Official 2011 Who Schedules Weddings During Football Season? Thread

In Miami....

It will ruin my streak of 50 straight home games. 

Definitely have a wedding to attend on the day of the ND game.  The groom is a good friend of mine who also happens to be a big Michigan fan.  We'll definitely be watching some of the game in the lobby!

I have two weddings coming up this fall that land on Football Saturday.  Your post hits home with me.  Been saying that a lot.  Neither landed on the night game though. 

I'm getting married on the afternoon of Oct 1st and just assuming that the Little Brown Jug will be the Wolverines' present for me.

I told my fiancee there was no way I'd get married during football season (college or pro). She went to UM so she gets it. We're getting married in May. Go Blue

Strongly agreed.

I forwarded yesterday's EDSBS article to the gf to help her understand why that option is 100% off the table, not just for me, but on behalf of my friends!

has anyone ever heard of June? I figure anyone who invites me to a wedding on a saturday in the fall either planned their wedding on a UM bye week or does not know me very well.

My fiancée loved the date and I acquiesced, so... We will be having our Florida wedding on the day of the Notre Dame game. Reception set to end around the start of the game for my few Michigan friends who made the trip. Living in Florida for six years means the majority of guest will be local. Ultimately, I will be consummating my marriage during the first half of the Notre Dame game, and she said we can watch the second half together, which really makes it our first moment as a married couple. We've chosen to wait for each other, so the new lights won't be the only first for the night...!

Obviously, it doesn't matter when Yom Kippur falls if you're liberal or don't observe the high holy days. And I don't suppose many who are Hasidic attend UM. But I'm curious how often Yom Kippur (or Rosh Hashanah) fall on a Saturday, when it is a big game, and orthodox generally attend prayer service? Has this ever happened with an ND game? If this applies to you, have you ever attended prayer service with a live radio feed and an earpiece?

i'm standing up in a wedding for minnesota on october 1st.

in his defense, when he scheduled it, it was supposed to be a bye week until nebraska came in and the schedule changed. so i can't get mad at him, as long as he doesnt get mad at me checking my phone during the post-wedding pictures. 

My uncle got married in 1993 at the exact same time as the first Michigan-Penn State game.  He and my aunt were both MSU alums, and MSU was playing someone big that evening (maybe ND? OSU?), so they were quite content to plan to crowd around the bar at the reception with the frat and sorority siblings.  

But for me and my dad...  Torture.  I was stationed with a radio in the doorway of the vestry next to the altar of the church until the last possible second before the ceremony started sending score updates to my dad with my fingers.  

Meh, I am in a wedding on the day of the Western game. He's a Michigan fan turned MSU fan because of the girl he's marrying. Awful. 

I told my wife before we got married that NOTHING can be scheduled during a Saturday in the fall when Michigan is playing.  This August will be our 3rd anniversary and I have not missed a game yet.

My aunt and uncle were married the day of the 1990 UofM/MSU game.  My family is almost all MSU fans.  I remember listening to the game on a car radio in the parking lot during the reception.  I was 9 years old, visiting Lansing from my home in Ann Arbor and I knew what this game meant.  When Howard was mugged I was devestated.  Took me awhile before I ever saw the whole video of that game and it stung even worse. 

Notre Dame.

That's right, I'm going to a wedding during the Notre Dame game.  But it gets far worse than that.  I'm the best man in the wedding which is happening in Cincinnati and all of the bride's family are buckeye fans.  And, it's not an afternoon wedding- the ceremony starts at 5:30 meaning that all of the reception festivities will be happening during the game.

And I've got 2 tickets to the game which I can't use.

I decided that I'm going to do my best to not let anyone tell me anything about the game and I'm just going to watch a recording of it after the reception.  Of course, that means my phone has to be off so nobody texts me score updates.  And, should anyone try to tell me how the game is going during the reception, I've given myself license to do whatever it takes to shut them up.

So, yeah.  Once the game gets closer I'm sure that I'll make a pity thread to myself.

My sister is an idiot.  First, who schedules their wedding on Labor Day weekend?  Second, her weedding starts at five on Saturday, but the pictures ar scheduled at two.  I told her that I am watching the game because it's more important to me than she is.

 

My friend is an asshole schedulinging his wedding on ND.Although is he really a friend since he did such a thing?! Ill be at the wedding then driving back to A2. F the reception!

I was invited to two that conflict with football games. One is in London, and the other is in New Orleans. London I said an outright no to(didn't want to pay $2k for a 3 day trip) and yes to the one in New Orleans. The NO wedding is during MSU weekend, but I wasn't planning on going to East Lansing anyways, and I haven't been to New Orleans in a couple years. However, I'm slightly worried about finding it on tv down there.

My wife was brides maid during the 2010 UM/MSU game. I was pissed. During the ceremony I watched espn gametracker on my driod. After the ceremony I ran to a bar across the street threw a 20 down and told the bartender to switch it the game. I was in a small resort town in the Finger Lakes in NY. He obliged, I watched, got pissed, got drunk and left the bar. I made it through cocktail hour ate my filet walked up to our room and passed out in my suit. Never even saw the bride and groom dance. If michigan won I would probably have done the same thing -just replace "got pissed" with "got really freaking happy".

