I think they did.Its college football.
The schedule didn't set up well for a white out game in September with two away games and a bye that month. But it is a very exciting schedule, overall, compared to recent years. I don't think the B1G took the white out into account when putting this together.
If you must, but there should be a financial disincentive to scheduling Illinois for white out. I won't go.
With social media, it would not be very hard to establish a fan-led whiteout for any game. Once Ill is officially announced, there would be plenty of time to start the campaign.
You give them credit for being smart. I don't think they are. They are not evil geniuses. I think they love tOSU and UM, to a fault. They don't understand the downside to that plan (vs. the SEC).
Doesn’t take a genius to see how the WO benefited us in multiple ways….game advantage, recruiting, financially, brand, fame, envy.
Appeasement doesn't work. If you allow them to water down the white out, then it is no longer special. Money talks. A half empty stadium and a fan led white out for Ohio St makes the message so clear that it cannot be misunderstood.
The sad thing is that I could have made the exact opposite argument, show up and make it the loudest white out ever, and you would have written the same thing in response. You are predictably controlled by your emotions and political owners. Try thinking for yourself sometime.
Agree but I think they had their hands full with exploding the old schedules, working with what out-of-conference games were already committed, working within the multi-use arenas (UCLA/USC have stadiums that are used all year buy other sports and teams), travel, traditional rivals, and things that I can only dream of. (Unions, vendors, TV, Radio, food, traffic, city politics, and so much more).
So based on the schedule what do you propose for the whiteout? There’s really only two options Illinois or UCLA. November doesn’t work. Only hurting the team with your proposed half full stadium which isn’t going to happen. Why do you feel the need to complain about everything? Maybe you should go back to work.
I also expected us to open at home after maybe the first back-to-back road starts but a decade plus later, I realized that other considerations were more important to the Big 2.
Why do you feel the need to limpwrist everything? Oh, they are doing this to us. I guess I'll have to accept it. Oh, everything is 25% more expensive. I guess it's fine. Oh, Russia only wants Crimea. I guess it's fine.
Nov 2nd works. Thanks to global warming early Nov is more like mid to late Oct used to be.
Yep, given the schedule, that would be my preference and a great intro to the west coast who may not have paid much attention (and to help out our new SoCal DB recruit!). But the suits at PSU may see it differently. UCLA will be sold out and have a lot of energy/excitement. They may be seeing whiteouts as a way to generate excitement that isn't there. No need to have one vs UM or tOSU from a PR marketing standpoint.
20 years ago we moved my parents in 70 degree whether in January in PA. The weather argument is dumb. A few weeks difference? Who cares?
Well, if they are doing weaker white out opponents to fill seats on weaker games then it will eventually backfire big time. They will destroy the white out experience. The white out exists for a big game, not the other way around.
yeah. and we've never known big businesses to milk the cow so much that it backfired on them.
knickslion:
Would love to see UCLA or Oregon as WO any year …… if they were undefeated and ranked top ten and Ohio State had a loss or two. It’s great to have teams and fan bases to experience the AO. The Auborn people loved it and it generated great respect between the two.
They do suck for many reasons. However, last season, the OSU-PSU game was at noon, and I believe that OSU had their blackout game in November against a terrible MSU team. Also, the OU-Texas and Michigan-OSU games always start at noon now.
Ignore that guy ... he's lonely and sad, and spends his time telling everyone he's not doing things, trying to get others to not do things ... as a sad attempt to feel important. It's his thing. He stormed off the board because he didn't get his way, stating he wasn't coming back ... and then he came back. Let him pout and throw his fits. If you pay him attention, it'll only encourage the behavior, like a young, bratty child.
Anyone who cares more about the white out (a spectacle that I love, for the record) than supporting the team, is not a real PSU fan.
Supporting the WO as a critical aspect of our season IS supporting the team.
It is absolutely supporting the team to not accept a substandard opponent for white outs. It is not supporting the team to let the white out become a nothing burger. You have to have a long-term perspective.
I'm suggesting that PSU has a very, very good chance to make the playoff this year and not showing fan support (especially for something that neither the coach nor the players nor the administration has any control over) is counterproductive.
