Did anyone look at the 2011 Football Schedule?
SIAP, but I just took a look at the schedule for the first time since the CC.
I have to imagine September 24th will be AWKWARD...can't think of an example of a HC of a major FB program playing his former team so quickly after his departure.
I know this game was added earlier this year to complete the schedule (and possibly as a favor to the Hokester), but this game has the distinct possibility of being a trap game...motivated opponent the week before the bye...
January 14th, 2011 at 8:22 AM ^
Two things:
- Yes, we have looked
- October 1st is not a bye. I believe we go to Minny.
January 14th, 2011 at 9:16 AM ^
I thought we were playing all intra-squad games leading up to 2012. Shit.
January 14th, 2011 at 8:23 AM ^
You are fucking with us, right?
January 14th, 2011 at 8:26 AM ^
It's going to be a tough game for many reasons. I think they return a lot of starters. Hoke joked around about buying this game out. Maybe he wasn't joking.
January 14th, 2011 at 2:10 PM ^
God help him get the support of the fanbase if he can't even face his old team. That game is a bellwether for the rest of the season and beyond. Think back to the MWC team we played at the start of 2008. It's an opportunity to show progress against an up-and-coming non-AQ team.
January 14th, 2011 at 8:27 AM ^
we have 8 home games in 2011 and six in 2012.
January 14th, 2011 at 8:28 AM ^
No, no one on this board has contemplated the near future of Michigan football. We were mostly talking about macrame before you got here.
Jiminy Christmas man.
January 14th, 2011 at 8:29 AM ^
Is there something cool coming up?
January 14th, 2011 at 8:30 AM ^
RUN OP RUN!!! You have vastly undestimated the intelligence of this board and they will now rip you to pieces!!! You should have known that this board realized this scheduling issue as soon as Hoke became a potential HC candidate.
I pray for your safety...
January 14th, 2011 at 8:31 AM ^
January 14th, 2011 at 8:32 AM ^
Do we play the school in Ohio or someting, I haven't looked.
January 14th, 2011 at 10:50 AM ^
I think our plans are to play them in back to back weeks at the end of November/beginning of December.
January 14th, 2011 at 8:32 AM ^
That title is fucking awesome.
Reponse: "No is it out yet?, Oh wow take a look guys these are the teams we play next season I guess. Cool, thanks OP..."
January 14th, 2011 at 8:34 AM ^
Yes, we have and I believe it has been discussed in a ton of different threads since Hoke was hired. It will be a good game, but I think we come out with a win because it's at home, we have the majority of our starters coming back, and because we have Denard as our QB. Plus, we will have an actual defense next year.
January 14th, 2011 at 8:39 AM ^
You mean, a defense that has players in all the gaps and, like, tackles? Cool!
January 14th, 2011 at 8:43 AM ^
I hope so! I have optimism!
January 14th, 2011 at 8:36 AM ^
wait, wait. um. maybe.
January 14th, 2011 at 8:37 AM ^
UM has a football team and they play football in 2011?
/ugh
January 14th, 2011 at 8:38 AM ^
The board shall now unleash snark because that's how mgoboard rolls. What a bunch of d-bags.
January 14th, 2011 at 8:40 AM ^
Now you're just being snarky about being snarky.
BE the change you want to see on the board, bro.
January 14th, 2011 at 8:47 AM ^
Touché.
<br>Takes one to know one. Pfft. :-)
January 14th, 2011 at 8:38 AM ^
SDSU is much improved under the tenure of Coach Hoke, but I imagine that Michigan will come ready to play and will handle SDSU.
January 14th, 2011 at 8:39 AM ^
I think that is why they submarined RR this year. They knew if he made it to next year he was going to win at least 10 games and beat at least one of our rivals. There would be no way we fire him after that. So they pushed Martin to retire...Lloyd got DB to apply and get the AD job (somebody he knew would fire RR)...Got former players to raise cain about RR and not being a "Michigan Man" B.S. and start the media shit storm. Then RR didnt do himself any favors by trying to change the D to the 3-3-5 and get killed in the big ten games with it. I am just sick of all the old guard at UM that are willing to sacrafice the university and our program to preserve their idea of what the university should be. Because they are destroying it.
January 14th, 2011 at 8:48 AM ^
Please, for the love of God, tell me that this was a sarcastic post!
If not, this is the most batshit crazy piece of tinfoil-hat-conspiracy-theorism I have ever seen on the Interwebz.
January 14th, 2011 at 12:04 PM ^
There was no
/s
at the end so that leaves only one option.
January 14th, 2011 at 8:50 AM ^
Okay, but anyone who can pull off a conspiracy like this can win the B1G!
January 14th, 2011 at 8:59 AM ^
Question, who really did the crop circles?
January 14th, 2011 at 9:22 AM ^
They're ok as long as we're in the Legends division. Or are we in Leaders...
<br>Wait shit no one remembers!
<br>
January 14th, 2011 at 9:32 AM ^
Dude. Come on. Its sooooo easy to remember. Just think of "The Victors".
"Hail, Hail to Michigan, the LEADERS and best!"
So naturally, we're in the legends division. Get it straight, man.
January 14th, 2011 at 12:05 PM ^
I thought we are in the Big Ten West.
January 14th, 2011 at 8:40 AM ^
January 14th, 2011 at 10:48 AM ^
And here I was just focusing on the overall grittiness of the roster and everyone's ability to just make plays.
January 14th, 2011 at 8:42 AM ^
Wait.. I thought Brandon cancelled the season after the RR firing due to an extensive and exhaustive coaching search. Good to hear though !
January 14th, 2011 at 8:44 AM ^
Yeah this schedule was set up to take Michigan to greener pastures IF Rich Rod was still the coach but now there is uncertainty. Will Brady Hoke be able to win more than 6 or 7 games this season? I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Things are looking optimistic. Denard's staying, Mike Martin is staying..maybe this means we wont suffer as much pain this season as the past three.