Blue and South Bend and I have to go to a buddy's wedding on opening weekend.  Not only am I pissed to not get to see Michigan's new look, but I just like seeing games all day in general the first weekend.

My wife had two friends that were getting married to each other on the day of the MSU game where Henne led a comeback as a senior 28-24 in Spartan Stadium.  I had only met them once and I was just dating my wife at that point, so  I skipped the wedding, watched the game and showed up late for the reception.  It was worth it.

The groom claimed to be the "biggest Michigan fan in the world" - if that were true he wouldn't be getting married on a gameday to one of our bigger rivals.

He is now divorced, probably Karma.

The first game with the new scoreboards, but perhaps more importantly, the first game with Brady Hoke at the helm. My fiancé's brother is getting married on Mackinac Island (where in case you don't know, is basically cutoff from civilization). I'm sure I'll be watching the game on Gametracker, but it just won't be the same. The funniest part about the whole thing? The two getting married went to Western Michigan and my fiancé and I went to Michigan.

If you are a Michigan football addict ( I mean a true addiction ... don't miss any game either live or on TV ... and this would include teams like EMU), the Rule #1 is:

Do NOT get married between August 15th and December 15th, period.

If you ignore this Rule, at some point in your married life, your anniversary will clash with your true "first love" and whenever this happens you have eliminated the Win - Win scenario with your wife (spouse).

However ... if you are marrying someone that also is a Michigan football addict, then if you are going to get married during football season (still unadvisable - b/c you're screwing with your friends who are also Michigan addicts) at least get married on a Friday.

Go Blue!

Today is our 5th anniversery! My wife would have loved a fall wedding but she knew the problems it would cause that day and in the future. Plus, she would hate to miss a game herself. My daughter was born in September but it has not caused any issues regarding a game so far. This year we will probably have her party on the saturday of the eastern game. Her birthday is in late september so there should be no conflicts in the future.

Had a friend get married on the day of the ND game in '09 (tate's triumph) in NC. I was not happy.

My cousin got married on Illinois weekend last year...I skipped his wedding to see one of the most ridiculous games in M history.

Now my brother is getting married on a Saturday in the fall this year...I told him flat out that if it was ND weekend I was going to either A) not show up to his wedding which I'm standing up in or B) make damn sure he had a big screen TV at the reception. Turns out its EMU weekend so I don't much care...

Seriously people, schedule your fall weddings in conjunction with Michigan bye week (assuming there is one in your given year) otherwise I'm not coming.

Had a friend get married on the day of the ND game in '09 (tate's triumph) in NC. I was not happy.

My cousin got married on Illinois weekend last year...I skipped his wedding to see one of the most ridiculous games in M history.

Now my brother is getting married on a Saturday in the fall this year...I told him flat out that if it was ND weekend I was going to either A) not show up to his wedding which I'm standing up in or B) make damn sure he had a big screen TV at the reception. Turns out its EMU weekend so I don't much care...

Seriously people, schedule your fall weddings in conjunction with Michigan bye week (assuming there is one in your given year) otherwise I'm not coming.

My family is pretty religious (jewish) and when high holidays fall on saturdays, such as Yom Kippur will this year, the majority of my family would never watch tv. Howeva there is alot of conservative jews such as myself in my family that went to Michigan and since going to Temple is an all day affair on Yom Kippur we normally will watch the game and then go to services after.

Also religious jewish weddings are scheduled for sunday nights so that people who are shomer shabbos can make it out/ use electricity etc. So thankfully when I get married I can schedule it for whichever weekend I want, watch the games on saturday, and celebrate my anniversary the next day!

Planned my wedding on August 14th of last year for this specific reason after the debalace of 2009 that saw me miss: CMU beat MSU (listened to via speakerphone on cell phone while @ wedding and constant ESPN updates during ceremony), UM beat ND, and OSU loose.

Last year my now Ex's Best friend go married on the day of the MSU/UM game.  so I was pissed already, almost said I wasn't going lol. but I did begrudingly, and slipped away right after the ceremony to a sports bar. well it didn't go swimingly. my ex was a MSU alum and she likes to gloat so that didn't help things.  so I'm thinking thank goodness for the open bar at the reception....show up to the bar and I SWEAR the guy was the spitting image of dantonio, then as I'm relising this the DJ plays the MSU fight song because it was now official (I left after it got silly)....I was cranky that ngiht to say the least....

 

funny thing is the fight that basically led to the breakup was me gloating over the 2nd win of MSU in basketball (it was on its way out by then but was kinda the catalyst to push it over that edge)

The upside to me far outweighed the negatives.  I didn't have to wear a tux in 90 degree heat.  The changing leaves were a great backdrop for our photos.  I also was in Greece on my honeymoon when the Yankees lost their 3-0 lead on the Red Sox in the ALCS.  I deny to this day that it ever happened because I was out of the country.  If your significant other wants to get married during football season, suck it up and give them what they want.  Then get used to the feeling!

Nov. 19th and the bride is a Nebraska alumn.