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UMass @ Michigan 2010
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:14 am
by danefan
http://www.gazettenet.com/2009/04/24/um ... -near-deal
A football game between the University of Massachusetts and Michigan that athletic director John McCutcheon alluded to in October could be close to becoming a reality.
McCutcheon told the fans who attended a reception with new coach Kevin Morris at the UMass Club in Boston on Thursday that a game in 2010 with the Wolverines looks promising.
"We don't have a signed contract yet," McCutcheon said after the event. "But it's looking pretty good."
The game would almost certainly be the biggest crowd ever to see a UMass game as Michigan Stadium seats over 100,000 fans. The Wolverines are coming off a 3-9 season.
When McCutcheon first alluded to the possibility of a meeting with Michigan, he told a weekly sports luncheon at UMass that the Minutemen were in negotiations to play a Bowl Championship Subdivision opponent for guarantee of "around $1 million."
Re: UMass @ Michigan 2010
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:16 am
by wideright82
Chalk up another loss to FCS for Michigan, man is that organization in the shitter!!!
attn cs.com: new member is Michigan fan
Re: UMass @ Michigan 2010
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:12 am
by clenz
wideright82 wrote:Chalk up another loss to FCS for Michigan, man is that organization in the shitter!!!
attn cs.com: new member is Michigan fan
Michigan will win that one. They are a good QB short of being a top 3 B10 team.
Re: UMass @ Michigan 2010
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:16 am
by dgreco
very nice to see a local program play a very big program. It will at least bring football attention to new england.
Re: UMass @ Michigan 2010
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:41 pm
by BlackFalkin
Michigan is gonna beat that ass black & blue. App was a fluke, so lets not go overboard. Michigan is in the shitter but not in the pipe.
Re: UMass @ Michigan 2010
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:06 pm
by Col Hogan
BlackFalkin wrote:Michigan is gonna beat that ass black & blue. App was a fluke, so lets not go overboard. Michigan is in the shitter but not in the pipe.
You may be correct...so we'll lose, take our $1M and go home with the experience playing a team at that level brings...
Re: UMass @ Michigan 2010
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:04 pm
by BlackFalkin
$1 million dollar game, good job Umass
I would love to play in the big house
Re: UMass @ Michigan 2010
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:45 pm
by slycat
Nice payout. Could be a good game
Re: UMass @ Michigan 2010
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:11 pm
by Col Hogan
It's still not signed, sealed and delivered...but the Big House game is gathering momentum...
http://www.detnews.com/article/20090428 ... play+UMass
Re: UMass @ Michigan 2010
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 4:28 pm
by Col Hogan
Even papers in Iowa are writing this one up...and of course, taking a "holier-than-thou" attitude...
http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs. ... 89893/1008
Re: UMass @ Michigan 2010
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:57 am
by Ivytalk
Go Minutemen! Beat the spread!
Re: UMass @ Michigan 2010
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:27 am
by TwinTownBisonFan
i don't care if they lost by 50... i'd love to see NDSU in the big house (and no... i dont mean the players in the hoosegow)... i've always wanted to see a game there (hell i really wanted to go there...)