Big House referenced in WSJ article about COVID & sports
Nice pic.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-a-second-wave-could-be-even-worse-for-sports-11587117600
Relevant quote:
"You're certainly not going to put 100,000 people in the Big House."
On the next page of the print edition, there's a pic of a Bernie Sanders rally with a prominent Michigan t-shirt. Photo editor must be an alum today.
April 18th, 2020 at 11:25 AM ^
But a third wave would be even worse. And don’t even get me started on a fourth.
Question: But what if the third wave is super slow, then the fourth one just blows by super fast, and then the wave goes in two directions? Could that work?
Answer: only if Sections 20-24 ever get off their asses.
April 18th, 2020 at 12:05 PM ^
The greatest running back ever. Barry, I mean Bernie, what the ?????
That's what I'm talking about ?
April 18th, 2020 at 12:19 PM ^
Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb?
April 18th, 2020 at 12:45 PM ^
Mother do you think they'll try to take footballs?
April 18th, 2020 at 12:26 PM ^
May as well just stay inside for the rest of time i guess....
In a typical season, If they pumped in stadium noise, put computer generated fans in the seats, I wouldn’t get any less enjoyment when I watch from home.
I do feel the urge to go to a game more than ever right now though. Probably because we can’t. Don’t know what you’ve got...
The Big House crowd rarely gets me pumped anyways
Plus not allowing Washington or Ohio State a home crowd would be a huge plus for us.
This current situation sucks, for sure. The next 12 months may suck, to varying degrees, as well. But it is not a "for the rest of time" kind of situation. We will have treatment and/or a vaccine that reduces the danger of this virus, and then things will be (fully) normal. It's just a matter of bridging the gap until we get to that point.
April 18th, 2020 at 12:28 PM ^
Those Who Stay (Home) Will Be Champions
"Those Who Stay (Home) Will Be Champions"
or at least out of the ICU.
They opened the beaches in Jacksonville so the wife and I hit the dispensary and to go check things out. We were freaked out. First there were 8 people in front of me and none of them were wearing face protection. Next we went to a local restaurant and the place was packed (no seating) with young people wearing absolutely no PPE. None of the employees were wearing PPE because the owner (it was posted on the door) believes that first responders should get the PPE first. They are all a bunch of young hotties working there, handling credit cards, touching the door handles when delivering to go orders. It was crazy town so we just went right back home. People around here just don’t give a shit, and I expect a spike in cases in the next few days. This is what happens when people listen to politicians and not experts.
Oftentimes people only hear what they want to hear. And there are few things that politicians are better at (on either side of the aisle) than telling their constituents exactly what they want to hear. Playing on their fears and biases and telling them that what they say is truth.
It's disturbingthat a lot of people seem to think that the flattening of the U.S. curve is due to "the virus not being as contagious as advertised" and not due to the fact that the vast majority of the population is currently staying home all day.
Yeah you wanna clarify which politicians or you just gonna leave that hanging out there with the stupid fucking both sides have equal blame bullshit.
It’s pretty clear who he’s talking about. Young people seem to vote a certain way.
Politicians think that we're all too stupid to take care of ourselves. Medical experts are as bad or worse. Don't let these "smart people" run/ruin our lives.
Maybe they are going with the we are all going get it anyways theory.
That said my doctor has me thinking, he claims each wave will likely be more dangerous/stronger so the best time to get it would probably be now.
That said I'm way to scared. The minute they have at home antibody test I'm getting it so maybe already had it but highly doubt it
April 18th, 2020 at 12:33 PM ^
Only way they get 100k+ in the stadium is if they do a Coca-Cola BOGO deal. Home schedule sucks and we'll probably find a way to underperform again.
April 18th, 2020 at 12:35 PM ^
Better be a big ass Kraft Macaroni and Cheese statue or i am OUT.
Any mention of BOGO and the University of Michigan just hurts
April 18th, 2020 at 12:34 PM ^
The home schedule was kind of crap this year anyway.
Hey if they don’t play we get MSU and OSU at home for consecutive seasons.
April 18th, 2020 at 12:54 PM ^
it doesn't refer to the big house if you're not subscribed to the WSJ....no picture, either.
Here's a pic of the print edition. Probably not readable, unfortunately, but the reference to the Big House is towards the end.
I can read that, thank you
The guy quoted, CT Bergstrom, is well worth following on Twitter. He's uniquely well-suited to understanding both the dynamics of the pandemic and the popular flows of information around the pandemic, and he offers some really insightful and deeply well-informed takes on the various epi models that get popular traction.
he's from Ann Arbor btw
Even if the stadium is near empty they’ll still keep the 100k streak going.
Exactly what my wife and I said to each other when we saw that article in the WSJ. They just keep the delusion going by announcing the number of tickets sold, regardless of how many butts are actually in the seats.
They just keep the delusion going by announcing the number of tickets sold, regardless of how many butts are actually in the seats.
To be fair that's how all sports teams do it.
That doesn't make it accurate or the truthful way to represent the facts. To me the delusion is when the PA announcer claims it's the umpteenth consecutive crowd over 100,000 when that isn't close to being true. The WSJ article from 3 years ago confirmed the gross discrepancy between announced attendance and actual bodies in the stadium at almost every college football venue in America. That's my main point.
Did you really just discover this fact 3 years ago?
"Paid attendance" has been the standard policy for sports teams for decades now, going back well into last century.
Personally, I have a hard time believing theres going to be a season. Winter sports starting on time is best case scenario. A lot can happen between now and August, but thats just my feel towards the thing. The Cherry Festival has already been cancelled, Gaylord has cancelled the Alpinefest. This is going to linger a lot longer then we want it to unfortunately.
I live in the Northern Lower and its fairly quiet up here on the covid front. Buts its a matter of when its going to explode at this point. As soon as they start loosening restrictions and people come up, it's going to get bad up here.
Ah, the Cherry Festival, a.k.a. (these days, anyway) the Hillbilly Festival to many residents of that micropolitan area. Its economic benefit to the area is often touted, but ask a downtown merchant how things go that week. I'm sure the chain restaurants and motels clean up.
Anyway, yes, think how many COVID-positive people will invade the area in a few months. No Cherry Festival will be at least one bullet dodged.
I saw this article and it got me thinking, how many people could they actually fit in the Big House and still keep the 6 foot social distancing. I don't know the exact number, but the answer is a fraction of the 100,000. I estimated that in each row, you'd have to have 4 empty seats between each person, assuming no spouses or significant others are allowed. If you make exceptions so that no more than 2 people can sit next to each other, you can get a few more people in each row. But, then it would make it hard to have anyone sit in either the row in front or the row behind that row, because it would virtually be impossible to have at least 6 foot separate people from those in front or back of them.
So, all this means each row would be about 20 - 25% capacity, and they'd have to skip every other row. So, a minimum estimate would be they could sell at most 10 to 12.5% of the stadium capacity. Not much of a home field advantage I'd say.
Big House this fall.
Perfect for those bad weather games!
Make that thing airtight with P100 filtration and I'm in.
Although that would probably cost more than my car to do it right.
Michigan starts the season 11-0. 2nd wave hits hard November 25th cancelling the rest of the season. Michigan is declared co-National Champions
It's nice to see our stadium finally getting some recognition.
What about the possibility that there is no real concerning second wave?
April 18th, 2020 at 10:25 PM ^
100 PCT.... The question is how bad. All we did is slow things down. This is very contagious still my looks of early data but hopefully not as deadly. Most haven't got it yet.
Inevitably most everyone going get it over the next year. Just need to hope can't you get reinfected for couple years. Cause that happens we are really screwed
That was a very brief article.