(07-07-2016 08:29 AM)goofus Wrote:  Say what you want about Michigan, but they are not running away from tough schedules.

In 2018, their cross-division opponents are Wisconsin, Nebraska and NW.

It's OOC games are Arkansas, Notre Dame and (for now) SMU.

Comparing that to, say, Iowa's schedule in 2018 is embarrassing. Iowa's ooc opponents in 2018 are NIU, Iowa State and Northern Iowa. I wish Iowa would schedule like Michigan does. At least after 2018, Iowa won't schedule any more FCS teams, which will help.

Oops, now Mich is dropping Arkansas from the schedule. I take back my praise of Mich's tough schedule. Serves me right. I should know by now, never say anything nice about Mich. Consistently the most over-rated team in the conference.

(07-07-2016 11:36 AM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  Notre Dame's current 2018 schedule:

9/1 vs. Michigan
9/8 vs. Ball State
9/22 vs. Syracuse
10/?(most likely the 6th) vs. Stanford
10/13 at Virginia Tech
10/20 vs. Pittsburgh
10/27 at Navy
11/3 at Northwestern
11/10 vs. Florida State
11/17 at Wake Forest
11/24 at USC

Notre Dame has fun national schedules. The only areas missing from the schedule are Texas and the Pacific Northwest.

(07-07-2016 12:06 PM)goofus Wrote:  

(07-07-2016 08:29 AM)goofus Wrote:  Say what you want about Michigan, but they are not running away from tough schedules.

In 2018, their cross-division opponents are Wisconsin, Nebraska and NW.

It's OOC games are Arkansas, Notre Dame and (for now) SMU.

Comparing that to, say, Iowa's schedule in 2018 is embarrassing. Iowa's ooc opponents in 2018 are NIU, Iowa State and Northern Iowa. I wish Iowa would schedule like Michigan does. At least after 2018, Iowa won't schedule any more FCS teams, which will help.

Oops, now Mich is dropping Arkansas from the schedule. I take back my praise of Mich's tough schedule. Serves me right. I should know by now, never say anything nice about Mich. Consistently the most over-rated team in the conference.

It's still tough. Michigan has Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Washington, UCLA & VT all on future schedules.

(07-07-2016 12:10 PM)Hokie4Skins Wrote:  

(07-07-2016 12:06 PM)goofus Wrote:  

(07-07-2016 08:29 AM)goofus Wrote:  Say what you want about Michigan, but they are not running away from tough schedules.

In 2018, their cross-division opponents are Wisconsin, Nebraska and NW.

It's OOC games are Arkansas, Notre Dame and (for now) SMU.

Comparing that to, say, Iowa's schedule in 2018 is embarrassing. Iowa's ooc opponents in 2018 are NIU, Iowa State and Northern Iowa. I wish Iowa would schedule like Michigan does. At least after 2018, Iowa won't schedule any more FCS teams, which will help.

Oops, now Mich is dropping Arkansas from the schedule. I take back my praise of Mich's tough schedule. Serves me right. I should know by now, never say anything nice about Mich. Consistently the most over-rated team in the conference.

It's still tough. Michigan has Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Washington, UCLA & VT all on future schedules.

A schedule with two P5 non-con opponents would be tough, but over the next 12 years, Michigan has only two such seasons.

(07-07-2016 10:43 AM)stever20 Wrote:  The thing is, with the schedules that ND has- it's going to be nearly impossible for them to finish undefeated- and a lot of the times with 1 loss. And ND with 10-2 record is going to have a tough time making the playoff.

If so, so what? How many teams really ever have a legitimate shot out of the 128 or so FBS schools, anyway?

(07-07-2016 11:25 AM)shere khan Wrote:  

(07-07-2016 10:36 AM)TerryD Wrote:  

(07-07-2016 10:15 AM)shere khan Wrote:  Yay. Dont have to worry about Notre Dame wasting a playoff spot for the next 10 years.

Nice try, troll. No sale, sorry. Try that somewhere else.

