No 2015 home night game

Submitted by justingoblue on

In this press release announcing the Minnesota kickoff time, MGoBlue writes:

With primetime selections through the networks and Big Ten Conference office now complete, Michigan will not host a night game this season at Michigan Stadium. Kickoff times for the remainder of the 2015 season will be announced in coordination with those partners.

jmblue

April 23rd, 2015 at 3:50 PM ^

This is becoming the MGoBlog version of Godwin's Law.  As a thread regarding athletic department decisions grows longer, the likelihood that someone will be accused of being "Dave Brandon" approaches 1.

Anyway, Brandon probably would have made the BYU game "Under the Lights IV: Holiday Bowl Rematch."

brendandavis22

April 23rd, 2015 at 3:26 PM ^

Toe meets leather at 1:05. If you want to televise it, fine. If you don't, that's fine too.

Will all the road night games we have I'm fine with no home night games.

brendandavis22

April 23rd, 2015 at 3:28 PM ^

Toe meets leather at 1:05. If you want to televise it, fine. If you don't, that's fine too.

Will all the road night games we have I'm fine with no home night games.

Edit: double post. But its a Bo quote so twice probably isn't enough.

copacetic

April 23rd, 2015 at 3:33 PM ^

There weren't any home games that immediately jump out as possibillties (besides MSU and OSU, which have their own complications ), and I like the idea of it being special. Taking a year off will just make the next one seem that much bigger. Not to mention we already have so many night games on the road. 

Wolverine Devotee

April 23rd, 2015 at 3:46 PM ^

2016 home schedule-

9/3 vs Hawaii

9/10 vs UCF

9/17 vs Colorado

9/24 Bye Week

10/1 vs Wisconsin

10/15 vs Penn State

10/22 vs Illinois

11/5 vs Maryland

11/19 vs Indiana

Could there be.....oh God.....two home night games that year?

alum96

April 23rd, 2015 at 4:52 PM ^

It's not that bad.  It misses a marquee non conf game which in the future will be alleviated as we move into the 2020s (2022 = UCLA at home, 2024 = Texas, 2026 = Oklahoma).  Can yell at Brandon all we want but he smartly put the "home" game of home and home series in 2020s in even years to offset lack of MSU/OSU.

Even 2 years after 2016 is very good.  2018 has Wisconsin, Nebraska, PSU, and Arkansas for example at home.   If Arkansas can keep their current trajectory that is actually going to be one of the more compelling home slates in the country.

Wisconsin + PSU on paper should be nearly as good as MSU + OSU.  Wisconsin has been up there with OSU as a conf contender for the past 15 years, and while PSU and UM have fallen off big time in theory both programs should be quite good.  If this was Paterno v Carr a PSU home game would rank ahead of most MSU home games of the JLS, Perles, Williams era. 

The problem is going to happen in years our in conf crossover rotation spins out Wisconsin/Nebraska and spins in Purdue or similar.  Then you basically only have a PSU home game to look forward to, plus whatever shows up in non conf.  Which again in the 2020s is probably going to be the best game on the schedule if PSU doesnt return to glory.

blueday

April 23rd, 2015 at 3:53 PM ^

I'd take care of business all week, leave at 730am Sat. for a pregame tailgate, be in my seat for kickoff, then tailgate after the game. No worries. Sunday was wide open for homework etc. Harbaugh gets this. Expect change.

BlueMan80

April 23rd, 2015 at 5:27 PM ^

about the 2016 season night game in 5, 4, 3. 2. 1...

I'm OK with skipping a night game in 2015, but I do like them.  Lots of energy at night because it is different.

 

 

WolverineHistorian

April 23rd, 2015 at 6:17 PM ^

Boo.

I think we'll be in baby steps mode for a little while since we're so new to the night game fad. The rest of the teams in the B1G have at least 2 per season. Northwestern has around 4 per year. A couple years ago, Nebraska took their three biggest home games (Wisconsin, Michigan and Penn State) and made ALL of them night games.

While I am a traditionalist in that I think MSU and OSU should remain day games, I think it's a crime that we won't have a September night game at home. Just because Notre Dame is off the schedule doesn't mean we shouldn't have one either against BYU or Oregon State.

I have to imagine we're the only B1G team not playing a home night game against a non-conference foe.