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Per MgoBlog the deal is to be signed today.

Frome the site....

You probably dismissed the idea of Michigan playing a huge nonconference game against Alabama in two years in Jerryworld as crackpot rumor-mongering of the sort the internet specializes in. Michigan's on the road against ND, leaving a maximum of six home games, it's transparently silly to play a college football game thousands of miles from either college, and Michigan hasn't played a neutral-site OOC game basically ever. It seemed instantly implausible.

But apparently it is happening. The contract is being signed Monday. Which is tomorrow.

The following details are unconfirmed but of interest since they come from an established source:

Game is happening because a desperate Jerry Jones "overpaid."
Michigan will be the nominal home team (important mostly for TV rights) and receive more money.
There's no additional game scheduled and there may not be.
Jones might be well-positioned to provide some advice on HD scoreboards.
This comes with a set of crazy conflicting emotions. Hurray awesome nonconference game, boo that it's in fricking Dallas in a corporate death star of an NFL stadium and not a home-and-home in Ann Arbor and Tuscaloosa. I guess that's what it takes for a lot of actual nonconference games to get done these days, but awesomeness of trip to Dallas to see M play 'Bama <<<<<< awesomeness of M-Bama home-and-home. On the other hand, awesomeness of M-Bama Dallas >>>>>>> awesomeness of M-BGSU anywhere.

[Note on sourcing: in this case I am going with one source, but he is a very established one.]

WolverineSteve wrote:boo that it's in fricking Dallas in a corporate death star of an NFL stadium and not a home-and-home in Ann Arbor and Tuscaloosa

Where the fuck has this guy been living? Christ. Everyone knows Alabama will NEVER play any games north of the Mason-Dixon line, if that far north at all.

Dallas is gonna be south of the M-D Line.....by 250 miles, at least.

Screw_Michigan wrote:Everyone knows Alabama will NEVER play any games north of the Mason-Dixon line, if that far north at all.

They're going to be in Happy Valley next year. They also have a home and home inked with Michigan State in 2016-2017. Although it's possible the move to 9 game conference schedules could affect/postpone that.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:
They're going to be in Happy Valley next year. They also have a home and home inked with Michigan State in 2016-2017. Although it's possible the move to 9 game conference schedules could affect/postpone that.

Interesting scenario that I hadn't thought of.

I would hope the NCAA would give the affected B10/11/12 teams an exemption to allow them to keep their game/paycheck... maybe a Hawaii type exemption thing... but to be fair, maybe the result from the victory over the weakest OOC opponent should be tossed out of the BCS stats, to keep things fair.

But I think the B10 teams should definitely be allowed to keep their games.

What are the chances both teams have different coaches by 2012?

Shoalzie wrote:What are the chances both teams have different coaches by 2012?

i had a similar thought, though it was slanted more toward saban being gone after another mnc and dickrod sticking around after 8-4.

M Club wrote:

Shoalzie wrote:What are the chances both teams have different coaches by 2012?

i had a similar thought, though it was slanted more toward saban being gone after another mnc and dickrod sticking around after 8-4.

I hate that an 8-4 season would stiffen me.