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Football Schedules

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Sat., Sep. 3 vs Western Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. W, 34-10
Sat., Sep. 10 vs Notre Dame Ann Arbor, Mich. W, 35-31
Sat., Sep. 17 vs Eastern Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. W, 31-3
Sat., Sep. 24 vs San Diego State Ann Arbor, Mich. W, 28-7
Sat., Oct. 1 vs Minnesota Ann Arbor, Mich. W, 58-0
Sat., Oct. 8 at Northwestern Evanston, Ill. W, 42-24
Sat., Oct. 15 at Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. L, 28-14
Sat., Oct. 29 vs Purdue (Homecoming) Ann Arbor, Mich. W, 36-14
Sat., Nov. 5 at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa L, 24-16
Sat., Nov. 12 at Illinois Champaign, Ill. W, 31-14
Sat., Nov. 19 vs Nebraska Ann Arbor, Mich. W, 45-17
Sat., Nov. 26 vs Ohio State Ann Arbor, Mich. W, 40-34
2012 Sugar Bowl
Tues, Jan. 3 Virginia State New Orleans, LA W, 23-20 (OT)

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Sat., Sep. 1 at Alabama Arlington, TX
Sat., Sep. 8 vs Air Force Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., Sep. 15 vs Massachusetts Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., Sep. 22 at Notre Dame South Bend, IN
Sat., Sep. 29 Bye
Sat., Oct. 6 at Purdue West Lafayette, IN
Sat., Oct. 13 vs Illinois (Homecoming) Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., Oct. 20 vs Michigan State Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., Oct. 27 at Nebraska Lincoln, NE
Sat., Nov. 3 at Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
Sat., Nov. 10 vs Northwestern Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., Nov. 17 vs Iowa Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., Nov. 24 at Ohio Columbus, OH
Sat., Dec 1 Big Ten Championship Indianapolis, IN
2013 Bowl Game

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Sat., Aug. 31 vs Central Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., Sep. 7 vs Notre Dame Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., Sep. 14 vs Akron Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., Sep. 21 at Connecticut East Hartford, CT
Sat., Sep. 28 Bye
Sat., Oct. 5 vs Minnesota Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., Oct. 12 at Penn State Happy Valley, PA
Sat., Oct. 19 vs Indiana Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., Oct. 26 Bye
Sat., Nov. 2 at Michigan State East Lansing, MI
Sat., Nov. 9 vs Nebraska Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., Nov. 16 at Northwestern Evanston, IL
Sat., Nov. 23 at Iowa Iowa City, IA
Sat., Nov. 30 vs Ohio Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., Dec 7 Big Ten Championship Indianapolis, IN
2014 Bowl Game

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Sat., Aug. 30 vs Appalachian State Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., Sep. 6 at Notre Dame South Bend, IN
Sat., Sep. 13 TBA
Sat., Sep. 20 TBA
Sat., Sep. 27 at Indiana Bloomington, IN
Sat., Oct. 4 Open
Sat., Oct. 11 vs Michigan State Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., Oct. 18 at Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
Sat., Oct. 25 vs Penn State Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., Nov. 1 vs Iowa Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., Nov. 8 at Nebraska Lincoln, NE
Sat., Nov. 15 Open
Sat., Nov. 22 vs Northwestern Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat., Nov. 29 vs Ohio Columbus, OH
Sat., Dec 6 Big Ten Championship Indianapolis, IN
2015 Bowl Game

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2011 Michigan Wolverine Football Schedule

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Sat., Sep. 3 vs Western Michigan Ann Arbor, MI W, 34-10
Sat., Sep. 10 vs Notre Dame Ann Arbor, MI W, 35-31
Sat., Sep. 17 vs Eastern Michigan Ann Arbor, MI W, 31-3
Sat., Sep. 24 vs San Diego State Ann Arbor, MI W, 28-7
Sat., Oct. 1 vs Minnesota Ann Arbor, MI W, 58-0
Sat., Oct. 8 at Northwestern Evanston, IL       W, 42-24
Sat., Oct. 15 at Michigan State East Lansing, MI L, 28-14
Sat., Oct. 29 vs Purdue (Homecoming) Ann Arbor, MI W, 36-14
Sat., Nov. 5 at Iowa Iowa City, IA L, 24-16
Sat., Nov. 12  at Illinois Champaign, IL W, 31-14
Sat., Nov. 19 vs Nebraska Ann Arbor, MI W, 45-17
Sat., Nov. 26 vs Ohio State Ann Arbor, MI W, 40-34

 

2012 Sugar Bowl vs Virginia Tech W, 23-20 (OT)

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M Football 2011-The Proof Is In The Winning

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Another football season is fast looming larger for the Wolverines, their 132nd.

