The BS That is Michigan's Schedule

[Rutgers Man 22]

They play 12 games and in only 4 states all year: Michigan, NJ, Ohio, and Iowa. They have 8 (!) home games to just 4 road games. Their OOC is UCF, Hawaii, and Colorado (all at home).

What a joke. They should be ineligible for Playoff on the 8 home/4 road split alone.

Of note: their first road game is their 6th (!) game of the season.... In Piscataway, NJ. Right after playing PoSU and Wisky back to back weeks. Just some food for thought.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Do you know how many years Florida went, at one point, without leaving the State of Florida for anything other than an SEC road game or bowl? I'm pretty sure it was 2+ decades at one point.

Also, 8-home game season aren't exactly unheard of, however, harder to come by now with the larger conferences and 9-game conference slates.

 

[RutgersMO]

So how do you get such a deal?

Who do you have to know....or who do you have to whack?

MO

 

[FanuSanu52]

What's the point of this post?

You're suggesting knocking out one of our conference members .. for what? So there can be another SEC team (with really tough SEC OOC resume)?

Don't see anything wrong with the OOC, either. P5 (PAC12) team, one of the better G5 programs (in recent history) and another G5.

Seems like someone's taking the Michigan hating too far.

 

[Rutgers Man 22]

What's the point of this post?

You're suggesting knocking out one of our conference members .. for what? So there can be another SEC team (with really tough SEC OOC resume)?

Don't see anything wrong with the OOC, either. P5 (PAC12) team, one of the better G5 programs (in recent history) and another G5.

Seems like someone's taking the Michigan hating too far.

UCF was 0-12 last season (don't care how good they were when the game was scheduled), Hawaii is an awful team, and Colorado is arguably the worst P5 program out there (they have won a grand total of 5 conference games in their 5 seasons in the B12 and are 16-48 overall since joining the conference)

I hate Michigan. Screw the conference pride argument: Michigan is our enemy and they happen to be gaming the system big time here. That's not right.

 

[RU Husky]

I took Colorado and the points.

 

[MADHAT1]

When I see who goes to what bowl game and who makes the playoffs, I'll have a better understanding of why some teams schedule like they do.
A nine game B1G schedule and making sure the three OOC games are at home is something I'm sure Michigan fans like .
The B1G East conference games makes them playoff worthy as well as playing 2 top B1G West schools.

 

[FanuSanu52]

UCF was 0-12 last season (don't care how good they were when the game was scheduled), Hawaii is an awful team, and Colorado is arguably the worst P5 program out there (they have won a grand total of 5 conference games in their 5 seasons in the B12 and are 16-48 overall since joining the conference)

I hate Michigan. Screw the conference pride argument: Michigan is our enemy and they happen to be gaming the system big time here. That's not right.

Well, that's kind of stupid then.

RU fans shouldn't really point fingers and say "arguably the worst P5 program out there." And a P5 team is a P5 team. It's not like Michigan plays in an easy conference or has any FCS schools on its schedule.

"Not arguing to dick your conference over" and "conference pride" are not the same thing.

You're making your dumb thread dumber, and angry for no reasoner.

 

[Rutgers Man 22]

Why is it dumb to not consider how good UCF was when the game was scheduled? They play them now when the team is awful. Washington wasn't good when we scheduled them but no one is saying "oh you guys got beat by a middling team since that's what they were when you scheduled them" (and rightfully so: we deserve the "credit" for losing to a top 15 team, the team they are now).

And not sure how we compare to Colorado as the worst P5 program out there. We may be the butt of media jokes, but we are not close to "earning" that status. Hell, we aren't even the worst team in our conference, maybe not even in our own division.

And it isn't dicking the conference over saying Michigan should be barred from the playoff. If you're going to schedule cupcake OOC games and give yourself 8 home games, then there need to be repercussions of some kind. I get scheduling easy OOC because the in conference is very tough, but you're kidding me with 8 home games and the excuse that "we played a P5" when it is pretty damn close to (if not) the worst one there is.

 

[FanuSanu52]

Are they clairvoyant? You're blasting them for playing the system and creating a weak schedule, then saying it doesn't matter if a team was good when they made it. Can't have those both those things.

 

[FanuSanu52]

Go worry about all the SEC teams and their South only/FCS schedules instead of suggesting our conference out of the playoffs. Seriously, why in the world would you single out Michigan? Illogical hate.

