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recipe: Go Blue Ribs to hold back the Tide

Go Blue Ribs to hold back the Tide

Peggy Lampman | Contributor

Outside my kitchen walls, I hear feedback from friends and new acquaintances who try my recipes. Generally I'm delighted, thrilled with their successes, eager to hear how they may have tweaked the recipe. This summer, a lot of folks have been telling me they tried a cola recipe for ribs I penned last year.

I have mixed emotions about this one, and my face burns when it's mentioned. Head bowed, eyes darting to the floor, "Does it bother you that there's no smoke?" I mutter.

Video: Adidas unveils feature on Michigan football team's special Cowboys Classic uniforms

The Michigan football team's lone stab at an alternate uniform this season will come during the season-opener against Alabama.

Earlier this week, the Wolverines announced that they'll wear a special road uniform combination for the Sept. 1 game against the defending national champions in Arlington, Texas. From there, though, it'll be back to normal.

Michigan says it'll stick with its traditional look for the rest of the season, but that doesn't mean the lone alternate scheme won't be special.

On Thursday, Adidas unveiled a video featuring the Wolverines new Cowboys Classic TECHFIT uniform.

$50 standing room tickets for Michigan-Alabama 'Cowboys Classic' go on sale Thursday

Still want to be on hand for the Michigan football team's 2012 season opener against defending national champion Alabama?

You may have to do so while standing.

At 8:30 a.m. Thursday, standing-room-only tickets for the 2012 "Cowboys Classic" in Arlington, Texas will go on sale on the Michigan ticket office website for $50 each.

Michigan's Al Borges, 2-0 against Alabama's Nick Saban, draws from past as he schemes for nation's top defense

Al Borges won four games against Alabama when he was the offensive coordinator at Auburn. He is already planning for Michigan's season-opening game against the Crimson Tide on Sept 1.

Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com

They're big. They're fast. And they reload.

The Alabama defense is fearsome on a yearly basis, and no Michigan football player or coach knows that better than Al Borges.

The Wolverines' second-year offensive coordinator got an intimate look at the Crimson Tide during his tenure with Auburn from 2004-07, when his Tigers engaged them annually in the Iron Bowl.

His takeaway: “They’re fast guys. Coaching down there, I’m very aware. Plus, they’re very well trained. Their staff, (defensive coordinator) Kirby Smart does a great job and (head coach Nick) Saban is a defensive guy by nature.”

It's official: Michigan football team to open season at night against Alabama

It had been suspected. Now it's reality.

The Michigan football team's blockbuster opener against Alabama at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will be a night game.

The school announced Tuesday that the matchup -- which features the Sugar Bowl champion Wolverines and national champion Crimson Tide -- will kick off at 8 p.m. Sept. 1 on ABC.

Michigan marching band will not travel to Dallas for season-opening football game

Members of the Michigan marching band perform during a pep rally in downtown New Orleans before the Sugar Bowl in January. The band learned Thursday that it will not be performing at the Cowboys Classic when the Michigan football team plays Alabama on Sept. 1.

Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com

Update: Michigan marching band's Texas snub met with social media outcry

The Michigan football team's marching band will not be making the trip to Texas for the Wolverines' season opener against Alabama.

The band was informed of the athletic department's decision Thursday afternoon via email, according to a current member of the marching band.

Michigan is set to play Alabama on Sept. 1 in what is being billed as the Cowboys Classic. It will be played at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and is expected to be the nation's preeminent opening-weekend game.

Michigan football has eye on Alabama, even as it focuses inward during spring camp

The Michigan football team doesn't open the season for almost five months, and remains committed to developing its younger players in the interim. That's par for the course this time of the year.

Only, this year's opener is anything but par for the course, and the Wolverines can't help but peek toward their blockbuster matchup against defending national champion Alabama at Cowboys Stadium.

"Everybody talks about it," senior safety Jordan Kovacs said Tuesday during a conference call with reporters. "That's a huge one for us to be opening with, and all the players are excited about it. Not many people get an opportunity to go to Dallas and play the defending national champs. We're really looking forward to it."

Alabama doesn't want to 'settle' for 10 wins in season that includes opener vs. Michigan

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Alabama is heavy favorite against Michigan, but must address massive turnover in complicated defense

Alabama is the defending national champion, but it lost several starters on defense, including cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick.

Associated Press

But as the Crimson Tide prepare to open their spring camp Friday, they no doubt have work to do before facing the Wolverines in the country's most-anticipated opener — one that will be played at the new Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.

Alabama, which went 12-1 last year en route to the national championship, must replace 15 of the 22 players who started in the title game against LSU. That includes seven on defense, where it loses three of four defensive backs and three of four linebackers.

