Notre Dame Dropping Michigan From Schedule, Excercising Out Clause After 2014

All, College Football Ty Duffy September 25th. 2012, 11:09am

Things have changed with the ACC agreement. Notre Dame has told Michigan it plans to exercise its three-year out clause. Their last scheduled game will be in 2014. The schools had agreed in 2007 to extend the series through 2031. They had agreed to a hiatus in 2018-19.

This was inevitable with changing climates and both schools needing scheduling flexibility. Notre Dame has too many rivalries to sustain with the ACC commitment. Though the idea has cooled off, the Big Ten should move to a nine-game conference schedule at some point in the next decade.

Both programs will be fine after this. Notre Dame will find enough marquee opponents to satiate NBC. Michigan, likely, will replace Notre Dame with games against Pac 12 teams. Football will go on. This will disappoint both schools’ fans, who are natural rivals. This should disappoint general college football fans who enjoy legitimate, regional rivalries ahead of trumped up TV spectacles.

Previously: Notre Dame vs. Michigan Draws 4.0 TV Rating, Highest of College Football Weekend
Previously: Michigan vs. Notre Dame: Better Fight Song?

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60 Responses to “Notre Dame Dropping Michigan From Schedule, Excercising Out Clause After 2014”

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Nada Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:12 AM
Notre Dame has told Michigan it plans to exercise its three-year out clause.
Well, with Denard gone, what’s the point?
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Nada Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:12 AM
Of continuing?
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VladimirCrouton Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:12 AM
Michigan, likely, will replace Notre Dame with games against Pac 12 teams.
Like Utah and Colorado.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:13 AM
Isn’t ND not going to the ACC for football, though? if that’s the case, shouldn’t they continue to have free reign to schedule as an independent?
Hopefully Michigan can lock up home dates with EMU to fill the void in the schedule.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:13 AM
Like Utah and Colorado.
Wazzu would be nice too.
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mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:14 AM
good for Notre Dame. the Irish need to open a spot in the schedule for BCS-competitive teams.
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mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:15 AM
Isn’t ND not going to the ACC for football, though? if that’s the case, shouldn’t they continue to have free reign to schedule as an independent?
ND is still going to be Independent, but they will be playing 5 ACC games per season now.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:16 AM
Hopefully Michigan can lock up home dates with EMU to fill the void in the schedule.
MSU is playing Oregon in 2014 and 2015.
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Jason McIntyre Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:17 AM
my memories of this series goes back to Rocket Ismail.
brutal loss.
thanks, ACC!
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:17 AM
the Irish need to open a spot in the schedule for BCS-competitive teams.
then why are they gonna play 5 ACC teams?
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:18 AM
MSU is playing Oregon in 2014 and 2015.
been there. done that. It didn’t end well.
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Tim Ryan Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:18 AM
Awful. Dump Purdue, Michigan State, or whoever else in order to keep the Michigan game.
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steve6884 Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:19 AM
Denard beat ND 3 out of 4 times. Try again @nada
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VladimirCrouton Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:19 AM
Awful. Dump Purdue, Michigan State, or whoever else in order to keep the Michigan game.
Nobody gives a shit about Purdue/ND.
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jthussler Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:20 AM
I guess this pokes another hole in the claim that a playoff will create more challenging scheduling.
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The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:20 AM
Like Utah and Colorado.
Don’t forget Oregon State.
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Ty Duffy Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:21 AM
I think the 9-game Big Ten schedule will eventually go through (too many financial and competitive reasons for coaches like Bielema to keep winning that argument). Michigan already has games scheduled with lower-rung Pac 12 teams – Utah, Oregon State, Colorado – and that will probably become the norm.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:21 AM
Don’t forget Oregon State.
Bret Bielema wont.
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rittyrich Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:22 AM
Okay…time for a moratorium on these 2 teams.
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Liquor Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:22 AM
Awful. Dump Purdue, Michigan State, or whoever else in order to keep the Michigan game.
Agreed, this is weak sauce.
Only excuse is cancel the current agreement and move to a rotating 2 out of 3 years type of deal with all three. Or they’ll schedule Duke.
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ButtersBC Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:22 AM
I’ve been going off the assumption that Bielema could only win arguments with apes able to communicate in sign language
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Milk Steak To Go Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:23 AM
From ND’s perspective, UM is the rival that could go. They really only started playing annually in the 70s.* THe rivalries with Purdue and MSU go back much farther.
*Sure there was hate from Yost towards Grange,but they didn’t play too often because Yost thought ND was playing professionals.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:24 AM
Speaking of CFB. The EDSBS redesign is atrocious.
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José Pippen Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:24 AM
MSU is the big winner in this.
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Milk Steak To Go Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:25 AM
Speaking of CFB. The EDSBS redesign is atrocious.
All of SBN is.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Speaking of CFB. The EDSBS is atrocious.
Agreed.
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HtownHacker Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:28 AM
I really hope the playoff system encourages tougher non-conference schedules. I know there’s no preseason in college, so I don’t mind a cupcake or two, but it’s gotten ridiculous.
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arkbadger Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:28 AM
Okay…time for a moratorium on these 2 teams.
hold on, Dernard Robinson’s Heisman campaign is about to go into full swing!
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Tim Ryan Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Speaking of CFB. The EDSBS redesign is atrocious.
