Marquette vs. Ohio State: Carrier Classic

• LJ

  

  SWEET GAME GUYS!!
  
  GREAT SHOWING!!
• osu45804

  

  Fans who paid all that money to get there & the game is called off... Kinda sad
• trep14

  GOOD THING THEY GOT THE WOMEN'S GAME IN EARLIER THOUGH!!!!
• reclegend22

  

  Maybe college basketball will finally wake the f--- up. Playing basketball on a boat in the Atlantic Ocean in November is so got damn stupid.
• LJ

  

  trep14;1316931 wrote:GOOD THING THEY GOT THE WOMEN'S GAME IN EARLIER THOUGH!!!!

  Hey, that's for the fan to decide!
• jordo212000

  

  Mulva;1316911 wrote:How about keep basketball inside from now on?

  
  Amen.
  
  The whole Carrier Classic thing is so dumb.
• Midstate01

  

  Bummer
• jordo212000

  

  trep14;1316927 wrote:Yeah someone wasted a ton of money on this game. Think of all the ad space that went to waste.

  
  Wonder if any tax payer money was spent on this?
• Midstate01

  

  Had 3 friends at the game. Disappointing for them, as they're never home to see games.
• jordo212000

  

  LJ;1316933 wrote:Hey, that's for the fan to decide!

  
  The one person who tunes into women's college basketball is probably quite pleased
• Laley23

  

  Stand by my statement that this is just dumb. I wasn't being a hater or anything, it's just stupid.
• gerb131

  

  Another blow to the east when it comes to scheduling. Only thing we can put on is a Winter Classic.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  gerb131;1316952 wrote:Another blow to the east when it comes to scheduling. Only thing we can put on is a Winter Classic.

  Not this year.....
• gerb131

  

  ptown_trojans_1;1316953 wrote:Not this year.....

  True that. Sucks. I miss hockey.
• reclegend22

  

  Threadfail
• Tiger2003

  

  gerb131;1316956 wrote:True that. Sucks. I miss hockey.

  
  Thank god I live in ND so I get my college hockey but damn I sure miss the NHL.
• gorocks99

  

  So this came is cancelled with no reschedule. Florida-Georgetown was called off after halftime. And SDSU-Syracuse was pushed to Sunday. Hope they learned their lesson.
• vball10set

  gorocks99;1317104 wrote:So this came is cancelled with no reschedule. Florida-Georgetown was called off after halftime. And SDSU-Syracuse was pushed to Sunday. Hope they learned their lesson.

  This....what a waste
• se-alum

  

  jordo212000;1316936 wrote:Wonder if any tax payer money was spent on this?

  No, Walmart was the sponsor for the event.
• ts1227

  

  gorocks99;1317104 wrote:So this came is cancelled with no reschedule. Florida-Georgetown was called off after halftime. And SDSU-Syracuse was pushed to Sunday. Hope they learned their lesson.

  
  It worked out west last year, but you're going to get more favorable weather out that way in general. Maybe stick to out there if they insist upon it?
• reclegend22

  

  ^^What I don't get is why must they "insist on it"? I am sure they will, but it's fucking mind-boggling. The event is so stupppppiiiiidddddd. It's a publicity stunt and completely unnecessary. Playing it inside of an enclosed setting at a military base, as Laley suggests and as was done in Germany, is the only way to do this. They need to open their eyes.
• Automatik

  

  Agreed. I insist they don't attempt to play an outdoor game like this....ever.
• Midstate01

  

  They should probably just do it in Hawaii. Great weather, late games are in the afternoon here... And I could go. Make it happen!!
• Laley23

  

  Midstate01;1317139 wrote:They should probably just do it in Hawaii. Great weather, late games are in the afternoon here... And I could go. Make it happen!!

  Still dumb. You cant predict weather. What if it rains???
• reclegend22

  

  Per ESPN:
  

  ESPN wrote:Event organizers said they want to try to play it again next year.
  
  "We've got to go back to work and maybe become meteorologists and do some things different. We and the Navy are committed to the event and doing it right," said Alan Verlander, director of sports and entertainment for the city of Jacksonville.

  
  
  Well at least they've learned their "lesson." Instead of moving the event indoors, they are just gonna get more "meteorologists" involved and continue playing on boats. SMFH.