Friday Night B1G Football in 2017
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-big-ten-friday-night-ga…
Delany said the league is reluctant to ask schools with giant seating capacities to host Friday night games, so don’t expect games to be played at Ohio State or Penn State.
And Michigan is flat-out saying no to Friday night games, both home and road. Delany said he believes the school simply prefers Saturday games for “consistency of presentation.”
Delany said there will be three conference games and three non-league games in September and October. No team will play more than twice.
When is this clown retiring?
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:14 PM ^
So screw the high school kids who want to take official visits?
Yet another money-grab that hurts the athletes.
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:29 PM ^
come visit Michigan
November 2nd, 2016 at 3:26 PM ^
Michigan flat out told Delany to fuck off. We will not play on Friday at home or on the road.
November 2nd, 2016 at 3:56 PM ^
Though no justification is necessary, I can imagine Harbaugh justifying not playing Friday games by saying they into preparation time and don't put the team at a competitve advantage. Granted, they would cut into opponents' time as well, but I don't think Harbaugh cares about that part
November 2nd, 2016 at 4:03 PM ^
Playing a road Friday game also means missing an extra day of class that week, since you're not going to travel the same day as the game.
November 2nd, 2016 at 4:14 PM ^
Very true. While athletes at schools like OSU "ain't [go there] to play school," athletes at Michigan actually want to "play school."
November 2nd, 2016 at 5:39 PM ^
November 2nd, 2016 at 10:56 PM ^
think of the children" ~ Greg Sankey
November 2nd, 2016 at 5:10 PM ^
Dave Brandon would have loved saying yes to multiple Friday games
November 2nd, 2016 at 10:38 PM ^
November 2nd, 2016 at 6:35 PM ^
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:33 PM ^
Someone think of the recruits! They're totally going to get screwed because of three night games that will only be played by Purdue, Illinois, Rutgers, Northwestern and Indiana!
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:54 PM ^
Minnesota and Maryland have 2 of the smallest stadiums in the Big Ten. MSU has already been hosting a Friday opener for the last couple seasons.
I doubt Michigan, OSU, PSU, Nebraska, Wisconsin, or Iowa will ever be involved in a Friday night game unless it is on the road.
November 2nd, 2016 at 3:26 PM ^
How about 6 years! MSU has had a Friday Night season opener since 2011.
November 2nd, 2016 at 3:59 PM ^
with the MSU season opener, especially since they do the majority of their recruiting in-state (heh), is that MHSAA football is usually played on the Thursday night on the weekend before Labor Day, which usually coincides with when the NCAA schedule opens up.
November 2nd, 2016 at 6:35 PM ^
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:56 PM ^
Hugh Freeze?
November 2nd, 2016 at 3:24 PM ^
For now. But I think it's naive to assume that the smaller schools will put up with this in the long run. They'll bitch to the league office that Michigan/OSU/PSU/Nebraska aren't doing their Friday duty, and they'll have the votes to force us to comply eventually.
November 2nd, 2016 at 3:28 PM ^
And who will win that battle? Really? If you think Purdue and Illinois whining to Jim Delany will make Michigan, OSU, and PSU comply then you are on some serious drugs my friend.
November 2nd, 2016 at 3:32 PM ^
Actually, it turns out that OSU has already caved. They've agreed to not only play in these but to host once every three years.
So there's your answer. The B1G is going to try to blackmail us into this crap sometime soon. We have to hold firm.
November 2nd, 2016 at 3:43 PM ^
November 2nd, 2016 at 3:46 PM ^
Why do we have to bargain? They screwed up our schedule (and MSU's for that matter) and the solution is simple.
November 2nd, 2016 at 3:23 PM ^
Due to following the guys who report on recruiting I know that a lot of high schools play on saturday. This includes schools in Michigan so if a recruit really wants to visit they can.
