How many times on this blog did I say, please don't send Michigan on the road to start the season against a difficult opponent? Michigan has had 3 schedules this year, 1st one was on the road against Washington, 2nd one was home against Purdue, and now Michigan opens against the ranked (in the pre-season) Minnesota Gophers on the road to start the season. A trophy game to kickoff the season?
A Mgoblog poster put it perfectly. The Big Ten is all about money, put Michigan in difficult games because the Wolverines always pull a huge TV number (Even MSU/OSU fans love to watch Michigan lose and tune in) and give OSU an easy path to the Playoffs. Both situation, drives millions of dollars to all the Big Ten institutions.
For example: Michigan's cross over games are against Minnesota and Wisconsin, both teams were ranked in the pre-season. OSU cross overs are against Nebraska and Illinois.
If you wondering if this is all Bull Sh*T: Nebraska sues the Big Ten and starts the season in Columbus, hosts Wisconsin, travels to Northwestern, and then hosts Penn State in the first month of the season. I heard the Big Ten tried to schedule a Nebraska vs. KC Chiefs game but they were booked.
The Big Ten office does what the Big Ten office wants. You don't see the SEC, ACC, or Big 12 treat their brand names schools like this. It's 100% BS!
Now to be fair, to the money hungry Big Ten Offices: Michigan was always scheduled to play Minnesota on the road and Wisconsin at home. They also did fix the MSU game having the Spartans play Michigan at home for 2 years in a row, fixing the Brandon F-Up. Michigan's Big Ten schedule was always going to be difficult, it would have been great to open against MSU or Maryland at home to start the season.
Talk about no day offs:
October 24th: @ Minnesota
October 31st: Michigan State
November 7th: @ Indiana
November 14th: Wisconsin
November 21st: @ Rutgers
November 28th: Penn State
December 5th: Maryland
December 12th: @ Ohio State
- Great news that Jalen Mayfield has elected to opt back in! Today is the last day for add/drop classes so it will be interesting to see if Nico and/or Ambry do the same. Nico might have been enrolled in classes but I'm pretty sure Ambry was not.
- Casey Phinney de-committed and committed to BC over the weekend. Michigan recruited Casey because they wanted his best friend 4 star OG Drew Kendall. Drew hasn't announced yet but is also going to BC, so it didn't make sense for Michigan to take the 3 star LB. Good Luck to him as BC is a much better fit. Rocco's long decision seems to have cost Michigan 3 recruits: Rocco, Drew, and Casey.
from The BIG HOUSE Blog http://mbighouse.blogspot.com/2020/09/michigan-monday-big-tens-lack-of.html
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