Breaking News - Utes to play Notre Dame in 2010
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Utes, Fighting Irish to meet for the first time
The University of Utah football team has received confirmation that it will play Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Ind., on Nov. 13, 2010. It will mark Utah’s first visit to 80,795-seat Notre Dame Stadium and the first football game ever between the Utes and the Fighting Irish.
To make room for the game, Utah and Utah State agreed to suspend their annual series for two years – in 2010 and 2011. The Utes and Aggies plan to resume play in 2012 with a game in Logan.
Utah typically schedules non-conference opponents on a home-and-away basis, but has made an exception for Michigan twice in recent years (road games in 2002 and in 2008).
Of the decision to play a single game against Notre Dame, U. Director of Athletics Dr. Chris Hill said, “Our preference is always to play teams home and away, but when something like this presents itself, we want to take advantage of it. What a great opportunity this offers for not only our team, but for our fans. We are appreciative that Utah State has agreed to temporarily suspend our annual series so that we could make room in our 2010 schedule for another road game.”
Head coach Kyle Whittingham likes the game against Notre Dame for several reasons. “Notre Dame is one of the most storied programs in all of college football and a team with a great fan base. When you play the Fighting Irish you are assured of a huge national audience, which is always welcome for recruiting purposes. In addition, playing in Notre Dame Stadium will be an experience our players will never forget.”
Posted by bbagley at 12:24 PM | Link | 3 comments
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Re: Breaking News - Utes to play Notre Dame in 2010
I love the anyone, anytime, anywhere attitude.
Go UTES!!!
Go UTES!!!
Posted by burley on July 28, 2008 at 12:58 PM
Re: Breaking News - Utes to play Notre Dame in 2010
To me, this doesn't speak very highly of the Utah program that they are taking one time away games. That is what Division 1AA teams do and respectable programs should insist on home and home scheduling. If I were a Utah fan (man that is an ugly thought) I would be very concerned about this trend of playing away games with no return date. I don't think that is a way to earn respect from these programs.
Posted by mattc on July 28, 2008 at 3:59 PM
Re: Breaking News - Utes to play Notre Dame in 2010
This idea that Utah somehow schedules superior teams than BYU has done is absolutley ridiculous. Since 1990 BYU has played the national champion twice, 10 teams with over 10 wins, and the overall winning percentage against the BCS competition BYU has scheduled since 1990 is 61 percent. Utah has played two BCS teams since 1990 with ten or more wins. The overall winnning percentage of the BCS opponents for Utah since 1990 is 48 percent. It is pretty clear that historically BYU plays tougher schedules. And by the way, BYU has played ND 5 times since 1990 and we get at least a 2 for 1.
Posted by bennyhaha on July 29, 2008 at 4:09 PM
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