ND hasnt won a major bowl since 1991. What makes you think they can adding Michigan to their schedule. Lol

Heck AAC teamss have won 2 and the conf is 4 yrs old.

He wants me to feed the troll and get into some debate with him, plus sink to his level by reminding him that Memphis has never won a national football title and likely never will make the playoffs in the future.

I decline to do so. :)

(07-07-2016 11:58 AM)shere khan Wrote:  

(07-07-2016 11:36 AM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  Notre Dame's current 2018 schedule:

9/1 vs. Michigan L
9/8 vs. Ball State
9/22 vs. Syracuse
10/?(most likely the 6) vs. Stanford L
10/13 at Virginia Tech L
10/20 vs. Pittsburgh
10/27 at Navy
11/3 at Northwestern
11/10 vs. Florida State L
11/17 at Wake Forest
11/24 at USC L

The sad, lonely, angry life of an internet troll--The Shere Khan Story.

(07-07-2016 12:07 PM)chess Wrote:  

(07-07-2016 11:36 AM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  Notre Dame's current 2018 schedule:

9/1 vs. Michigan
9/8 vs. Ball State
9/22 vs. Syracuse
10/?(most likely the 6th) vs. Stanford
10/13 at Virginia Tech
10/20 vs. Pittsburgh
10/27 at Navy
11/3 at Northwestern
11/10 vs. Florida State
11/17 at Wake Forest
11/24 at USC

Notre Dame has fun national schedules. The only areas missing from the schedule are Texas and the Pacific Northwest.

ND started last season and begins this season with games versus Texas.

(07-07-2016 07:12 AM)TerryD Wrote:  Michigan, Notre Dame will reportedly renew one of football's biggest rivalries

There will be three years between Michigan-Notre Dame meetings with the Wolverines and Fighting Irish looking to play once again in 2018
by Adam Silverstein

@SilversteinAdam
5h ago • 1 min read

It did not take long for one of the most storied rivalries in college football to renew after what will be a short hiatus. Michigan and Notre Dame appear to be ready to resume a football series with an announcement scheduled for Thursday afternoon, according to multiple reports late Wednesday night.


Ryan Krasnoo @RyanKras
Michigan-Notre Dame football series is set to resume in 2018, per source. Official announcement expected tomorrow around noon.


11:28 PM - 6 Jul 2016
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Jay Sarkar @WLNSJaySarkar

Source: #Michigan and #NotreDame to announce their football rivalry series will resume play in 2018. Announcement expected tomorrow.
11:27 PM - 6 Jul 2016 · Lansing, MI, United States
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While there are no details yet as to how long this renewed rivalry will last, it is obviously great news for fans of both schools and college football in general. Most believe the agreement will be for a home-and-home series over two years in 2018 and 2019.

The Wolverines and Fighting Irish last squared off in 2014 with Notre Dame routing Michigan 31-0. The programs had played consecutively from 2002-14 and 42 times in total dating back to 1887, including 31-of-37 years since 1978. The three-year drought will be the longest in the series since 1943 to 1978.
Discussion for renewing the series has been nearly nine months in the making, according to UM coach Jim Harbaugh, who told MLive.com that he's been "on board fully since the inception" of talks.

Irish coach Brian Kelly said he was pushing for the games just as hard as Harbaugh. "I think I've made it fairly public that I'd like to see this game happen," he said.

Meh!
Regional contest......if that gets Notre Dame fans excited, the irish should join the B1G.

(07-07-2016 12:39 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(07-07-2016 07:12 AM)TerryD Wrote:  Michigan, Notre Dame will reportedly renew one of football's biggest rivalries

There will be three years between Michigan-Notre Dame meetings with the Wolverines and Fighting Irish looking to play once again in 2018
by Adam Silverstein

@SilversteinAdam
5h ago • 1 min read

It did not take long for one of the most storied rivalries in college football to renew after what will be a short hiatus. Michigan and Notre Dame appear to be ready to resume a football series with an announcement scheduled for Thursday afternoon, according to multiple reports late Wednesday night.


