Iowa vs. Fat Pitzgerald A Sure Fire Night Game?
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Wisconsin is at Penn State so that is probably a given night game.
Ohio State is at Mich State which probably has better night game status than Iowa v Northwestern.
I'd bet 11am kick unless BTN takes it as like a 6:30pm kick.
Northside Hawk
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You could shack up at Rob's house for the weekend.
He told me he wouldn't have a problem with it.
I'm looking to attend a non-con game myself. I'm down to one child playing sports after years of chasing three around. I'm going to Madison on the 21st for the Iowa volleyball game.
Dont you always have to book 2 nights around ICity during home football game?
Fryowa
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We always stay in Newton. If it’s a morning game we go down the day before and only have an hour drive to Kinnick in the morning, and if it’s an afternoon/night game we leave in the morning and staying in Newton takes an hour off the drive home (and only leaves us 4 hours the next day).
It’d be cheaper to get 3 divorces than to stay in IC.
I travel Iowa a ton and there’s no cleaner/nicer/non-sketchier per dollar hotel than the Newton Best Western. Total hidden gem.
Nice, I live in Des Moines so it is a day trip for me although it was after 2 AM when I got home after the Wisky game.
Damn Fox and their 7:40 pm kickoffs, hate them.
Fryowa
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When I was younger and my friends and I were all tougher (and dumber) we did the day trip more times than I want to count. Leave at like 3AM, drive 5 hours and lightly tailgate, watch the game, and drive 5 hours back home in time to hit the bars. I’d die now.
Fryowa
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That would be awesome but we are WAY up in NW Iowa. Durant’s the wrong way.There's a nice (read: inexpensive) Aribnb in Durant...check it out.
RobHowe
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You could shack up at Rob's house for the weekend.
He told me he wouldn't have a problem with it.
I'm looking to attend a non-con game myself. I'm down to one child playing sports after years of chasing three around. I'm going to Madison on the 21st for the Iowa volleyball game.
There would be copious amounts of chores at my house. Don’t nobody have time for that.
Northside Hawk
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Sometime in November we have to drive to Saint Louis and back the same day. It's eighty miles further than the Twin Cities but takes the same amount of time because of interstate highways, about five hours one way.
Why we have to do it is a complicated story.
MikeyLikesIowa
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Why not just get hotel rooms in Cedar Rapids? There are plenty of decent hotels on the SW side. It's only a 20 minute drive from Iowa City/Coralville. I'd think the rates would be cheaper too, but you'd have to inquire to be sure. I do know that visiting fans (and sometimes visiting teams) frequently stay in CR.
I just got bought tickets to the Northwestern game yesterday, so my wife and I are going too. We try to go to one game per year - usually in late October or November. We live in Marion so it's a fairly short drive. My cousin has the tailgate hookup, so we just park in Coralville and take the train.
As far as the game being a night game, I think chances are pretty good, but ultimately we'll probably need to wait and see how NW (and Iowa) does the next few weeks. They will probably announce it a week or so in advance. I know that they are required to be announced X days in advance, but I can't remember how many days X is.
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Seth53
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I’d bet on 2:30/6:30 BTN game, both of the above games will be picked up by the big networks.
MelroseHawkins
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NoBeer
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No. We've gotten a single night for the two games we've been to. Stayed at the Marriott in Coralville.
No more night games.
Atmosphere is great, kinnick is great, dont like to get home after midnite
You should stay in Grinnell, they have a new hotel downtown that used to be an old High School. Their downtown scene is pretty decent as well with the new tap room right around the corner from the Hotel. The Grinnell folks have got their downtown scene figured out, I was impressed last time I was there. Across the street from the tap room (its Peacetree's tap room BTW) is an excellent restaurant that has a tap assault each month (they have 5-6 different Iowa craft brews on tap different craft brewery each month). OK sorry about that wandering topic just suggesting you could save about 15 minutes for the drive and actually have a decent night out on Friday. I wouldn't go downtown Newton at night...that town has really hit the skids.
