Possibility of MSU being a night game?
So what are the chances that the MSU game is a night game? Just curious because my wife wanted to go to a Halloween event on the 20th, but after looking at the slate of games for the 20th it looks like a decent chance it will be the primetime game. Will we find out the game time before October 1st?
September 25th, 2018 at 11:15 AM ^
Seems high. I'd go with 3-9%.
September 25th, 2018 at 10:18 AM ^
Please no, please no, please no, please no, please no!
-Sincerely, guy who's going to the game and also running the Free Press 1/2 Marathon the following morning.
September 25th, 2018 at 10:37 AM ^
Wow you’re making so many bad decisions
September 25th, 2018 at 1:35 PM ^
He's a doctor, GoBlue. You better listen to him.
September 25th, 2018 at 10:59 AM ^
Running a what?
September 25th, 2018 at 11:40 AM ^
I think it's called jogging with a soft ""j". It's a new fad.
September 26th, 2018 at 7:48 AM ^
Apparently you just run for an extended period of time
September 26th, 2018 at 7:48 AM ^
Just run the full marathon you pussy!
Says guy who sit back in his recliner and polishes off a family bag of Doritos.
September 25th, 2018 at 10:19 AM ^
Highly doubtful the public knows before October 1. 12 days prior is generally the earliest I believe.
September 25th, 2018 at 10:22 AM ^
Depends on how the NLCS is trending. Game 7 is scheduled for 10/20 on FOX/FS1. The UM/MSU game will also be on FOX/FS1. No way FOX would put them head-to-head.
September 25th, 2018 at 10:35 AM ^
How do you know the game is on FOX/FS1? Couldn't it easily be on ABC/ESPN or BTN?
September 25th, 2018 at 10:37 AM ^
They’ve already announced that it will be on Fox.
September 25th, 2018 at 4:45 PM ^
Oh, I guess I missed that announcement.
September 25th, 2018 at 10:37 AM ^
It can't be on abc if Fox owns the rights.
It could be on BTN but that shit's for Rutgers.
September 25th, 2018 at 12:03 PM ^
Careful with teh Rutger jokes. Some folks are sensitive around here.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:34 AM ^
So now Michigan football has an active rooting interest in a close NLCS to push us out of prime time. Sweet.
September 25th, 2018 at 12:06 PM ^
Yup--a highly competitive Cubs/Dodgers NLCS is ideal from a UM football perspective.
September 25th, 2018 at 12:18 PM ^
At a very minimum, they'd have to announce the M/MSU gametime on Monday the 15th, which only gives them 2 games of NLCS to know.
September 25th, 2018 at 12:19 PM ^
Last year in the same weekend, FOX chose Kansas @ TCU as their Prime Time game. It wound up going against (1) USC @ ND on NBC, (2) U-M @ PSU on ABC, and (3) Yankees @ Astros ALCS on FS1.
The KU @ TCU game didn't draw many eyeballs, to say the least.
Honestly, that decision of KU @ TCU was FOX "punting." They wanted to protect their FS1 broadcast and given that ABC/NBC both had very good college football games on themselves, FOX just chose a filler college game for Prime Time.
I can see them doing the same thing this year. NBC won't have ND in Prime Time, but ABC will have some decent game, and of course there's the potential NLCS Game 6.
I think FOX's play is to put U-M @ MSU in a 3:30/4 PM slot.
September 25th, 2018 at 2:32 PM ^
That's unfortunate. Listening to Fox announcers is brutal.
September 25th, 2018 at 5:21 PM ^
Brando & Tillman are horrid. But their other crews are good. Maybe we'll get Gus Johnson?
September 25th, 2018 at 10:23 AM ^
I have tickets to the Wisconsin game. I read a while back that it may be a night game? Can anyone help me out?
September 25th, 2018 at 10:25 AM ^
I can let you know next Monday
September 25th, 2018 at 10:28 AM ^
Oh well, gonna have to tell the wife no then, rivalry game comes first
September 25th, 2018 at 10:29 AM ^
The earliest we'll officially know is October 8th. Rumor/speculation might point to it being a night game prior to that but nothing official will be known until a maximum of 12 days beforehand.
September 25th, 2018 at 10:55 AM ^
* minimum of 12 days beforehand.
The 6 period window cannot be used for Night Games in the Big Ten. So we don't necessarily have to find out the game time on October 8th (could be October 14th), if it's not announced on 10/8 it won't be a night game.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:19 AM ^
Great bit of information there. Also good catch on the wrong max/min usage.
September 25th, 2018 at 2:04 PM ^
To Brian Cook's excellent diatribe against what television is doing to the in-stadium experience of college football, let's add: the injury and insult to fans who need to make travel plans to attend games as part of the in-stadium crowds.
It is complete bullshit that game times are not known at least a month in advance, so that people who are flying in and/or booking hotel rooms (or a thousand other varying personal arrangements) can make plans accordingly.
The notion that Fox, or ABC, or ESPN, CBS can jerk around 100,000 people's plans to decide whether UM-MSU should be 3:30 or 8:00 depending on how each of the teams do in their first six or seven games (5-2? Or 6-1? Does that make a difference for game time?) is nonsense.
