Yeah it is definitely a different mindset. I am a pretty diehard Gopher football fan but I am not going to go sit in 35 degree weather to watch a spring game. In spring I'm going to Twins, MN United, or Wild games. Something those other 2 towns don't have (unless you count the Brewers for Madison).
Because it sucks when it's outside in cold weather? No one around here cares about The Spring Game anyways.
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Nope, no disagreement here. There are many times when we each could have completely different weather. However, not on this day. The whole region was seeing crappy weather with both of them seeing some snow during their games. Don't believe it, just check out the Big1G video archive on YouTube.
Correct. Last year the weather was pretty similar in all 3 locations. I would say in a normal year though that at that time of year the difference in location could mean a 5 or 10 degree difference.
Exactly.... UM is not in an College town. There's other things to do unlike the other schools.
Sure.
Have said it over and over: the main U campus should have been in Rochester.
The only thing this would change is decreasing attendance at sporting events because it's a longer trip for people from the cities to get to games.
More locals would attend. An hour each way is nothing for football.
You guys always blaming Fleck for EVERYTHING. The players themselves don't want to have to play in bad weather and I don't blame them. Especially if the crowd won't be enough to fill up a 1/4 of the stadium. Again UM does not reside in an College town so unless they finish in the top 25 college rankings they will never fill up the stadium for their Spring Game.
Your points are fine.
Agreed!
Game is April 20th. I don't know what else to tell you.
I didn’t declare it isn’t, if you actually read the words I wrote.
So given your confidence, what will the format be and will the public be invited? Your information still potentially conflicts with what I have been told will happen that day but no final clarity yet.
I'm sure the public is invited but I don't know the format as of yet. Maybe in the next couple of weeks. The kid's are on Spring Break this week.
Interesting. Ironically, as a Rochester native, I recall hearing that Rochester was the largest city in the country without an accredited 4-year college. That would have been in the late 70's or early '80's. I'm trying to imagine how different it would have been because Rochester has absolutely none of the flavor of a college town. Selecting Minneapolis IMHO was a great move in the sense of recruiting students and faculty. Places like Champaign and State College have little allure for students.
Iowa City, Madison, ... quite a good number of non major metro locations for large schools.
My recollection is they discuss the game and correct some things they didn't like in the practice after the game. Everybody only gets so many spring meetings/practices and this setup follows guidelines as we interpret them.
Madison is not some small area. There are close to 800k people in the Metro area. It is the 61st biggest CSA in the country. Iowa City yes, but Madison certainly feels like an urban area if you have lived there. Will give you it is more of a college town, but Madison and Iowa City are not the same.
