Bigdogg wrote: I have been to several weddings on the same day that the Buckeyes were on. Here is what is going to happen: 1) Some people will not come. 2) Some people will attend but will have an ear piece on. (I did during the OSU vs Michigan, 1 vs 2 game) 3) If the game is on during the reception, people will watch it there or leave to go to the closest place. 4) Some people will not care.

If the bride to be insists on getting married during football season that is the price she will pay so she needs to know it up front.

HitsRus wrote:

Bigdogg wrote: I have been to several weddings on the same day that the Buckeyes were on. Here is what is going to happen: 1) Some people will not come. 2) Some people will attend but will have an ear piece on. (I did during the OSU vs Michigan, 1 vs 2 game) 3) If the game is on during the reception, people will watch it there or leave to go to the closest place. 4) Some people will not care.

If the bride to be insists on getting married during football season that is the price she will pay so she needs to know it up front.

This.
You can pontificate all you want about priorities being screwed up, but what bigdogg says is the truth.

Incidentally,...the wedding may be for the bride...but the reception is FOR THE GUESTS.

Manhattan Buckeye wrote: What the heck is so special about football season as opposed to the 1st weekend of the NCAA basketball tournament? Or the 2nd weekend? Or Final 4 weekend? Or NFL playoff weekends? Or the weekends of the 4 golf majors? Or NASCAR whatever (not a fan so aside from Daytona I don't know what the big weekends are)? Or weekends in baseball/hockey/basketball playoffs?

Are people serious that they wouldn't go to a wedding because Ohio St. is playing Akron that weekend?

darbypitcher22 wrote: ^^^^

that's a great point nobody brought up yet.

Fuck Bye Weeks.

Get married in the spring/summer/winter.

Manhattan Buckeye wrote: What the heck is so special about football season as opposed to the 1st weekend of the NCAA basketball tournament? Or the 2nd weekend? Or Final 4 weekend? Or NFL playoff weekends? Or the weekends of the 4 golf majors? Or NASCAR whatever (not a fan so aside from Daytona I don't know what the big weekends are)? Or weekends in baseball/hockey/basketball playoffs?

Are people serious that they wouldn't go to a wedding because Ohio St. is playing Akron that weekend?

NNN wrote:

Manhattan Buckeye wrote: What the heck is so special about football season as opposed to the 1st weekend of the NCAA basketball tournament? Or the 2nd weekend? Or Final 4 weekend? Or NFL playoff weekends? Or the weekends of the 4 golf majors? Or NASCAR whatever (not a fan so aside from Daytona I don't know what the big weekends are)? Or weekends in baseball/hockey/basketball playoffs?

Are people serious that they wouldn't go to a wedding because Ohio St. is playing Akron that weekend?

We're talking about a fan base that is idiotic enough to have collectively dumped their cable provider and switched to a satellite in 2007 for no other reason than....they wanted to see Ohio State and Youngstown State televised.

Notice I did not say "rabid". I did not say "passionate". I used the only word possible to describe such stupid behavior.

FatHobbit wrote: How is it idiotic to pay for a service that carries the games you want to watch?

NNN wrote:

FatHobbit wrote: How is it idiotic to pay for a service that carries the games you want to watch?

I think what you meant to ask was "How is it idiotic to cancel a service, probably paying cancellation fees in the process, to pay for something substantially more expensive in both installation and a monthly basis, just to be able to watch one game against a 1-AA team that would be televised in pretty much every sports bar in the state of Ohio?"

And I think the answer lies in that very question.

stroups wrote: How about be original and get married in the spring or summer. I have so many f'ing wedding to go to this September that not only am I going to miss OSU football it's damn near going to bankrupt me.

Fab4Runner wrote:

stroups wrote: How about be original and get married in the spring or summer. I have so many f'ing wedding to go to this September that not only am I going to miss OSU football it's damn near going to bankrupt me.

Lol you're joking right? There are more weddings during summer than any other season. June, July and August are the top three months and pretty much always have been.

tk421 wrote: It's so sad that football for God's sake is this important to people. It's a fucking game that no one on here has any impact on whatsoever. Wow.

Scarlet_Fever wrote:

tk421 wrote: It's so sad that football for God's sake is this important to people. It's a fucking game that no one on here has any impact on whatsoever. Wow.

It's a freaking wedding that noone attending has an impact on whatsoever I hate weddings. I hate being invited to them. I hate being in them. I hate going to them. Tell me how someones wedding (outside of immediate family) is important to me. Heck most of the time the groom doesn't even want to be there.

Gblock wrote: just do it on one of the games when the buckeyes play a dII school or one of the other scrub teams they usually schedule to start the year

thedynasty1998 wrote: It's something that obviously is taken into consideration and depends on how many friends and family are sports fans.

Her family couldn't care less about OSU and their football games. My family and friends are all OSU fans and there are a few that would probably have a problem with it. We have enough time to plan, but since she wanted the Miami game as of yesterday, it brought up an interesting conversation.