6 Michigan Football game times announced: Return of Noon games
Came out just after Coach Juwan Howard's press conference.
- 8/31 vs Middle Tennessee State - 7:30pm/BTN
- 9/7 vs Army West Point - Noon/FOX
- 9/21 at Wisconsin - Noon/FOX
- 10/5 vs Iowa - Noon/network TBA
- 10/12 at Illinois - TBA/ABC or ESPN or ESPN2
- 10/26 vs Notre Dame - TBA/ABC or ESPN or ESPN2
- 11/2 at Maryland - Noon/network TBA
- 11/30 vs Ohio State - Noon/FOX
That's a confirmed 5 Noon games before the season even starts where there are bound to be other Noon games announced as the other games approach.
I like it. I know people are mixed.
Noon games are better than M00N games.
Always noon, never M00N
I wish the Iowa game were at night instead of MTSU. I feel like we’re always at night in Iowa City. Might as well give them our craziest crowd
Half agree but it didnt faze them last time. Maybe trying to get them in a lazy performance on a Saturday morning will work better...
What didn't faze who last time?
night game atmosphere, vs Iowa
The defense may not have looked fazed by the Kinnick atmosphere but the offense sure did.
(To my knowledge Michigan has never hosted Iowa at night. Their last meeting in A2 was 2012 at noon in a 42-17 M victory.)
Dammit I keep thinking that game was at home but yes that was at Kinnick last time..moot point on my end...unless we hosted Iowa at night recently and lost but yea I don't think we have
Oh, it was very much at Kinnick. A car of four individuals, myself included, made the trek from west Michigan to Iowa City. Things started out loose and full of nervous excitement on a Friday afternoon and ended with six hours of mostly silent driving on an otherwise nondescript Sunday.
haha nice. I think many that made the trek had that unfortunate car ride back to Michigan.
I'm actually just north of Iowa City and if I'm not mistaken that was my first missed vs-Michigan game I've missed since the 90s (middle school) so that's why I confuse myself with that being an away game as I typically would've been at Kinnick (to top my confusion off, I actually went down to the MGoBlog meet-n-greet and drove back home for the game).
I doubt a homecoming game will ever be at night.
7:30 night game to open the year is awesome but also sucks because I’m gonna be so damn anxious all day because it’s basically the opener for college football.
I get to spend all of friday in Disney World now ! I'm thrilled I have till 7:30 to make it back to Ann Arbor !
Noon or Night or nothing, in my opinion...
:)
MTS at night?
Students and at least 40,001 season ticket holders will bail out at halftime
How did you like The Who at LCA. I went and thought is was fantastic.
It was good. It’s The Who. But they definitely don’t have the punch they used to. Even from a few+ years ago.
For some really old guys, they still sound rather good. Pete is still great on the guitar, but what really impressed me was how his voice has matured over the last decade or so. No, he can't hit the high notes like he used to (who can?), but the gravelly texture he now adds when he's singing lead is nothing short of awesome.
I wish they would just finally name Zak Starkey and Simon Townshend full members of The Who. Simon has been with them in some capacity I believe back to the 70's, and Zak has proven to be almost a clone of Keith Moon on the drums ever since he essentially took over for Kenny Jones.
First concert I've seen at the Pizzarena. They definitely got the acoustics right compared to most large venues.
ND as the other night game, fingers crossed
That Notre Dame game is going to be ESPNs marquee game. I’d imagine it’ll be a night game and probably will be the Gameday host. Super pumped for that night.
The student sections are half empty!!!
Maybe those are the students that care about Michigan football. I bet Michigan has students that don't care about sports.
Just awful. Warde giveth and Warde taketh away. MTSU is a night game, but Wisconsin and Iowa are at noon? Boo. Maybe ND will still be at night?
Warde has no controleth. It's all the TV networks dictating start times.
We wouldn't have had multiple night games in 2017 if he had his way.
We’re @ Wisconsin, but damn you Warde!?!?
That’s his fault too dang it. He should boycott the Big Ten until we only have home games. What a pushover. In fact, we should just fire Warde for being a pushover and then leave the Big Ten and that will show everyone! And then we’ll tell the networks what time Michigan wants to play because THIS IS MICHIGAN.
I blame Jim Delaney! Let’s all blame Jim Delaney!
I can’t remeber ever missing a game as a student - through all my tours in A2. Today’s kids ... I shake my head. Social media, video games, and general lack of enthusiasm for sports. It is fascinating.
More pathetic than fascinating I'd say.
I like noon games. I like seeing the end of the 3:30 games and the night games.
7:30 MTSU is weird but being that it is August, that may be OK. I can roast the next week.
If no one shows up for MTSU, who cares? Love all the noon games.
Bring out the noon games!
Schedule reminds me of the 1980s.
So many noon games.
Approved.
I see they’re holding back the start time for the Rutger game... the suspense is going to kill me for the next 3 months!
I love noon games. A (very valid) reason to have a drink in hand at 6am, nap at 4, wake up for the end of the 3:30 games and watch the night games.
If you are going to have a random night game make it the first one. Openers are usually scorching hot.
I just want to win. I don't care if they play at 2AM.
For my family life with 2 kids under 5- noon or night is ideal so I’m all for this. 3:30 is terrible because it’s past nap time and right through dinner and often runs into early bedtime.
Nooners I can start at 1 or so on DVR and catch up live in the 3rd quarter. Night I can watch in peace live.
Really wanted Iowa at night. We've played ND at night enough. They haven't won here since 2005 either way.
As a night owl, I personally despise noon games. I’ll loose half a night of sleep every noon game. Sucks for me but whatever. How is this good for a national program when half your games are 9 am for for the west coast?
Opener at night is gonna be stressful and weird. No complaints otherwise as I am team 90% noon games and this follows that. Only one that I want to be a night game better be ND. MSU should be a 3:30.
The Iowa game is homecoming, I'm kinda surprised it's at noon. Isn't that usually a 3:30 start in order to get more activities done before the game?
Whatever the case, FUCK Iowa. Please beat them by 7 touchdowns. About 20 different things had to go perfectly right for them in order to get that kick off in 2016 and they ALL happened. Then because having Rutgers and Maryland in the conference is sooooooo important we have to wait three years to get revenge. Fuck Iowa.
Fuck the rivals and fuck Penn State goes without saying. But Fuck Iowa too.
Michigan has the largest alumni base, which is spread out globally. To me, keeping with this noon “tradition” is asinine and hurts the many fans that live on the west coast or abroad.
As a west coast resident, I enjoy noon eastern (9 AM CA) games. Gets the day off to a great start and allows me to get stuff done before the marquee games at 5 PM CA time. That being said, we plan to see ND and OSU in person. Last home game we attended was MSU at night during torrential rain storm and bad outcome. Hoping ND at night is the opposite experience.
I would've preferred Army at night, but whatever.
As a season ticketholder, I'm a big fan of noon games. You go to the game and still have the day to do other stuff, or watch other games. It's surprisingly easy to go to eat after them.
3:30 games take up your whole day, and afterwards, every restaurant in town is packed.
Night games have a cool atmosphere but are a pain in the ass to attend. Traffic afterward is horrid.
First game of the year I'm working is a night game....just.....great....ugh....
Noon games automatically kill a day of shit getting done around the house. I don’t want to start anything in the morning before the game or start anything at 330-400 in the afternoon. I will give my wife the heads up now so she can start planing for absolutely nothing getting done these days. Thanks OP!
I will probably have to watch a replay of almost every game because of my son's football and/or basketball games, my daughter's softball and/or volleyball games or church.