 

[HailHailToMichigan]

2nd time in school history with 8 home games. Not like it's a common practice.

Also tough OOC schedules well into the 2020's starting next season.

We will never have less than 6 home games by design, with 7 being the target goal. So the years we have a 5 game road schedule in conference play expect 3 home OOC opponents. With our currently scheduled OOC opponents and the 9 game conference schedules another 8 game home slate is not possible as far as you can see.

 

[RUinPinehurst]

It is good to be the king, no?

 

[RUchip]

I'm ok with their cake schedule. Because as soon as they lose 1 game (which they will) they are eliminated from the playoffs. The committee will not pick them based on their ridiculously easy schedule.

 

[Shimmy24]

With 9 Big Ten games per year moving forward, I would expect it to be common practice to see most teams schedule 3 fairly easy OOC opponents (with the exception of a few premier games). Get used to it.

 

[shields]

I have a good solution, have Baylor play Michigan. Would help the OOC for both teams.

 

[rutgersdave]

Why get mad at Michigan? They might take one recruit, Singleton, this year. They won't be recruiting NJ hard in the future since they'll only go after 1-2 recruits like Ohio State.

 

[MGSA99]

Michigan also lost their annual rivalry game with Notre Dame, which was a home and home.

 

[thevictors97]

UCF was 0-12 last season (don't care how good they were when the game was scheduled), Hawaii is an awful team, and Colorado is arguably the worst P5 program out there (they have won a grand total of 5 conference games in their 5 seasons in the B12 and are 16-48 overall since joining the conference)

I hate Michigan. Screw the conference pride argument: Michigan is our enemy and they happen to be gaming the system big time here. That's not right.

Don't care how good they were when scheduled? So it's Michigan's fault UCF has been struggling and Colorado has sucked the last few years. Colo. is 2-0 and improving.
Hawaii is an awful team but it's OK for Rutgers to schedule Howard?
Who really cares about OOC. Did you miss Michigan is playing Iowa, MSU and OSU on the road. We do get Wisc at home. As to cross over games Mich plays Iowa and Wisc while Rutgers plays Indiana and Ill. Want to trade?
I do give you credit for helping me understand why you feel the way you do."I hate Michigan"

 

[thevictors97]

When I see who goes to what bowl game and who makes the playoffs, I'll have a better understanding of why some teams schedule like they do.
A nine game B1G schedule and making sure the three OOC games are at home is something I'm sure Michigan fans like .
The B1G East conference games makes them playoff worthy as well as playing 2 top B1G West schools.

OOC teams love playing in the Big House. It makes getting rolled easier to take when you get 1/2 the gate at a 110.000 seat stadium sold out as opposed to a 40,000 seat stadium that's 1/2 full. A few years back Mich had to fill a late breaking opening in its OOC schedule and it was filled by Delaware St. Their coach had to forfeit an in conference game to do it. When asked Why he would do it. Answer was the payday for that 1 game exceeded his annual program budget.

 

[RutgersB1G]

I'm sorry but a fan of almost any Big Ten team is going to laugh at the OP. A Rutgers fan criticizing Michigan's schedule after we just played Howard? Come on.

 

[Rutgers Man 22]

Don't care how good they were when scheduled? So it's Michigan's fault UCF has been struggling and Colorado has sucked the last few years. Colo. is 2-0 and improving.
Hawaii is an awful team but it's OK for Rutgers to schedule Howard?
Who really cares about OOC. Did you miss Michigan is playing Iowa, MSU and OSU on the road. We do get Wisc at home. As to cross over games Mich plays Iowa and Wisc while Rutgers plays Indiana and Ill. Want to trade?
I do give you credit for helping me understand why you feel the way you do."I hate Michigan"

Rutgers played Washington OOC, a top 15 team in the country. That right there alone is 50x better than any team Mich scheduled OOC. I'm not saying you should have 3 tough games. And I'm not saying you need to play a highly ranked team. But two AWFUL Go5 teams and the worst P5 team out there with 8 home games is an absolute joke! Play a decent P5 team and travel outside of the same relatively close 4 states.

Oh, and we had Wisky and Nebraska the past 2 seasons crossover games (when there were still only 2), ie about as tough as it could get. This year, we both have Illinois and Iowa. Only difference is Wisky vs Minnesota, but at least we bothered to schedule a tough OOC game

See you cupcakes in NJ in a few weeks. Your first road game of the year coming in your 6th game is an even bigger joke than your OOC

 

[Rutgers Man 22]

I'm sorry but a fan of almost any Big Ten team is going to laugh at the OP. A Rutgers fan criticizing Michigan's schedule after we just played Howard? Come on.

