Michigan Friday: Scheduling West Coast Teams

Michigan has a very unique schedule this year.  Good thing they hired a coach from the west coast.  
They of course kickoff the college football season on a Thursday night at Utah and then come home and play teams from Mountain or Pacific Time Zones. 

The news of playing UNLV on BTN at Noon started to float around twitter last night and it got me thinking.   Is there a strategy to playing these teams earlier rater then later?  As we know, Michigan has not fared very well when traveling west for the Rose Bowl or other games.   I also know that in the NFL, West Coast teams don't do well at 1:00 games on the East Coast.

When Michigan gets home from their Utah experience they play:

• Oregon State
• UNLV
• BYU

All these games are in the Big House and I'm willing to bet, Jimmy would like them all to be Noon kickoffs.   That would be 9:00 AM kickoff for the kids from OSU and UNLV and 10:00AM for BYU.   I imagine EPSN and ABC will prefer OSU and BYU over the 2-11 UNLV which could push them to 3:30 kickoffs.  Update:  Oregon State is now scheduled at Noon on ABC

• The Michigan Coaches wrap up their tour today at the SMSB Camp.   This is a good weekend for the Wolverines as a ton of talent comes in for the camp and will also visit Ann Arbor this weekend as well.

• Remember when I said, Jimmy is probably a robot because he never sleeps.   I have changed my mind, he really is Stretch Armstrong the famous toy from 30 years ago.   See below (HT to Mgoblog):

Had some fun in the Sun today with the man of #UM @CoachJim4UM #GoBlue !! pic.twitter.com/1SjRV2N3o8

— Chris Brown 1⃣3⃣ (@chrissoo_valid) June 9, 2015

•  Matt Hayes from Sporting News has written one of the best articles I have ready on Jimmy and his impact this off season.  Please check it out!