No Night Game This Year
none of the lights none of the lights [Bryan Fuller]
Buried in a release about Michigan playing Minnesota at night is this:
With primetime selections through the networks and Big Ten Conference office now complete, Michigan will not host a night game this season at Michigan Stadium. Kickoff times for the remainder of the 2015 season will be announced in coordination with those partners.
Michigan's choices there were OSU (in November), Michigan State, or a middling opponent like Oregon State, BYU, or Northwestern. None of those are particularly appealing, though I thought a BYU at night might have been fun.
he was being sarcastic
April 23rd, 2015 at 11:02 PM ^
I really have no idea if he was being sarcastic or not. The fact of the matter is that there are enough delusional people on this site that its tough to tell whether someone is being sarcastic, or if they are just fucking stupid.
April 24th, 2015 at 10:08 AM ^
I think the /s moniker should be more widely adopted
From your username, I'm guessing you don't go to many home games?
When we have a night game, being at the game itself is fun but everything surrounding the game is a pain in the ass, especially the late-night drive back home. It's not something I'd want to do regularly, and my drive isn't all that far. I have a friend who comes in from Chicago and the night games are brutal on him. He's basically forced to get a hotel, and then he uses up a big chunk of Sunday driving back. He can put up with it if it's a rare occurrence but says he'll give up his tickets if we start playing them on a regular basis, and I can't blame him.
My friend prefers the noon games. He has to get up early, but all his driving is contained within Saturday. He can get home when it's still Saturday evening. For the 3:30 ones he can sleep in some but ends up getting home well after midnight. The night games mean basically using up his whole weekend (plus spending a bunch extra for a hotel), since he's driving in on Saturday and driving back on Sunday.
Fly ?
I imagine that to fly roundtrip from Chicago-Detroit would be significantly more expensive than staying in a hotel.
speak just for yourself because the majority of people I know that go to the night games absolutely love it and the whole festivities of the day
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Night games seem more corporate, more NFL. Forget that, give me noon or 3:30 any fall Saturday and I give you heaven on Earth!
Noon games forever. That way i can get home very early evening to watch other games on ESPN. I personally don't like the night games. By the time I get to the car and drive to my home it's 2 in the morning. I guess I'm an old fart
If you insist.....
"Noon games forever. That way i can get home very early evening to watch other games on ESPN. I personally don't like the night games."
^^^ This explanation makes it sound like watching UM is a hassle, and something you want to get over and done with as quickly as possible.
Complaining that our games being late interferes with your ability to watch OTHER games, irks the hell out of me.
Michigan games should be in the national spotlight. If you want to watch games at noon on ESPN U, root for Rutgers.
330 games automatically absorb your whole day for no good reason- it's just an awkward time. Too early to do much before the game, too late to do much afterward.
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The argument of "3:30 games absorb my afternoon" is different than "Noon games let me get UM football out of the way so I can watch other games".
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Plus Brady Hoke gets to eat a sandwich earlier
we spent 2M on those lights!!
They are also used for lots of 3:30 games, or even noon games when it's raining.
would mean Oregon State kids getting back to Corvalis around 3 am their time. Similar for BYU.
do you think Michigan is going to get back from their game at Utah?
BYU at least gains two hours when they're flying home. Michigan is going to lose 2 hours. The sun is probably going to be rising Friday morning when the players finally get to their beds.
That doesn't really matter, though, since that game will be played before the school year starts.
isn't allowed to play night games. Past their bed times.
so, basically, we are too cool to play BYU or Oregon State at night, and too proper to play MSU? Got it.
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I'm sure the woman I'm marrying that day appreciates that BYU will be a day game.
Not happy. Not happy at all. I love prime time football.
Then watch MNF Thursday edition or MAC on Tuesday night
I am in favor of making the night games a special occurance. ND was a great opponent for these and its going to be hard to find another one in Sept.
because MSU and OSU are out and there aren't that many programs coming with better pedigrees than BYU or Oregon State.
The thoguht that they need to be special is just silly IMO. Any night game in Septmber or October is going to have a great atmosphere.
for there to be a big night game in even numbered years.
2016 - Wisconsin
2018 - Nebraska
2020 - Va Tech
2022 - UCLA
2024 - Texas
2026 - Oklahoma
In odd numbered years we get MSU and OSU at home. Even numbered years we get these night games to offset that scheduling blunder. Seems like a good approach all the way around.
That makes perfect sense.
among others...
FYS
Love it! I like my games on Saturday afternoon
Great news.
I see no issues with MSU being a night game,
That being said, I would have been perfectly fine with BYU as a night game. They are an opponent with a pulse, and if we are being forced into 4-5 night games on the road, then I think we should at least get 1 to experience at home!
I am not surprised at this. I don't see any of the non-con games as marquee matchups. And I see problems with a night start for MSU. Do a 3:30pm start: it will be night well before the game is over.
The other thing is, there have been a million complaints here about DB trashing "tradition." Everyone seems thrilled that Harbaugh and Hackett will "return things to the way they used to be." Well, not having a night game just to have a night game is returning things to the way they used to be. You can't have it both ways.
A few years ago everyone, including Brian, bitched because UM didn't play night games. Today everyone is bitching if UM is scheduled to play a night game. WTF?
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My only problem with no night game at home is that we have three or four on the road. Sounds like something that should get a cap (i.e. max two night away games).
pop a cap in that
Very disappointed that we are not getting a night game. Agree with Brian that BYU would have been the best fit. Also, the futbol game at The Big House last year was awesome! Missing another opportunity for this summer is sad. What is up with Hackett? Surprised Brian is taking these developments so calmly. Guess the Hackett honeymoon continues for a while yet. Water was $3.50 at the softball games--drinking fountains were not working either day. A plot I think to make more $?
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