What game in 2016 do you want to be the night game?

Submitted by ThadMattasagoblin on

PSU, Wisconsin or both? Hawaii? I'd go with Wisconsin if I was forced to choose since it should be a harder game than PSU and we already played Penn State under the lights.

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Frank Drebin

December 23rd, 2015 at 2:22 PM ^

I have read before, both here and on other boards, that the problem with retiring Woodson's #2 was the fact that he didn't graduate. No idea if this was speculation, or an actual requirement, but he would be the first player not to have graduated to have his number retired iirc.

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LDNfan

December 24th, 2015 at 3:52 AM ^

PSU being a dumpster fire might be a good reason to play them at night...thumping a historically name program with strong east coast recruting ties in a nationally televised night game would feel goooood :)

Seriously, I suspect UM faces PSU much more on the recruiting trail than Wisc so beating them up with all the recruits watching would be my preference. 

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Moonlight Graham

December 23rd, 2015 at 10:24 AM ^

2016: Wisconsin

2018: Nebraska

2020: Virginia Tech

2022: UCLA

2024: Texas

2026: Oklahoma

You could do odd years as well, but that would put the early October game with MSU squarely into play. If they're trying to avoid a Sparty night game, the 2017 schedule sets up so that if they wanted to go with every-year-night-games, that MSU game would unavoidable (there's nothing else in September or October that makes sense). However that would also get you a nice game with Iowa in 2019 and Washington in 2021. Home schedule for 2023 and 2025 have not been determined yet. 

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UM Fan from Sydney

December 23rd, 2015 at 12:24 PM ^

Why not?

I'm assuming you will say something like, "because that is not a big game or worthy opponent for a night game."

I don't understand this thinking. Why does every night game in Ann Arbor have to be some huge event against a marquee team? To me, playing at night is just another time of the day. I, for one, would love to see Michigan beat the crap out of someone (in this case, Hawaii) on national TV at night.

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schreibee

December 23rd, 2015 at 2:29 PM ^

Having read many of your comments over the past few months, I'd say there's a lot about Michigan Traditions and attitudes you do not get.

Maybe it's being from an upside down Hemisphere?

Or is it because our "night" is actually your "morning" 2 days hence?

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UM Fan from Sydney

December 23rd, 2015 at 11:15 PM ^

This kind of ancient thinking is exactly why M will not have more night games on a consistent basis. You mention being at night having a better atmosphere and to have more home field advantage. Why would you not want that against EVERY team we play at home? Also, why can't Michigan stadium have the same loud crowd every game that we get for nigbt games? It is insane to me that the crowd is not the same for every game. We have the largest stadium, mate. There is NO excuse to not have the loudest crowd. Spare me the "it is because the sound goes up" excuse because I do not buy that.

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snarling wolverine

December 23rd, 2015 at 11:33 PM ^

Night games pose a lot of hassles for fans at the stadium that day games do not.  If you drive a long distance to get to Ann Arbor, you've got to decide to either get a hotel or drive long into the night afterwards.  For all that, it'd be nice to play a good opponent.

 

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Avon Barksdale

December 23rd, 2015 at 10:33 AM ^

I hope we play both at night. Back-to-back night games at The Big House would be fantastic. I know we play the #3, #5, and #7 teams in the country on the road next year, but I really like the way our schedule shapes up.

Nine B1G games, we play B1G West favorites Wisconsin and Iowa in cross-divisional matchup, one Pac 12 home game, and we play eight total games at home. It should be a riveting success.

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