Chances That We Play Notre Dame in a Bowl Game
What are the chances that we play ND again in a bowl game this year? ND will likely be 9-3 and we'll be sitting at 10-2 or 9-3. UTL was a great, great game and the tickets would sell themselves. If we did play, any predictions on what bowl game we'd play them in?
And have we ever played ND in a bowl game before? If we did, how'd that game go?
October 17th, 2011 at 11:29 PM ^
You have a link, care to make a point with it?
October 17th, 2011 at 11:36 PM ^
You have a brain, care to think with it?
Posted a link to past Michigan bowl games because a question was asked about whether we played ND in a PAST BOWL GAME.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:42 PM ^
All you had to say was no, we have not played them in a bowl game before. No need to link every bowl game we ever played and ask people to scan it to answer the question,
October 17th, 2011 at 11:55 PM ^
Okay and yet with how much people bitch about not having sources, wheteher fact or not, once a person just links instead of speaking from memory he is chastized. This makes no sense.
Also, I'm sure it was so difficult to scan a quick list, or ctrl+f Notre, at 11:30 at night. It's a link that answered the question. No bitching was needed.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:32 PM ^
But I'm tired of all the talk about the MSU game, there's only so much you can talk about before you've heard it all. I figured it was a good thing to look at another topic.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:38 PM ^
Here's a topic: are race cars drivers with families irresponsible for racing at all? My wife says yes. I said there are lots of dangerous jobs, indy car racing among them. Still, you have to wonder. Another topic is this: why is professional wrestling popular? I don't get it. And why does anyone like country music? I don't get that either. Also, Frostys are disgusting. So are vegetarian hot dogs. Finally, how many people at any given time at any given Meijer need to lose at least 100 lbs? I'm talking percentages. I bet on average at least 34 percent. We will not play Notre Dame in a bowl game unless we don't play them in the regular season.
What will next year's score be in the opener against Alabama? There's another topic.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:49 PM ^
But my score prediction for the Alabama game? We win 14-10.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:51 PM ^
That's a bold call. Unless we can muster something miraculous I don't see us holding Alabama to 10 points, especially given our d-line situation next season. They will pound us.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:53 PM ^
Frosties are frozen chocolate milk. How could that ever be disgusting?
October 17th, 2011 at 11:55 PM ^
Something about the ice particles. It's unnatural.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:12 AM ^
Cooked meat doesn't occur in nature either.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:16 AM ^
fires?
October 18th, 2011 at 11:31 AM ^
Only you can prevent them?
October 18th, 2011 at 10:47 AM ^
WTF man? Are you going to start ragging on cheetos now? Frosties are delicious.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:32 PM ^
Rose Bowl: BCS
Capital One Bowl: SEC
Outback Bowl: SEC
Insight Bowl: Big 12
Gator Bowl: SEC
Meineke Car Care Bowl: Big 12
TicketCity Bowl: Big 12
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: MAC
October 17th, 2011 at 11:30 PM ^
I would peg our record as more 9-3 or 8-4. This would put us in the Outback/Gator Bowl territory where we will be facing an SEC team. The only way I see Michigan playing ND in a bowl game is if we are both picked for BCS games.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:56 PM ^
8-4? Who do you have us losing to? Purdue is basically a gimme, so that leaves 3 of Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, and OSU. Iowa and OSU both look bad and Illinois and Nebraska both look beatable. I have a hard time believing we don't end up with at least 9 wins.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:15 AM ^
Why everyone thinks Purdue is going to be a cake walk. They've played pretty damn well the past two weeks.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:02 AM ^
Let's take things one week at a time. Purdue beat MN about as badly as we did, and MN had their starting QB.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:32 PM ^
What are the chances that the OP will walk outside and be face-palmed by a microscopic piece of meteor debris?
October 17th, 2011 at 11:33 PM ^
They usually dont go for repeated games.
See 2006.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:43 PM ^
It's not actually as rare as you might think. Nebraska played Washington in a rematch last year (and NU lost despite being the superior team, losing me a ton of points with my bowl picks), and Purdue and CMU played a rematch in the Motor City Bowl a few years back. MSU is the only team to ever beat USC twice in a season, the last year they (MSU) went to the Rose Bowl--88 season I think.