That said im glad michigan wont be playing on fridays
November 2nd, 2016 at 3:53 PM ^
Unless the recruit is local, no high school player is going to go on a recruiting trip the night before his game. By the time the recruit is done with school and practice, it is going to be pretty hard to road trip afterward. Not to mention, I am guessing the last thing a high school coach is going to want is his star player taking a trip the night before a big game. Even for a local recruit, I am guessing that is going to be a hard sell.
Most of these recruiting trips happen after recruits have played their game on Friday or on a bye week.
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:15 PM ^
While I rather enjoy college football on Thursdays and Fridays, I don't want Michigan ever playing on one of those nights again (unless it's a bowl game).
November 2nd, 2016 at 3:58 PM ^
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:15 PM ^
Thank you, Warde!
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:50 PM ^
It's nice to finally have an AD that's willing to tell Delany to go fuck himself.
November 2nd, 2016 at 3:59 PM ^
No shit. The other guy would have just said, "We'll even play on Tuesday/Wednesday if you ask us!"
November 2nd, 2016 at 4:07 PM ^
He wouldn't be asked. The other ADs would just vote shit on Michigan because they hated DB, ala play MSU away two years in a row.
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:17 PM ^
How about "Consistency of Sanity," Jimmy? How are coaches supposed to recruit on Friday nights? How are recruits supposed to attend games? What about fans who have the audacity to work 9-5 jobs and may not be able to get to the stadium in time?
Quit trying to make B1GMACtion a thing.
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:56 PM ^
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November 2nd, 2016 at 2:17 PM ^
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:24 PM ^
guess is that the participants will be teams that do have to do that to get exposure. I'm guessing you will be getting a healthy does of Rutgers, Purdue, Illinois, and Indiana on that slate.
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:45 PM ^
Well won't that just have everybody loving the Big Ten? We should be trying to have those teams play on Mondays at 6am
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:59 PM ^
think Purdue and Illinois could play a Monday, 6 AM kick and it would not even make the news.
November 2nd, 2016 at 3:24 PM ^
Purdue and Illinois could play on the set of the news broadcast and it wouldn't make the news.
November 2nd, 2016 at 6:23 PM ^
To be fair, if you've ever been to Keeneland you would skip a day game too.
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:24 PM ^
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:33 PM ^
Well they are on level with high school Varsity teams.
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:41 PM ^
November 2nd, 2016 at 3:52 PM ^
Of all of the things that this nation has been subjected to, this may be the worst. This is absolutely must miss TV.
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:18 PM ^
Warde just gained +10000000 for saying no to this clown. Our default answer should be "no" whenever he opens his mouth.
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November 2nd, 2016 at 4:25 PM ^
The only thing I want to hear come out of Jim Delany's mouth is him telling Warde that he wants to correct Michigan's home schedule by moving MSU back to even numbered years starting with 2 straight games in Ann Arbor starting next season.
Anything else, the answer should be, "No, Fuck off".
November 2nd, 2016 at 5:33 PM ^
You hate someone because they inquired about scheduling a football game on Friday. What a miserable life you lead.
November 2nd, 2016 at 8:36 PM ^
I could be a 60+ year old, have no job and have nothing better to do all day than literally neg everything a handful of users I don't like post. And I could at the same time change my handle 50 times in 5 years to further descend into irrelevance.
Man, that would suck.
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November 2nd, 2016 at 2:18 PM ^
Good job killing this one, Warde. Positive points.
This is interesting, because the larger capacity Stadiums aren't expected to be involved. So this is for "second class" B1G schools that need the window. So, doubtless Rutgers will be involved, and teams like Purdue and Minnesota.
Honestly as long as it doesn't affect Michigan I can't get too worked up about it, but overall I think this is a bad idea.
November 2nd, 2016 at 2:24 PM ^
Honestly as long as it doesn't affect Michigan I can't get too worked up about it
If this is only a one year thing I don't really care, but if it is for the length of the contract I'm certain we'll get stuck with a few incredibly annoying road games.