2025 Ohio State game canceled

[FfldCntyFan]

when you play football at the lower levels like uconn, any of the 16 big 12 (power conference) sites might be the most fans any of those players play in front of!

hopefully they get the game replaced and still get that once in a lifetime opportunity.

I was kind of looking forward to visiting the one program that the state of Ohio views as significant.

I remember being both impressed bu tOSU's reach and feeling pity for the victim of their reach a number of years ago. Cincinnati was having a very good season (Kelly was still HC) and a WR (Binns?) went into the stands after an overthrow and banged into a little kid. They did a closeup on the kid and basically everyone in the shot (almost an entire section), including the lid was decked out in scarlet and silver (OSU gear for some of us). I couldn't help but feel bad for the (few) fans of a program who was having what was likely their most significant home gsme to date yet those in the audience were showing their allegiance to the proverbial elephant in the room.

I remember thinking that it would be like if Central Connecticut had a season where they actually were ranked and in a nationally televised home game, most of the crowd was wearng UConn gear. But I can understanding that being the result as most Central fans would also root for UConn as it would be the path to seeing a winning program.

 

[Kembafan]

Let’s first put more than 6 wins together against g5 and low tier p4 opponents and then worry about scheduling the top programs in the country.

The goal right now should be to make the program look good. If we think we could put up a fight against OSU then fine, but nobody seriously believes that we could.

 

[Jetskies]

Let’s first put more than 6 wins together against g5 and low tier p4 opponents and then worry about scheduling the top programs in the country.

The goal right now should be to make the program look good. If we think we could put up a fight against OSU then fine, but nobody seriously believes that we could.

unless we need the michigan/tennessee/ohio state money SO BAD that we're willing to sacrifice our dignity and the husky brand, to college a $2M check, minus costs. this is a pick-your-poison situation to the athletic dept, i feel like.

play easier games, maybe win, get no respect from P4 selection committees.
play harder games, get blown out, get no respect from P4 selection committees.

my goal is to get into a real conference. Does playing OSU/Michigan help that? absolutely - but only if the score is respectable, IMO. I can live with losing 35-21 to Michigan. I'd have to think that so can Big 12 presidents.

I guess my point is... we should aim to play the ohio state's of the world as soon as possible. we need to push upward in our opponent caliber. But until we are confident the game will be competitive, we should steer clear and try our best to find the money elsewhere.

 

[Jimdish255]

Money aside, I don't see any benefit to playing them. Some measuring sticks are better left unused.

Iowa or Michigan State would be a more useful opponent for a re-building program. That way, it's at worst a valuable learning experience with an outside shot for better if everything goes perfectly.

Money aside? I don't see any upside to this.

 

[Vowelguy]

Sign of things to come

As conference games go up, I think most schools have incentive to drop quality P4 from their nonconf schedule and go for winnable G5 games.

 

[freescooter]

There is nothing wrong with playing an occasional game like this. The money is good and the players would like to play in an environment like tOSU. Did you share with the folks that you don't get the allure of playing in MSG in the BET? Maybe we can schedule away games with other mules like LA-Munroe. There is a trip Everybody would want to go. Ever been?

No, I agree. Play one occasionally is fine. But for the short term we ought to be targeting Illinois and Northwestern and Rutgers. Not Ohio State and Michigan.

FWIW, I admit I don’t get all warm and fuzzy about Madison Square Garden. It’s fine but calling it the Mecca is pretty pretentious. Believing it is just silly. As a pro hoop arena that is beyond ridiculous. TD Garden and it’s predecessor have both seen more championships. The old Boston Garden was a dump but it was a legendary dump. The MSG was were first round series were played. As a college venue it was not that historic either, unless you count the NIT. It lacked the history and character of places like the Palestra, Hinkle, Phog Allen, even Cameron. You go west of the Hudson or south of Jersey City, north of Enfield and nobody gets all gooey about it like UConn fans do. In fact forget the location. Actually, Nobody anywhere fetishizes it quite the way UConn fans do. Maybe I’m not so sentimental but I was embarrassed to see a grown man cry over going to the NEWBIE because he could go back to MSG. That happened. Yuck.

 

[Vowelguy]

As conference games go up, I think most schools have incentive to drop quality P4 from their nonconf schedule and go for winnable G5 games.

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[Duncan Idaho]

No, I agree. Play one occasionally is fine. But for the short term we ought to be targeting Illinois and Northwestern and Rutgers. Not Ohio State and Michigan.

FWIW, I admit I don’t get all warm and fuzzy about Madison Square Garden. It’s fine but calling it the Mecca is pretty pretentious. Believing it is just silly. As a pro hoop arena that is beyond ridiculous. TD Garden and it’s predecessor have both seen more championships. The old Boston Garden was a dump but it was a legendary dump. The MSG was were first round series were played. As a college venue it was not that historic either, unless you count the NIT. It lacked the history and character of places like the Palestra, Hinkle, Phog Allen, even Cameron. You go west of the Hudson or south of Jersey City, north of Enfield and nobody gets all gooey about it like UConn fans do. In fact forget the location. Actually, Nobody anywhere fetishizes it quite the way UConn fans do. Maybe I’m not so sentimental but I was embarrassed to see a grown man cry over going to the NEWBIE because he could go back to MSG. That happened. Yuck.

