The Game set for Noon.
October 5th, 2016 at 4:56 PM ^
Not really. The NFL and college football aren't comparable outside of it being the game of football.
October 5th, 2016 at 12:17 PM ^
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October 5th, 2016 at 1:05 PM ^
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October 5th, 2016 at 3:49 PM ^
No one is forcing anyone to go to games. If it's too cold, then don't go.For schools looking to keep filling up their stadiums at a time when the bubble is in danger of bursting, I'm not sure that's a winning argument.
October 5th, 2016 at 11:19 AM ^
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October 5th, 2016 at 11:23 AM ^
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October 5th, 2016 at 11:31 AM ^
Personally, I'm fine with us never playing a prime time game on the road. I'd prefer our opponents to have a weakened homefield advantage.
October 5th, 2016 at 12:51 PM ^
I live in STL so I'm the only one making my plans in relation to UM football. So watching my premiere league game with breakfast, then switching to beer and meat based products for the 11am game gives me the entire day afterwards. Either to take a nap and go out at night, or to finish yard work and errands. Or to keep drinking and fall asleep early\game, lets be honest.
Been lucky a few times where I had 3pm or night weddings to go to also so dodged a conflict.
11am-2:30 isn't bad where 5-8:30 or later seems to waste my primetime and my best going out and being social night, just less fun to be watching the game alone at night versus during the day.
October 5th, 2016 at 11:16 AM ^
Don't complain about the start time--complain about the fact that this game is now permabumped to Thanksgiving weekend, making it difficult for students of both schools who travel home for the holiday to attend the game.
People are going to watch no matter when kickoff is scheduled--it's UM-OSU.
October 5th, 2016 at 11:22 AM ^
Yeah. I still hate this (well, only every other year). I don't know the solution other than playing The Game earlier than the last game, but that doesn't seem appropriate or likely.
October 5th, 2016 at 11:32 AM ^
This was blamed, partially, on Tressel's OSU teams getting destroyed in national title games and it was always attributed to too much time between the final game and the bowl game. But the B1G eventually added the conference championship game anyway so that argument became moot.
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October 5th, 2016 at 11:45 AM ^
That is annoying. I would end the regular season a week earlier and play the conference title games Thanksgiving weekend if it were up to me.
October 5th, 2016 at 12:46 PM ^
October 5th, 2016 at 12:56 PM ^
As an out of towner when the home OSU game is on T-giving weekend it lets me visit family and catch a game. Can spend T-giving with the gf's family then celebrate it again on Friday with my family and then go to the game Saturday.
TBH afraid to go to Columbus as an opposing fan but being at noon versus at night I think I'd swing it once.
October 5th, 2016 at 1:17 PM ^
Good point. I never really thought about how many people may travel back to Michigan on that weekend, due to it being a Holdiay.
Between the Lions on Thursday (I know, but I don't see them much on TV now that I'm out of state), and the Game on Saturday, Thanksgiving weekend has turned into a stay-cation every year.
October 5th, 2016 at 11:20 AM ^
They started serving beer at the Shoe this year I believe. I have no idea if that will cause any changes in behavior for their fans but for those of us who will be attending, the earlier the better.
October 5th, 2016 at 11:35 AM ^
I personally don't like noon games, but my reason is very specific to my own life situation: with two fairly young kids, it is hard to really watch the games the way that I want to watch (i.e. completely focused on the game, screaming like a madman and fairly obsessively unhinged, especially for The Game), and kids' sports often get in the way.
So, a few years back, my wife and I started a tradition of DVRing all games, going on a complete media blackout, and watching them "live" at night after we put the kids to sleep. Our media blackout is pretty "all in" - cell phones are powered off, we don't go anywhere that has a TV, we don't wear our Michigan gear and those who know us are warned not to even mention the game if they know the score. While we have been successful in doing this, it can be difficult and really (1) cuts into our planning options for saturdays in the fall, and (2) is stressful, as we are constantly worried about finding out the score. Night games are the best, since the delay between kickoff and when we start the game is minimal, so there is no real media blackout. 3:30 games are decent, since we only have to go on blackout for a few hours.
But nooners are the worst - we have to go "off the grid" for the entire day, which isn't easy to do. It is even harder for The Game, since that game tends to get a lot more coverage, even in NY.
