UM Hockey to Play tSIO at Progressive Field?
Per the Twitterz...
MichiganHockey MichiganHockey.net
Poster on USCHO saying outdoor game between Michigan vs. Ohio State at Progressive Field in Cleveland could be announced soon.
slippery slope effect
outdoor games seem to become more and more prevalent - a yearly thing now though?
i mean i enjoyed the big chill and loved watching the cold war at MSU - but i'm going to be upset if it becomes a yearly thing or even more prevalent
edit : don't get me wrong i'm still probably going to go to this game
The outdoor games are great if your team is the home team. They suck if your team is the away team. Such is the nature of the beast.
i'm just saying if these games become more prevalent they're going to lose their appeal to me
but I'm too busy laughing my ass of at the overwhelming lack of testes in Columbus. Why are they not having this game in the horseshoe? Are they afraid it won't sell out? Are they afraid it will sell out, but to an overwhelmingly Michigan crowd? Are they afraid of inviting throngs of Maize and Blue taunters into columbus so soon after Tresselgate? Are they afraid of losing at home? Why in the world would they play Michigan at a neutral venue that seats about half the people their proud home stadium the armpit would?
Outdoor hockey games are awesome, and should be a yearly thing. There is nothing better then playing some puck on a pond somewhere. Obviously this isn't a pond, but you know what I'm saying. I'm sure the players would love to play one every year.
Yeah. Add "Hockey" into the title of this. Nearly crapped my pants there.
Won't lie... kinda kept it out of there on purpose to see the response, sorry!
Your are evil but that is kind of a funny idea
I guess I don't mind it being played more often as long as it is played in different venues. A yearly match between M and ____ at the Big House would get stale really quickly.
OSU doesn't exactly have a stellar hockey team, though. Seems like they're banking more on the names than the teams.
That's been going on in Football for the last 10 years,
They may be giving hockey fans in Cleveland too much credit. The only way they'll fill the place up is if they sell beer and fans make a party of it.
Personally I hope it happens since I live in Cleveland. But this thing has the potential to flop on its face by either no one showing up or drunken mayhem.
If it's OSU-Michigan, it should fill the place up. They'd probably fill a stadium to watch their chess team play ours.
The other 4 aren't college games either.
I guess I don't mind seeing an outdoor game every year. Although it does take a little of the luster off it.
Agreed definitely include hockey in the title. When i seen the title, I said first they want to move Michigan and Ohio State from being last game of the season and now this? What's next? Little Brother becomes our new biggest rival? Thankfully it's hockey and not football.
Before we agree to the game, we should check Ohio hockey players for tattoos and cars.
We should check Michigan players for DUIs
I think the police does that.
I'm not sure how to upvote, so this is my informal "+1" to you sir.
You scared me to death with that title.
I approve of any and all outdoor hockey games. I especially approve of ones I can probably make it to in enemy territory and rub it into the Bucknuts faces when we beat them to a pulp in their own outdoor game.
I was about to break out my can of OUTRAGE!!!! OP, could you throw hockey somewhere into the headline?
but I'm still holding out hope DB announces an outdoor basketball game at the Big House.
God that would be awesome.....except if there's wind....
or if they freeze ice from Lake Erie.
I think DB should make it a goal to hold games for each varsity sport in the big house so we can claim to have hosted the highest attended game in the hisotry of college ____ for every sport.
and yes, we will put a swimming pool on the field
I always figured the Blue Jackets would get an outdoor game before the Buckeyes.
tSIO already played in one at Lambeau field against Wisconsin.
Ice in it's natural environment is outside. Therefore, hockey was first played outside. This is the natural habitat of hockey.Let hockey run free.
Hope it happens. It would be nice to have a short drive to see Michigan hockey play.
My buddy works for the Indians and told me about it a couple weeks ago. It's going to be awesome.
Cleveland still has a baseball team?
They had an outstanding April, and then got back to their old form. It's best not to think about it.
i think every year would be great. i went to the nhl showcase at wrigley and would love to see an annual game there.
will continue to be a big event until the first one is canceled due to rain or warm weather and can't be re-scheduled causing someone to lose a lot of money. Then and only then will they start to rethink the frequency of such events.
Why wouldn't they want to play in the Toilet Bowl, er Horseshoe?