Michigan's 2011 Conference Schedule
It's been announced: the division are as below. The schedule has also been released:
10/1 – Minnesota
10/8 – @ Northwestern
10/15 – @ Michigan State
10/22 – BYE
10/29 – Purdue
11/5 – @ Iowa
11/12 – @ Illinois
11/19 – Nebraska
11/26 – Ohio State
Doom partially averted.
UPDATE: 2012, by the way:
9/29 – BYE
10/6 – @ Purdue
10/13 – Illinois
10/20 – Michigan State
10/27 – @ Nebraska
11/3 – @ Minnesota
11/10 – Northwestern
11/17 – Iowa
11/24 – @ Ohio State
Looks like they're trying to make an important divisional game the second-to-last one of the season. By virtue of dodging Penn State and Wisconsin the next two years, Michigan is set up with pretty easy schedules.
UPDATE II: Sadly, "basketball will chart its own course."
September 1st, 2010 at 7:36 PM ^
September 1st, 2010 at 7:49 PM ^
WI
OSU
MN
MSU
NW
PSU
UM
IA
September 1st, 2010 at 8:25 PM ^
Wow. Welcome to the Big 10, Huskers!
September 1st, 2010 at 7:37 PM ^
September 1st, 2010 at 7:39 PM ^
So do we.
September 1st, 2010 at 7:56 PM ^
Yes, but if the historically tough teams are UM, OSU, PSU, Iowa, WIS, and now NEB, we only play three of them (OSU, Iowa, NEB) and Ohio State plays four of them.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:00 PM ^
And in two years Nebraska rotates off for them, while we rotate on Wisco and Penn State.
September 2nd, 2010 at 1:18 PM ^
True enough, but 2011 is a particularly good year for us to catch a break. I will happily pay it back with a tougher schedule once our machine is running full steam again.
September 1st, 2010 at 7:49 PM ^
no more Wisconsin or Penn State?
September 1st, 2010 at 7:59 PM ^
Subject heading says it all. Penn State and Wisconsin will rotate back on the schedule in 2013. Probably replacing Illinois and Purdue who will come off the schedule for 2013 and 2014.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:01 PM ^
Do they rotate on together or separately? If it's together were going to have some brutal schedules every couple of years.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:16 PM ^
I have no idea. Penn State, Indiana, and Wisconsin are off in 2011 and 2012. All three of them can't rotate back on after that because the Ohio State game is locked in. Normally I'd say two will rotate on and two will rotate off but that means we'd go 4 years without playing a team.
My guess is that a similar situation to the SEC is set-up.
Let's say we're Florida. Our protected rivalry is LSU.
2006-Alabama and Auburn
2007-Auburn and Ole Miss
2008-Ole Miss and Arkansas
2009-Arkansas and Miss St
2010-Miss St and Alabama
In effect, our schedule would be
2013-Indiana and Penn State
2014-Penn State and Wisconsin
2015-Wisconsin and Illinois
2016-Illinois and Purdue
2017-Purdue and Indiana
September 1st, 2010 at 11:19 PM ^
For some technical reasons involving home and road games, I think they would have to rotate together. I'm pretty sure that's how the ACC and Big XII do it.
For example:
2011 & 2012 -- Purdue & Illinois
2013 & 2014 -- Indiana & Wisconsin
2015 & 2016 -- Penn State & Purdue
2017 & 2018 -- Illinois & Indiana
2019 & 2020 -- Wisconsin & Penn State
Or something like that. Obviously, a 9-game schedule would change things.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:08 PM ^
Yeah, isn't it 2 of PSU/Wisconsin/Indiana? So it means we won't get one of them for four years.
September 1st, 2010 at 7:56 PM ^
oh boy time to clear the credit card for some big games!
September 1st, 2010 at 7:57 PM ^
Anybody know when you can place a deposit for season tickets for 2011?! MUST SEE...
September 1st, 2010 at 8:26 PM ^
Get on the waiting list today it is only ten bucks, I waited seven years for season tickets, however with the expansion and the record as of late it should not take that long.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:28 PM ^
I tried mgoblue.com and it only had 2010.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:32 PM ^
Go to mgoblue.com then click on tickets, then look for the season ticket waiting list. Don't quote me on the ten bucks that was nine years ago, but I don't think it is that much.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:33 PM ^
but it says even date 2015? Whats that about?
September 1st, 2010 at 8:35 PM ^
http://ev8.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3AUM%3AWL04%3AWL%3A&linkID=umichse&shopperContext=&caller=&appCode= Try this it should take you to the option of how many tickets you want to reserve.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:39 PM ^
or customer number? I apologize I'm new using this.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:40 PM ^
No I believe that is optional.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:00 PM ^
Ugh, as a season ticket holder it would have been a lot nicer to have OSU and Nebraska at home in alternating seasons.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:11 PM ^
I agree with this. Those years having both Nebraska and Ohio State away are going to be tough - I'm glad they're at home right after each other next year rather than away right after each other.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:04 PM ^
He seems to have the "Midas Touch" and has really built the Big Ten brand into arguably the most valuable and respected in the land. This, of course, ignores the slings and arrows shot our way from our neighbors from the Southeast.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:08 PM ^
Yeah, but he's basically responsible for the lack of a playoff in college football. To me, that is a prominent black mark on his ninja legacy.
