OT? - Attendance Record to Fall?
Haven't heard much recentlly about the Battle @ Bristol Speedway but just drove thru TN and was thinking of it, the video has some actual shots...seems like its going to be a faraway view.
Personally I think its a sketchy attempt to steal the actual record in a stadium not designed for footballl, hence it should have an asterik (*) next to it. Other websites claim all tickets have been sold but I'll wait to see it before I believe it. Perhaps still mad about the '97 Heisman Trophy?
August 30th, 2016 at 4:59 AM ^
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August 30th, 2016 at 5:40 AM ^
That seems like a spectacle more than a football game.
August 30th, 2016 at 6:21 AM ^
Yeah, maybe we could play hockey in the Big House???
August 30th, 2016 at 6:45 AM ^
August 30th, 2016 at 7:39 AM ^
to come to Ann Arbor - that may break several records.
August 30th, 2016 at 8:34 AM ^
But those events should have an asterisk because they weren't played in an actual Hockey or Soccer stadium.
Oh, wait . . . .
August 30th, 2016 at 5:42 PM ^
Silly to get butt hurt unless you also want an asterix on The Big Chill.
Well, it would be pretty cool to see him take the ice. His checking would be vicious if he's taken the magic potion.
August 30th, 2016 at 12:37 PM ^
Actually, there is a lot more Tennessee butthurt on display here. They keep expanding their stadium, only to have Michigan make theirs bigger. They still whine about "the Greatest Snub in the History of the (Heisman)."
It's really clever of them to use Bristol as a "football stadium" to break the attendance record. But they still aren't going to get Peyton Manning a Heisman.
August 30th, 2016 at 7:57 AM ^
August 30th, 2016 at 9:19 AM ^
So because we were nowhere near the first to host a hockey game in a non-hockey venue, that was cool. But because they're the first to hold football in a non-football venue, this is dumb?
Neither makes sense. I don't see why it matters which makes less sense, but I'll leave that to you. They're both about novelty with no practical purpose. You might be twice as far away at Bristol, but a football field is twice as big as a hockey rink, so that would make it relatively equal -- I think? I don't care.
August 30th, 2016 at 10:17 AM ^
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Then that makes them not shenanigans at all, really.
Perhaps even "evil" shenanigans.
August 30th, 2016 at 9:01 AM ^
And the sight lines are terrible. But, there's something to be said for being a part of a "spectacle" like this.
Bristol Motor Speedway set up a new, permanent, HD display suspended above the infield. The thing is HUGE. Most people will be watching the game on it - which will be almost as good as doing so on their own couches.
August 30th, 2016 at 5:59 AM ^
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Aren't they expecting 150,000, with most of the tickets already sold?
I actually like end zone seats normally, but those look ridiculously far away.
August 30th, 2016 at 6:14 AM ^
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I was thinking the same thing, however, since we play our biggest rival, Rutgers, on the road it may not happen this year.
August 30th, 2016 at 7:55 AM ^
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August 30th, 2016 at 12:16 PM ^
Do you live on the East Coast? Tell me more.
August 30th, 2016 at 8:57 AM ^
August 30th, 2016 at 11:43 AM ^
...they gon die.
August 30th, 2016 at 6:14 AM ^
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August 30th, 2016 at 6:32 AM ^
OP: "... I think its a sketchy attempt to steal the actual record in a stadium not designed for footballl, hence it should have an asterik (*) next to it ..."
I'll play. What would they need to do to have the asterisk removed? If they sell all the tickets and everyone shows up, 150K will be watching a college football game. As someone noted in another thread, the next move is to get ND (or, better yet, Sparty) on board with a game at MIS.
August 30th, 2016 at 7:49 AM ^
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is not counting all the drunks camping in the infield. I grew up five miles from MIS, and that's one helluva party in there the night before the race.
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August 30th, 2016 at 10:17 AM ^
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August 30th, 2016 at 12:17 PM ^
Not even close.
August 30th, 2016 at 7:46 AM ^
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August 30th, 2016 at 9:20 AM ^
Someone show that to Harbaugh I think we need a stadium that size. Probably sell the bitch out every home game as well!
August 30th, 2016 at 10:55 AM ^
But will they stop the stock cars to let us to our seats? Or will we all have to be like Jiff Ramsey (Eddie Murphy) in 'Bowfinger', dodging traffic?
September 1st, 2016 at 3:51 AM ^
Such an underrated movie!
August 30th, 2016 at 8:28 AM ^
August 30th, 2016 at 8:29 AM ^
I say fight fire with fire.
Since these kind of events are for novelty and setting attendance records, and not for the quality of the sightlines:
Hello Indianapolis Motor Speedway:
Seating capacity 250,000
Michigan vs. Notre Dame in the Brick House!
Whoo Hoo!