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B1G Championship in Detroit
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potternmu
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Re: B1G Championship in Detroit
I've been coming to college hockey at the Joe since 1996. This is by far the smallest crowd I've ever seen, Super 6 included. Michigan may have 300-400 fans in the building right now.
I've been coming to college hockey at the Joe since 1996. This is by far the smallest crowd I've ever seen, Super 6 included. Michigan may have 300-400 fans in the building right now.
Re: B1G Championship in Detroit
Official wild bird seed. They don't care what you feed your domestic bird.
Official wild bird seed. They don't care what you feed your domestic bird.
Hockeybuckeye
Well-known member
Re: B1G Championship in Detroit
I think you could get groups of students there supporting their respective schools IF the conference would make student tickets available for say 10 bucks apiece?
Do you really think the average student can afford what they're currently charging for seats?
I think you could get groups of students there supporting their respective schools IF the conference would make student tickets available for say 10 bucks apiece?
Do you really think the average student can afford what they're currently charging for seats?
This is the result of zero promotion by the big ten. No hotel, no banquet, no reception, nothing.
Which is really lazy on their part, I've organized a convention, and that should be really easy for the big ten.
This is nuts.
Not Kaytee nuts, but they are trying to feed the wild birds that happen to attend.
Re: B1G Championship in Detroit
The B1g Tourney will be permanent in either St Paul or Chicago, like many predicted. I still say St Paul, but fear Chicago.
The B1g Tourney will be permanent in either St Paul or Chicago, like many predicted. I still say St Paul, but fear Chicago.
Hockeybuckeye
Well-known member
William Blake
Registered User
Re: B1G Championship in Detroit
Look at the money being brought in DET, vs St Paul. And the "great" minds of the B1G Mistake will think the most central location (CHI) will bring the most people and therefore the most money.
Look at the money being brought in DET, vs St Paul. And the "great" minds of the B1G Mistake will think the most central location (CHI) will bring the most people and therefore the most money.
Spartanforlife4
Generic Catchy Message
Re: B1G Championship in Detroit
I thought about asking the MSU student section what they were offering but figured they would've said something if they did have anything.
The only student deals I've seen have been an essentially unadvertised "Bring your ID to the box office" for $15 that was stuck at the bottom of an article, and the Red Wings tweeting you can get $15 upper $30 lower with an ID.
The Big Ten is pricing themselves out. They're essentially asking for double what fans are used to paying for the GLI and Duel in the D games. No one is going to pay for that, on a Thursday, when one game involves teams no one cares about and the other game involves playing a team with its worst season ever.
It'll be interesting to see how this MSU/UM game fills up tomorrow. They filled up the GLI final pretty well and sold out the regular season game, but that was also with a 50 year tradition and a 25 year tradition that was advertised heavily. And also wasn't majorly overpriced.
I thought about asking the MSU student section what they were offering but figured they would've said something if they did have anything.
The only student deals I've seen have been an essentially unadvertised "Bring your ID to the box office" for $15 that was stuck at the bottom of an article, and the Red Wings tweeting you can get $15 upper $30 lower with an ID.
The Big Ten is pricing themselves out. They're essentially asking for double what fans are used to paying for the GLI and Duel in the D games. No one is going to pay for that, on a Thursday, when one game involves teams no one cares about and the other game involves playing a team with its worst season ever.
It'll be interesting to see how this MSU/UM game fills up tomorrow. They filled up the GLI final pretty well and sold out the regular season game, but that was also with a 50 year tradition and a 25 year tradition that was advertised heavily. And also wasn't majorly overpriced.
Hockeybuckeye
Well-known member
Re: B1G Championship in Detroit
I'd watch what you say. That team from the game "no one cares about" may be the one to send your team home!
Re: B1G Championship in Detroit
Other conferences are not much better. I'm buying off the street for the WCHA tourney tomorrow, and if I don't find anything for $20 or less, I'll head to the bar and watch the MN game on TV for the same amount (or less). I'm not paying $25 to watch two teams I only kinda care about.