January 14th, 2011 at 8:54 AM ^
I'd say this is on par with that unintentionally-hilarious post that started with "Just got back from Wal-Mart with my new Michigan Shirt"...
January 14th, 2011 at 8:56 AM ^
Tell me OP, are you going to play that school from Ohio this year?
January 14th, 2011 at 9:01 AM ^
I don't know, I heard there may be a lockout. Something about players wanting money? I don't know. I wouldn't bank on there being a 2011 season.
January 14th, 2011 at 11:30 AM ^
at least we can expect to see the team from down there arriving to the stadium in new cars instead of the team bus.
January 14th, 2011 at 9:02 AM ^
They already came out with the schedule? I will have to check this thing out. Did anyone see that we are playing MSU in basketball this month?
January 14th, 2011 at 9:10 AM ^
when the hell did they announce that we are playing nebraska this year?????????
is it a home and home?????????
/s
January 14th, 2011 at 11:32 AM ^
Sounds "corny" doesn't it?
January 14th, 2011 at 9:10 AM ^
8-4 and 9-3 seasons are coming back. Oh yeah, and the usual disappointments of getting beat by teams we shouldn't. Welcome back to "3 yards in a cloud of dust". Again why does the Big Ten have problems winning BCS games? Hmmm....
January 14th, 2011 at 11:40 AM ^
The irony of this post lies in the signature.
January 14th, 2011 at 9:12 AM ^
at how freely people are willing to post their ignorance on the board.
"I have an idea - I'm posting it! New thread for my idea!"
No reflection, no literature review (e.g., check to see if it's already posted or has otherwise been thoroughly discussed), no thought-editing.
And it never ends either; no matter how many lessons are learned, this will continue. Marvelling indeed.
January 14th, 2011 at 9:15 AM ^
If that's a trap game we have hired the wrong coach and are on a downward spiral
January 14th, 2011 at 9:21 AM ^
The Big Ten Divisional Split actually changed the 2011 schedule a bit, I think to Michigan's favor (or not.)
This is the original schedule from May 2010:
Date | Opponent |
Sept. 3 | Western Michigan |
Sept. 10 | Notre Dame |
Sept. 17 | Eastern Michigan |
Sept. 24 | San Diego State |
Oct. 1 | Bye Week |
Oct. 8 | at Wisconsin |
Oct. 15 | Indiana (Homecoming) |
Oct. 22 | at Michigan State |
Oct. 29 | at Iowa |
Nov. 5 | Minnesota |
Nov. 12 | Illinois |
Nov. 19 | at Northwestern |
Nov. 26 | Ohio State |
This is the new schedule from September 1, 2010:
Date | Opponent |
Sept. 3 | Western Michigan |
Sept. 10 | Notre Dame (night) |
Sept. 17 | Eastern Michigan |
Sept. 24 | San Diego State |
Oct. 1 | Minnesota |
Oct. 8 | at Northwestern |
Oct. 15 | at Michigan State |
Oct. 22 | Bye Week |
Oct. 29 | Purdue |
Nov. 5 | at Iowa |
Nov. 12 | at Illinois |
Nov. 19 | Nebraska |
Nov. 26 | Ohio State |
(italics indicates a -- ugh -- Legends divsion game)
Basically, five games stayed the same (Ohio State, Minnesota, at Michigan State, at Iowa, at Northwestern), one opponent stayed the same, changed venue (Illinois goes from home to away) and two opponents (Wisconsin and Indiana) were traded for new opponents (Nebraska and Purdue)
It's sort of a wash. I don't know if we get "lucky" to miss Wisconsin and Penn State since PSU was off schedule anyway next year and Wisconsin's out, but Nebraska's in (I guess having Nebraska come to Ann Arbor is better than going to Madison) and Indiana/Purdue feels like a wash. Going to Illinois seems "normal" since it keeps it on rotation.
The sequencing is the interesting part, in that the Nebraska/Ohio State finale seems like a rough road, saved by the fact that they are home games, but really, Minnesota coming in with a new coach as well (Hoke and Kill, tonight on the NBC Mystery Movie!) to start the Big Ten season, then going to Northwestern, a place where Michigan does get a solid showing of fans might be just what this team needs to get off to a good start.
That night game, by the way, has the potential to be an Event.
January 14th, 2011 at 10:12 AM ^
I think the whole beginning of the season will be an Event with 5 home games in a row. We fans will be exhausted from the incessant tailgating, cheering and (hopefully) winning! I am looking forward to this schedule and think we could win 8.
January 14th, 2011 at 9:37 AM ^
a debbie downer, but looks like a 6-6 schedule for us.
Sept. 3 W | Western Michigan |
Sept. 10 L | Notre Dame (night) |
Sept. 17 W | Eastern Michigan |
Sept. 24 W | San Diego State |
Oct. 1 W | Minnesota |
Oct. 8 W | at Northwestern |
Oct. 15 L | at Michigan State |
Oct. 22 | Bye Week |
Oct. 29 W | Purdue |
Nov. 5 L | at Iowa |
Nov. 12 L | at Illinois |
Nov. 19 L | Nebraska |
Nov. 26 L | Ohio State |
So not much change at all.
January 14th, 2011 at 9:54 AM ^
Iowa loses a lot this year. I think they'll be a bit easier than you think. Illinois will be a tough game, but if our defense is respectable, our offense should be clicking by that point and I think we can pull out a win. I have to agree with you about ND, MSU, NU, and OSU, though. It'll be a miracle if he can pull one of those out.
January 14th, 2011 at 9:57 AM ^
put an auto-L next to illinois?