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Features EIGHT home games, and FOUR road games. What a joke.

Marshall
Miami - FL
Ohio
Eastern Michigan
@Illinois
Indiana
@Wisconsin
Purdue
@Minnesota
Penn State
@Iowa
Michigan

DJH wrote:Features EIGHT home games, and FOUR road games. What a joke.

Marshall
Miami - FL
Ohio
Eastern Michigan
@Illinois
Indiana
@Wisconsin
Purdue
@Minnesota
Penn State
@Iowa
Michigan

Why is it a joke? College football is a business, why shouldn't Ohio St. schedule as many home games as possible?

Your point? If UNI could turn aprofit with 8 home games they would. OSY isn't the first and won't be the last to do this

Do we really care what OSU does?

CatMom wrote:Do we really care what OSU does?

I can't stand Ohio St. (unless they are playing Notre Dame )

But I'm not gonna fault them for scheduling as many home games as they can.

Just the way the Big Ten schedule worked out this year. Quitch yer bitchin'.

Willie wrote:Just the way the Big Ten schedule worked out this year. Quitch yer bitchin'.

The Little Eleven schedule ALWAYS works out this way - 8 games - 4 home, 4 away.

BlueHen86 wrote:

DJH wrote:Features EIGHT home games, and FOUR road games. What a joke.

Marshall
Miami - FL
Ohio
Eastern Michigan
@Illinois
Indiana
@Wisconsin
Purdue
@Minnesota
Penn State
@Iowa
Michigan

Why is it a joke? College football is a business, why shouldn't Ohio St. schedule as many home games as possible?

And yet, Montana gets slammed for having home games by your brethren as well?????

grizzaholic wrote:

BlueHen86 wrote:
Why is it a joke? College football is a business, why shouldn't Ohio St. schedule as many home games as possible?

And yet, Montana gets slammed for having home games by your brethren as well?????

But never by me. I've always been on Montana's side of this argument. Every school would love to schedule 8 home games, only a few are able to do it.

BlueHen86 wrote:

grizzaholic wrote:

And yet, Montana gets slammed for having home games by your brethren as well?????

But never by me. I've always been on Montana's side of this argument. Every school would love to schedule 8 home games, only a few are able to do it.

DJH wrote:Features EIGHT home games, and FOUR road games. What a joke.

Marshall
Miami - FL
Ohio
Eastern Michigan
@Illinois
Indiana
@Wisconsin
Purdue
@Minnesota
Penn State
@Iowa
Michigan

This just makes it easier for Ohio St. to get to and lose the BCS title game.

This got me curious, so I went through all the teams that currently have their schedule released and here are all the teams with home games.

8 home games
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Texas A&M
Michigan State
Ohio State
Penn State
Notre Dame (one of them is an iffy home game since it is at Yankee Stadium against Army, but I think ND is the official home team)
Auburn



The average, outside of the PAC10 because of their conference slate, thus far is 7 home games, so instead of playing one road OOC game OSU is going to pay someone (Probably looks like it was Marshall or Eastern Michigan instead of the road game) about 400K to come to the Horseshoe. OSU will then take a gate of about 103,000 people at probably $60 or $70 a head, I don't know what OSU charges. Let's go with $60. Well, at 60*103000 you net $218,000 after paying the other school. Add into that programs, merchandise, concessions, etc... and they will likely pull well over a million dollar profit for the game.

Compare that to getting paid 750K by a USC, Texas, Florida, etc... then having to pay travel. They would be stupid to do that unless they get a home and home like they did with Texas and USC.


I know for a fact Michigan had 8 home games last year. Teams that turn massive profits for home games don't need to "equal the field" by playing 7 home games just like everyone else.

clenz wrote:This got me curious, so I went through all the teams that currently have their schedule released and here are all the teams with home games.

8 home games
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Texas A&M
Michigan State
Ohio State
Penn State
Notre Dame (one of them is an iffy home game since it is at Yankee Stadium against Army, but I think ND is the official home team)
Auburn



The average, outside of the PAC10 because of their conference slate, thus far is 7 home games, so instead of playing one road OOC game OSU is going to pay someone (Probably looks like it was Marshall or Eastern Michigan instead of the road game) about 400K to come to the Horseshoe. OSU will then take a gate of about 103,000 people at probably $60 or $70 a head, I don't know what OSU charges. Let's go with $60. Well, at 60*103000 you net $218,000 after paying the other school. Add into that programs, merchandise, concessions, etc... and they will likely pull well over a million dollar profit for the game.