Ryan Krasnoo @RyanKras
Michigan-Notre Dame football series is set to resume in 2018, per source. Official announcement expected tomorrow around noon.


11:28 PM - 6 Jul 2016
523 523 Retweets 405 405 likes

Jay Sarkar @WLNSJaySarkar

Source: #Michigan and #NotreDame to announce their football rivalry series will resume play in 2018. Announcement expected tomorrow.
11:27 PM - 6 Jul 2016 · Lansing, MI, United States
256 256 Retweets 206 206 likes


While there are no details yet as to how long this renewed rivalry will last, it is obviously great news for fans of both schools and college football in general. Most believe the agreement will be for a home-and-home series over two years in 2018 and 2019.

The Wolverines and Fighting Irish last squared off in 2014 with Notre Dame routing Michigan 31-0. The programs had played consecutively from 2002-14 and 42 times in total dating back to 1887, including 31-of-37 years since 1978. The three-year drought will be the longest in the series since 1943 to 1978.
Discussion for renewing the series has been nearly nine months in the making, according to UM coach Jim Harbaugh, who told MLive.com that he's been "on board fully since the inception" of talks.

Irish coach Brian Kelly said he was pushing for the games just as hard as Harbaugh. "I think I've made it fairly public that I'd like to see this game happen," he said.

Meh!
Regional contest......if that gets Notre Dame fans excited, the irish should join the B1G.

Hardly. It's two national powers playing.

(07-07-2016 12:47 PM)Hokie4Skins Wrote:  

(07-07-2016 12:39 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(07-07-2016 07:12 AM)TerryD Wrote:  Michigan, Notre Dame will reportedly renew one of football's biggest rivalries

There will be three years between Michigan-Notre Dame meetings with the Wolverines and Fighting Irish looking to play once again in 2018
by Adam Silverstein

@SilversteinAdam
5h ago • 1 min read

It did not take long for one of the most storied rivalries in college football to renew after what will be a short hiatus. Michigan and Notre Dame appear to be ready to resume a football series with an announcement scheduled for Thursday afternoon, according to multiple reports late Wednesday night.


Ryan Krasnoo @RyanKras
Michigan-Notre Dame football series is set to resume in 2018, per source. Official announcement expected tomorrow around noon.


11:28 PM - 6 Jul 2016
523 523 Retweets 405 405 likes

Jay Sarkar @WLNSJaySarkar

Source: #Michigan and #NotreDame to announce their football rivalry series will resume play in 2018. Announcement expected tomorrow.
11:27 PM - 6 Jul 2016 · Lansing, MI, United States
256 256 Retweets 206 206 likes


While there are no details yet as to how long this renewed rivalry will last, it is obviously great news for fans of both schools and college football in general. Most believe the agreement will be for a home-and-home series over two years in 2018 and 2019.

The Wolverines and Fighting Irish last squared off in 2014 with Notre Dame routing Michigan 31-0. The programs had played consecutively from 2002-14 and 42 times in total dating back to 1887, including 31-of-37 years since 1978. The three-year drought will be the longest in the series since 1943 to 1978.
Discussion for renewing the series has been nearly nine months in the making, according to UM coach Jim Harbaugh, who told MLive.com that he's been "on board fully since the inception" of talks.

Irish coach Brian Kelly said he was pushing for the games just as hard as Harbaugh. "I think I've made it fairly public that I'd like to see this game happen," he said.

Meh!
Regional contest......if that gets Notre Dame fans excited, the irish should join the B1G.

Hardly. It's two national powers playing.

It wouldn't pique my interest enough to even change the channel.

spoken from a fan of a school who plays 2 FCS teams OOC for a 2nd straight year.

(07-07-2016 12:33 PM)TerryD Wrote:  

(07-07-2016 10:43 AM)stever20 Wrote:  The thing is, with the schedules that ND has- it's going to be nearly impossible for them to finish undefeated- and a lot of the times with 1 loss. And ND with 10-2 record is going to have a tough time making the playoff.

If so, so what? How many teams really ever have a legitimate shot out of the 128 or so FBS schools, anyway?

