UPDATE: Michigan to open 2018 season AT ND, host them on October 26, 2019!
UPDATE:
Official release.
We open the 2018 season against them and then will host them in 2019.
ON OCTOBER 26TH
http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/070716aaa.html
2018 schedule
| 9/1 | at Notre Dame |
| 9/8 | OPEN DATE |
| 9/15 | vs SMU |
| 9/22 | vs Nebraska% |
| 9/29 | at Northwestern% |
| 10/6 | vs Maryland* |
| 10/13 | vs Wisconsin% |
| 10/20 | at Michigan State* |
| 10/27 | Bye Week |
| 11/3 | vs Penn State* |
| 11/10 | at Rutgers* |
| 11/17 | vs Indiana* |
| 11/24 | at Ohio State* |
| 12/1 | B1G Championship |
2019 schedule
| 8/31 | OPEN DATE |
| 9/7 | OPEN DATE |
| 9/14 | Bye Week |
| 9/21 | at Wisconsin% |
| 9/28 | vs Rutgers* |
| 10/5 | vs Iowa% |
| 10/12 | at Illinois% |
| 10/19 | at Penn State* |
| 10/26 | vs Notre Dame |
| 11/2 | at Maryland* |
| 11/9 | Bye Week |
| 11/16 | vs Michigan State* |
| 11/23 | at Indiana* |
| 11/30 | vs Ohio State* |
| 12/7 | B1G Championship |
Maybe they're changing the MSU or OSU game to a home game in even years starting in 2018? If not, then yeah, terrible.
So Michigan basically just paid $2 million dollars to play a road game and make the home schedule even worse for fans. Brilliant. If these reports are accurate, Manuel sure isn't looking too great right now.
Talk about getting screwed. Michigan gives up $2 million and a home game against an SEC opponent and oh btw... we have to play ND in South Bend in the same year we have OSU/MSU on the road. Warde must have gone to the Dave Brandon school of AD.
I think it's bull shit, but thankfully we have a coach who likes being challenged.
I'm skeptical of the verocity of this....
but what about the voracity?
that they have to give UM the last home game or charge them a fortune in backing out of said clause
before we bomb Warde's inbox and look like fools
I sent a nice email when we didn't get a night game this year and I will email again if this is actually the final schedule for '18 & '19.
Edit: I sent an email with no swears but there was not a pleasant tone to it. Unbelieveable.
Did we hire Hoke as the AD???
THAT'S CRAZY TALK! MY TORCH IS ALREADY LIT!!!!
True. Plus, 2019 will be nice having all three at home.
are replacing an SEC opponent in the Big House with a road game at ND. The AD is paying 2 million dollars to Ark to fuck over the fan base and make Michigan look like ND's bitches. Why would we be mad?
"UNDEFEATED AT HOME 2018!!!" Lol
Its an unnecessary self inflicted hurdle. Manipulating the schedule is part of the game. We keep doing things to ensure things are harder, not easier.
You must be new here....
Why make your schedule that much more difficult by playing all three rivals on the road?
On top of that, how is it fair to your loyal season ticket holders to give them the shaft every other year and not have one really meaningful home game on the schedule? You ought to have at least one rival come to your stadium every year.
Unless Warde knows something we don't (i.e. something like MSU having to play in Ann Arbor two years in a row to make up for that crap DB put us through), then he whiffed BIG TIME on this one.
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Yeah so I hope we fucking win something in a 2016, because we won't be winning anything in 2017 and 2018.
Also can we seriously cancel that stupid fucking neutral site game in 2017.
Gene Smith must be feeling pretty left out with Michigan tossing out free visits to rivals left and right.
Now that I've seen the details, I definitely don't like this. Pay $2 million to switch from a home game to an away game (and 2 in a row at Notre Dame, on top of it)?
This sucks.
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Because there are more considerations than just what the fans want? It's probably best to reserve judgement until we get the full story, and details that went into the decision.
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We have them now, and he very much looks like one.
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Read your guard. But I assume it's because we are old. Reminds me of the 80's and 90's. Our home schedule, without OSU, was horrendous. (Because everyone else in the BIG 10 sucked rocks, except for Iowa now and then.) We destroyed people and guess what- games were just as fun! But I go to hang with my family, have some good food and drink and watch my favorite team.
Stupid, stupid, stupid!
Fuck it. Let's just scrap all the games at the big house and play at South Bend every year.
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Switching MSU would be something that would make this better, but I still don't see why it'd be dependent on the ND series. I'd also be shocked if Manuel ever pulled the Spartan swap off, mainly because it would have to involve multiple B1G teams to keep the overall balance.