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Poll: Do You Care when Michigan and Ohio State play?

On Twitter today, I hypothesized this - that ten out of the 12 Big Ten fanbases do not care when the Michigan-Ohio State game is played.  Does it need to be played every year?  Most definitely.  However, I feel that the Big Ten has to look out for it's own interests here, and if it's making a few more dimes on the possibility of a Buckeye-Wolverine matchup, than by all means, change the schedule.  Truth be told, I didn't even watch the game last year, I was too busy tailgating the Penn State game.

But what say you: Do you care when Michigan-Ohio State is played?

Poll
Should Michigan-Ohio State always be the last game of the regular season?
Yes
181 votes
No
173 votes
Don't Care
316 votes

670 votes | Poll has closed

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Minor quibble

I don’t care when Michigan-OSU play, so giving me a yes or no choice for whether it should be the last game doesn’t give me a real voting option.

Es gibt keine Freude wie Schadenfreude

by Seer on Aug 25, 2010 11:15 AM CDT reply actions  

I don't really care

but if both schools want the game protected as their final end-of-season game then I think the league should let them.

by TheCrestedHelm on Aug 25, 2010 11:31 AM CDT reply actions  

It works OK ...

in the SEC. More AA whining.

by MSU1978 on Aug 25, 2010 11:50 AM CDT reply actions  

Rivalry games at the end of the season! Otherwise we become the Pac 10 or the Big 12. And what’s left after that?

SEC has all their rivalry games at the end of the season, save for UF-UGA, with UF having a commitment with FSU at the end of the season.

by DP99 on Aug 25, 2010 11:53 AM CDT reply actions   1 recs

This.

Actually, the others do traditional rivalries at the end as well. UCLA-USC, Arizona-AzSt, Oregon-OrSt, and Washington-Wazzu are all the last week of the season (Cal-Stanford is the lone exception, and they have a traditional week-before-Thanksgiving spot and are both off the final week). Likewise Kansas-Missouri, Nebraska-Colorado, Texas-A&M, and Oklahoma-OkSt.

I don’t think doing MSU-Mich and OSU-PSU in the final week instead would be a disaster (you’d have two solid rivalry games instead of one apocalyptic and one apathetic), but the final week is Rivalry Week. This is as close to iron law as it gets in college football.

by SpartanDan on Aug 25, 2010 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

As a Michigan fan...

No offense intended, just straight talk. Our game will be overshadowed every year: game with one major program involving one populated state or two major programs from two populated states. That’s Michigan-MSU vs. OSU-PSU to end each season. Yes, win for you guys, major loss for us.

That’s the difference in opinion between MSU and Michigan fans.

by Good Ol' Oakley on Aug 28, 2010 7:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

I don't really care when they play

They should absolutely play every year, but whether it’s in the same division or as cross-division protected rivalry doesn’t matter much.
The game is important, but the overall competitive balance of the divisions is much more important.

by Spartan D on Aug 25, 2010 12:14 PM CDT reply actions  

I don't care

but it’s an interesting question for Michigan fans: stick with tradition, with a somewhat reduced level of stakes/drama in years in which one or both teams are title contenders, or shoot the moon and hope to get a title game match-up with OSU once every few years, while substantially reducing the allure of the regular-season match-up.

Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!

by KJ@theonlycolors on Aug 25, 2010 1:39 PM CDT reply actions  

I don't think it's that much of a question

Battling each other for a division title is much more interesting than playing in opposite divisions hoping for a rematch when that rematch is very likely to be rare. (Despite a bunch of good teams being paired up as cross-division rivals in the SEC, a cross-division rivalry in the title game has only happened once.)

by SpartanDan on Aug 25, 2010 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yeah, I think you're right

Particularly after reading this. Definitive take on the matter.

Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!

by KJ@theonlycolors on Aug 25, 2010 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

in more important news...

Michigan State picked up a commitment from 4-star offensive lineman Donovan Clark from Ohio. A recruiting win over USC and Tennessee, among others.

by SpartyOn37 on Aug 25, 2010 4:30 PM CDT via mobile reply actions  

Don't care when...

….but if it’s the last game, they need to be in the same division, which is my preference anyway. Rematches in the championship game aren’t preferable and rematches a week later are really lame.

And I put I don’t care, but there is something to be said for tradition for tradition’s sake in college football.

by witless chum on Aug 26, 2010 5:56 AM CDT reply actions  

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