Michigan trying to cancel Washington series in 2020-21
Buzz going around on Twitter right now.
Michigan was set to travel to Husky Stadium to open the 2020 season with a return game in what would be the 3rd game of the 2021 season against the old Rose Bowl rival.
Michigan is scheduled to play Virginia Tech at home on 9/19/2020 and on the road on 9/11/2021.
UM has been asking out for a while. Big $ penalty if they pull out. Nothing has changed at this point. Still on. https://t.co/G7znqTEbxD
— Dave Softy Mahler (@Softykjr) April 25, 2017
Would love to play Clemson in those slots. Tailgating at a whole different level vs. at UW. A true national game. Get on board.
April 25th, 2017 at 10:12 PM ^
April 26th, 2017 at 12:18 AM ^
If this is being done in service of the fig things that's not a great look.
Right, UW would be left with 0 P5 opponents just like Arkansas and we won't be able to schedule anyone worth a damn going forward. Also we'll have no room to complain if say Texas or OU cancel on us
Please don't hurt us, Vlad.
Hack Ohio and make all their pop machines shoot poop!
April 25th, 2017 at 10:07 PM ^
Warde should not bother paying the penatly now.
That was something I was eye balling to make a trip to Seattle never been.
With the way things are unfolding, Virginia Tech & Washington could both be potential Top-15 teams. Having both of those on your non-conference schedule does not make sense in the CFP era we live in now.
April 26th, 2017 at 12:22 AM ^
Yeah, it will have been 20 years since we were at UW in 2001. Well, I guess 18 since the Oregon game in 2003. Ugh. bad memories. Still, we were due. Very disappointing.
2020 B1G schedule has not been announced.
I won't be surprised if that MSU game is at home.
April 26th, 2017 at 12:22 AM ^
We don't play ND in 2020. Its Wash, Ball State, and VT. Notre Dame is '18 and '19.
Two road games against non-conference teams? That's extremely rare. I think the only times that has happened before were those two seasons we traveled to Hawaii.
F this decision. I want to win a national championship as much as the next guy. But I absolutely crave games like this. If it takes passing on great home and homes like this then I'm not so sure a national championship really means that much to me anymore. But you know what does, going to amazing regular season games like this every year.
go blue.
You'd rather play these games than win national titles?
Log off dude.
Yes. MAC games suck. Play the big boys when you're trying to be a big boy again. This is weak sauce and even if it's to pick up Clemson or something it's weak to re-neg. This was going to be a great mini-series for the fans...but fuck the fans, give em a fun wonderful matchup with Toledo to look forward to.
Harbaugh isn't afraid of anyone.
He pretty much restarted the ND series by himself. And knew full well that would mean all 3 rivalry games on the road in 2018.
April 25th, 2017 at 10:01 PM ^
Agree. But this isn't Warde's doing, he is clearly following the instructions of Harbaugh who for whatever unknown reason (as of now) wants to back out of this.
April 25th, 2017 at 10:09 PM ^
He also isn't stupid, which is why he asked Warde to get out of this game.
He came back here to win national titles, and not overloading an already difficult schedule helps get you there.
To win a national title you gotta beat teams like Washington and then some
Washington's OOC was cake last year. Nobody from the SEC every schedules tough OOC games and LSU losing in Lambeau last year is only going to solidify that. For years, Bama has been collecting rings by playing one good OOC opponent, and making the other three tomato cans
2012: Michigan & WKU / FAU / Western Carolina
2013: VT & CSU / GSU / Chattanooga
2014: WV & FAU / Southern Miss / Western Carolina
2015: Wisconsin & MTSU / ULM / Charleston Southern
I love seeing us play big time opponents too, but after one good opponent, you're just hurting your odds for a national title by setting up fun games
Hell, UW just made the CFP by having a non-con schedules of Rutgers, Idaho, and Portland State which is hilariously weak
April 25th, 2017 at 10:11 PM ^
No, they do not suck. They are smart because in the era of 85 scholarships and conference title games and two more CFP games players get beat to shit every week. The B1G schedule is difficult enough as it is. We get to the CFP, people will get the games they want. All this bitching is ridiculous.
April 26th, 2017 at 11:43 AM ^
Here are your big time matchups: Ohio State, Penn State, MSU, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and one marquee OOC game. You sound like an unrealisitc whiny bitch.
The odds that this game or any other would cost us the national title are slim and none
lol, go fuck yourself you fucking clown
I want to play with the Huskies....
Booo, I was planning to drive up to Seattle for that game! Maybe they can do a home and home with Oregon State instead (and effectively make it a 2-for-1 after the 2015 game) so I don't even have to drive.
April 25th, 2017 at 10:04 PM ^
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April 25th, 2017 at 10:13 PM ^
They better not cancel it. I've already got plans to host a bunch of friends for this game out here in Seattle. Obviously I'm what's most important. I'll be very disappointed if Warde doesn't consider my plans 3 years from now.
April 25th, 2017 at 10:14 PM ^
they are in versus picking a conference based upon the sport ... And everyone acccepting this as ok because why ... play Washington.
April 25th, 2017 at 10:16 PM ^
The 9-game schedule was announced April 2013.
The Virginia Tech series was announced May 2013.
The Washington series was announced August 2014.
Two months later Brandon was gone. Although this feels more like Hoke, or rather the combination of the two. Hoke wanting strength of schedule and Brandon wanting the extra television money.
I kind of think this is a bullshit rumor. Arkansas was understandable -- the only way to get ND back on the schedule immediately.
UCLA, Texas, and Oklahoma are scheduled over six years starting in 2022. So if they really only want to play one P5 game per year, they won't see ND again until 2028 at the earliest. Hard to imagine Harbaugh being okay with that.
April 25th, 2017 at 10:18 PM ^
This is lame. I hate watching cupcake matchups. All games should be against similar level talent. I know not everyone agrees with this but oh well. Washington vs. Michigan or some crappy mid-major type school? Pretty easy call as a college football fan.
April 25th, 2017 at 10:23 PM ^
I'm fine with this. Other than seeing UM locally there is no point to playing so many power 5 games. It's also nice to not have 10 months of gray Seattle weather anymore. Love the city but it was depressing.
April 25th, 2017 at 10:30 PM ^
April 25th, 2017 at 10:35 PM ^
If/when the CFP playoff committee selects a two loss team or two teams from the same conference I'll put some stock into this. Until then? No way in hell.
If it's 2 from the same conference that's the concern, losing to UW will mean nothing. We'd have to beat Ohio (technically and not just spotgate) whether UW is on the schedule or not
April 25th, 2017 at 10:36 PM ^
April 25th, 2017 at 10:47 PM ^
Who are about an extra P5 game when we play the likes of Rutgers, Purdue, Illinois, Indiana (probably sucks now with Wilson), and MSU :) ?
They are just as bad if not worse than teams like Western, Cental, Ohio, and Eastern