September 1st, 2010 at 10:32 PM ^
although I'm not sure whether or not I agree with it, that Delany has simply been blocking a playoff until the Big Ten is in a better position to take advantage of it. Expand to hold a championship game, build a strong network to weaken the other conferences ... wait ... and once the Big Ten is rolling in cash, then decide that it's okay to have a 16-team system, figuring that it's much more likely the conference would get two or three teams in than in a weaker situation (no conference title game, fewer teams, less visibility).
September 1st, 2010 at 8:12 PM ^
I'm not crazy about playing Nebraska the week before playing Ohio State. But otherwise, not too bad of a schedule.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:16 PM ^
ticket package is worth its price in gold.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:24 PM ^
right now for 2011. They won't be available until after the 2010 season though I bet.
September 3rd, 2010 at 4:51 PM ^
Worth its price in gold? Haha I know what you mean, it's just funny phrasing. It would also be worth it's price in cash or wompom.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:26 PM ^
Did they say whether the cross-division games would have an effect on the championship game? Is it just based on your division or all 8 Big-10 games?
September 1st, 2010 at 8:47 PM ^
They didn't mention it that I saw, but it will be all conference games. That's how every other conference does it, and, if you don't count cross-division games, you don't really have a conference.
September 1st, 2010 at 10:17 PM ^
I know they were doing that a few years ago, with cross-divisional games only counting as tiebreakers. Do they still?
I tried Googling for the answer but ended up on some thread on Spartan Tailgate blaming Dave Brandon for that idea. Really? Did I miss that?
September 1st, 2010 at 8:18 PM ^
Generally, I'm pretty happy with this - and really glad that they've kept Michigan-Ohio State as the last game of the year. However, I was a little unnerved by the fact everyone (including Delaney) kept hedging whether it was going to stay that way. It sounds like after the next two years, they're going to reconsider the timing of these games... Sounds like we'll have to visit this ridiculous issue all over again. Ugh.
September 3rd, 2010 at 4:46 PM ^
by dreaming that in 2012 they're be working on addressing the schedule because a few more sweet teams joined the Big Ten...
September 1st, 2010 at 8:21 PM ^
Schedule does seem to favor Michigan but I'll miss playing Wisconsin and Penn State. I really look forward to those two games every year. I was really excited when Penn State joined the Big Ten and playing the big guys at Wisconsin is fun to watch.
Guess I'll need to look forward to playing one of those two in the Big Ten Championship! :)
September 1st, 2010 at 9:06 PM ^
We'll still play them 50% of the time. Note that they weren't protected rivalries to begin with.
September 1st, 2010 at 9:10 PM ^
But then we only own them 50% of the time?
September 1st, 2010 at 8:40 PM ^
Love it. Divisional Record solution worked. Delaney commit beyond 2012 pls, +1
2011 is going to be crazy. Incredible schedule. This year will be memorable because it's the last, but it's no longer a sad last. Very, very exciting change coming.
Brandon's pimp hand, yo? Be slappin'. He was right and we didn't even know it
September 1st, 2010 at 8:45 PM ^
Seriously, I can't find one.
September 1st, 2010 at 8:56 PM ^
Is it me or does the schedule look a lot easier with out psu and wisconsin in it
September 1st, 2010 at 9:04 PM ^
I can't wait to go to Lincoln in 2 years wearing my 1997 National Championship sweatshirt that's been gathering dust.
September 1st, 2010 at 9:26 PM ^
But it bears repeating:
DAVID. MOTHER. EFFING. BRANDON.
I go out for a bike ride through Ann Arbor for the first time, hear the marching band practicing in the stadium, think to myself, "Man, it sucks that we're going to lose that one big tradition..." as I'm standing in the shadow of the Big House, and then I come back to this.
Best night I've had in a while.
Seriously. David f'n Brandon.
September 1st, 2010 at 9:51 PM ^
I haven't read all the comments nor have I looked into the info myself.....does this mean that UM OSU can meet up twice? Sorry if this is ignorant. Just got home from work after a 16 hour day. Brain not functioning..thanks!
September 2nd, 2010 at 9:47 AM ^
The very next week.
Woooot!
September 2nd, 2010 at 10:38 PM ^
That would be crazy. Hopefully it happens sooner than later!
September 1st, 2010 at 10:09 PM ^
Am I the only one who thinks it's awesome that MSU got bent over on the schedule? They only dodge Penn State. They play @OSU, @IOWA, @NEB, Michigan at home, and Wisconsin at home. Not to mention they get Northwestern, too. Flip it in in 2012 except they still have to go to the Shoe.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ... I loves me some that.
Let's see how good Dantonio really is. MSU's bubble is about to burst like whoa.
September 1st, 2010 at 10:15 PM ^
Into woe. Either way, I'm good.
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