About 60 days away on August 30 the Utah Utes will play the Michigan Wolverines in the Big House.
Records won't be in play yet. The teams will be 0-0.The Utes last year were 9-4(5-3)Michigan was 9-4(6-2). Michigan Stadium will likely be packed after last season ended on a good(not great) note after beating the Heisman winner Tim Tebow in Florida in the Capital One Bowl. Alot of things will change. No Mike Hart. No Chad Henne. No Mario Manningham. No Jake Long. No Lloyd Carr. And from what I here no Nike. A spread offense. But at least one thing will be the same. It's Opening day at Michigan Stadium. Last year's opening day was a shock, and an eye opener.
I predict this years opening day will be the opposite. It will likely be a solid defeat. I'll say because of the holes in the Michigan defense the score will be
Utah Michigan
27 38
Next game, Sept, 6. Miami(ohio).
This wont be as close. Miami only one 1 game outside of it's conference. Michigan's D will clamp down.
Miami(ohio) Michigan(2-0)
10 35
Two victories to start the season. Next is the big challenge. Notre Dame ended the season with 2 wins and has a great recruiting class. Jimmy Clausen might just start to develope this year.
I'll say Michigan wins but not quite as easy as it was last year.
Notre Dame Michigan(3-0)
24 28
So I've got Michigan Starting 3-0. Stay tuned for part 2,3, and 4.
Brings college football into conformity with major sports, gives fans what they want, ends the confounding, split-championship nonsense. There's one winner, period. It's lucrative. The most recent playoff plan seriously shopped to major football-playing schools would have grossed nearly $376 million a year, more than double current bowl payouts.
But thats like asking a Packer fan if he wants to demolish Lambeau Field and Build a big fancy stadium that hold 100k and has too many luxury boxes. It's tradition.
The bowl system provides rewarding postseason experiences for far more student-athletes than will ever play in a playoff. We should continue to nurture that system and to permit our student-athletes to enjoy the many benefits of the bowl experience without requiring them to play what is, in effect, the equivalent of an NFL season."
— Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman, to the Senate Judiciary Committee last October
And the playoff would only be 8 teams. Meaning instead of 56 postseason teams there are 8. Nice ending for a senoir huh. Watching the playoffs.
"How many fans are racing to their TV sets on a Saturday afternoon to see a collegiate basketball game, compared to the massive viewership that's occurring during the March Madness? In football, you have people at their TV sets every Saturday afternoon watching. Are you still going to have that if they're all waiting for the big postseason?"
— Penn State President Graham Spanier, speaking to a PSU sports journalism class last March
This could really diminish interest in the regular season. College football's is the most meaningful and drama-filled in sports. There is so little margin for error that every game from late August to early December is vital.
"I like the bowls. I coached in Division II and I-AA, and I've been through the playoffs scene. Fifteen teams go home losers, and one goes home a winner. The playoffs are not much of a reward and not much fun unless you win. It's just one more game to get ready for and to play."
— Texas A&M coach Dennis Franchione
Maybe i changed your opinions. Maybe not. Thanks for reading. Go Blue.
Love Michigan football. Carolina Panthers. UNC Basketball. Detroit Tigers/Red Sox. Actually I'm not a Tiger guy. My parents love them but my uncle(who i was close with) gave me a Sox hat for my 6th B-day. When I saw MY hat on TV. I guess that was the moment. I'd like to see more successful Tiger seasons but at least I've got the Red Sox to cheer me up(although they don't look too good).
I guess my story is Born in Michigan moved to North Carolina at 13 and saw first ever home panthers game. I loved them for some reason.