Michigan is taking a $2M bath on the Arkansas series, didn't manage to get the even-year game at home (so they have to go to Columbus and South Bend in the same year again) and even allowed their home game to be played in late October in 2019, against the B1G's general doctrine of 'not distracting from league games'. (Presumably ND wanted it there because they're already playing @ Georgia in Sept. 2019.) I like all those things, of course, but it's interesting that UM seems to have bent over backwards to this degree to make this work. Funnily enough, Arkansas is now stuck without a 2018 and '19 Power 5 non-conference opponent to satisfy the SEC requirement to play one. Can't believe they're thrilled with the timing of this.