread, so no thread jack here--someone can move if need be. I know rollbamaroll.com isn't everyone's favorite around here, but they are good for a read on Tuesdays.
http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2012/9/25/3385526/its-meltdown-time-week-four
(No UM in there, so it's safe.)
cya
Won't miss them - wish this had happened years ago.
Also think they were really pissed about the UTL game - not only losing it but all the attention focused on the awesomeness of Michigan and Ann Arbor that weekend - they don't like playing second fiddle and they were relegated to it that day.
Anyone recall any classy shots of downtown South Bend during Saturday's telecast?
Inferiority Complex
In a way they have a similar obstacle that MSU has.
ND just never will surpass UM; they are so close with the Win total and Winning%, but yet there still is a glaring gap that separates them.
UM taught them how to play football. Literally.
"I give credit to God, first and foremost" - Denard Robinson #16
2014 Shanes Sophmore Year
Shane beats Gunner 42-0 in SB in the series farewell. I say then let's get a yearly series with Stanford that gets them to ditch ND. Not sure how we sell it to Stanford but it would be so nice to stick it to ND so they only get to Cali every other year for a beat down.
I will fucking cunt punt the next person I hear about doing something like that, and I don't give a fuck if you SOR me, I WILL FUCKING ASSAULT YOU.
Stanford. I'd love to see a
Stanford. I'd love to see a home/home with the Cardinal and perhaps getting a rivalry started.
Anybody else come to mind?
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