Michigan/Notre Dame series done

• WebFire

  So they drop Michigan to pick up games in other geographic areas to extend their recruiting reach, and then pick up a game with Wisconsin? Makes perfect sense.
• WebFire

  karen lotz;1281093 wrote:So? Wouldn't be forgotten by Michigan? What are they going to do, not agree to pick the series back up in 5 years? Oh noez! You are incorrectly thinking that Notre Dame needs Michigan.

  Get of your high horse. You are so defensive when everyone else is just trying to have a discussion.
• karen lotz

  

  bigkahuna;1281103 wrote:I'm not saying that they do. I'm just saying that outside of Michigan State/Purdue, don't expect to see another B1G team on Notre Dame's schedule from 2015-2017. IMO it would look bad, disrespectful...(w/e you want to call it) to dump Michigan and replace them with another B1G school; especially a top tier one like Wisconsin. Doesn't it kind of defeat the purpose of dumping Michigan in the first place? Like I said before, scheduling a B1G team during the schedule break isn't a big deal. But, doing it in that 3 year span would be a stab in the back.
  
  I'm not sure why you're so butt hurt whenever ANYONE has ANYTHING negative to say about Notre Dame, but if they're the highlight in your life, owell.
  
  Notre Dame needs Michigan just as Michigan needs Notre Dame. So if you think ND doesn't need them, then Michigan doesn't need Notre Dame either.
  
  They can both schedule a Home-and-Home with pretty much anyone.
  They are both national brands.
  
  And if you think Notre Dame doesn't need Michigan, think about this...
  
  In 2007, when both teams were undefeated, their game still was getting national attention. Besides the '05 USC game, with the famous "Reggie Push," the USC-ND game has been nationally irrelevant. The only time anyone outside of the 2 schools cares about that game is when they're both good, which hasn't happened all that much recently.
  
  You incorrectly think that everyone thinks of/puts Notre Dame on a pedestal.

  
  You seem really butt hurt because I said something negative about Michigan.
• karen lotz

  

  WebFire;1281110 wrote:So they drop Michigan to pick up games in other geographic areas to extend their recruiting reach, and then pick up a game with Wisconsin? Makes perfect sense.

  
  Defensive.
• WebFire

  Logic.
• bigkahuna

  As webbie said, we're having a discussion about the rivalry was "cancelled"
  
  Unless someone comes on here and says "The game was cancelled because Notre Dame wanted it to and Notre Dame does what it wants." You have a problem with it and conclude that the poster is butt hurt over a phantom reason.
  
  
  
• bigkahuna

  karen, the new CFB troll.
• karen lotz

  

  continue discussing why it was cancelled, you seem to have a great idea of why.
• karen lotz

  

  bigkahuna;1281183 wrote:karen, the new CFB troll.

  
  this is you waving the white flag?
• sleeper

  

  It was Notre Dame's decision to end the rivalry.
  
  No one will really know why it was done, but my guess is that an ACC opponent is easier to beat than a annual power like Michigan.
  
  And LOL about comparing Boston College, a glorified Sun-Belt school playing in the ACC, to Michigan.
• WebFire

  karen lotz;1281187 wrote:continue discussing why it was cancelled, you seem to have a great idea of why.

  His ideas are just as good as yours, unless you've spoken to ND's AD, which I'm guessing you haven't.
• karen lotz

  

  WebFire;1281254 wrote:His ideas are just as good as yours, unless you've spoken to ND's AD, which I'm guessing you haven't.

  
  I haven't spoken to him, but I've heard and read what he's said on the subject. Kauhna has trolled the comments at on ESPN.com for info and God only knows where your ideas comes from.
• WebFire

  karen lotz;1281258 wrote:I haven't spoken to him, but I've heard and read what he's said on the subject. Kauhna has trolled the comments at on ESPN.com for info and God only knows where your ideas comes from.

  Which ideas? Good God you are miserable.
• karen lotz

  

  WebFire;1281260 wrote:Which ideas? Good God you are miserable.

  
  Lol
• WebFire

  Lol
• WebFire

  My "ideas" are discussion. I never claimed to know anything. I hard concept for you to grasp, I know.
• karen lotz

  

  I'm shocked to learn you are uninformed.
• WebFire

  karen lotz;1281265 wrote:I'm shocked to learn you are uninformed.