I'm criticizing their whole OOC slate (3 games). We played Washington, a top 15 team, on the road, 3 time zones away. They are wayyyyyy better than any team Mich played OOC. Like I said above, you don't have to play a great team but come on, play at least a half decent P5 team and have the balls to go on the road (even if you go on the road to one of those bad P5/G5 teams)

Rutgers played @ Washington
Wisconsin played neutral site (home) vs LSU
Ohio St plays at Oklahoma today
MSU plays @ Notre Dame today
Nebraska hosts Oregon today

So my hope is that any B1G team's fans are laughing at Michigan's schedule

 

[RutgersB1G]

No offense, but I don't see how getting destroyed in our opener gives us bragging rights over anyone, especially Michigan.

 

[thevictors97]

Rutgers played Washington OOC, a top 15 team in the country. That right there alone is 50x better than any team Mich scheduled OOC. I'm not saying you should have 3 tough games. And I'm not saying you need to play a highly ranked team. But two AWFUL Go5 teams and the worst P5 team out there with 8 home games is an absolute joke! Play a decent P5 team and travel outside of the same relatively close 4 states.

Oh, and we had Wisky and Nebraska the past 2 seasons crossover games (when there were still only 2), ie about as tough as it could get. This year, we both have Illinois and Iowa. Only difference is Wisky vs Minnesota, but at least we bothered to schedule a tough OOC game

See you cupcakes in NJ in a few weeks. Your first road game of the year coming in your 6th game is an even bigger joke than your OOC

Did Rutgers have any idea Washington would be a top 15 team when scheduled?
Big10 conference creates in conference schedules, guess you missed a few years back when expansion occurred that Michigan played MSU away in back to back years.
On another note. Mich had ND as an annual OOC game but the Domers chose to back out.

 

[Rutgers Man 22]

Did Rutgers have any idea Washington would be a top 15 team when scheduled?
Big10 conference creates in conference schedules, guess you missed a few years back when expansion occurred that Michigan played MSU away in back to back years.
On another note. Mich had ND as an annual OOC game but the Domers chose to back out.

Washington was a decent P5 back when RU scheduled them (just like when we scheduled series with Miami, VaTech, and UCLA coming up). Like I said, a decent P5 team is the least you should schedule, and that's fine if that's all you do since the B1G slate is so tough. But Colorado has been a doormat for the past 6 or 7 years, even before they joined the Pac12. Michigan knew what they were getting.

 

[thevictors97]

I'm criticizing their whole OOC slate (3 games). We played Washington, a top 15 team, on the road, 3 time zones away. They are wayyyyyy better than any team Mich played OOC. Like I said above, you don't have to play a great team but come on, play at least a half decent P5 team and have the balls to go on the road (even if you go on the road to one of those bad P5/G5 teams)

Rutgers played @ Washington
Wisconsin played neutral site (home) vs LSU
Ohio St plays at Oklahoma today
MSU plays @ Notre Dame today
Nebraska hosts Oregon today

So my hope is that any B1G team's fans are laughing at Michigan's schedule

3rd game of the season in the past was UofM vs ND until ND backed out. Mich filled the hole with Colo.

 

[Rutgers Man 22]

3rd game of the season in the past was UofM vs ND until ND backed out. Mich filled the hole with Colo.

Exactly. Filled with Colorado, i.e. the worst P5 team out there. You replace a perennial contender in ND with a perennially awful team in Colo, and at home no less. You're just proving my point

 

[RUich]

Why not just try to figure out how RU could start to develop a similar strategy/schedule?
Keep in mind that Michigan is at the top of the pile as an iconic program. They already have their in-state rival with MSU and many of the other BIG schools are close by design. They dictate to OOC schools when and where they will be playing.
This is why you see us getting screwed by the league with taking away some of our true home games with things like the Bronx deal at "lovely" Yankee Stadium. We are the red-headed step child here and will have to wait and hope we can someday be on a more level playing field.

 

[thevictors97]

No you are missing mine. Michigan did not cancel the ND series ND did. 9/2014 ND AD handed UofM AD a letter at the game cancelling the series. In the series this years Game would have been at home against ND. Do you really think these schedules are negotiated only months in advance?
Please tell me when discussions with Washington for this years game began.

