The Madness of Moving - Jon Chait article
Jon Chait breaks down moving The Game. Pretty solid article that hits the main points why the game should not be moved.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=rivals-1116012
August 20th, 2010 at 8:21 PM ^
I'm sorry, there are two diaries and two other front page posts about the same thing.
August 20th, 2010 at 8:23 PM ^
I still want to read the article and am glad it was added to the board.
August 20th, 2010 at 9:10 PM ^
Sometimes it's just best to just chill out about it. Yes it's been posted, but why waste your time pointing that out every time? The mods will get around to cleaning it up soon enough.
Also, Jon Chait is second only to Brian and John Bacon when it comes to writing sweet about Michigan Sports. I can only hope someone considers this when deciding how to split divisions.
August 20th, 2010 at 8:24 PM ^
I know, its just another perspective. Figure people like to read Michigan articles when they are around.
August 20th, 2010 at 9:04 PM ^
This Article = ON POINT
August 20th, 2010 at 9:29 PM ^
It doesn't feel right moving The Game. This is the downside to expansion.
August 20th, 2010 at 10:05 PM ^
Same division, last regular season game - winner (potentially) goes on to championship game (assuming they have the same W-L record going into it). The road to the championship must go through Ann Arbor or Columbus for that division.
August 20th, 2010 at 10:07 PM ^
It has to mean something...right? But here's the issue. The fans care, the players care, the athletic departments care, but the network executives and school boards see that flashing neon dollar sign above the heads of Michigan vs Ohio State: The Rematchening and don't give a crap.
August 20th, 2010 at 10:17 PM ^
But the fans are also the networks' customers. They can't just spit in our face. If enough UM and OSU fans complain, it's got to give them second thoughts.
August 20th, 2010 at 11:07 PM ^
That's why this movement needs to mobilize. Petitions, Facebook pages, twitter, etc. Both fanbases, working together.
August 20th, 2010 at 11:03 PM ^
The sun reflects on the field a certain way that time of year.
August 21st, 2010 at 12:52 AM ^
If UM & OSU were only going to meet in the BTC game once every nine years, as Chait suggests, would it really be that awful to meet two weeks in a row once in 9 seasons? Obviously, since winning the first likely gets one of them to the BTC game and then winning that gets one of them to a huge BCS bowl, it would not be a
"demoralizing and cheapening experience...mak(ing) a farce of the whole season structure."
The winner would be going to a friggin' huge BCS bowl, maybe even the MNC game! What's demoralizing about that?
And believe it or not, if any team plays another one from the other division in the last regular season game, there is a chance that those two teams, whoever they are, might play in the BTC game.
August 21st, 2010 at 3:46 AM ^
It's one thing to have a rematch against, say, Wisconsin. It's another to have one against OSU. If you win the Game, you should have bragging rights for a year, not one week. How much would it suck if we were to end our losing streak against the Bucks next year, only to drop the BTCG to them one week later? The first game would have become meaningless.
The only logical thing to do is to have the two teams in the same division.
August 21st, 2010 at 8:07 AM ^
On The Game, he provides only his typically excellent, well-reasoned, point of view. At the risk of touching on politics, he happened to write a New Republic opinion piece (he is the Editor-in-Chief) on the Ground Zero mosque controversy. It's as well-written as his column on The Game, and possibly better. It's not just that he can turn a phrase, but that - no matter the topic, it seems - he does it with an unbelieveable ability to cut to the heart of the issue. What a talent.