Who would you want in a neutral site game & where?
Michigan vs. Texas, Florida, or Georgia at the Rose Bowl
In the east coast, because M would should up 10:1 if based on ticet price.
LSU at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia in early September
Texas at Wembley Stadium or The Emirates in London, England in November
USC at Stade de France in Paris, France in September
BYU at Ramat Gan Stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel in September
Oklahoma at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in November
Miami at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey in November
Alabama at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts in November
Florida at CenturyLink Field in Seattle in November
Arizona at Soldier Field in Chicago in October
Syracuse at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh on the day when Pitt starts basketball practice
Stanford at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut in September
West Virginia at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta in September or on January 2
Michigan vs Miami in the first round of the inaugural 8-team playoff for the new "super-division" football championship in 2016: in December at Soldier Field.
I'm probably the only one, but Appy State at Raymond James would be cool for me once the Mountaineers join the Sun Belt.
Michigan vs Tennessee in Cincinnati
OR
Michigan vs Florida in Nashville
OR
Just Michigan playing anybody in Nashville... Shortest travel distance for me
2) Florida or Forida St.
3) LSU
If we look at NFL venues that are large enough and close enough to alumni bases that it might be financially lucrative, then Michigan versus Florida or Georgia at a place like, say, FedEx Field might be interesting. I sort of like the idea of Michigan-USC at MetLife too - I doubt you would have any trouble filling up that stadium for that game. I don't know if it is strictly neutral given one fanbase wouldn't be going too far, but say Michigan-LSU at Cowboys Stadium - that could be fun as well, I think.
Given that the financial model for schools is premised on a certain number of home games, I was trying to think of teams and places that might make it work both teams' effort.
Jerry's World again or the Superdome. Oregon.
Arrowhead Stadium. I've always wanted to see Michigan vs Georgia in the Big House, but I'd settle for this. It's 853 miles for them and 725 miles for us. About as neutral as you can get travel wise.
Michigan vs LSU in London for some international exposure.
So I feel like a lot of these choices are not so "neutral" sites in the sense that one team has a significantly bigger local fan base than the other.
WIth that in mind I'd say Wisconsin or Notre Dame at Soldier Field. or maybe one of the two back to back away MSU games could be at a neutral site?
How much impact does that have on the ticket sales though? Not being snarky, I am curious if you have a large number of tickets go from team A to team B because the team A fans do not want to travel that far and the team B fans snap them up on stub hub.
I am ignorant about those dynamics.