Liked the crying story

 

[Hoophound]

No, I agree. Play one occasionally is fine. But for the short term we ought to be targeting Illinois and Northwestern and Rutgers. Not Ohio State and Michigan.

FWIW, I admit I don’t get all warm and fuzzy about Madison Square Garden. It’s fine but calling it the Mecca is pretty pretentious. Believing it is just silly. As a pro hoop arena that is beyond ridiculous. TD Garden and it’s predecessor have both seen more championships. The old Boston Garden was a dump but it was a legendary dump. The MSG was were first round series were played. As a college venue it was not that historic either, unless you count the NIT. It lacked the history and character of places like the Palestra, Hinkle, Phog Allen, even Cameron. You go west of the Hudson or south of Jersey City, north of Enfield and nobody gets all gooey about it like UConn fans do. In fact forget the location. Actually, Nobody anywhere fetishizes it quite the way UConn fans do. Maybe I’m not so sentimental but I was embarrassed to see a grown man cry over going to the NEWBIE because he could go back to MSG. That happened. Yuck.

Well, I love the a Big East, so I don’t fault anyone for shedding a nostalgic tear about returning. It’s been a great few years being back in the conference.

MSG isn’t just the Mecca because of basketball games played there. It’s because of all of the other huge events that took place there that just add to the mystique. NYC has also produced a massive number of great players over the last 100 years and NY street ball is legendary. It’s the big picture. MSG is the world’s greatest arena, in the greatest city in the world.

 

[gioff2323]

shame the huskies players will miss out experiencing a P4 road environment. also a bummer to their athletic department. as you may know, many fcs programs use these “body bag” games as a source of funding for their other sports.

So, to summarize bummer kids won’t get a P4 game (they will) but it’s a “body bag “ game. So, what’s the shame in your mind - no trip to show or no chance to get annihilated

 

[JohnFSilver]

We got paid. We are still $1.3M short for 2025. We gotta replace that revenue.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

$650k

Buyout

 

[uconnric]

No, I agree. Play one occasionally is fine. But for the short term we ought to be targeting Illinois and Northwestern and Rutgers. Not Ohio State and Michigan.

FWIW, I admit I don’t get all warm and fuzzy about Madison Square Garden. It’s fine but calling it the Mecca is pretty pretentious. Believing it is just silly. As a pro hoop arena that is beyond ridiculous. TD Garden and it’s predecessor have both seen more championships. The old Boston Garden was a dump but it was a legendary dump. The MSG was were first round series were played. As a college venue it was not that historic either, unless you count the NIT. It lacked the history and character of places like the Palestra, Hinkle, Phog Allen, even Cameron. You go west of the Hudson or south of Jersey City, north of Enfield and nobody gets all gooey about it like UConn fans do. In fact forget the location. Actually, Nobody anywhere fetishizes it quite the way UConn fans do. Maybe I’m not so sentimental but I was embarrassed to see a grown man cry over going to the NEWBIE because he could go back to MSG. That happened. Yuck.

FWIW the football team doesn't play in MSG. Take your childish wining about MSG to the basketball board (again).

 

[Excalibur]

Not really. It's a buy game. Personally, we should never play a buy game again.

6 P4 H/H
5 G5 H/H
1 FCS H

That should be the schedule going forward.

We will and really have to continue to take buy games, probably once every two years. It's one of the biggest revenue sources for the program. Your schedule, besides being totally unrealistic, is a great way to ensure no bowl games ever.

 

[WrenchFan69]

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I'd be plenty happy to visit USC in that slot

 

[tiger paw]

Conference expansion playing havoc with scheduling. I never liked the idea of non conference games being scheduled so many years in advance. Too many things change. I think the B1G is only guaranteeing 1 rival game per season. Everything else will be on a rotating or semi rotating basis. Rutgers 2024 has USC-UCLA -Washington on schedule. But off the schedule are their annual games against Ohio ST-Penn ST-Michigan. Go figure.

 

[Patman]

Ultimately athletic directors are risk averse cowards and with only 12 games on the schedule and 3 floating for discretion nobody wants to take a quality loss to the 15th best team in the country

 

[Kowalski]

2025 Ohio State football schedule: See the shakeup in non-conference opponents

Grambling will replace UConn on Ohio State's 2025 football schedule

www.dispatch.com

"Ohio State has never played UConn. The schools agreed to a buyout of $650,000 to UConn for the cancelation. If the game had been played, Ohio State would have paid UConn $1.95 million."

Amazing to me that this one game would have paid Uconn $1.95M. And yet NCAAhoopdigest reported that the current Fox deal with the Big East only nets each school $4.6M annually.

 

[Hamms30]

Amazing to me that this one game would have paid Uconn $1.95M. And yet NCAAhoopdigest reported that the current Fox deal with the Big East only nets each school $4.6M annually.

Puts into perspective the uphill battle we're trying to fight, doesn't it? When people say "football drives the bus". This is what they're talking about. Ohio St. gets 50M from the Big10 for media rights per year. We have to collect our media rights for 12 years to equal what Ohio St. gets in one year.

 

[CJasmer]

Puts into perspective the uphill battle we're trying to fight, doesn't it? When people say "football drives the bus". This is what they're talking about. Ohio St. gets 50M from the Big10 for media rights per year. We have to collect our media rights for 12 years to equal what Ohio St. gets in one year.

Ohio State Athletic operating revenue last year was $280 million. Of course they almost spent the same amount around $274 million.