Friday night games coming

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I doubt this goes over well in Ohio with HS football games primarily happening on Friday nights. I am sure high schools won't like the dip in attendance if they have to compete with the Buckeyes on a Friday night.

 
This is idiotic. Let teams schedule Thursdays/Fridays if they want to, but don't force it onto teams.

 
You know...this might not be a bad idea for a bump in attendance for some schools.

Much easier to get students to a game at Illinois, Purdue, Indiana and so on, on a Friday night. They can still go home on Saturday if they want...they can still go out and party after the game Friday night, I think it might help them get butts in the seats.

 
With the fan reaction seemingly being 99% negative, do we think that this will actually go through?

Or will the school presidents/Delany cave?

 
teachercd said:
You know...this might not be a bad idea for a bump in attendance for some schools.

Much easier to get students to a game at Illinois, Purdue, Indiana and so on, on a Friday night. They can still go home on Saturday if they want...they can still go out and party after the game Friday night, I think it might help them get butts in the seats.
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I agree that this is a great idea for the lesser teams in the conference. It gets them on National TV during prime time, and could get a similar attendance they would get on Saturdays.

 
This is great for Purdue. I just hope Ohio State, Nebraska, Penn State, Michigan State, and Michigan tells the Big10 they won't play on Friday nights home or away.

 
Only way this would bother me is if the BIG schedules one of our biggest home games of the year on a Friday (Wisconsin, Ohio State, etc) which I don't think will happen. If we have to play Illinois or Purdue on a Friday once every 3 years so be it.

 
Here is the deal...if I am at Illinois and we have a Friday night game, (not sure if these are non-conference or conference games) but it makes it a heck of a lot easier to attend class, come home and chill, do some tailgating, head to the game, be done with the game by 10pm and have the party start up around that time, which is when most of the fun starts in college as it is.

This actually makes it an event as opposed to a burden.

 
Mavric said:
Like I said...



And this is a great point as well:
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If we have a home game on a Friday night, it'll effectively wipe out a weekend for recruiting. It's a terrible idea, and the schools with pull in the conference should do everything they can to squash it.

 
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