2020 & 2021 Michigan Football schedules announced: B1G schedule still not fixed
Ugh
https://twitter.com/umichfootball/status/907680743484280832
2020
Date | Opponent |
9/5 | at Washington |
9/12 | vs Ball State |
9/19 | vs Virginia Tech |
9/26 | vs Wisconsin** |
10/3 | vs Penn State* |
10/10 | at Michigan State* |
10/17 | at Minnesota** |
10/24 | vs Purdue** |
10/31 | Bye Week |
11/7 | vs Maryland* |
11/14 | at Rutgers* |
11/21 | vs Indiana* |
11/28 | at Ohio State |
B1G Championship (Indianapolis, IN)^ | |
12/5 | TBD |
College Football Playoff^ | |
1/1 | Rose Bowl OR Sugar Bowl |
1/11 | National Championship |
2021
Date | Opponent |
9/4 | OPEN DATE |
9/11 | at Virginia Tech |
9/18 | vs Washington |
9/25 | vs Rutgers* |
10/2 | at Wisconsin** |
10/9 | at Indiana* |
10/16 | vs Michigan State* |
10/23 | Bye Week |
10/30 | at Nebraska** |
11/6 | vs Northwestern** |
11/13 | at Penn State* |
11/20 | at Maryland* |
11/27 | vs Ohio State* |
B1G Championship (Indianapolis, IN)^ | |
12/4 | TBD |
College Football Playoff^ | |
12/31 | Orange Bowl OR Bowl TBA |
1/10 | National Championship |
Keep in mind, the word is that Warde is looking to cancel the Washington series.
September 12th, 2017 at 3:08 PM ^
I would rather have PSU/OSU balanced one home / one away than MSU/OSU
September 12th, 2017 at 3:15 PM ^
We used to have OSU home in odd years and both MSU and PSU home in even years, which is the best possible situation both for ticket sales and for balancing of game difficulty. It was taken away for no real apparent reason, other than the rest of the B1G wanting to screw Brandon over (ok, 1 good reason). The addition of ND on the schedule just exacerbates the situation.
September 12th, 2017 at 3:41 PM ^
The schedule OSU has now is the one Michigan fans want. OSU has the exact setup you describe. Only one team could get that schedule with division realignment, and B1G office did them a favor methinks.
September 12th, 2017 at 4:43 PM ^
One had nothing to do with the other. They could have simply kept alternating our games with MSU and switched both schools home and aways with Maryland.
September 12th, 2017 at 4:47 PM ^
That's what happens when you have Gene Smith on one side and Dave Brandon on the other.
Gene Smith is a powerful, yes...even respected AD. Dave Brandon is a pizza and kids toys salesman.
I don't think it goes down like this if Warde was in charge. He doesn't have the juice of Gene Smith or Mark Hollis or Jim Phillips, but it's not a route. In the athletics administration world, Manuel, Alvarez, Kevin Anderson and Sandy Barbour are right there behind those 3. In fact now that I think about it...the B1G may have the most powerful group of ADs in the country next to the SEC.
September 12th, 2017 at 5:39 PM ^
You don't think the meltdown at MSU has affected his influence?
September 12th, 2017 at 6:29 PM ^
Maybe not much left...but 85% of the ADs in the country would be fired or on the hottest of hot seats.
I'll give you another name. Ross Bjork at Ole Miss. Powerful, I don't know if respected is the right word, but was considered one of the best the business.
Look at what he's facing and no one is really calling for his job. JUICE.
Gene Smith went through all of the stuff at OSU and came out just fine.
There are probably 20-25 ADs in the country with some serious, we run athletics, type pull. All 3 of those men are on that list.
Smith is sliding now because he's closest to retirement. But there was a time where he was right there in the mix with everything. Even with all the stuff taking place at OSU which seemed to get an incredible amount of media attention at the time. Much more than MSU has gotten. I'd say more than Ole Miss has gotten as well to be honest.
September 12th, 2017 at 3:09 PM ^
to ask, but what is "not fixed" about them? That they didn't give us back to back home games against MSU? Did you really think that was going to happen?
September 12th, 2017 at 3:27 PM ^
That we play both rivalry games at home/on the road in the same year.
September 12th, 2017 at 3:33 PM ^
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September 12th, 2017 at 3:58 PM ^
I thought you guys were bemoaning the fact that our one, TRUE rival - Illinois - is not an annual game on our schedule.
September 12th, 2017 at 3:41 PM ^
MSU has the same problem.
September 12th, 2017 at 3:45 PM ^
Which is what's so ridiculous. It's in the best interests of both schools to get it fixed.
September 12th, 2017 at 4:53 PM ^
getting moved to the west division. They may have to wait until the next round of expansion.
September 13th, 2017 at 8:43 AM ^
September 12th, 2017 at 5:17 PM ^
It would require MSU to hand over another home game to Michigan, and that will never happen ever.
From a financial perspective, you'd think they'd just suck it up and deal with the split. Michigan Stadium largely sells out regardless of the opponent; Spartan Stadium had seats available even during the best years. Put Michigan and OSU on alternating schedules along with PSU, and you are going to have a much more consistent home slate that you can sell to season ticket holders.
September 12th, 2017 at 8:12 PM ^
Or we could play one game at Ford Field and then call it even.
September 12th, 2017 at 9:28 PM ^
Good idea.
September 12th, 2017 at 3:10 PM ^
2021 has 8 straight solid games - damn
September 12th, 2017 at 3:18 PM ^
Wisconsin, Penn State, @MSU all in a row. @Washington, Ball St, and VT to open the season right before that.