  So mature.
• WebFire

  Guess I should go read a Domer board to be "informed". :rolleyes:
• bigkahuna

  I like how I trolled the comments on ESPN.com.
  
  I'm pretty sure I said "I saw someone say..." and even stated that they were someone else's words. The only thing that I "trolled" was Notre Dame dumping Michigan out of the 3 because it was the "hardest" of the 3 B1G games, and their schedule was going to be hard enough with the addition of the ACC Games.
• Tiernan

  Sorepricks thought process last week...
  
  Hmmm let's see if I have to pick keeping Stanford, Purdue (most years) or scUM on my schedule, which one should I choose? Wow this is so tough a decision... On one hand I've got the most winningest program in CFB history and on the other two teams that are more interested in producing Engineers than Linebackers? Which one will I choose? Gee this sooooo hard.
• sherm03

  

  Tiernan;1281328 wrote:Sorepricks thought process last week...
  
  Hmmm let's see if I have to pick keeping Stanford, Purdue (most years) or scUM on my schedule, which one should I choose? Wow this is so tough a decision... On one hand I've got the most winningest program in CFB history and on the other two teams that are more interested in producing Engineers than Linebackers? Which one will I choose? Gee this sooooo hard.

  Oh Tiernan...you try so hard. It's actually pretty entertaining.
  
  From the beginning of the ACC talk, ND said that Stanford wasn't going anywhere. That keeps them going out West every single year. So it came down to dropping 1 of the B1G teams.
  
  As established, Purdue is very long standing and an in-state rival. They weren't going anywhere.
  
  So it comes down to Michigan and Michigan State. You want me to believe that ND opted out of the tougher of the games? Right? But when you look at the last 16 meetings, ND is 7-9 against Michigan and 6-10 against Michigan State.
  
  So if ND is trying to duck out of the more competitive game...wouldn't they have dropped Michigan State?
  
  Your logic is flawed. You should stop talking now.
• Tiernan

  Last 16 years!?!? Are you Fkn kidding me!?!? You Domers of all people who are always spouting off about history and tradition should know the scUM brand overpowers the Sparty brand by about what...oh...1000x??? Shermy you're in the deep end of the pool with the big kids now...shut the trap and quit swallowing water.
• sherm03

  

  Tiernan;1281353 wrote:Last 16 years!?!? Are you Fkn kidding me!?!? You Domers of all people who are always spouting off about history and tradition should know the scUM brand overpowers the Sparty brand by about what...oh...1000x??? Shermy you're in the deep end of the pool with the big kids now...shut the trap and quit swallowing water.

  You guys are the ones that always talk about how ND hasn't done anything relevant in the last 20 years. Why is history and tradition so much more important to you now?
  
  And as I've already said...historically ND has played Michigan State much more. And historically ND has taken 30+ year breaks from playing UM twice. So no matter which way you look at it...historically, or based on recent success...you're just flat out off base with your thoughts here.
• killer_ewok

  

  Tiernan;1281328 wrote:Sorepricks thought process last week...
  
  Hmmm let's see if I have to pick keeping Stanford, Purdue (most years) or scUM on my schedule, which one should I choose? Wow this is so tough a decision... On one hand I've got the most winningest program in CFB history and on the other two teams that are more interested in producing Engineers than Linebackers? Which one will I choose? Gee this sooooo hard.

  Stanford has been a top 10 team for 3 years runnin' now and is 26-3 over the last 2 and a 1/2 years (with a BCS Bowl win).
  
  With all due respect to Michigan (and I do have a ton of respect for their tradition and program), they haven't quite been what they used to be years ago. Things certainly appear to be on an upswing there but while they have not been as "down" as ND over the last 20 years......they haven't been that great either.
  
  Over the last 20 years (1992-2011):
  
  Michigan - 173-71-3 .700% 8.65 wins per year
  
  Notre Dame - 151-91-2 .619% 7.55 wins per year
  
  Michigan has definitely been better but again.....they haven't been that much better. The last 20 years haven't been very kind to either school. Bonus points to Michigan for a national championship and better bowl record than ND over the last two decades. Sadly, neither has been quite as successful as they used to be back in the day.