Is this for real?

[ICWestfan]

@TomKakert posted a story that this will be Iowa's first Saturday game since March of 2020. Is that for real, home or away? I'm too lazy to research this, but if true, that's horrible scheduling. I'm old enough to remember the days of Thursday- Saturday games.

Also, the first sellout of the season which I totally understand.

 

[jonesy5960]

@TomKakert posted a story that this will be Iowa's first Saturday game since March of 2020. Is that for real, home or away? I'm too lazy to research this, but if true, that's horrible scheduling. I'm old enough to remember the days of Thursday- Saturday games.

Also, the first sellout of the season which I totally understand.

Yeah it's real. I heard that the coaches didn't want the games interfering with their attendance at their son's Saturday morning rec league games so they asked to move the games to Sundays and weekdays. I can understand it seeing as how that would have been a problem for me too.

 

[FWIW4922463]

Michigan State only has TEN conference games on Saturday this season. That's real too. You can see Gary Barta has quite an influence on conference basketball scheduling, and is just as good at it as he is at the rest of his job. At least he probably won't lose a million-dollar lawsuit over it, so there's that.

Yep, the Big Ten is all about fairness and equality . . . except when it isn't.

MSU wants to play rugby on the basketball floor. The BIG says go for it. MSU wants 10 Saturday home games, the BIG tells Tommy the Imp they wish they could give him 20.

 

[CO_hawk]

^What?

 

[Gabe Sifuentes]

Yeah it's real. I heard that the coaches didn't want the games interfering with their attendance at their son's Saturday morning rec league games so they asked to move the games to Sundays and weekdays. I can understand it seeing as how that would have been a problem for me too.

Don't make crap up.

Fran is on record about having discussions with league regarding unbalanced scheduling. One of his points of contention was too few Saturday games. The BIG favors the blue bloods when it comes to scheduling and Iowa is not usually a big TV draw and has gotten the short end of the draw.

 

[iahawkeyes17]

Tweet by Dochterman early this week and how Fran wasn't pleased and said it needs to be looked at. Iowa and NW have 3 home games on Fri/Sat/Sunday. Purdue 8, Wisc and MSU 7.

 

[jonesy5960]

Don't make crap up.

Fran is on record about having discussions with league regarding unbalanced scheduling. One of his points of contention was too few Saturday games. The BIG favors the blue bloods when it comes to scheduling and Iowa is not usually a big TV draw and has gotten the short end of the draw.

It was a joke. Geez people on here are so serious. 🙄

 

[Gabe Sifuentes]

It was a joke. Geez people on here are so serious. 🙄

Sorry just been a lot of negativities on all the boards. So i've been a little defensive.

 

[red/green hawk]

@TomKakert posted a story that this will be Iowa's first Saturday game since March of 2020. Is that for real, home or away? I'm too lazy to research this, but if true, that's horrible scheduling. I'm old enough to remember the days of Thursday- Saturday games.

Also, the first sellout of the season which I totally understand.

Ahhh, the good old days of Iowa bball being broadcast on network tv on a Thursday night. Old man sending me down to the basement fridge to grab him an Old Milwaukee.

 

[Franisdaman]

@TomKakert posted a story that this will be Iowa's first Saturday game since March of 2020. Is that for real, home or away? I'm too lazy to research this, but if true, that's horrible scheduling. I'm old enough to remember the days of Thursday- Saturday games.

Also, the first sellout of the season which I totally understand.

I posted this in a similar thread that was started by @Ronman , where scheduling was discussed. There is definitely a competitive disadvantage for Iowa.


Purdue leads the B1G with 8 of their 10 B1G home games falling on the weekend.


8 of 10: Purdue has 2 Friday night home B1G games, 2 Saturday home B1G games and 4 Sunday home B1G games. And the Sunday times are very convenient.

7 of 10: OSU has 3 Saturday home B1G games and 4 Sunday home B1G games. And the Sunday times are very convenient.

7 of 10: MSU has 6 Saturday home B1G games and 1 Sunday home B1G game. And the Sunday time is very convenient (4:30 pm CT).

6 of 10: Wisconsin has 1 Friday night home B1G game, 2 Saturday home B1G games and 3 Sunday home B1G games. And the Sunday times are very convenient.

5 of 10: Nebraska has 2 Friday night home B1G games, 2 Saturday home B1G games and 1 Sunday home B1G game.



3 of 10: IOWA has 1 Saturday home B1G game and 2 Sunday home B1G games (Feb 6 and Feb 13, where the game will end around 4:00 pm CT).

****Feb 13, for course, is Super Bowl Sunday, with kickoff shortly after the Iowa game ends.****



LINK to that thread:

Screwy Schedule

I literally posted this using a 1/3 of the space with Docthermans tweet. Scott has an error (Wisconsin has 6, not 7). He also does not mention the worst team in the league having 5 (compared to Iowa's 3). Scott also does not break down the totals by how many fall on Fri, Sat and Sun. And...

iowa.forums.rivals.com

 

[BBHawk]

It was a joke. Geez people on here are so serious. 🙄

You forgot the winkie.

 

[jonesy5960]

You forgot the winkie.

I sometimes forget that we now live in a world where people say the most insane and ridiculous things that no one in their right mind would believe. It absolutely HAS to be sarcasm or a joke. And then you find out they're serious 😳.

 

[nbanflfactory]

I posted this in a similar thread that was started by @Ronman , where scheduling was discussed. There is definitely a competitive disadvantage for Iowa.


Purdue leads the B1G with 8 of their 10 B1G home games falling on the weekend.


8 of 10: Purdue has 2 Friday night home B1G games, 2 Saturday home B1G games and 4 Sunday home B1G games. And the Sunday times are very convenient.

7 of 10: OSU has 3 Saturday home B1G games and 4 Sunday home B1G games. And the Sunday times are very convenient.

7 of 10: MSU has 6 Saturday home B1G games and 1 Sunday home B1G game. And the Sunday time is very convenient (4:30 pm CT).

6 of 10: Wisconsin has 1 Friday night home B1G game, 2 Saturday home B1G games and 3 Sunday home B1G games. And the Sunday times are very convenient.

5 of 10: Nebraska has 2 Friday night home B1G games, 2 Saturday home B1G games and 1 Sunday home B1G game.



3 of 10: IOWA has 1 Saturday home B1G game and 2 Sunday home B1G games (Feb 6 and Feb 13, where the game will end around 4:00 pm CT).

****Feb 13, for course, is Super Bowl Sunday, with kickoff shortly after the Iowa game ends.****



LINK to that thread:

Screwy Schedule

I literally posted this using a 1/3 of the space with Docthermans tweet. Scott has an error (Wisconsin has 6, not 7). He also does not mention the worst team in the league having 5 (compared to Iowa's 3). Scott also does not break down the totals by how many fall on Fri, Sat and Sun. And...

iowa.forums.rivals.com

That's where the refs get their Iowa hatred, it's not cmac and Fran....it's that damn Kev!!!

 

[HawkRose]

This is pretty ridiculous, and yes I do blame Barta.

 

[rfgiowa]

I understand money drives so much in today's society...but it's sad how the already lucrative Big 10 keeps making too many piss poor decisions to favor certain schools. Such is life...

Cheers and GO HAWKS!

 

[Ronman]

McCaffery took a quick shot at this during his postgame conference at Rutgers. Says this is "another thing" that has to change.

I'm sure Iowa will get the usual bullshit answer we get from the B1G on everything: "These things will all even out."