Another new season, repleat with new coaches, new defensive and offensive schemes, and to compound the imponderables, it is also the advent of the now split in two twelve team Big Ten with Legends and Leaders  divisions, a championship title game, and a new adversary in the formidable Nebraska Huskers.

Obviously first year Head Coach Brady Hoke faces real challenges in his first go round as the head Wolverine football cheese.  Serious challenges.  Recent Swiss cheese Wolverine defenses were aggravated by recruiting defiencies which in turn diminished the defensive talent pool.  This, with other problems, resulted in a last place defensive finish in the team’s previous season. There was a problem implementing schemes, and inexperience.  Special team debacles were at times a catastrophe.

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2011 University of Michigan Football Season Predictions

Yeah, it’s me, the “basketball guy”, back for more.  It’s time for my annual attempt to predict how the University of Michigan’s football season is going to go.

I’ve been quite good at it for the last 3 seasons, during the ill-fated Rodriguez Era.  I correctly predicted 11 of the 12 results last season, all except the opening UConn win.  Many people haven’t liked my predictions, but they’re just predictions, not what I want to happen.  I would love for UM to go 13-0 every season, but that’s not the way it looks, yet.  I’m expecting the offense to be slightly less productive than last season, and the defense to be significantly less embarrassing.  Special teams?  Who knows…

Here are my predictions for the 2011 season:

 

Date Opponent W/L Record Comments
09/03 Western Michigan Win 1-0 Other than that unfortunate Toledo game in 2008, Michigan has always beaten MAC teams.  This WMU team is nothing special.  A nice first win for Hoke.
09/10 Notre Dame Win 2-0 This is the first home night game in Michiganhistory, and the team will deliver a big win in a close game.
09/17 Eastern Michigan Win 3-0 Eastern isn’t even as good as WMU.  No contest.
09/24 San Diego State Win 4-0 An intriguing matchup, since Hoke coached SDSU last year.  It could be a tough game, but UM should prevail.
10/01 Minnesota Win 5-0 (1-0) Minnesota will be better than they were last season, but not good enough to beat Michiganin the Big House.
10/08 at Northwestern Win 6-0 (2-0) After 5 home games in a row, UM hits the road. This will be a tough, hard-fought win.
10/16 at Michigan State Loss 6-1 (2-1) Yikes! It’s going to be tough to lose to MSU for the 4th year in a row.  It’s hard to win on the road in the Big Ten.
10/22 Bye The bye week comes at a good time, after 2 tough road games in a row.
10/29 Purdue Win 7-1 (3-1) Purdue has been slipping the last couple seasons. UM beat them at their place last season, and they should beat them inAnn Arbor this season.
11/05 Iowa Loss 7-2 (3-2) Back to earth for UM. With a 7-1 record and a decent ranking in the polls, people will be talking about a Big Ten Divisional (Legends) Championship before this game.  I’m afraid thatIowa is just too tough.
11/12 at Illinois Win 8-2 (4-2) This will be an emotional game, after last season’s triple-overtime thriller. Illinois wants this one bad, but UM wants it even more.
11/19 Nebraska Loss 8-3 (4-3) Sure, Michigan has playedNebraska before, but this is their first Big Ten meeting.  It’s a huge game, but Nebraska is just too good.  Nebraskawill probably win this game, the Legends division, and maybe the Big Ten title game.
11/26 Ohio State Win 9-3 (5-3) Finally, after losing to the (cheating) Buckeyes way too many times recently,Michigan has the team and the attitude to win. It won’t be easy.

 

That should be good enough for 3rd place in the Legends division of the Big Ten, and a good New Year’s Day bowl game.

It’s possible that UM might beat MSU or Iowa, but I doubt it.

It’s also possible that UM could lose to Ohio State, but I think we’re due.  They could also lose the Notre Dame game, but that seems less likely.