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[UAdan]

Anyone else heard this? Just a rumor for now, but this came from another 'Bama board.

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2012 Season Opener.. Alabama vs Michigan in Dallas, TX

BOOK IT! Okay, as you can see, I don't post a lot on here. I just love getting good information from you guys.

However, I am listening to sportsradio 740 in Montgomery. The show called "The Max Roundtable" from 12-2 everyday precedes everybody's favorite Paul Finebaum, LOL!

Doug Amos, a well-respected, but often times very argumentative radio host, just guaranteed 100% that this deal has been inked, but will not be officially announced by any major networks for a while. This is due to the fact that they have just announced their 2011 matchup of Oregon vs. LSU, and they don't want to overshadow that.

Fellow Bama fans, get ready, start planning now, we've got 2 years to get ready for an amazing game in the new Cowboys Stadium. Two great traditional powers open up 2012 with a bang!

http://mbd.scout.com...=1016&t=6187317

[andrepg10]

That would be pretty cool if it happens. Bama would thrash them, but it would be fun to watch the SEC destroy another traditional Big 10 "power"

[sheluvsbama]

I love rumors like this! :D

[Bamamoss]

I t would be interesting, but somehow, I just don't see Michigan agreeing to it. Maybe, just maybe, I could be wrong.......NAAAAHH

[zartan]

hmmm.... i'm a tOSU grad who has lived in Columbus my whole life who also happens to be a big UT fan.

it might be a bit difficult to find someone to root for in this game.

[UAdan]

OH SNAP....it's for real...........

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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.]

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[UAdan]

I am in deep sh!t.

[CrimsonWarrior]

Now we avenge that 2000 Orange Bowl defeat

[nooneLT]

why the f*ck does Michigan get more money. We're the face of college football right now and their program is in the dumps.

[andrepg10]

nooneLT said:

why the f*ck does Michigan get more money. We're the face of college football right now and their program is in the dumps.

So they'll play the game. Why else would they agree to get embarassed on national television?