Effect of moving OSU game?
I was talking with my buddy last night about the upcoming OSU game and he commented that this may be one of the last years he will be able to make it to the game, as he always travels to see family for thanksgiving weekend.
I hadn't really thought about the impact of this, as I rarely go to The Game in person, but it got me to thinking: how will the change in schedule affect ticket prices and crowd participation in coming years?
I live in Ohio and out of state tuition made going to U of M an impossibility, so when Miami offered me a full ride, I took them up on it. Now I know Miami and U of M are both small schools, but I dont know how similar the student population is. At Miami, the campus was DEAD on 3 day or holiday weekends. I rarely left on these weekends, but even I was only on campus for one thanksgiving weekend.
Will having The Game on thanksgiving weekend mean more students will be likely to sell their tickets as they are going home to see familiy? or will more parents come to campus to see the game?
Will alumni be any more/less likely to go?
Thoughts?
Will
October 30th, 2009 at 2:09 PM ^
I thought the sarcasm would be evident there. Let me translate from sarcasm to literal: A one week change in the schedule will not affect the greatest rivalry in sports.
October 30th, 2009 at 2:51 PM ^
I'll be doing my own part to keep the attendance up. The folks I normally spend Thanksgiving weekend with will just have to understand.
October 30th, 2009 at 3:14 PM ^
When I saw the title of this post, Michael Scott's intimidation tactics immediately came to mind from his raise negotiations with Darryl from Season 4 of The Office...
Number 6 - Change the location of your meeting to keep your opponent off-balance
October 30th, 2009 at 4:18 PM ^
Was the 2001 game really postponed? It occurred after Thanksgiving, but I thought that was just how it was scheduled (like the 1990 and '95 games). I know that the Western Michigan game that year was postponed a week, but I don't believe any other games' dates were changed that year.
October 30th, 2009 at 4:25 PM ^
I believe they shifted the whole NCAA schedule 1 week. I could be mistaken though.
October 30th, 2009 at 4:46 PM ^
Negative, it was up to individual schools. Michigan only had to move the WMU and Illinois games back a week. Michigan and Illinois had mutual byes that week, so it worked out well.
MGoBlue Article from 2001
So perhaps the schedule was just planned that way?
October 30th, 2009 at 4:52 PM ^
That makes sense. I don't remember much of anything from that year of school anyways.
October 30th, 2009 at 6:18 PM ^
Can you say higher chance of snow bowls?
Even though I'd rather it be the week after, I'm sure plenty of people will find a way to work it out. Maybe U-M could shift Thanksgiving break a little bit or add some days before or after (not sure how specifically it'd work, as I haven't looked at the calendar) so that people could go home the day after the OSU game.
October 30th, 2009 at 6:33 PM ^
The unfortunate consequence is that there will probably be more OSU fans in the house.