Nick Saban: Michigan Will Play Alabama in 2012 Opener at Cowboys Stadium
by Maize n Brew Dave on Sep 23, 2010 11:55 PM CDT
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PrintIt's awn. Michigan and Alabama, two of college football's most storied programs, will open the 2012 season squaring off against one another in Dallas at Cowboys Stadium. Nick Saban decided that despite the fact the whole thing was "probably for sure", it was time to drop the bomb on his listeners on his Thursday Night radio show.
"It hasn't been announced yet, but we're going to play Michigan in Dallas probably for sure," Saban said.
You may recall that MGoBlog broke this story back at the start of August. So kudos to Brian for this one. As soon as I can find the audio, I'll post it. For a little historical perspective, Michigan & Alabama have played 3 times:
Michigan won the 1988 Hall of Fame game 28 - 24
Alabama won the 1997 Outback Bowl 17 - 14
Michigan won the 2000 Orange Bowl 35 - 34 in OT (and oh what a game it was....)
We'll get more details up as they become available and, of course, we'll do a little give and take with our buddies over at Roll Bama Roll. Bring your drinking shoes Bama fans, and a tanker full of water to deal with that September Texas sun, because it's so awwwwwwwwn.
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hory cow!!!
This is freakin’ awesome, and major kudos to Brian for getting all the details down except for the timing of the announcement. And yes, the 2000 Orange Bowl was INCREDIBLE. I watched itat Joe’s on Weed (official alumni club watch location at the time) with hundreds of my closest friends =)
Woohoo!
Cannot wait. I tried to check out flights for that weekend in 2011…none scheduled yet. How can I be this pumped for a game 2 years out?
Being serious, this is better than playing in 2011 because we may actually have a defense by 2012. At least we have an extra year…
by Good Ol' Oakley on Sep 24, 2010 8:49 AM CDT reply actions
2012
Is this a sign of the world ending? Seriously, though, can you imagine the offense with SENIOR Denard? I shudder to think. And yeah, by that time, D should be sorted out (please). Regardless, that HAS to be the biggest game of the century of the week…
awesome
That HAS to be the biggest game of the century of the week
WIN
Maize n Brew
Because Football is Better with Beer
by Maize n Brew Dave on Sep 24, 2010 9:10 AM CDT up reply actions
We're all looking forward to this one for sure...
…I think I might have to go ahead and put in for those days off.
Tailgatin' under the shade of Jerry World
It gon’ be a part-A.
Maize n Brew
Because Football is Better with Beer
by Maize n Brew Dave on Sep 24, 2010 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions
While I want to see this match up ...
Why, oh Why is this not a home and home series ?
and how about the 2012 away schedule ??? Its at Notre Dame, at Nebraska, at OSU … and oh yeah, Alabama would be another away game. This may be the hardest away football schedule in the freaking history of college football !!! If we go undefeated in the 2012 regular season … we should just be given the BCS championship wiyhout having to play in the champioinship game !!
That is a pretty brutal away schedule.
In ‘86, we had a Brutal schedule: Ohio State (neutral site), at Florida, at Tennessee, but we had Penn State, LSU and Notre Dame at home and a neutral site with Auburn. I’d love to play a schedule like that every year. Of course we went 10-3 that year, but it was great fun.
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