Friday night games coming to the B1G

I liked it better when there was a clear deliniation when games were on:

High School-Friday
College-Saturday
NFL-Sunday

Now, it's all about making more money, for the latter two levels mentioned.
 
Big 10 football instead of garbage television sounds good to me. As long as they don't schedule lousy games that gives the biased media more reasons to say the Big 10 is garbage. As for the Hawks I prefer the Saturday tradition and the real Friday game.
 
docholihawk said:
Big 10 football instead of garbage television sounds good to me. As long as they don't schedule lousy games that gives the biased media more reasons to say the Big 10 is garbage. As for the Hawks I prefer the Saturday tradition and the real Friday game.
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Reading the article, it sounds like OSU/PSU won't be playing as the conference wants to avoid schools with the larger stadiums playing on Fridays. Also, Michigan refuses to play on Friday night and the conference will accommodate that.
 
docholihawk said:
Big 10 football instead of garbage television sounds good to me. As long as they don't schedule lousy games that gives the biased media more reasons to say the Big 10 is garbage. As for the Hawks I prefer the Saturday tradition and the real Friday game.
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It'll definitely be the weaker teams, like Iowa, who will have to play on Fridays. Looks like OSU and PSU won't play home games on Fridays. Michigan refuses to play any games (home or away or, presumably, neutral) on Fridays.

And given that it'll only be in September and October, I guess it will be OOC games. Maybe for "bigger" OOC games like Iowa-Iowa State or something.
 
Oh yeah, attendance will be strong for those games. /s

Seriously, leave this stuff to bush leagues like the MAC.
 
spliff45 said:
Reading the article, it sounds like OSU/PSU won't be playing as the conference wants to avoid schools with the larger stadiums playing on Fridays. Also, Michigan refuses to play on Friday night and the conference will accommodate that.
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I'm all about "good" college football being on more often. I was on the fence about the Big Ten playing on Friday nights, but it has to be all or nothing. I don't like the idea of any teams getting preferential treatment and consideration that the other programs don't get. If 13 teams may have to play after a short week at one point or another throughout the season than I think all schools should have to do so. It should be an all or nothing.
 
Kudos to Michigan for saying eff you.

I agree with the above poster.

FRI High School
SAT College
SUN NFL
MON One NFL Game

No Thursday NFL, no London, and no weekday college games. Saturdays I watch NCAA football from 11:00 until the last televised game is over. It's what Saturdays in the fall are for.

But then I'm a guy who thinks the DH rule and inter-league baseball should be crimes punishable by death.
 
Fryowa said:
Kudos to Michigan for saying eff you.

I agree with the above poster.

FRI High School
SAT College
SUN NFL
MON One NFL Game

No Thursday NFL, no London, and no weekday college games. Saturdays I watch NCAA football from 11:00 until the last televised game is over. It's what Saturdays in the fall are for.
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The problem is its not simply about Michigan telling them "eff you" its the fact that in doing so Delaney is allowing a "have and have not" conference in which all teams aren't getting the same opportunities regarding scheduling.

Edit: I should add it sounds a lot like Texas/OU situation the Big 12 is in.
 
A whole lot of fans will have to take a vacation day, leave work early, be rushed to get to a friday nite game. A whole lot of crap. Expansion is ok and divisions are good with a champ game but lets play all the games on the same day. I know it is only 6 games now but it will soon be on Thursday nite also. Now you are talking about kids playing on short rest, etc. Remember they are not getting paid big bucks to abuse their bodies on short rest.
 
kicker22 said:
The problem is its not simply about Michigan telling them "eff you" its the fact that in doing so Delaney is allowing a "have and have not" conference in which all teams aren't getting the same opportunities regarding scheduling.

Edit: I should add it sounds a lot like Texas/OU situation the Big 12 is in.
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They should all say eff you. If Barta or any other AD says "we're not gonna do it" the B1G has no leg to stand on if they let Michigan get away with it.
 
uihawk82 said:
A whole lot of fans will have to take a vacation day, leave work early, be rushed to get to a friday nite game. A whole lot of crap. Expansion is ok and divisions are good with a champ game but lets play all the games on the same day. I know it is only 6 games now but it will soon be on Thursday nite also. Now you are talking about kids playing on short rest, etc. Remember they are not getting paid big bucks to abuse their bodies on short rest.
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I get a month of PTO every year so for people like me it would actually be fun to just take a day off work and still have the entire weekend. But I'm still a purist and I don't think there should be Friday ball, especially with the short rest.
 
This is stupid. The blue bloods like Ohio State, Penn State, and Michigan will rarely (if ever) play Friday night games. Even Wisconsin and Nebraska will likely fight their way out of it.

In the end, it will be Iowa vs Rutgers, or Illinois or something on a Friday night game with Beth Mowins on commentary.
 
So just to be clear this would only affect the entire west division and slightly more than half of the east. Seems fair.
 
Fryowa said:
Ticket prices would be competitive with Iowa high school games for what it's worth.
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The only game I can remember that was worth a damn was the ISU/OSU game in 2011. You are not going to get a B1G team with a pulse to participate so there is no chance of getting anything like that.
 
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