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Root for a rival? Michigan fans in a quandary as Ohio State, Notre Dame clash
Last season, Michigan football fans were cheering for the Wolverines in the national championship. This year, they’ll have to choose between two of their rivals.
It’s an unfortunate position, but some Michigan fans see a silver lining when Ohio State faces Notre Dame in Monday night’s championship game.
What almost all of them seem to agree on is which school they’d rather see win. A poll this writer posted on social media this week asking that question received more than 1,000 votes. More than 95 percent of people chose Notre Dame.
“I have never, never wanted Ohio State to win any game, no matter who they’re up against,” said Joe Fowler, who held Michigan football season tickets for more than 50 years.
It’s a sentiment shared by nearly all Michigan fans, several of whom claimed (in replies to the poll) that no self-respecting Wolverine devotee could ever pull for Ohio State. The Buckeyes are, unquestionably, Michigan’s top rival. Michigan State is next, at least currently, followed by Notre Dame.
Michigan and Notre Dame last played each other in 2019, a 45-14 Michigan win in Ann Arbor. That same day, Michigan announced the series would return with matchups in 2033 and 2034. The lack of recent games between the programs has only cooled a rivalry that already trailed Michigan-Ohio State in intensity.
As one Michigan fan wrote: “We dislike Notre Dame but hate Ohio (State).”
Don Svenson, an usher at various Michigan sporting events, doesn’t care for either team and may stick with a previous engagement instead of watching the game. He’ll be rooting for the Fighting Irish.
“Their football program is as storied as Michigan’s,” he said. “Also the more that I learn about Marcus Freeman, I see that he is more of a class act as opposed to Ryan Day.”
Several fans mentioned their preference for Freeman, Notre Dame’s third-year coach, over Day, who’s bothered Michigan fans with his comments and behavior since becoming Ohio State’s coach in 2019.
Many fans said they wished both teams could lose, with one saying it was like choosing between moldy cheese and rotten meat.
Notre Dame overcame a stunning loss to Northern Illinois to qualify for the inaugural 12-team playoff. Ohio State lost two regular-season games, including as a 20-point favorite at home against Michigan. Notre Dame and Ohio State each won three playoff games to reach the championship. Michigan went 15-0 last season to capture the trophy in what was the final season of the four-team playoff.
“The good news about (Monday’s) game is that no matter who wins, Michigan still has its national championship and a head-to-head win over the team in their previous meeting,” Michigan super fan Don Thomas said.
“And no matter who loses you get to laugh at ‘em. If Notre Dame loses, you can say they haven’t won (a national championship) since before the fall of the Berlin Wall. And if Ohio State loses, it’s, ‘All that (NIL) money and you couldn’t win a natty.’ Honestly, it’s the best of both worlds.”
For some Michigan fans, their rooting interest on Monday could be affected by where they live or the fandom of their friends or family. Generally speaking, Notre Dame is considered “the lesser of two evils,” as one Michigan fan put it.
Michigan’s 13-10 win over Ohio State on Nov. 30, the Wolverines’ fourth straight win in the series, naturally looms large for Michigan fans.
One such fan was clever to reference certain t-shirts and posters and other commemorative items that will be produced for the national champion.
“I don’t like the possibility of an OSU win,” he wrote, “but the idea that they’ll print the season schedule that ends with a natty but has to still show that UGLY loss to Michigan makes me smile.”
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Gotion wants Michigan township to pay the $23.7M it owes in incentives
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Gotion Inc. has asked a federal judge to order the Michigan township where it was supposed to call home to repay the roughly $23.7 million it owes the state in taxpayer-funded incentives.
Green Township’s actions opposing Gotion’s planned battery parts plant made it all but impossible to move forward, the company argued, leaving Gotion in default under its agreement with the state and on the hook for the $23.7 million in taxpayer-funded incentives it received for land purchases and improvements.
“Now that it is clear the project cannot move forward in the face of this continued opposition and the state of Michigan’s withdrawal of support, Gotion seeks to add these constitutional claims and request damages as a result of the township’s breach of the development agreement and violation of Gotion’s constitutional rights,” a May 29 court filing in the case said.
Last week’s filing seeks to amend an earlier lawsuit Gotion filed against Green Township over zoning changes that made its development all but impossible to proceed.
