UNH_Alum_In_CT
January 17th, 2008, 02:10 PM
The Game U Gotta See thread reminded me of a thought I've had and been meaning to ask.
During the Summer I work with a guy who goes every year to the Classic game at the Giants Stadium in NJ. It doesn't matter who plays, he goes. This Summer I plan to ask him if he would go to the event I'm going to propose.
I was thinking about a doubleheader event, obviously has to be at a venue with one of the field turf type surfaces. I'm thinking about a couple of HBCU's along with a couple of non HBCU's that have quality marching bands meeting in NYC, Philly or Baltimore (similar to the current classic at the Meadowlands).
My thoughts were two fold, provide some OOC games outside the normal HBCU schedules without giving up the revenue from Classics as well as provide the rest of the FCS world incentive to experience the Classic Game's atmosphere.
Initial thoughts were something like:
UMass vs. Hampton
Delaware vs. SC State (I was going to say Del State but figured I'd leave that kettle of fish out of the equation for now)
or
UMass vs. Grambling (or Jackson St. or FL A&M or Morgan State or Howard or .......)
JMU vs. Hampton
I started with CAA teams because I'm more familiar with the marching bands and for selfish reasons -- the game would be within driving distance so I could attend. I can think of some variations to be held in Birmingham/Nashville as well as New Orleans/Baton Rouge/Texas that would be pretty good too!
Would the HBCU community support this type of event the same way they do a current classic? Would UMass/UDel/JMU view this event as a positive experience? I wish UNH had a larger marching band because I think it would be great for UNH. As long as this doubleheader didn't compete with an above average UNH game, I know that I'd consider going! For example, not if UNH is playing at West Point, but definitely would skip a game at Dartmouth that occurs every other year.
During the Summer I work with a guy who goes every year to the Classic game at the Giants Stadium in NJ. It doesn't matter who plays, he goes. This Summer I plan to ask him if he would go to the event I'm going to propose.
I was thinking about a doubleheader event, obviously has to be at a venue with one of the field turf type surfaces. I'm thinking about a couple of HBCU's along with a couple of non HBCU's that have quality marching bands meeting in NYC, Philly or Baltimore (similar to the current classic at the Meadowlands).
My thoughts were two fold, provide some OOC games outside the normal HBCU schedules without giving up the revenue from Classics as well as provide the rest of the FCS world incentive to experience the Classic Game's atmosphere.
Initial thoughts were something like:
UMass vs. Hampton
Delaware vs. SC State (I was going to say Del State but figured I'd leave that kettle of fish out of the equation for now)
or
UMass vs. Grambling (or Jackson St. or FL A&M or Morgan State or Howard or .......)
JMU vs. Hampton
I started with CAA teams because I'm more familiar with the marching bands and for selfish reasons -- the game would be within driving distance so I could attend. I can think of some variations to be held in Birmingham/Nashville as well as New Orleans/Baton Rouge/Texas that would be pretty good too!
Would the HBCU community support this type of event the same way they do a current classic? Would UMass/UDel/JMU view this event as a positive experience? I wish UNH had a larger marching band because I think it would be great for UNH. As long as this doubleheader didn't compete with an above average UNH game, I know that I'd consider going! For example, not if UNH is playing at West Point, but definitely would skip a game at Dartmouth that occurs every other year.