ND-Army to play at Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium will apparently host Army games 2010 (ND) through the 2013 seasons. Maybe it's just the NYer in me, but how awesome does a home and home sound with Army?
Link: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4336932
I think playing Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and national Reserve in football sounds awesome. It'd be a cake walk like ND's schedule...well except their games against USC and UofM.
that glass house you live in must be pretty strong to throw rocks like that.
Your schedule this year is pretty weak, Irish. I think you would agree.
What is the only team Michigan doesn't have a winning record against?
I believe it's Navy. Can someone verify?
That we have played more then once. Save the App. State and Utah comments.
Im pretty sure Michigan has a losing record against USC.
There are actually about five such teams. I know that we are 1-2 all-time against North Carolina.
(BTW, we're 1-1 against Utah. Don't forget about the 2002 game.)
I believe we've only played Texas once, and are 0-1 against them. Same with some other teams, but I won't get into details. I think the more relevant stat (that you are referring to) is probably our record against teams we've played at least 20 (or some larger number of games.)
I think it's ten games.
It would be fun to watch Michigan play either Navy or Army, and, to be perfectly honest, I would rather see this than a second MAC opponent/1AA every year. The fact that both teams are so disciplined would hopefully rub off on our squad.
Also, it is nice to see that the Yankees would use the facility for a football game, since the Old Yankee Stadium was so great due to the range of events that took place there (prize fights, football).
I'm happy about this. I like the traditional teams playing in traditional places (yes, I know it's new Yankee Stadium).
Irish, as always, you have a good point. Irish play a weak schedule and it should be noted, but we(sic) haven't exactly been bringing Florida State to Ann Arbor recently.
Would I like for Michigan to play a Home and Home with Army? YEAH, particularly if the away game is at Yankee Stadium. Nice national presence, the game would have.
If Army improves under Rich Ellerson (which I have no doubt they will), then I wouldn't mind seeing Michigan play them in the future. But now? No.
Hell no, they're worse than Delaware State, and that won't change much under Ellerson, they can't recruit the same players as Navy or Air Force due to the deployments the Army's going through right now. At best they might win 4-5 games in a few years, but that whole program is broken.
I tend to agree with Eli Zaret, the beating we gave Navy in 1976 was disrespectful. Scheduling the service academies as cupcakes is borderline offensive.
I agree that it would appear disrespectful if Michigan were to drub on a US service academy as a matter of scheduling a cupcake game. That view on the matter is definitely a con in the pros/cons table.
A more positive view: cadets probably get fired up to play against bowl contending BCS schools. Cadets aren't typically guys who get the opportunity to go against the best out there. If I were a cadet, then a Michigan game at Yankee Stadium (or at Michigan Stadium), even if a drubbing, would still stand out as a pretty sweet notch in my belt.
I don't see it as offensive: just the opposite. I see it as a storied tradition program sharing the limelight with a service academy. Football fans can root for the underdog servicemen or root for the traditional powerhouse, but either way they'll enjoy a game celebrating great football and great kids.
of mine is a West Point grad and was on the faculty at the Academy when Army decided to drop its independent status and join a second rate conference that I think is now kaput. He said it killed the football program. The kids all wanted to play the big schools. They knew, for the most part, they weren't going pro so the games against the National powers were important to them.
FWIW, I believe Army has an open date at the start of the 10 season. Michigan could do worse than scheduling a service academy for the rededication of the Big House.
It was C-USA, and it still exists. I was a big fan of the idea of the service academies joining the Big East.