During The Bye Week, The Cap'n Suggests.....

[hamalot]

Re: During The Bye Week, The Cap'n Suggests.....

we'll be flying our UNI flag at Chicagoland Speedway all weekend long

[pwjmjt]

Re: During The Bye Week, The Cap'n Suggests.....

FYI....the Coe game is their Homecoming. Trying to decide if we want to go or not.

[casbern]

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FYI....the Coe game is their Homecoming. Trying to decide if we want to go or not.

Do it, and fly your UNI flag.

[jegbomb52]

Re: During The Bye Week, The Cap'n Suggests.....

Change o' plans. Cappy was going to see one of those Minnesota games indicated above. However, my brother, who lives in Janesville, WI, called and said we should go to Wisconsin v Northern Illinois @ Soldier Field in Chicago! What an opportunity!!











Meh. Told him to piss off and convinced him to go to Wheaton College @ UW-Platteville, instead. We'll save $300, I bet. Platteville has the typical Wisconsin college town bar scene as there are dozens and dozens of taverns in that locale. We'll tailgate and I'll fly the UNI flag, too. 7:00 pm game.

BTW, the below link is handy for peeking at the entire DII, III schedule throughout the season:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/schedule/_/group/35

For those of you who use the argument of "we don't have a high enough attendence to go FBS" this is how it is done. Big name opponent, NFL stadium in their region, all of a sudden you have a NIU home game in front of 70,000 people. Western Kentucky did the same thing in Nashville two weeks ago against Kentucky. (probably closer to 45,000 for that game but a home game for WKU none the less)

[JayJ79]

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For those of you who use the argument of "we don't have a high enough attendence to go FBS" this is how it is done. Big name opponent, NFL stadium in their region, all of a sudden you have a NIU home game in front of 70,000 people. Western Kentucky did the same thing in Nashville two weeks ago against Kentucky. (probably closer to 45,000 for that game but a home game for WKU none the less)

might help meet the NCAA guidelines towards average attendance requirements (assuming the NCAA allows such gimmicks to be included in the average). But it doesn't really increase attendance for regular home games, and I doubt it helps all that much with the financial aspect.

[lakesbison]

Re: During The Bye Week, The Cap'n Suggests.....

ill be at TCF for gophers/miami see ya there if anyone is there!

[FOTY]

Re: During The Bye Week, The Cap'n Suggests.....

ill be at TCF for gophers/miami of OH see ya there if anyone is there!

Fixed it for ya.

Miami is playing tOSU this weekend in a game where the team with 11 eligible players wins.

[casbern]

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Fixed it for ya.

Miami is playing tOSU this weekend in a game where the team with 11 eligible players wins.

Lol. ten characters.

[panther-state]

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Fixed it for ya.

Miami is playing tOSU this weekend in a game where the team with 11 eligible players wins.

Simply awesome haha

[jegbomb52]

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might help meet the NCAA guidelines towards average attendance requirements (assuming the NCAA allows such gimmicks to be included in the average). But it doesn't really increase attendance for regular home games, and I doubt it helps all that much with the financial aspect.

I bet they get an okay payday, most probably goes to the team they hire in to play them, getting the stadium itself is probably not cheap either, the main purpose of the endeavor is to increase their "home attendance" in the eyes of the NCAA to keep or establish their FBS status. And yes, it counts.

[95UNIGRAD]

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Fixed it for ya.

Miami is playing tOSU this weekend in a game where the team with 11 eligible players wins.

Well done - I heard someone on ESPN (I think it was Sports Nation or something like that) say it was the "Ineligibowl".

[SteinPizza]

Re: During The Bye Week, The Cap'n Suggests.....

For those of you who use the argument of "we don't have a high enough attendence to go FBS" this is how it is done. Big name opponent, NFL stadium in their region, all of a sudden you have a NIU home game in front of 70,000 people. Western Kentucky did the same thing in Nashville two weeks ago against Kentucky. (probably closer to 45,000 for that game but a home game for WKU none the less)

Your're missing one thing here. NIU has a massive alumni presence in the Chicago area, and the schools' home base is 60 miles or so from the stadium. There are also 8 Jillion Wisconsinites who live here. For Soldier Field (the City) to agree to this game, they need a sure thing as far as ticket sales. UNI doesn't do that, and nor would UNI do that in KC or Minneapolis. Unfortunately, there's just not enough alumni here to really make it work.

[jegbomb52]

Re: During The Bye Week, The Cap'n Suggests.....

Your're missing one thing here. NIU has a massive alumni presence in the Chicago area, and the schools' home base is 60 miles or so from the stadium. There are also 8 Jillion Wisconsinites who live here. For Soldier Field (the City) to agree to this game, they need a sure thing as far as ticket sales. UNI doesn't do that, and nor would UNI do that in KC or Minneapolis. Unfortunately, there's just not enough alumni here to really make it work.

Your missing the point, this game has nothing to do with NIU and everything to do with Wisconsin. NIU will have 15,000 in the stands, Wisconsin will have 55,000. NIU could have done the same thing playing Washington at Qwest field. You don't have to get 70K to make this effective. The only thing nice about this for NIU is the travel costs. We could play K State at Arrowhead, make it a home game, pull in 44,000 and put our average home attendence at 20K for the year with only 14K at 4 "true home" games.

Its not about NIU or UNI for that matter. Bring in a BCS team, their fans, and call it a home game.

[95UNIGRAD]

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There's a surprising amount of UNI fans I've met in KC - they even have a couple of OP restaurants down there in Overland Park and Olathe - but I just don't think it would work. I suppose if you got KU or KSU it might bring in enough of their fans that together we could make it worthwhile.

[BCPanther]

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Why do you think Idaho plays Washington in Seattle every third year or so??

We HAVE to start looking at the FBS. The costs are higher, but the income potential is exponentially larger. Double the BCS payouts, increased TV and ad revenue, bowl payouts (when coupled with responsible travel)