Who should replace ND in a long-term series?
Interesting poll on AnnArbor.com today asking who should replace Notre Dame (those weasely fellows) in a long-term series. Will that ever happen? Who knows, but certainly would be interesting.
Here's the link:
http://www.annarbor.com/mi/wolverines/2013/05/poll_who_should_michigan_repla/
Choices include:
Florida
FSU
LSU
Oregon
Stanford
Texas
UCLA
etc.
I'd vote LSU. What say you?
I was gonna go with sharks with lasers attached to their heads, but I smell what you're steppin in...
i would go with Florida or Florida State
It would have to be a location where many alumni could make the trek to the stadium. Why not Stanford?
I could be wrong, but it seems to me that recruits are paying more attention to the academic ratings of schools. In that case, since Stanford is a better school than Michigan overall (I understand there are certain programs that we rank better in, but it is virtual consensus that Stanford is better ranked than we are), Stanford will be a strong competitor for the recruits that care about football and academic quality.
I know that Stanford has been doing well in football recently (and have won the Rose Bowl in this century), but entering into a long-term non-conference rivalry with Stanford would grant them legitimacy that I'd rather they not receive.
Also, they're not a traditional power, and I'd love for us to replace ND with someone a bit more long-standing.
I'd be happy with Stanford (as well as Texas, LSU, etc.) but our alumni can travel anywhere. The atmosphere of a game at LSU would seem to be a lot more exciting than one at Stanford.
the majority of bowl games are going to be in the south, rutgers and maryland games are east, so it would be nice to get a bit of a presence for recruiting and alumni out west.
however, i think stanford's dance card is full, as they have ND and a 9 game PAC12 schedule.
Let's just talk Stanford into cancelling the rest of their series with Notre Dame then.
These are schools that I think are worthy of a long-term association with us, comparable in class and academics. Possibly Florida as well. FSU and LSU - no way. Oregon is comparable only in microbrews and weed.
Every year we should be playing a west boast school
I would rather have a rotation of higher level competition vs having one long standing series but I would say either Florida or Georgia would be a good series.
I would like to play a long term series with Wisconsin, Nebraska, Minnesota, Northwestern, or Iowa.
I hear he doesn't like to shake a hand.
I bet that bastard doesn't even tip.
Doesn't give enough scheduling flexibility to lock in an opponent now that we're at 9 conference games a season.
I personally would like to see a rotating home-home series across the 4 Pac-12 California teams though - this would mean that I can actually attend a few games now that I'm living out here.
Unfortunately the Big 10 already tried that and the PAC 12 sashayed out of the deal.
Well what he's suggesting isn't a full conference agreement, just Michigan and a few teams from the Pac 12. It certainly isn't unreasonable.
They must be chicken. Should we rename to Bawk-14?
I could go for that if a couple Bay Area teams are included. First choice would be Stanford, otherwise my regional pick would be Cal-Berkley. Think we could beat on ‘em 3 out of 4 years and get good strength of schedule from it.
would be the one that makes most sense. From the perspective of alumni, future recruiting on west coast, and it would feel like a little jab back at the irish if we could some how swing it.
I'd like it to be Stanford, with all the UM-grads in the Bay Area.
But to play along, I'd probably go with Stanford. Like institutions, across the country. Not sure I'd want to reward an every year battle to someone in the SEC, and when I think USC I think Rose Bowl. I guess we could play Stanford twice, as we've played them in Rose Bowls and it even happened once with UCLA, but everything else Stanford brings to the table would let me excuse it.
Texas would probably want a 2 for 1 or something demanding and ridiculous like they always do, and no one else really excites me. Really, someone like Nebraska or Penn State would have been a good replacement before they joined the conference.
How about Duke? If they won't play us in basketball anymore....
Talking basketball powers, I'd take Kentucky, if only to raise our batting average against the SEC.
Our batting average against the SEC is just fine. Before last year and the RichRod farewell Gator Bowl, we had won 6 of our previous 7 against the SEC.
We're pretty much the only team in the Big Ten who has favorable records recently against the SEC and favorable historical records. I think Ohio State is like 1-10 in their last 11 vs the SEC. We're the only one's saving the conference from total humiliation
Not true on Texas. They have 1:1 home and away scheduled with ND in 2015/2016 and 2019/2020. (might have years off by 1 but they have two home and homes) So it's doable even with a team from the north.
Of those choices, Stanford. Actually I like that idea in general.
Notre Dame has had some pretty hot women over the years and substituting them with some really hot Texas women would be fine by me.
I'm starting a PhD program at Florida State in the fall, so they get my vote.
Moar East Coast recruiting.
But I would consider Stanford if they canceled their series with ND to play us.
Stanford, UCLA or Florida would be my choices. Maybe Texas. They are in recruiting hotbeds, and are also good to great academic institutions.
rotating series with USC, LSU, Texas, Oklahoma
Least cheatin'est school in the SEC, huge fan base of FOOTBALL fans, excellent academics. Would love to add the Dawgs.