Would You Want Michigan to Play Internationally?
With Notre Dame having played in Ireland last year and Penn State playing in Ireland in the upcoming years, I began thinking about whether or not I would want Michigan to play a game internationally. While I obviously wouldn't want to lose a home game, I personally think it would be extremely cool for Michigan to play a game internationally. An international game would allow for Michigan fans from outside of the U.S. to potentially see a game and would allow for foreigners to see Michigan play as well. Additionally, this game would allow me to do my two favorite things: travel and watch Michigan. However, that is just my opinion. What would the board think of an international Michigan football game?
October 9th, 2013 at 8:39 PM ^
October 10th, 2013 at 10:14 AM ^
Having witnessed the asswhoopin' in Dallas first hand, I could not agree with you more. The whole trip left me jaded to any neutral site games outside of a bowl/conference championship game....the atmosphere was just stale, no electricty to it.
October 9th, 2013 at 8:40 PM ^
No.
Sorry, that's all I got.
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October 9th, 2013 at 8:43 PM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 8:43 PM ^
Absolutely not. Never in a million years.
People think the ridiculous pricing on tickets is taking the game away from the fans, then this is pushing the fans away.
October 9th, 2013 at 8:49 PM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 8:54 PM ^
that would be pretty sweet
October 9th, 2013 at 8:59 PM ^
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October 9th, 2013 at 10:53 PM ^
Neutral site hockey in Toronto would be cool...
October 10th, 2013 at 2:02 AM ^
October 10th, 2013 at 3:22 PM ^
Basketball, absolutely. There are a lot of good prospects coming out of Ontario these days, and the occasional game in Toronto might help us in recruiting the next Stauskas, or even the next Wiggins.
M vs. Syracuse at the Air Canada Centre? I'd go to that, especially if I was a 19 or 20 year old student.
October 9th, 2013 at 9:00 PM ^
I know there's alums living abroad who'd love to see a game, but I just don't see it being worth going halfway across the world to play a football game in a country where few people, if any, really care about the sport.
I'm also starting to become of the mindset that games should try to remain on campus as much as possible. Especially come playoff time. Yeah yeah I know, schools can make more money if they do a neutral site vs having to give up a home game, but neutral site atmospheres just don't even remotely compare to home-and-homes. If I'm going to play a series with LSU, I want to play them in Death Valley, and I want them marching their asses up to the Big House as well.
October 9th, 2013 at 9:02 PM ^
I do not want to see Michigan play internationally. It seems like it would just be for the money. Plus, if it's a good matchup, I'd rather it be in the Big House. We have the best facility in college football.
I would, however, like to see Staee play intergalactically. They recruit there now, from what I hear.
October 9th, 2013 at 9:02 PM ^
They should play an entire season internationally. It'll be their study abroad program.
October 9th, 2013 at 9:04 PM ^
Only if it was in Ayacucho.
October 9th, 2013 at 9:04 PM ^
I think the ACC has occasionally floated the idea of playing a few basketball games in Europe and the Pac-12 has considered playing exhibition basketball as well as football in China, but I suppose the question for a Michigan football game is this - does anyone think there is a sufficient market for this to be more than a one-off type of event (i.e., an expensive neutral site game)? Not sure what the attendance was at ND-Navy, for example, but an OOC game at the beginning of the season might be in danger of garnering as much interest internationally as it sometimes does domestically.
October 9th, 2013 at 9:14 PM ^
Hot rumor for awhile was ND-Stanford in China. That was supposed to happen this year.
I just don't understand the point. They don't appreciate it college football over there like we do. Nor do they spend the money on the tickets, gear, food/drink like we do.
So why do it? Unless you're an irrelevant brand like sparty and want to create your brand based off of gimmick events. Another hot rumor for awhile was sparty-USC in Greece in basketball.
The only gimmick game I would want to see would be Michigan-Army at Yankee Stadium or Michigan-NW at Soldier Field. Both of those are rematches of games that happened way back when.
October 9th, 2013 at 9:28 PM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 9:37 PM ^
Home games for NW usually feature a ton of Michigan fans, so that's not necessarily a bad thing.
October 9th, 2013 at 11:18 PM ^
Correct. I don't have the link handy, but, in terms of alums in the Chicagoland area, Northwestern comes in like 10th out of the current Big Ten. Michigan would own Soldier Field.
October 9th, 2013 at 9:45 PM ^
October 10th, 2013 at 5:59 PM ^
As opposed to the authentic ones, which are made in Thailand
October 9th, 2013 at 9:26 PM ^
Basketball is much more popular on an international scale and less expensive logistically. It would be incredibly more expensive, with or without band, to schedule a football game. The NFL Europe experiment failed miserably and the NFL only schedules one game abroad per year. Canada might be feasible though.
October 9th, 2013 at 9:11 PM ^
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October 9th, 2013 at 9:20 PM ^
No. No. No. Waste of money. No band. Why give up a home game or a home/home to do something in a bored, half filled stadium?
October 9th, 2013 at 9:28 PM ^
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October 10th, 2013 at 11:36 AM ^
I live in Henderson!
October 9th, 2013 at 9:42 PM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 9:30 PM ^
30 some posts and nobody has said it yet?
Only if the game takes place in La Paz
October 9th, 2013 at 9:35 PM ^
October 9th, 2013 at 9:32 PM ^
I hear Cancun is nice this time of year.
October 9th, 2013 at 9:33 PM ^