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Other conferences are not much better. I'm buying off the street for the WCHA tourney tomorrow, and if I don't find anything for $20 or less, I'll head to the bar and watch the MN game on TV for the same amount (or less). I'm not paying $25 to watch two teams I only kinda care about.
MGoBlueHockey
Wolverine Devotee
Re: B1G Championship in Detroit
That game was the definition of fool's gold. Larkin had a pretty sweet goal, but I'm really still wondering how Michigan scored goals 1 and 3. And making some of those dumb choices on the ice will usually result in goals given up against teams that have more than 4 wins on the season.
Anyways, onto tomorrow. This team knows how to beat state: Go up 2-0 on them. Preferably early. If Michigan goes up 3-0, it's game over. This will be the first conference tournament meeting in the series since the 2010 CCHA Tourney when Michigan went on the road and ended the sparties season in a sweep en route to the 2010 CCHA Tournament Championship.
And with that factoid, a side note: the two ********s that you can thank for this crappy neutral site format are Barry Alvarez and Gene Smith. They are the ones who didn't want the original tournament format.
That game was the definition of fool's gold. Larkin had a pretty sweet goal, but I'm really still wondering how Michigan scored goals 1 and 3. And making some of those dumb choices on the ice will usually result in goals given up against teams that have more than 4 wins on the season.
Anyways, onto tomorrow. This team knows how to beat state: Go up 2-0 on them. Preferably early. If Michigan goes up 3-0, it's game over. This will be the first conference tournament meeting in the series since the 2010 CCHA Tourney when Michigan went on the road and ended the sparties season in a sweep en route to the 2010 CCHA Tournament Championship.
And with that factoid, a side note: the two ********s that you can thank for this crappy neutral site format are Barry Alvarez and Gene Smith. They are the ones who didn't want the original tournament format.
Hammer
We'll be back.
Re: B1G Championship in Detroit
That wouldn't change the fact that no one is going to be in the house to watch it.
That wouldn't change the fact that no one is going to be in the house to watch it.
Hockeybuckeye
Well-known member
Re: B1G Championship in Detroit
NOBODY down here likes Gene Smith. He's an overpaid idiot!
NOBODY down here likes Gene Smith. He's an overpaid idiot!
MGoBlueHockey
Wolverine Devotee
Re: B1G Championship in Detroit
Are you saying you would rather have the WOW factor? Because I know a man who needs a job.
*******http://i.imgur.com/SJJ5oGh.jpg********
Are you saying you would rather have the WOW factor? Because I know a man who needs a job.
*******http://i.imgur.com/SJJ5oGh.jpg********
Hockeybuckeye
Well-known member
Re: B1G Championship in Detroit
I think we could get a well qualified Ohio State alum who would do a much better job for a fraction of the one & a quarter million a year they're throwing away on Smith.
Personally I don't think anyone working for a public institution should make more a year than the Governor of the entire state!
If he wasn't so up there in years former football coach Earl Bruce would be the perfect guy.
He bleeds Scarlet & Grey and is honest with ETHICS!
Brandon? Yeah, that is a WOW.
I think we could get a well qualified Ohio State alum who would do a much better job for a fraction of the one & a quarter million a year they're throwing away on Smith.
Personally I don't think anyone working for a public institution should make more a year than the Governor of the entire state!
If he wasn't so up there in years former football coach Earl Bruce would be the perfect guy.
He bleeds Scarlet & Grey and is honest with ETHICS!
Spartanforlife4
Generic Catchy Message
Re: B1G Championship in Detroit
I would guess they'll at least give the new Olympia/Joe/whatever it's going to be called one or two shots at hosting before writing off Detroit.
I would guess they'll at least give the new Olympia/Joe/whatever it's going to be called one or two shots at hosting before writing off Detroit.