Want a ticket to the Michigan-Alabama game in Texas? It just got tougher

Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Associated Press

All 25,000 tickets the University of Michigan had to sell for the Sept. 1 Michigan vs. Alabama game at Cowboys Stadium in Texas are gone, according to a release issued Tuesday morning.

All 25,000 to the Cowboys Classic were sold to donors and season ticket holders before a public sale could begin. The public sale was scheduled to start Feb. 29. Ticket prices ranged from $125 to $285.

“We have received unprecedented interest in tickets for the Cowboys Classic game with Alabama,” Michigan's chief marketing officer Hunter Lochmann said in the release. “The demand is on par or greater than our athletic department has ever seen.”

The university said it may receive standing-room only tickets to sell in April, and those would be offered first to Victors Clubs members, then Michigan football season ticket holders and then the general public.

The Michigan-Alabama matchup is the fourth Cowboys Classic. LSU beat Oregon, 40-27, in front of a crowd of 87,711, in the 2011 edition.

Tickets for Michigan football team's 2012 opener against Alabama to go on sale soon

Fans wanting to catch the first glimpse of the 2012 Michigan football team will soon have their chance.

The Michigan athletic department announced Wednesday that it will begin taking ticket orders "over the course of the next month" for the Wolverines' 2012 opener against defending national champion Alabama, a game that will be held on Sept. 1 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Alabama wins BCS title, will be third defending champion to open season against Michigan

Alabama's DeMarcus DuBose celebrates after a 21-0 win over LSU in the BCS National Championship game. Next up for the Crimson Tide is a 2012 season-opener against Michigan.

AP Photo

Next up for the Michigan football team: the national champs.

Alabama’s 21-0 win over LSU in the BCS National Championship game on Monday night assures the Wolverines will open their 2012 season against the defending champion for just the third time in program history.

Michigan and Alabama play Sept. 1 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Updated: Michigan AD Dave Brandon says facing Alabama on a Texas-sized stage is a terrific opportunity

University of Michigan head football coach Rich Rodriguez greets athletic director Dave Brandon before the Bowling Green game earlier this season. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com

Dave Brandon has closed plenty of business deals, but putting the Michigan football team in a prime-time showdown with Alabama at Cowboys Stadium in 2012 wasn't among the easiest.

Brandon said Friday morning on WTKA that the logistics and details of a one-time shot with the Crimson Tide made the deal complicated. But ultimately, given the exposure it provided the program was worth it.

Michigan will face Alabama on Sept. 1, 2012 in the annual Cowboys Stadium Showcase.

"I just thought it was a terrific opportunity for our team, our coaches and our fans," Brandon said. "But we got the numbers right, we worked really hard to make sure there was plentiful availability of tickets, because we wanted to get that right for our fans. We hope to think of this as a preseason bowl trip where we can bring lots of people and really make it a special Labor Day weekend."

Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez on facing Alabama in 2012: It's a great opener

Michigan and Alabama will play at Cowboys Stadium in 2012.

As big as the Michigan football team's season-opener traditionally is, Rich Rodriguez knows 2012 will draw even more interest.

The Wolverines will face Alabama on Sept. 1, 2012, at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in a deal announced Thursday. The game will be the fourth meeting between the Wolverines and Crimson Tide. The previous three meetings came in bowl games with Michigan winning a overtime thriller over the Crimson Tide in the 2000 Orange Bowl.

"It's a great opener," Rodriguez said on his weekly radio show Thursday night. "That's going to be a very exciting day.

Rodriguez said he expects that the deal would allow a 50-50 split in tickets between Michigan and Alabama fans. The Crimson Tide will be considered the home team for the prime-time game, which will be nationally televised by either CBS or ESPN.

It's official: Michigan and Alabama football to play in 2012

It had been rumored for months. On Thursday, Michigan and Alabama made it official. The college football teams will open the 2012 season against each other at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

The game will be played Sept. 1, 2012 on a prime time national telecast.

Alabama coach confirms interest in 2012 football game against Michigan in Texas

Oregon State and TCU played at Cowboys Stadium on Sept. 4.

Associated Press

Alabama football coach Nick Saban expanded upon an idea Thursday night that Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon brought up weeks ago.

Michigan and Alabama could play each other in Texas at the new Cowboys Stadium during the 2012 football season.

“It hasn’t been announced yet, but we’re going to play Michigan in Dallas probably for sure,” Saban said on his weekly radio show.

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MGoBlog: Michigan football to play Alabama in 2012 in Texas

The Michigan football team isn't shying away from high-profile opponents - at least if the report on MGoBlog ends up coming to fruition.

The report says the Wolverines will travel to Dallas in 2012 to face defending national champion Alabama in a non-conference game at the new Cowboys Stadium.