Compare that to getting paid 750K by a USC, Texas, Florida, etc... then having to pay travel. They would be stupid to do that unless they get a home and home like they did with Texas and USC.


I know for a fact Michigan had 8 home games last year. Teams that turn massive profits for home games don't need to "equal the field" by playing 7 home games just like everyone else.

I agree, playing 8 home games is nothing new & I'm sure there are many FBS teams that play 8.

Willie wrote:Just the way the Big Ten schedule worked out this year. Quitch yer bitchin'.

This has nothing to do with the big 10.

DJH wrote:

Willie wrote:Just the way the Big Ten schedule worked out this year. Quitch yer bitchin'.

This has nothing to do with the big 10.

Nope...it has to do with programs and athletic departments doing what they are able to do...make millions of dollars rather than going on the road..

It's really a non story.

clenz wrote:

DJH wrote:
This has nothing to do with the big 10.

Nope...it has to do with programs and athletic departments doing what they are able to do...make millions of dollars rather than going on the road..

It's really a non story.

It is normal, but does highlight the great financial inequities in college sports (not saying it is good or bad, but just is).

Imagine if the Yankees got to play 120 home games, or the Cowboys played 12 of 16 at home.

dbackjon wrote:

clenz wrote: Nope...it has to do with programs and athletic departments doing what they are able to do...make millions of dollars rather than going on the road..

It's really a non story.

It is normal, but does highlight the great financial inequities in college sports (not saying it is good or bad, but just is).

Imagine if the Yankees got to play 120 home games, or the Cowboys played 12 of 16 at home.

Those organizations don't get to pick their schedule. The MLB and NFL do. Colleges are in charge of their OOC games in all sports.

DJH wrote:

Willie wrote:Just the way the Big Ten schedule worked out this year. Quitch yer bitchin'.

This has nothing to do with the big 10.

And how the fuck not? There are teams in the Big Ten that each team doesn't play every year. So when they do play again, the dates and place fall where they fall, not the choice of the teams.

Willie wrote:

DJH wrote:
This has nothing to do with the big 10.

And how the fuck not? There are teams in the Big Ten that each team doesn't play every year. So when they do play again, the dates and place fall where they fall, not the choice of the teams.

What does that have to do with Ohio St scheduling all of their OOC conference games at home?

BlueHen86 wrote:

Willie wrote: And how the fuck not? There are teams in the Big Ten that each team doesn't play every year. So when they do play again, the dates and place fall where they fall, not the choice of the teams.

What does that have to do with Ohio St scheduling all of their OOC conference games at home?

What big school doesn't? Just read clenz's post up there.

Willie wrote:

DJH wrote:
This has nothing to do with the big 10.

And how the fuck not? There are teams in the Big Ten that each team doesn't play every year. So when they do play again, the dates and place fall where they fall, not the choice of the teams.

All Big 10 teams play 4 at home, 4 on the road.

The OP was not noting the conference schedule but the OOC schedule.


Buckeye fans

Way to stereotype...

dbackjon wrote:

clenz wrote: Nope...it has to do with programs and athletic departments doing what they are able to do...make millions of dollars rather than going on the road..

It's really a non story.

It is normal, but does highlight the great financial inequities in college sports (not saying it is good or bad, but just is).

Imagine if the Yankees got to play 120 home games, or the Cowboys played 12 of 16 at home.

This is right. Nobody is saying they shouldn't do it if they can. The problem is that they can do it. This is what is wrong with college football. To have programs that can play TWICE as many home games as road games is just absolutely ridiculous.

The rich get richer.

Willie wrote:

DJH wrote:
This has nothing to do with the big 10.

And how the fuck not? There are teams in the Big Ten that each team doesn't play every year. So when they do play again, the dates and place fall where they fall, not the choice of the teams.

Do you seriously not understand this? jesus...

The B10 schedule is balanced, and always is balanced for every team.

Willie wrote:Way to stereotype...

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