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BG @ Buffalo to be played at Ralph Wilson Stadium
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 2:24 pm
by Redwingtom
Re: BG @ Buffalo to be played at Ralph Wilson Stadium
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 2:56 pm
by mscarn
So their athletic department can hire Bobby Hurley yet make no alliterative attempts at the game's slogan? Rumble, rampage, ruckus anyone? It's a given that it will sound cheesy and nothing all that memorable rhymes with Ralph.
Re: BG @ Buffalo to be played at Ralph Wilson Stadium
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 3:03 pm
by Falcon137
Cool. May try to catch a flight in Thanksgiving night and fly back Saturday morning.
Re: BG @ Buffalo to be played at Ralph Wilson Stadium
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 4:20 pm
by BGSU33
I will take this kind of game any time it means we're trading a "true" road game for a "neutral site" location, even if it's still nearby. But I strongly dislike diving up a home game to do something like this as we did in Columbus last year. I'm sorry but that was a flop. Yes I heard all the things our athletic department and coach said about how good it was afterwards, etc., But for anyone who was there, we know. There were a few thousand fans there maybe, about the same size crowd as if we played in BG. We spent all this money on improving Perry Stadium and only play there 6 times a year if we're lucky as it is. I don't want to give up any more home games. I donated money to improve Perry Stadium to enjoy it more for our home games, not for us to give home games away. Especially conference ones. If a school like Ohio or Miami wants to give up THEIR home game with us and play in Columbus again, I will gladly take the offer and go. But I am against us doing it. Tried it and didn't like it. At least in Buffalo's case they are playing nearby in this one.
Re: BG @ Buffalo to be played at Ralph Wilson Stadium
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:58 pm
by Falcon137
BGSU33 wrote:We spent all this money on improving Perry Stadium and only play there 6 times a year if we're lucky as it is. I don't want to give up any more home games. I donated money to improve Perry Stadium to enjoy it more for our home games, not for us to give home games away.
Uh, what? What renovations have been done to the actual stadium?
Doesn't the master plan for renovating the stadium come out this year?
Re: BG @ Buffalo to be played at Ralph Wilson Stadium
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:12 pm
by BGSU33
Falcon137 wrote:BGSU33 wrote:We spent all this money on improving Perry Stadium and only play there 6 times a year if we're lucky as it is. I don't want to give up any more home games. I donated money to improve Perry Stadium to enjoy it more for our home games, not for us to give home games away.
Uh, what? What renovations have been done to the actual stadium?
Doesn't the master plan for renovating the stadium come out this year?
A new playing surface with the FieldTurf, a new video board, the locker room renovation and the Sebo Center to name a few.
Re: BG @ Buffalo to be played at Ralph Wilson Stadium
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 5:42 am
by Falconfreak90
Love the idea....and a shorter drive than the UB campus.
Re: BG @ Buffalo to be played at Ralph Wilson Stadium
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:34 am
by Falcon137
BGSU33 wrote:Falcon137 wrote:BGSU33 wrote:We spent all this money on improving Perry Stadium and only play there 6 times a year if we're lucky as it is. I don't want to give up any more home games. I donated money to improve Perry Stadium to enjoy it more for our home games, not for us to give home games away.
Uh, what? What renovations have been done to the actual stadium?
Doesn't the master plan for renovating the stadium come out this year?
A new playing surface with the FieldTurf, a new video board, the locker room renovation and the Sebo Center to name a few.
Sorry, the game in Columbus was whatever. It was a good try and I was willing to see if it worked. But, I'm not going to poopoo it because of all the money they've poured into the Doyt. The 10+ years I've been going to games the only upgrades for the fans would be the video board (which was paid for by Learfield Sports...not donations) and the bleachairs. The fieldturf was installed as a necessity and the Sebo and locker rooms are program improvements not gameday improvements.
Re: BG @ Buffalo to be played at Ralph Wilson Stadium
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:08 am
by Lord_Byron
Falconfreak90 wrote:Love the idea....and a shorter drive than the UB campus.
LOL . . . Yea, that extra 13 miles is a killer. . .
Prediction: Big Stadium, small crowd.
I hate having this game the day after T'giving, because I'm always in Ohio visiting my mom for the holiday.
Re: BG @ Buffalo to be played at Ralph Wilson Stadium
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:45 am
by jg4242
The band and cheerleaders don't much care for the Black Friday games... It was always a drag for the students to have to cut short the time spent with their families. But they seem to be a fixture of life in the MAC now, so the least we could do is keep them in BG.
Re: BG @ Buffalo to be played at Ralph Wilson Stadium
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:58 pm
by Falconfreak90
Lord_Byron wrote:Falconfreak90 wrote:Love the idea....and a shorter drive than the UB campus.
LOL . . . Yea, that extra 13 miles is a killer. . .
Prediction: Big Stadium, small crowd.
I hate having this game the day after T'giving, because I'm always in Ohio visiting my mom for the holiday.
Yo 13 miles X 2 is 26. It gets me to the game faster so the grill and beers will be going sooner. And with the price of gas, every bit helps! ;0)
GO FALCONS
