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 ^
Good luck....
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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 ^
Silly to get butt hurt unless you also want an asterix on The Big Chill.
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 ^
Lots of teams had been playing outdoor exhibition games by the time we did it, though. The novelty was playing hockey outdoors. Playing football in a NASCAR stadium make even less sense because now you're sitting twice as far away as you were at the big chill
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 ^
...is the guy who proposes baseball in an ice rink.
August 30th, 2016 at 12:04 PM ^
I guess what I'm trying to say is our shenanigans are cheeky and fun, while their shenanigans are just cruel and tragic.
August 30th, 2016 at 1:15 PM ^
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 ^
And you should feel bad.
August 30th, 2016 at 5:59 AM ^
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 ^
of a new attendance record being set this fall, with Michigan having 8 home games of Harbaugh and the potential of a Championship-level season.
That's what this thread is about, isn't it? So why the"OT?" tag?
August 30th, 2016 at 6:26 AM ^
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 ^
You're not funny and should stop trying so hard to be.
August 30th, 2016 at 8:22 AM ^
And you're terrible.
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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 ^
But what about Illinois!!!!!
August 30th, 2016 at 11:43 AM ^
...they gon die.
August 30th, 2016 at 6:14 AM ^
of a new attendance record being set this fall, with Michigan having 8 home games of Harbaugh and the potential of a Championship-level season.
That's what this thread is about, isn't it? So why the"OT?" tag?
August 30th, 2016 at 6:23 AM ^
But I had my baptism by fire, and I survived. Hope you do too.
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 ^
Trying to get the record back by changing venues would be petty. Why is having the most fans to watch a single game that important? Just win.
August 30th, 2016 at 8:41 AM ^
Oh boy, here comes the just win crowd. The blog should just shut down. There's no point in talking about anything since all we have to do is win. If all you care about are wins, why do you come here? Just wait until January and look up the wins/losses.
August 30th, 2016 at 8:51 AM ^
He's a shadow banned sparty troll.
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August 30th, 2016 at 9:52 AM ^
Sparty troll - LOL. Because everyone who gives you shut for worshipping a school you didn't get into has to be a MSU fan. Nice defense mechanism you've developed there.
If I was a Spartan, why wouldn't I just say so? I actually think less of their base's M.O. than most, which is why I call out people who think they are superior to it while actually emulating far more closely than they realize.
August 30th, 2016 at 9:54 AM ^
Oh do you watch the games to see those in attendance? Do you root for the gate numbers?
August 30th, 2016 at 9:35 AM ^
MIS has a 71k capacity... And it's a 2 mile track. That wouldn't work too well.
August 30th, 2016 at 11:45 AM ^
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.
August 30th, 2016 at 12:32 PM ^
MIS used to seat 150k. They've removed sections of seats as interest has waned. I'm wondering if they would be able to take one section and put the field in front of it in the infield and set up some more bleachers around it.
August 30th, 2016 at 6:57 AM ^
site lines ....... Seems like I heard that somewhere.
August 30th, 2016 at 7:20 AM ^
Yeah this sounds like a pathetic attendance stunt.
It would be like, oh, I dunno, hosting a hockey game in the largest football stadium.
August 30th, 2016 at 7:24 AM ^
Would you say this affects your day-to-day happiness? Is the thought of Michigan Stadium not having the attendance record creating problems at work and home? I'm here if you need to talk.
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August 30th, 2016 at 8:43 AM ^
Obvious troll at it again
August 30th, 2016 at 9:56 AM ^
Obvious homer mouth-breather dragging down the site's discourse again.
August 30th, 2016 at 10:09 AM ^
Are you one of those people who loved UM your whole life right up until you received your rejection letter? I knew a couple kids like that growing up, and that's definitely the vibe I get from you.
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August 30th, 2016 at 10:17 AM ^
Edit: This was a response to Ronnie Kaye, whose comments only appear on the app, apparently.
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August 30th, 2016 at 12:17 PM ^
Not even close.
August 30th, 2016 at 7:46 AM ^
This is such a huge who cares for me. Michigan fans can be quite childish about things like attendance figures. If it means so much to someone else to do a gimmick game to break a record, let them have at it.
August 30th, 2016 at 8:27 AM ^
But there was a poll on the internet that said we have the best fight song!
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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 ^
Who cares.
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!