October 5th, 2016 at 12:06 PM ^
to night media blackout would be very difficult. I just find a way to watch them utilizing a lot of DVR and "half-playing" with my kids while the games are going on. It is stressful watching for sure, but I would prefer it to having the outcome spoiled in a failed media blackout.
October 5th, 2016 at 12:57 PM ^
Slow down there, buddy. Nooners are the greatest! Unless we're talking about noon CFB kickoffs, then yes.
October 5th, 2016 at 11:45 AM ^
I'd love to see this be a Blue-Red game like USC-UCLA
October 5th, 2016 at 11:56 AM ^
Yes. I have been clamoring for that for years. There is no reason why UM and OSU cannot both wear their home uniforms for the game. I also don't require a response from someone that says "because it's tradition." And another thing, I understand why UCLA and USC both wear their home uniforms - because their colors contrast AND they both play in LA.
October 5th, 2016 at 12:11 PM ^
just think our whites are pretty smooth. I am looking forward to seeing them contrast with the Scarlet and Gray.
October 5th, 2016 at 12:17 PM ^
But definitely remember learning in Bacon's class that there was a period in the early days that both wore home unis, if people really want to argue tradition
October 5th, 2016 at 5:30 PM ^
Newspaper accounts of the dedication game of Michigan Stadium in 1927 talk about Ohio State's scarlett jerseys and Michigan's blue jerseys.
As recently as 1950 - the famous "Snow Bowl" in Columbus - both Michigan and Ohio State wore "home" unis:
We should both wear home unis for The Game. It's a "throwback" that's actually authentic.
October 5th, 2016 at 11:45 AM ^
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October 5th, 2016 at 1:05 PM ^
Bo and Woody are both long gone. They used to wear leather helmets in Fielding's day but we moved on from that....
October 5th, 2016 at 11:46 AM ^
I am glad it is a noon kick because Michigan on the road in hostile environments being kicked then make me feel a LITTLE bit better, but based on the way their seasons are going, this SHOULD be 3:30 or later.
October 5th, 2016 at 11:46 AM ^
for crowd noise purposes. Since it's in Columbus, noon is great for the same reason
October 5th, 2016 at 12:44 PM ^
October 5th, 2016 at 1:12 PM ^
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October 5th, 2016 at 11:49 AM ^
Gonna have to go to bed early on Friday night in order to make it down in time.
October 5th, 2016 at 11:50 AM ^
October 5th, 2016 at 11:52 AM ^
Damn
I thought this was about a noon start for our rival Rutgers...
October 5th, 2016 at 12:12 PM ^
October 5th, 2016 at 12:49 PM ^
It's amazing what 210 minutes can do for homefield advantage...
Yeesh.
October 5th, 2016 at 7:29 PM ^
You don't think there is an effect? Fans get rowdier as the day goes on, for all of the obvious reasons. That pretty much guarantees a louder, more hostile home crowd.
October 5th, 2016 at 12:30 PM ^
October 5th, 2016 at 12:34 PM ^
October 5th, 2016 at 1:38 PM ^
way. If Michigan loses the game it makes football completely useless for the rest of the day. I don't watch any other football after a Michigan loss on any given Saturday.
October 5th, 2016 at 3:54 PM ^
but when the Wolverines win, its great to watch victory highlights all day long and into the night.
October 5th, 2016 at 1:02 PM ^
October 5th, 2016 at 1:03 PM ^
A noon kickoff for two potentially undefeated teams? Looks like the Iron Bowl will blow ratings out of the water.
October 5th, 2016 at 1:13 PM ^
It gonna be ABC
October 5th, 2016 at 2:08 PM ^
I'm just glad Bo never suggested kicking off at 9:00am.
Noon is an acoustic guitar / 8:00pm is an electric with an amplifier. Night games aren't necessarily "better" -- They're just louder and more energetic.
Someday they're going to say "F*** it" and have OSU @ Michigan under the lights and it's going to blow the doors off the planet and we're all going be embarrassed for accepting Noon for so long.
(But we should absolutely uphold tradition and keep Noon kicks in the Horseshoe.)
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And to the brilliant people above who suggested both teams wear home jerseys - YES! Michigan and OSU have the perfect contrasting darks to make that look fantastic. Full support. I will write my congressman.
October 5th, 2016 at 3:58 PM ^
is 9:00 AM here on the West coast. It's a perfectly good time to watch Michigan football.