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The most likely scenario, if we weren't playing @CMU would be another home game vs FCS crap state. Season ticket holders such as myself would be forced to spend money on a game I don't want to see.

Bam. Just saved me money.

Serious question since I don't know. What is MSU's allotment for the CMU game? I highly doubt that many MSU season ticket holders will even have a chance to get them.

They seem to want 7 home games. So, likely, which has been the case in recent history, that game would be out of state somewhere.

I think you have to go out side MSU and purchase a CMU season ticket package.

Yes, if only there were some kind of Friday night game that featured a marquee team from the state of Michigan pitted against a team with a brand name associated with BCS bowls and massive upsets, then they wouldn't have all that thunder. Alas, no such game could possibly exist, could it?

While our game is a big game, you can't deny that both Michigan and Alabama are bigger names than both BSU and MSU. Ours will probably be hyped very little. ESPN and everyone else will be trying to convince the nation that UA vs UofM is a matchup of national title contenders.

Yeah

Also, I don't think playing in the Cowboys Classic means anything to anyone. I assumed they were doing it for a big paycheck, but I guess not. Certainly they'll probably get a recruiting bump, particularly in the state of Texas, but it's not like there's a shortage of D1 football programs in that state if that's the goal.

It's just a game against Bama that could be played on campus as a home and home. Just like MSU will be doing.

What was bigger in 2011: Boise State-Georgia or Oregon-LSU? Take off the green glasses and look at the big picture. Alabama-Michigan in Dallas features two of the most recognizable names in the sport. One of those names is the defending national champion while the other has the "return to glory" storyline after sneaking into the BCS last year and being gifted with a weak opponent. You can be an MSU fan and still realize that Alabama-Michigan is going to be the spotlight game of the first weekend, even if it won't be competitive for more than a quarter.

yea, and what everyone will take away from that spot light game is that scum still sucks

this is not a good thing for them (see: you) no matter how you try to spin it

lol.

"To be fair, this game is receiving more hype than last years LSU-Oregon game, which in turn was far more hyped than the home and home with PSU and Alabama. While we lose money compared to 1 home game, ESPN has been and will continue to gush over this matchup for the next 5 months"

That just means they'll be plugging the hell out of that game during the MSU game.

I think this going sideways. It's a big game and I can see why they're playing it, but in reference to the OP, the event is kind of dumb. MSU has the better deal with Bama, I think.

tOSU is not Michigan, and Michigan is not tOSU. This deal screams of Alabama AD pulling a fast one over on the incredibly inexperienced Brandon. A more experienced AD like Hollis or Smith at tOSU, would never had entered this deal.

I told Michigan fans that Brandon would be learning on the job. Tnis is an example of a growing pain they're going to have to endure. While there are similarities between running a large corporation and running an Athletic Department, there are also major differences. You can't run a major althletic department fully like a production corporation. Brandon is still learning. He may turn out all right in the long run if Michigan fans can deal with his initially goofs like this one, but their going to continue to be patient.

It'll be interesting to see how the fan base reacts to Brandon if their program takes a step back. He has now hired two high profile coaches. Hoke, and their new WBB coach. While no one probably cares about the WBB coach (its not like here where many of us can at least trace the WBB program back to issue Langeland, they have zero history there) If Hoke becomes their JLS (and whether Michigan fans admit it or not, the jury is still out on Hoke) it could get ugly for Brandon because the Michigan fanbase has never shown patience.

Brandon has tied his job to Hoke (which again, whether M fans admit it or not, was not their first choice). His job will go as the football program goes. Brandon was proven to have made the correct hire last season, but they are not out of the woods yet.

Lets say Michigan loses to 'Bama, ND, OSU, MSU and Nebraska which is entirely possible....and finishes with a 7-5 record and a "flea-bag" bowl. Will Michigan be patient enough to pass this season off as a bump in the road, or will Hoke's seat get hot? (I dont think Michigan will be favored in any of those games honestly). What will happen if they lose a game they are supposed to win (happens to the best programs), and go 6-6? What happens if they miss a bowl? Again, M fans won't see it but it is entirely possible...and to me...7-5 or worse seems more likely than 9-3 or better.

Additionally, I fail to see how Brandon's rookie mistake has anything to do with Hollis....not sure why mgoblog brought it up, actually.