 

[Purple-Ed]

Gee wiz, did someone say someone looked fat in that dress?

 

[RUinPAC10land]

Washington was a decent P5 back when RU scheduled them (just like when we scheduled series with Miami, VaTech, and UCLA coming up). Like I said, a decent P5 team is the least you should schedule, and that's fine if that's all you do since the B1G slate is so tough. But Colorado has been a doormat for the past 6 or 7 years, even before they joined the Pac12. Michigan knew what they were getting.

I really hope that Mora gets an NFL job somewhere when we play UCLA because getting whacked by Washington (my brother in law's alma mater) was downright embarrasing and if my alma mater loses to UCLA by over 30 points, the embarrassment will then be tenfold living where I live now..

 

[17Q66]

Rutgers played Washington OOC, a top 15 team in the country. That right there alone is 50x better than any team Mich scheduled OOC. I'm not saying you should have 3 tough games. And I'm not saying you need to play a highly ranked team. But two AWFUL Go5 teams and the worst P5 team out there with 8 home games is an absolute joke! Play a decent P5 team and travel outside of the same relatively close 4 states.

Oh, and we had Wisky and Nebraska the past 2 seasons crossover games (when there were still only 2), ie about as tough as it could get. This year, we both have Illinois and Iowa. Only difference is Wisky vs Minnesota, but at least we bothered to schedule a tough OOC game

See you cupcakes in NJ in a few weeks. Your first road game of the year coming in your 6th game is an even bigger joke than your OOC

Can't tell if trolling.

 

[aged_wolverine]

They play 12 games and in only 4 states all year: Michigan, NJ, Ohio, and Iowa. They have 8 (!) home games to just 4 road games. Their OOC is UCF, Hawaii, and Colorado (all at home).

What a joke. They should be ineligible for Playoff on the 8 home/4 road split alone.

Of note: their first road game is their 6th (!) game of the season.... In Piscataway, NJ. Right after playing PoSU and Wisky back to back weeks. Just some food for thought.

http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/rankings/all_time_team_rankings.php


Dumb asses, such as yourself, are really annoying.


Michigan has the all time SOS index. Nearly double that of Rutgers.


Where were you last year when we faced Utah, BYU, and Oregon St in OOC? Or the years prior to that? Michigan is the last team you want to call out in conference. You have us confused with the Buckeyes.


Next time do some research into a topic, instead of cherry picking a season, and holding it up as the norm, when in fact it is the exception.

 

[Rutgers Man 22]

http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/rankings/all_time_team_rankings.php


Dumb asses, such as yourself, are really annoying.


Michigan has the all time SOS index. Nearly double that of Rutgers.


Where were you last year when we faced Utah, BYU, and Oregon St in OOC? Or the years prior to that? Michigan is the last team you want to call out in conference. You have us confused with the Buckeyes.


Next time do some research into a topic, instead of cherry picking a season, and holding it up as the norm, when in fact it is the exception.

I didn't say ban Michigan from everything forever. And I never said a word about any other season except this one. But for this season, with this schedule, there should be some form of punishment.

It's dumb people like YOURself who are the annoying ones

 

[RutgersSam]

http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/rankings/all_time_team_rankings.php


Dumb asses, such as yourself, are really annoying.





Michigan has the all time SOS index. Nearly double that of Rutgers.


Where were you last year when we faced Utah, BYU, and Oregon St in OOC? Or the years prior to that? Michigan is the last team you want to call out in conference. You have us confused with the Buckeyes.


Next time do some research into a topic, instead of cherry picking a season, and holding it up as the norm, when in fact it is the exception.

http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/rankings/all_time_team_rankings.php


Dumb asses, such as yourself, are really annoying.


Michigan has the all time SOS index. Nearly double that of Rutgers.


Where were you last year when we faced Utah, BYU, and Oregon St in OOC? Or the years prior to that? Michigan is the last team you want to call out in conference. You have us confused with the Buckeyes.


Next time do some research into a topic, instead of cherry picking a season, and holding it up as the norm, when in fact it is the exception.

I didn't realize we had to take into account Michigan's historical schedule lol.

Try to keep up here... we're talking about this year. Inferring from your post, you even realize what a joke your schedule is. Don't be mad, just accept it as a huge asterisk next to your team no matter what they accomplish this season.

 

[j10oreo]

Scheduling is also a part of the game :P