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
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markp

September 30th, 2015 at 4:49 PM ^

  1. Move the game up to a 10am or 12noon kick to get the event done and people gone with the help of daylight and before the worst of the weather arrives
  2. Move 3.5 hours inland and play in Morgantown, WV? Still rain, but not as likely to be an dangerous/emergency situation
  3. Move 5 hours north to Syracuse' Carrier Dome (nearest covered field)
  4. Screw geography and play at Lucas Oil in Indy

These are terrible options.

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gobluefan474

September 30th, 2015 at 4:58 PM ^

This is really Bad guys.

First off this could be a really big problem if the game is moved. Hurting postseason play.

2nd. IM JUST PISSED THEY HAVE NOT COME UP WITH A POSTPONED OR NEUTRAL LOCATION SITE YET. ITS WEDNESDAY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD 4:58 PM!!!!! What's the hold up.



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StephenRKass

September 30th, 2015 at 4:58 PM ^

We'll be fine, but I'll bet they change something. Either move the game to Friday night or to Saturday morning in Maryland, or move it to Ann Arbor. Frankly, I think that Maryland doesn't expect to win. Michigan could fill the stadium, and still give the Terps a bunch of money. And Friday night or Sat. morning in the rain is ok, if they are able to get everyone out of Dodge by Sat. night. It sounds like they really don't want people in the area trying to fly out on Sunday.

I personally would hate to be in DC with this kind of event. I was in Norfolk over Labor Day weekend to visit my daughter. The DC traffic is so bad, I drove the alternate route (through WVa) rather than go anywhere near DC.

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Qmatic

September 30th, 2015 at 5:09 PM ^

I would actually say there might be a better chance that the game is played in AA than in Maryland at 8. Most likely we will see a time change I feel, which could suck for us who have flights arriving there at 2

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skurnie

September 30th, 2015 at 5:20 PM ^

Logical places:

-WVU's stadium in Morgantown (WVU is @ Oklahoma Saturday night). It still might be in the rain area, though.

-Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. The Steelers play home Thursday night but Pitt is away on Saturday...4-5 hour drive from DC area.

Other than Ann Arbor, of course. 

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Leaders And Best

September 30th, 2015 at 5:59 PM ^

One issue would be that the grounds crew would have to get the field ready for another game on Saturday. Heinz is a grass field and has been ranked the worst field in the NFL by players survey. I think this is because it gets so much use between the Steelers and Pitt Panthers. I doubt they would want to add another game to the mix, but who knows.

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BlueTuesday

September 30th, 2015 at 5:48 PM ^

It seems like there are 3 options here.

1. Move up the kickoff to noon(or sometime earlier in the day).

2. Move the game to A2.

3. Move the game to a neutral field.

I'm going with option1.

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