Michigan Football News: Michigan, Notre Dame Prepare For Last Battle, Disappointing End?

In this Michigan football news and rumors update, former members of the Michigan Wolverines and Notre Dame Fighting Irish football programs are lining up to express their disappointment about the end (for now) of the two teams' storied rivalry.

“As a former player, and I'm sure some of the fans feel this way too, I care it's going away,” former Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn said, via Jon Solomon of CBS Sports. “It's been a great rivalry for quite some time and there's a lot of similar recruiting between these teams. You knew you were in a dog fight in this game. Times have changed. There's a College Football Playoff system now and in order to have an opportunity to get into it, Notre Dame had to quasi-align themselves with a conference (the ACC).”

Former Michigan Wolverines head coach Lloyd Carr echoed Quinn's sentiment, with an eye firmly trained on the resonance of past battles between the two programs.

“It's really disappointing it's going away,” Carr stated. “It speaks to the fact that longtime great traditions -- the greatness of college football -- are in many respects losing out. Now, we have to hope some of the new traditions will take effect."

"But for the old-timers like me, I'm just disappointed to see those great rivalries end.”

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