WOAH. Rough.
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HawkEye Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:31 AM
Speaking of CFB. The EDSBS is atrocious.
Agreed.
That’s just because you don’t like Spencer Hall
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jthussler Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:31 AM
Michigan already has games scheduled with lower-rung Pac 12 teams – Utah, Oregon State, Colorado – and that will probably become the norm.
Playoff = tougher non-conference scheduling tho right?
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José Pippen Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:31 AM
From ND’s perspective, UM is the rival that could go. They really only started playing annually in the 70s.* THe rivalries with Purdue and MSU go back much farther.
Yeah, but Michigan taught Notre Dame how to play football, so…
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Milk Steak To Go Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:32 AM
heck, if i were ND, i’d ask MSU and Purdue to move theirhomw (ND’a away) games to Chicago and make ‘em split the proceeds.
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Nada Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:35 AM
Sure there was hate from Yost towards Grange,but they didn’t play too often because Yost thought ND was playing professionals.
But what does Rockne think of all this?!
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:42 AM
That’s just because you don’t like Spencer Hall
used to love that blog, till his Blogs With Balls stunt.
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:44 AM
Did he try to jump a bunch of buses on a motorcycle?
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Milk Steak To Go Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:45 AM
Rockne
That’s the name I was looking for.
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somewhereoverthedwaynebowe Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:47 AM
used to love that blog, till his Blogs With Balls stunt.
What was this? Do tell.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 11:57 AM
Nobody gives a shit about Purdue/ND.
Know what would make this post be worth something to me? A list of ND rivals, in order of importance/interest etc, and then also how long each series is contracted. I wonder if they are bypassing Michigan to keep Purdue or whatever, or really just are dumping everyone.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:01 PM
MSU is contracted through 2031 also, with 2014-15 hiatus. In fact, some of what I’m finding suggests the UM contract is 2020, with 18-19 hiatus, so only missing a few games.
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ButtersBC Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:02 PM
A list of ND rivals
Academic standards
Wind
USC
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:03 PM
FINE ILL DO IT MYSELF.
/only way to get things done right around here
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rodmansrage Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:06 PM
Nobody gives a shit about Purdue/ND.
that douchefag rudy does.
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The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:09 PM
what I’m finding suggests the UM contract is 2020, with 18-19 hiatus, so only missing a few games.
The 2020 – 2032 contract is a verbal agreement only. Both AD’s announced it a few years ago only to say recently “well, we never officially signed anything…”
As far as ND rivals go, USC and Navy have long standing traditions with them. Out of the MSU, Purdue, and UM games, at least one had to go to fit in their expanded ACC schedule. With Hoke getting ready to lead Michigan to numerous championships, it was only fitting they’d boot the hardest of the three.
Oh and ND claims to have some bullshit rivalry with Stanford.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:12 PM
What was this? Do tell.
http://mgoblog.com/content/blogs-balls-3-big-leadedsbs-throwdown-transcript
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:12 PM
As far as ND rivals go, USC and Navy have long standing traditions with them.
I’m glad Pitt will stay. I just hope they switch to the modern script Pitt (my gravatar).
Be interesting how it all shakes out. I hate ND, but the one thing college football has >>> pros is tradition. Old stadiums, classic unis, traditional rivalries, student traditions all should be preserved.
Maryland/Oregon uniforms, forced rivalries for lame trophies (Cincy-Pitt)… not so much.
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Dougb0001 Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:12 PM
Academic standards
Wind
USC
Now that is funny!
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Nada Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:12 PM
that douchefag rudy
WHAT A FRAUD
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KC Resident Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:13 PM
Speaking of CFB. The EDSBS redesign is atrocious.
Wow. That is pretty horrible for a site owned by a company that was just purchased for many millions of dollars.
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Nada Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:13 PM
A list of ND rivals
Wind
/ Applauds
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Walking Underwear Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:16 PM
Wow. That is pretty horrible for a site owned by a company that was just purchased for many millions of dollars.
do they have a mobile site worth a shit?
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Dougb0001 Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:16 PM
I think a lot of college fans will not be happy with this. Seems there is a lot of hate towards both teams so a guarenteed loss for one of them on the day was probably enjoyable.
ND should schedule Appalachin just for fun.
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HawkEye Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:16 PM
do they have a mobile site worth a shit?
Actually, they have an app for that
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:23 PM
*Sure there was hate from Yost towards Grange,but they didn’t play too often because Yost thought ND was playing professionals.
You mean they paid the players??? Gasp.
There is nothing new under the sun.
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Walking Underwear Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:26 PM
we talking 28 year old players in here
/war, then football
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:32 PM
ND should schedule Appalachin just for fun.
they’ve already done that again.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:35 PM
we talking 28 year old players in here
/war, then football
That would make today’s CFB interesting, wouldn’t it? Get some Enduring Freedom vets on some teams. Wreck shop a little while.
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Walking Underwear Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:39 PM
ptsd in cfb would add some spice
/not minimizing ptsd
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golfercraig Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 12:47 PM
my memories of this series goes back to Rocket Ismail.
Well, with that kind of history, all of 8 minutes ago, how can they let this go?
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Milk Steak To Go Says:
September 25th, 2012 at 1:07 PM
forced rivalries for lame trophies (Cincy-Pitt)… not so much.
Didn’t Cincitucky win like 5 straight?