Iowa at Minnesota Will Be on Friday Night Next Season

[Hawk4Fan]

This is just Dumb, worthless Barta should have stopped this from happening.

 

[uihawk82]

That’s definitely a disadvantage for Iowa having a short week to prepare after Iowa State. Minny plays all mighty Tennessee Tech the week before.

It will also make it tougher for Iowa fans to make the trip.

While I’d love to rip on Minny for this I’m sure it comes from the B1G. Tons of TV money from a Friday night game with limited completion.

I think Friday nite Big 10 conf games are stupid. I was thinking of going to the game with my son and his two boys but hardly any way to get them from school at 3:30 and drive 4 hours to the stadium, park, walk, just stupid.

Let Ohio St or Iowa play a non conf game on a Friday, or Mich, or whoever. It is still much harder on fans.

 

[westender]

Travel wise not bad. Eastern Iowans get to experience the 4 hour drive our western Iowa friends get to experience when they have to drive to Iowa City.

 

[westender]

I think Friday nite Big 10 conf games are stupid. I was thinking of going to the game with my son and his two boys but hardly any way to get them from school at 3:30 and drive 4 hours to the stadium, park, walk, just stupid.

Let Ohio St or Iowa play a non conf game on a Friday, or Mich, or whoever. It is still much harder on fans.

C'mon man. Check them out of school early. for the kids that will only add to the appeal/excitement. It is an educational field trip. Do it.

 

[uihawk82]

That’s definitely a disadvantage for Iowa having a short week to prepare after Iowa State. Minny plays all mighty Tennessee Tech the week before.

It will also make it tougher for Iowa fans to make the trip.

While I’d love to rip on Minny for this I’m sure it comes from the B1G. Tons of TV money from a Friday night game with limited completion.

Yeah, the Big 10 makes the schedule. I wonder if the Big asked both teams about it and if any team could have denied that day to play.

 

[westender]

Fridays belong to the high school football kids!!!

Large % of population isn't at those games on Friday nights. As we know even participation by the kids is diminishing quite a bit. And we do have DVRs now to record Iowa's game.

 

[uihawk82]

Travel wise not bad. Eastern Iowans get to experience the 4 hour drive our western Iowa friends get to experience when they have to drive to Iowa City.

Yeah but not everyone can get off work early enough to get there or waste some vacation time for it. As I say , stupid.

Hey Friday is Date Night drinking and HS football and a big theater nite. Cmon

 

[westender]

Meaning what? Not all change is good. As DDT said, let the lesser conferences sell out for exposure.

Those days are gone. Souls were sold long ago and the money chase is in full force.

 

[westender]

Yeah but not everyone can get off work early enough to get there or waste some vacation time for it. As I say , stupid.

Hey Friday is Date Night drinking and HS football and a big theater nite. Cmon

One out of 52 Fridays. I can live.

 

[uihawk82]

C'mon man. Check them out of school early. for the kids that will only add to the appeal/excitement. It is an educational field trip. Do it.

Hey I am all for taking my kids out of school back in the day or now my grandkids if it is actually educational but a drive to the twin cities, parking, a walk, fast food, a game and a nite in a hotel is not that educational.

I could watch 12 hours of PBS and other educational shows with the kids and do better.

 

[uihawk82]

One out of 52 Fridays. I can live.

Were you planning on going to the game?????

 

[Ree4]

I don't like it but if it has to be done, it's not that big of a deal to me. I prefer night games though, so I'd probably prefer a night game on Friday to an 11:00 am kick on Sat

 

[okeefe4prez]

Iowa is 3-3 against the Goophs in TCF Bank stadium.

Didn't they pretty much own Greg Davis up there? I think O'Keefe might have dropped one but that was because he had a wipe open game plan that day and the weather did not cooperate.

 

[1hawkeye1]

Not cool, man, not cool. Fridays should be left for the high school kids.

 

[Hawkfnntn]

Not cool, man, not cool. Fridays should be left for the high school kids.

It's as simple as that to me too..

 

[phdsvp]

So we have to go from ISU's Super Bowl to Minnesota's Super Bowl on one less day rest. Dumb.

 

[Northside Hawk]

C'mon man. Check them out of school early. for the kids that will only add to the appeal/excitement. It is an educational field trip. Do it.

Kids get signed out early by parents all the time and nobody at the school blinks an eye.

In fact when you give your reason why, like goimg to the Dells or something, they usually comment that they wish they were going too.

 

[AreWeThereYet]

The only times they should play on a Thursday or Friday is the first game of the year or black Friday.

 

[Northside Hawk]

It was a matter of time....

I won't be watching live however. Our high school team returns two thirds of its starters and there's more where that came from with JV and freshmen.

Coming after you Pointers! (I'm being facetious here, no one here give a flying f about our local high school team so don't take this too seriously) Go Hawkeyes!

 

[4thngoal]

Meh. I think from a program aspect it's a good thing. I get some fans may not be happy, but you can't make everyone happy.
If it results in more exposure and helps with recruiting and such, I think most fans can get behind that.