Game Times announced for 6 games

Michigan announced this week the game times for 6 of its 12 games for the 2006 football season. The games that are set are as follows:

• Sept. 2nd vs. Vanderbilt at Noon and will be broadcast by ESPN
• Sept. 16th at Notre Dame at 3:30 p.m. and will be broadcast by NBC
• Sept. 30th at Minnesota at 8:00 p.m and will be broadcast by ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
• Oct. 7th vs. Michigan State at 4:30 p.m. and will be broadcast nationally by ESPN
• Oct. 14th at Penn State at 8:00 p.m. and will be broadcast by ABC
• Oct. 28th vs. Northwestern at Noon; tv coverage to be announced

Announcements regarding game times for the other 1/2 of the schedule will be posted as soon as same is available. In the meantime, here are two interesting tidbits regarding Michigan football's history on television: (1) U-M is the most televised school in college football history with 356 appearances; and (2) U-M commences the 2006 season with a string of 131 consecutive televised games. Take that Notre Dame.