Yes, I don't get the idea of not scheduling tough games because it ruins your chances of making the playoffs. Usually you need a tough schedule to prove you deserve that spot.

(07-07-2016 12:39 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(07-07-2016 07:12 AM)TerryD Wrote:  Michigan, Notre Dame will reportedly renew one of football's biggest rivalries

There will be three years between Michigan-Notre Dame meetings with the Wolverines and Fighting Irish looking to play once again in 2018
by Adam Silverstein

@SilversteinAdam
5h ago • 1 min read

It did not take long for one of the most storied rivalries in college football to renew after what will be a short hiatus. Michigan and Notre Dame appear to be ready to resume a football series with an announcement scheduled for Thursday afternoon, according to multiple reports late Wednesday night.


Ryan Krasnoo @RyanKras
Michigan-Notre Dame football series is set to resume in 2018, per source. Official announcement expected tomorrow around noon.


11:28 PM - 6 Jul 2016
523 523 Retweets 405 405 likes

Jay Sarkar @WLNSJaySarkar

Source: #Michigan and #NotreDame to announce their football rivalry series will resume play in 2018. Announcement expected tomorrow.
11:27 PM - 6 Jul 2016 · Lansing, MI, United States
256 256 Retweets 206 206 likes


While there are no details yet as to how long this renewed rivalry will last, it is obviously great news for fans of both schools and college football in general. Most believe the agreement will be for a home-and-home series over two years in 2018 and 2019.

The Wolverines and Fighting Irish last squared off in 2014 with Notre Dame routing Michigan 31-0. The programs had played consecutively from 2002-14 and 42 times in total dating back to 1887, including 31-of-37 years since 1978. The three-year drought will be the longest in the series since 1943 to 1978.
Discussion for renewing the series has been nearly nine months in the making, according to UM coach Jim Harbaugh, who told MLive.com that he's been "on board fully since the inception" of talks.

Irish coach Brian Kelly said he was pushing for the games just as hard as Harbaugh. "I think I've made it fairly public that I'd like to see this game happen," he said.

Meh!
Regional contest......if that gets Notre Dame fans excited, the irish should join the B1G.

So what you are saying is that because UNC-Duke in hoops is just a regional, no make that a local, contest, fans of either school shouldn't get excited.

(07-07-2016 12:39 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(07-07-2016 07:12 AM)TerryD Wrote:  Michigan, Notre Dame will reportedly renew one of football's biggest rivalries

There will be three years between Michigan-Notre Dame meetings with the Wolverines and Fighting Irish looking to play once again in 2018
by Adam Silverstein

@SilversteinAdam
5h ago • 1 min read

It did not take long for one of the most storied rivalries in college football to renew after what will be a short hiatus. Michigan and Notre Dame appear to be ready to resume a football series with an announcement scheduled for Thursday afternoon, according to multiple reports late Wednesday night.


Ryan Krasnoo @RyanKras
Michigan-Notre Dame football series is set to resume in 2018, per source. Official announcement expected tomorrow around noon.


11:28 PM - 6 Jul 2016
523 523 Retweets 405 405 likes

Jay Sarkar @WLNSJaySarkar

Source: #Michigan and #NotreDame to announce their football rivalry series will resume play in 2018. Announcement expected tomorrow.
11:27 PM - 6 Jul 2016 · Lansing, MI, United States
256 256 Retweets 206 206 likes


While there are no details yet as to how long this renewed rivalry will last, it is obviously great news for fans of both schools and college football in general. Most believe the agreement will be for a home-and-home series over two years in 2018 and 2019.

The Wolverines and Fighting Irish last squared off in 2014 with Notre Dame routing Michigan 31-0. The programs had played consecutively from 2002-14 and 42 times in total dating back to 1887, including 31-of-37 years since 1978. The three-year drought will be the longest in the series since 1943 to 1978.
Discussion for renewing the series has been nearly nine months in the making, according to UM coach Jim Harbaugh, who told MLive.com that he's been "on board fully since the inception" of talks.

Irish coach Brian Kelly said he was pushing for the games just as hard as Harbaugh. "I think I've made it fairly public that I'd like to see this game happen," he said.

Meh!
Regional contest......if that gets Notre Dame fans excited, the irish should join the B1G.

So what you are saying is that because UNC-Duke in hoops is just a regional, no make that a local, contest, fans of either school shouldn't get excited.

Apparently, Michigan pissed off Arkansas AD Jeff Long by cancelling the game with the Razorbacks and paying them $2 million dollars in order to play Notre Dame that year....


http://collegespun.com/sec/arkansas/arka...ing-series

(07-07-2016 12:55 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(07-07-2016 12:47 PM)Hokie4Skins Wrote:  

(07-07-2016 12:39 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(07-07-2016 07:12 AM)TerryD Wrote:  Michigan, Notre Dame will reportedly renew one of football's biggest rivalries

There will be three years between Michigan-Notre Dame meetings with the Wolverines and Fighting Irish looking to play once again in 2018
by Adam Silverstein

@SilversteinAdam
5h ago • 1 min read

It did not take long for one of the most storied rivalries in college football to renew after what will be a short hiatus. Michigan and Notre Dame appear to be ready to resume a football series with an announcement scheduled for Thursday afternoon, according to multiple reports late Wednesday night.


Ryan Krasnoo @RyanKras
Michigan-Notre Dame football series is set to resume in 2018, per source. Official announcement expected tomorrow around noon.


11:28 PM - 6 Jul 2016
523 523 Retweets 405 405 likes

Jay Sarkar @WLNSJaySarkar

Source: #Michigan and #NotreDame to announce their football rivalry series will resume play in 2018. Announcement expected tomorrow.
11:27 PM - 6 Jul 2016 · Lansing, MI, United States
256 256 Retweets 206 206 likes


While there are no details yet as to how long this renewed rivalry will last, it is obviously great news for fans of both schools and college football in general. Most believe the agreement will be for a home-and-home series over two years in 2018 and 2019.

The Wolverines and Fighting Irish last squared off in 2014 with Notre Dame routing Michigan 31-0. The programs had played consecutively from 2002-14 and 42 times in total dating back to 1887, including 31-of-37 years since 1978. The three-year drought will be the longest in the series since 1943 to 1978.
Discussion for renewing the series has been nearly nine months in the making, according to UM coach Jim Harbaugh, who told MLive.com that he's been "on board fully since the inception" of talks.

Irish coach Brian Kelly said he was pushing for the games just as hard as Harbaugh. "I think I've made it fairly public that I'd like to see this game happen," he said.

Meh!
Regional contest......if that gets Notre Dame fans excited, the irish should join the B1G.

Hardly. It's two national powers playing.

It wouldn't pique my interest enough to even change the channel.

X, I take no offense at this or really have any reaction to it.

I have never seen an ACC game in any sport that did not involve Notre Dame, so I can completely understand your sentiments.

(07-07-2016 03:05 PM)TerryD Wrote:  Apparently, Michigan pissed off Arkansas AD Jeff Long by cancelling the game with the Razorbacks and paying them $2 million dollars in order to play Notre Dame that year....


http://collegespun.com/sec/arkansas/arka...ing-series

Whining by overpaid administrators is the worst.

It's really weak to hide behind the SEC's skirts by saying "a series between the SEC and the Big Ten" or "the most competitive conference in college football". It was a contract for a series between two teams: Arkansas and Michigan. No more, no less.

Arkansas has broken and changed contracts, just like almost everyone else in college football. Jeff, you have more than two years to find one more game each for 2018 and 2019, and the money you'll get from Notre Dame will even help Arkansas to pay part of your ginormous salary. Next time, try to take it like an adult.

Excellent news! Great rivalry, always must-see TV.

Haha Michigan canceled series with Arkansas to play ND.

Lets see. SEC West team or Notre Dame.

Harbaw. Lol. Meeerchigan man. Smart move. 2 million to avoid an arse whipping and schedule a weakling.