But M-ND? Not a chance. They could only really play in a BCS game, and even if both teams miraculously make it, both would probably be the first picks to replace the SEC and Big XII teams that will likely make it to the MNC game.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:05 AM ^
It happened to Michigan once, in 1982. Michigan lost twice to UCLA, 31-27 in Ann Arbor in week 3 and again in the Rose Bowl 24-14.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:37 AM ^
It feels like Nebraska and Washington have played each other five times in the past year.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:39 PM ^
Tony Danza
October 17th, 2011 at 11:43 PM ^
the same odds of LeBron James winning a NBA championship.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:20 AM ^
in 4th quarter
October 18th, 2011 at 8:59 AM ^
But the odds of him winning free french fries from McDonald's...
October 17th, 2011 at 11:49 PM ^
Rather see VA Tech... Shut up my FIL.
PSU played FSU a few years back (BT-v-ACC) but I'm not sure how it came about.
October 18th, 2011 at 7:13 AM ^
A bcs game, iirc. I think the orange bowl. PSU must have been an at large.
October 18th, 2011 at 12:02 AM ^
FWIW (nothing) i'd like to see us play a non-spread team our bowl game. Mississippi State was rough last year. maybe a georgia tech or something. They're going to have a decent record, and watching Mattison vs. the traditional option would be fun, no?
October 18th, 2011 at 12:03 AM ^
played the mighty Big East Champion, how did they pull such a tough draw? I'd rather mix it up this year and not play an SEC team for once. Its tough enough to win against a fair opponent, but when your opponents recruit with cash, over recruit, and you have to play in their home state it makes it a tad unfair. Lets play UConn like Oklahoma did, or Utah like Boise ST did, or Va Tech like Stanford did, or Baylor like Illinois did, or Miami like ND did. If we draw an SEC team then why can't it be Kentucky or Tennessee like Pitt and UNC got? What? Georgia won their Bowl Game? Mighty UCF didn't upset the Georgia Bulldogs in last years Liberty Bowl?
/s
October 18th, 2011 at 12:36 AM ^
Notre dame team with 9 wins = BCS team
they never deserve it but there lies the rub...
October 18th, 2011 at 12:39 AM ^
What?
October 18th, 2011 at 1:28 AM ^
In the Rose Bowl.
October 18th, 2011 at 2:44 AM ^
At this point, we could be 6-6 or 11-1 at the season. Who knows.
October 18th, 2011 at 3:08 AM ^
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THE KNOWLEDGE
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October 18th, 2011 at 5:44 AM ^
"What are the chances that we play ND again in a bowl game this year?"
The limit, as our chances of playing ND in a bowl approach zero.....
"And have we ever played ND in a bowl game before? If we did, how'd that game go?"
We've never played ND in a bowl game, so it went splendidly.
October 18th, 2011 at 6:48 AM ^
For all the reasons listed above and the fact that both schools travel well. For a bowl game, a lot of the appeal of both UM and ND is the fact that their alumni and fans will travel to the games very well. Aside from our most recent games against Florida and Miss State, we have always sold out our ticket allotment (Notre Dame has as well). There is no reason to pit these two teams together as the bowl committee is determined to sell out the games. Yes UM-ND would ensure a sellout, but they do not need to pit the two teams together for said sellout.
October 18th, 2011 at 11:04 AM ^
Great point. We'd have to have a situation where nearly every traditional program held serve in their conference. Unless USC, Texas/Oklahoma, Miami/FSU, Alabama/LSU, M and also OSU/PSU are all in BCS games, the matchup definitely would not be worth it for the bowl to schedule M/ND.
October 18th, 2011 at 9:50 AM ^
they won't match us up against each other unless it's a BCS bowl, which is, fair to say, unlikely. If somehow neither team lost (except for Big Ten championship) the rest of the way, I could see a remote chance of Mich vs. ND in either Orange or Fiesta, but otherwise, probably not. The bowl games want to sell tickets, and Mich and ND travel so well that tickets will sell. Plus, we already played each other, and so ratings on tv won't be as good.
....what would you call the bowl game? Since we already had UTL, it would have to be the "Hey, it's daytime" bowl?
October 18th, 2011 at 12:45 PM ^