In February, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked Gotion’s lawsuit, arguing that it was moot because the state had already found the project in default and had demanded back roughly $23.7 million that had been given to the subsidiary of a Chinese company to purchase and prepare land in Green Township. In light of that ruling, Gotion is seeking to amend its lawsuit to seek additional damages.
“…the Sixth Circuit implied that given the facts of the dispute at this point, the correct form of damages for Gotion’s breach of contract claim against the township is likely monetary damages and no longer injunctive relief,” Gotion said in the May 29 filing.
The amended filing includes demands for damages arising from the “millions” Gotion paid or spent in reliance on the project moving forward, lost profits the company would have made if the manufacturing facility were built, attorney fees and an amount “not less than $23,670,873.56 for funds advanced towards land and development costs related to the project that the state of Michigan is now claiming should be repaid.”
Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office, which is seeking to recoup the $23.7 million on behalf of the Michigan Strategic Fund, said it was aware of Gotion’s May 29 filing against Green Township and is “monitoring the situation.” The office declined further comment, citing attorney-client privilege.
Gotion first sued Green Township in March 2024 after the board — all of whom had been replaced in November 2023 with members concerned about the Gotion project — rescinded two resolutions needed for the project to move forward. Gotion sued in federal court for breach of contract, and a U.S. district court judge issued a preliminary ruling in Gotion’s favor.
But the Sixth Circuit later blocked the case after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration, last fall, found Gotion to be in default of its grant agreement.
The state’s finding of default was in part due to the Green Township lawsuit. The company’s agreement with the state prohibits involvement in a suit that “would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the project or the grantee’s performance of its obligations under this agreement.”
The state also maintained Gotion’s “cessation of eligible activities” for a period of 120 days constituted an “abandonment” in violation of the grant agreement.
The Michigan Strategic Fund said it would seek to recoup the $23.7 million used to purchase and prepare land for Gotion in Green Township.
The Gotion project in Green Township was fraught with controversy shortly after its announcement. The company had planned to locate a battery parts plant in the Big Rapids area, creating up to 2,350 jobs and receiving about $175 million in taxpayer-funded incentives for the project.
Local opponents pushed back on the project because of the secretive nature with which it was negotiated, the unknown environmental effects of the project and Gotion’s parent company in China. Those concerns were amplified by Republican candidates in 2024, including both Vice President JD Vance and President Donald Trump.
The legal maneuverings with Gotion have already come at a cost to the township.
For the past three years, the state Treasury Department has flagged Green Township in Mecosta County because its expenditures have exceeded the amount of money authorized in its annual budget. In a corrective action plan submitted to Treasury last month, the township said its deficits were “primarily due to the legal fees.”
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Residents in Taylor, Michigan, fight against possible rezoning
A group of residents on Holland Road in Taylor, Michigan, say they are now doing everything they can to keep their neighborhood the way it is after some of them received a letter saying the city is considering rezoning their neighborhood.
“People across the street from me could have warehouse front property instead of woods and nice residential homes,” said Matthew Streicher.
Streicher, whose family has owned property on Holland Road for more than 100 years, says that has been his concern after he received a letter from the city about a proposed rezoning from residential to light industrial directly behind his home near Wick and Holland roads.
“So that’s when I also decided to start knocking on doors around here and saying this is what is going on, we need to speak out and have a voice as to what happens in our backyards, literally,” said Streicher.
Streicher told CBS News Detroit that three of his neighbors received that letter, informing residents that there’s a possibility of a new cold storage warehouse development if this land is rezoned.
“Nothing that belongs in a neighborhood,” said Tim Adkins.
“Heartbreaking, heartbreaking, you know,” said Denise Haggadone.
Many who live on Holland Road say this possibility is even more disturbing because of how long everyone has lived on this quaint road. And these same homeowners say that an industrial facility would only bring in more traffic and take away natural green space, most likely hurting their property value as well.
“It’s nice to see the wildlife, you know, there’s so few places left,” said Adkins.
On Tuesday, CBS News Detroit spoke off-camera with City Council Chairman Charley Johnson, who also lives on Holland Road. Johnson says he understands all of his neighbors’ concerns and agrees with them.
He says the company proposing this rezoning has every right to do so, and that the planning commission will vote on it Wednesday evening.
“It’s sad, I raised my kid here, and he’s planning on having this home after I pass or retire or what have you,” Haggadone said,
The residents hope to see a big turnout at Wednesday’s planning commission meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3, at Taylor City Hall.
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