The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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tunities for our team. We also want to balance the impact on our team and teams across the board when we look at game times." • Reviving the Notre Dame series — Manuel certainly doesn't shut that door. Instead, he has a foot in the crack, although he knows both schools face logistical challenges with scheduling. "I'm still open to a series with Notre Dame again," Manuel said. "It's very meaningful to me, because during my time here and beyond, it was a premier game in college foot- ball. You look at it as the two win- ningest programs in the country in college football history. "I'm open to looking at that, to restarting the series and playing Notre Dame. [Notre Dame AD] Jack [Swarbrick] and I have seen each other. We've been good friends for some time now. At the proper time, the discussions will hopefully oc- cur, and we'll see where it goes from there." • The College Football Playoff — Manuel likes the present setup, and he's convinced that at least for now, no expansion from the four-team sys- tem is required. "I love the playoff," Manuel said. "I've been to the last two champion- ship games and look forward to one day being there as the athletic direc- tor at Michigan." "I like four. I think it's the appro- Manuel would like to see Michigan and Notre Dame play on the gridiron once again. The two powerhouse programs have not met since a 31-0 victory for the Fighting Irish at South Bend in 2014. PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL