News on Michigan-Maryland Game Coming Tomorrow (Weather Related)

Submitted by EastCoast Esq. on

So....this ain't good.

 

Team source: "people at Schembechler are freaking out right now." Says decision on potential postponement/new site should come Thursday.

— Ben Fidelman (@bfidelman) September 30, 2015

M-Dog

September 30th, 2015 at 4:15 PM ^

There are no domes around here (DC area).  And all the close-by NFL stadiums are under the same threat:  DC, Balt, Philly, NY.

The closest safe stadiums of any size are Penn State or Pitt / Pittsburgh.  

Penn State is using theirs at noon (double-header anyone?).  Pitt's is free on Saturday.

FreddieMercuryHayes

September 30th, 2015 at 4:04 PM ^

I've travelled a lot, and this is the first time where it might be the sole reason I'm going somewhere is unaccessible due to bad weather. This isn't a 'oh well, it's raining a lot issue', or even a 'oh well, I'll postpone a few days' issue. If they move it out if the DC area, that's a whole different ball game.




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bluesalt

September 30th, 2015 at 4:03 PM ^

Quite frankly, the weather is going to screw over a lot of those travel plans already. I live less than 5 miles from the stadium, and we already had some flooding issues last night with about 3 inches of rain. Some forecasts are calling for double that Friday and Saturday. They're being smart to announce a change now in time for people to not travel to an area that could be under a state of emergency before the weekend is out.

BornInAA

September 30th, 2015 at 4:12 PM ^

Exactly, sometime tomorrow will be state of emergency for many cities and states up and down the coast. Then they start shutting public transporation down after Friday night. Unless this thing changes course abruptly, nobody's flying out of DC Sunday. I am sure they are freaked out about that. Moving to noon is only option.

Alton

September 30th, 2015 at 4:20 PM ^

Once you are required to move the game time, there aren't many rules they have to obey.

9 am is an option.  Friday afternoon or evening are options.  Because it's BTN, there is probably even a push by the network to make it one of those times (because they already have a football telecast scheduled for noon).

 

Alton

September 30th, 2015 at 4:32 PM ^

But they would have to open that extra game channel and disrupt their original schedule.  That's do-able, but I would imagine that they wouldn't mind having a Friday night telecast or a Saturday morning telecast that doesn't force them to split their audience.

Rasmus

September 30th, 2015 at 5:53 PM ^

It's the flying out part that is the problem. There's no way the authorities want thousands of Michigan fans stranded in the area or at the airport on Sunday.

Even now, it's hard to imagine there are many available seats on flights out Saturday afternoon/evening. So I'm not sure a noon game time would solve the problem, since people might still be unable to get home after the game.

Optimism Attache

September 30th, 2015 at 6:55 PM ^

I'm not sure the league or the authorities are particularly concerned about people getting stranded.If the weather turns as bad as they are saying it might, tens of thousands of people are going to be stranded in D.C. anyway. It's almost a wash and I kind of doubt the B1G cares.

notYOURmom

September 30th, 2015 at 4:00 PM ^

I have to fly to Boston tomorrow, back to AA Friday, out to Baltimore Sat, back to AA Sunday. It sounds like there is about 0% chance of that happening without suffering and if I get there there may still be no game. If they are going to mess with it they had better do it tomorrow.

MGoSoftball

September 30th, 2015 at 4:02 PM ^

I noted that Saturday night departure flights will be on time.  Its the Sunday flights that will be tricky.  

A midnight departure will only have rain to deal with.  Sunday will bring the heavier stuff with high winds.

M-Dog

September 30th, 2015 at 4:21 PM ^

It's an 8:00 game.  It won't end until midnight.  You could not get to any local airport - DCA, BWI, IAD - before 1:00 AM.  They don't have any 2:00 AM flights.  

So every flight out of the game is going to be a Sunday flight if they don't change the time of the game.