September 12th, 2017 at 3:29 PM ^
September 12th, 2017 at 3:30 PM ^
Important to note that Warde is looking to cancel that Washington series.
He should. There's no reason for that schedule. Dave Brandon, once again, is an idiot.
September 12th, 2017 at 3:48 PM ^
Can't disagree with this more. Playing Tennessee and Arkansas and Washington and Va Tech is awesome. Dumping all those games to wind up with mid-season games against Notre Dame sucks.
September 12th, 2017 at 3:55 PM ^
If Washington is taken off the schedule, look for the likes of EMU, Wyoming, or NM St to replace them.
September 12th, 2017 at 4:37 PM ^
September 12th, 2017 at 5:18 PM ^
September 12th, 2017 at 8:30 PM ^
Have to agree with SQ and WD here. Absolutely horrible downside to that schedule, very little upside.
That's the type of schedule that if things go wrong, then you could be so blemished that even if you win your P5 conference, you're sitting out come playoff time.
September 12th, 2017 at 9:29 PM ^
I'm not so sure the net effect on CFP chances is negative. If you lose a tough non-conference game on the road, that probably doesn't keep you out of the playoff if you win your conference. But if you play that killer nonconference schedule and actually win those games, maybe you get into the CFP without winning your conference (ala OSU last season)?
Either way, it's moe fun playing in the big games against the high-profile opponents. It's a worthwhile trade-off even if it does mildly hurt our CFP chances.
September 12th, 2017 at 9:31 PM ^
Notre Dame plays that kind of schedule, yet we are always on their case about "ducking out of the Big Ten."
Seems like they are stepping up. If they can do it we can do it.
September 12th, 2017 at 4:20 PM ^
Why should he cxl it? I'm sure our coaches and players aren't scared like you are WD...
September 12th, 2017 at 4:36 PM ^
Is it still just that one random Washington radio guy that said this?
September 12th, 2017 at 4:45 PM ^
when we only had an 8 game conference schedule. 2 tough non-conference games out of 4 sounds pretty good.
September 12th, 2017 at 5:28 PM ^
September 12th, 2017 at 6:10 PM ^
Even cancelling Washington would still result in at least six road games in 2021, unless VT was amenable to a swap. I know the new AD wanted 7 home games minimum per year.
(P.S. I said 7 straight years of Wisconsin in a prior post; that should say 6)
September 12th, 2017 at 6:10 PM ^
Michigan should play all comers. The tougher the schedule, the better. I'm not the least bit interested in trying to take the easy way to a playoff appearance. Let lesser schools (like Washington last year) do that.
Michigan doesn't need gimmicks. Michigan's out-of-conference schedule in 1997 was Colorado, Baylor, and Notre Dame. Sounds good to me.
Bring 'em on, line 'em up, and knock 'em down. I don't want to hear anybody whine about schedule strength when Michigan wins the title.
September 12th, 2017 at 6:32 PM ^
September 12th, 2017 at 8:01 PM ^
YEah, watching a Michigan game in Husky stadium would just be brutal. Watching an entertaining game against an interesting opponent....awful. This is likely to put Notre Dame on the schedule and....uh...fuck that, I'm tired of losing interesting non-conference games to the greater glory of a school that thinks nothing of screwing over Michigan every chance it gets.
September 12th, 2017 at 4:16 PM ^
September 12th, 2017 at 6:17 PM ^
How long have you been a Michigan fan?
...
1988: @ND, Miami (FL), Wake Forest
1989: ND, @UCLA, Maryland
1990: @ND, UCLA, Maryland
1991: @BC, ND, Florida State
1992: @Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Houston (SWC)
1993: WSU, @ND, Houston (SWC)
1994: BC, @ND, Colorado
1995: UVa, Memphis, @BC, Miami (OH)
1996: @Colorado, BC, UCLA
1997: Colorado, Baylor, @ND
This used to be the norm (1995 excepted). Cupcake scheduling started under Moeller and accelerated under Carr.
September 12th, 2017 at 6:10 PM ^
Huh? How do you know what teams are going to be solid in 2021?!
September 12th, 2017 at 3:12 PM ^
Why are we still playing Wisconsin every year? That's such a competitive disadvantage relative to OSU and PSU.
September 12th, 2017 at 3:16 PM ^
My guess is they wanted to do a full rotation of the other 6 B1G West teams home and away. I think they will for sure rotate off in 2022, and if they keep the same structure, Nebraska or Iowa will probably take their place for the following 6 years (2023-2028).
September 12th, 2017 at 3:35 PM ^
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September 12th, 2017 at 3:32 PM ^
Meanwhile we'll never play Illinois again.
September 12th, 2017 at 3:36 PM ^
2019 we head to Champaign for the first time in what will be 9 seasons.
The freshmen on that team were 10 the last time we played there. If you don't remember much from that game, I don't blame you because I don't either.
September 12th, 2017 at 3:41 PM ^
Shit, I remember wrecking Kurt Kittner and company like it was yesterday.
September 12th, 2017 at 4:03 PM ^
I didn't even realize that the 2010 game - which I attended with my wife, 2 brothers-in-law, wife's cousin, and wife's friend and husband, all of whom attended U of I - was the last time Michigan played in Champaign.
That was a miserably cold day, but the right outcome (and copious amounts of watered down hot chocoloate) kept me warm.
September 12th, 2017 at 4:34 PM ^
That was 2011 you mean. 2010 was the 67-65 game at home.
September 12th, 2017 at 5:56 PM ^
yeah, 2011. when you get to be my age, you'll understand.
September 12th, 2017 at 6:33 PM ^