Purdue (Oct. 12th) & Michigan (Oct. 19th) Games
I believe others have started asking this in other threads, but I don’t remember the answers.
Do we have a general idea of what we think the game times will be for either of those two games? I know they weren’t officially announce them until about a week and a half before each game; I’m just looking for those kind of have an idea how this gets scheduled to give me an idea of what they think.
Do we have a general idea of what we think the game times will be for either of those two games? I know they weren’t officially announce them until about a week and a half before each game; I’m just looking for those kind of have an idea how this gets scheduled to give me an idea of what they think.
As far as the Purdue game, they won't be in the marquee NBC or CBS spots as Ohio State/Oregon and Penn State/USC are that weekend. The other games are Washington/Iowa, Minnesota/UCLA, and Wisky/Rutgers. Fox Big Noon maybe?
The Michigan game will be the marquee B1G game that weekend so they could end up being either Big Noon Kickoff or B1G Saturday night.
Isn’t the afternoon CBS a marquee game? 2:30 against Michigan would be perfect.
It is but it seems like they get maybe the 2nd or 3rd best choice that week.
Will these be sellouts?
Only if the DIA does some combo packages. Those tickets in the East upper deck corners are hard sells, especially at the listed price for the premium games. More reason why visiting fans should be shoved up there!
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
There is a week-to-week rotation of who gets first pick, if I recall correctly.
I would advise against making plans that would be ruined by a particular start time of any TBA game in today's Big Ten.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Assuming we are at least competitive at PSU and can beat Purdue at home, I’m quite confident Michigan will sell out in that scenario … and I think the DIA would make sure it did if we weren’t quite there.
Purdue will be tougher … we just don’t have the season ticket base yet. In 2022, excitement from a good start pushed our crowds from about 35k to 45k, so 10k extra fans per week buying single tickets. I think since then we’ve added 10k+ season tickets, so our new crowds once fans are a bit enthused are in the 52k+ range. If we add 10k more season tickets, it would be achievable to start selling out games consistently.
I’ll guess about 55k for Purdue and a sellout for Michigan!