Fuck you, television. All of television. Understand this, everyone; when we run the total of ticket revenues, plus preferred seating donations, plus parking, plus other stadium revenues, it is far more -- almost double -- than the total amount of revenue sharing we get from the Conference. And of that latter amount (revenue sharing from the Conference), it is something less than 100% that is derived from TV revenue. The simple metric is this; the backbone of UM Athletic Department revenue is the attendance, the PSD's, and the voluntary general fund giving by loyal alumni and season ticket holders. TV revenues are a distant second place. It is time to get our scheduling priorities in line with those revenue realities. Not for one minute do I think that the television networks would walk away from the Big Ten Conference if in our next contract(s) we told them that we will no longer get jerked around on scheduling times and opposing night games.
September 25th, 2018 at 4:18 PM ^
Whoa there Section 1.8 ... I think it's time for your meds. Holy shit - it about exposure to the largest potential target audience. If it appears that msu vs Michigan will be a 1 loss vs 1 loss contest - it may very well be a night game (unless baseball does have a compelling matchup). IIRC the msu game was a night game last year ... wasn't it ?
Go Blue!
September 25th, 2018 at 5:54 PM ^
It was a night game, and despite the fact that it was a night game I was there. It was a glorious, warm Indian summer afternoon. It would have been ideal October weather (shirtsleeves!) for football. Golden autumn.
But the game didn't start until 8:00. And midway through the game, at night, the skies opened and it was a torrential, cold, stinging rain.
I care a whole lot less about "the largest potential target audience." I care about the paying audience. The critical, irreplaceable, indispensable PAYING audience.
September 25th, 2018 at 7:57 PM ^
I haven't agreed with you very much lately, but I very much do here.
September 25th, 2018 at 10:33 AM ^
I know it’s silly, but these threads really grind my gears. Call it a pet peeve.
The rules for when game times are announced has been the same for years. And yet, we get these threads pretty much on a weekly basis. If anyone knew the game time for the MSU game, it would be public knowledge. No one has anything to gain from keeping it a secret.
September 25th, 2018 at 10:44 AM ^
To be fair though, I actually believe a fair number of people are unsure of the television rules regarding how network / time are determined and what the structure of those contracts might be, so at least it is a question asked in earnest. I could be way wrong in assuming that most people are unsure or outright don't know, but it's the most plausible explanation for these threads showing up well in advance of when we will be told.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:07 AM ^
Yeah that’s totally fair. Like I said, it’s a pet peeve of mine. I realize it probably doesn’t bother others that much.
Maybe we could do a sticky about game times or add it to Ron Utah’s post?
September 25th, 2018 at 7:17 PM ^
A quick Google search take less time than creating this post tho!
September 25th, 2018 at 10:50 AM ^
I disagree, for three reasons:
1. While the rules concerning the announcement of game times have been the same for quite some time, not everyone knows those rules. You are assuming that everyone here reads every single comment to every single post. I tend to be a pretty active reader, so I generally know the rules, but (a) there are new readers every day, so if it was previously posted, they wouldn't know; and (b) there are casual readers who don't go through every post in detail.
2. While the formal announcement as to the game time may not have been made (since, yes, if it had been made, it would certainly be up on mgoblue.com), this board has a pretty wide reach and it is certainly possible that some of the posters on here might be able to offer insight - not necessarily anything definitive, but something along the lines of "I work in event planning, and they recently sent around an email looking for people to work overtime or night hours on the night of the Wisconsin game" or "my buddy is a former player at MSU and he has been told that they are strongly considering making that game a night game." While these are not definite, for someone who has to make plans a few weeks out, that type of information might move the needle and help make a decision.
3. This board is incredibly informed. There are many on here who follow these types of things really closely, and, again, while not necessarily based on specific information, there are posters on here who might be able to give their "best guess" based upon prior match-ups, other games on at the same time, which network has the game, etc. that will help someone looking to make long-range plans (such as the poster who noted that the game is on Fox / FS1, as is the NLCS and Fox would likely not want to schedule a conflict between two potentially big draws).
I know that many on this board look for reasons to get annoyed, but I just don't see the downside of these posts, especially where, as here, it is obvious from the title what the post is about.
September 25th, 2018 at 10:51 AM ^
Co-signed.
But my absolute favorite (and by favorite I mean threads that drive me bat-shit crazy) ones are the "has anybody heard anything about where recruit X is trending or player Y's injury?"
Like if somebody had that information it wouldn't have been posted already. They needed a REMINDER to let everyone know what they've learned.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:23 AM ^
It could be days or weeks since anything was posted about it though, and many posters may not have been on the blog at that time to learn the status of an injury and could find it helpful. A lot of people use this blog as like a "newspaper" that they glance at once in a while and are not on it all the time to know.
Too much talk about what posts are "right" and which posts are "wrong." People just need to start going to the threads they want and not going to the ones they don't.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:51 AM ^
Where did I say they shouldnt be allowed to post them?
I said they drive me bat-shit crazy. I'm allowed to be driven bat-shit crazy just like others are allowed to post absolute nonsense here.
It's a free country.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:55 AM ^
But, can you tell me a good UM bar in Zimbabwe. Just asking for a friend...
September 25th, 2018 at 12:58 PM ^
yeah, Bro~!
September 25th, 2018 at 12:03 PM ^
Amen, bklein09. All people have to do is look on mgoblue.com. If it isn't there, then it's not public knowledge.
September 25th, 2018 at 10:34 AM ^
As long as there is not a monsoon that day, I don't care what time it is.
September 28th, 2018 at 6:08 AM ^
MSU’s ground game is an abortion and their wideouts are excellent. I’ll take a monsoon for all 4 quarters, thank you.
September 25th, 2018 at 10:35 AM ^
Halloween sucks. Skip that shit and watch foosball.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:05 AM ^
Halloween does suck and who in their right mind has a Halloween party on October 20th???