Mid October in Ellensburg.
The following Rivalry games are in October
Texas vs Oklahoma (split stadium) Dallas - Red River Rivalry
Georgia vs Florida (split stadium) Jacksonville - Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party
Alabama vs Tennessee - home/home - 3rd Saturday in October
Michigan vs Michigan State - Home/Home
Seven of those 8 teams all have national titles and all play a rivalry game in October and yet somehow somehow....
I am crazy for wanting a rivalry game (that is one of the farthest in the conference) moved from at the end of the year in awful weather conditions to a highly accessible site in beautiful weather conditions?
We wouldn’t be the first to have a rivalry game in October we wouldn’t even be the second to have a split stadium venue either, and we wouldn’t be the first to have an in state rivalry game in October.
Nothing I propose is actually “new” in the context of college football.
And when you look at conferences like the Big XII, SEC, and B1G all making a boatload more money than the Pac you have to wonder what are they doing that we aren’t?
And the answer in short is.... they aren’t stupid.
They make it easier to have enjoyable experiences that connect fans with programs and big games where as we somehow think it’s a great idea to have some cross state rivalry game in winter in inaccessible conditions.
That’s stupid. It makes us less money it makes you less money it makes it more difficult for fans to go to the games. It makes going to the game dangerous (see the bus accident this year). That’s stupid.
Now here is an opportunity to put the game in beautiful weather conditions, in the most centrally located municipality in the state, putting the game around the same time as other big rivalry games in a beautiful split stadium setting (of which there are few in college football) elevating the marketing and optics of the game.
And yet somehow I am crazy....
