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<blockquote data-quote="OrangeBlue98" data-source="post: 2071135" data-attributes="member: 750610"><p>Speaking only for myself here, I could easily see my family (with three siblings living in various Chicago-area locales) making it a weekend event. Maybe it's a Black Friday event along with the Iowa-Nebraska game, which would either give a TV partner a doubleheader or multiple partners exclusive games in successive broadcast windows. For example, Iowa-Nebraska has an early game on Fox and Illinois-Northwestern follows on NBC or Peacock or vice versa (I'm obviously aware that our game would have a better chance to be on Peacock as opposed to a major broadcast network on Black Friday if Iowa-Nebraska is the other game at the present time).</p><p></p><p>But I know you and I both agree that something - anything - is worth trying compared to the current situation. The only problem I could potentially see is Northwestern saying "Why would we give up our home game in a sold-out stadium?" Yes, I know that sellout is only 35,000 or so, but as a MLS fan I do understand that even small crowds heavily weighted toward your fan base is still a big home-field advantage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OrangeBlue98, post: 2071135, member: 750610"] Speaking only for myself here, I could easily see my family (with three siblings living in various Chicago-area locales) making it a weekend event. Maybe it's a Black Friday event along with the Iowa-Nebraska game, which would either give a TV partner a doubleheader or multiple partners exclusive games in successive broadcast windows. For example, Iowa-Nebraska has an early game on Fox and Illinois-Northwestern follows on NBC or Peacock or vice versa (I'm obviously aware that our game would have a better chance to be on Peacock as opposed to a major broadcast network on Black Friday if Iowa-Nebraska is the other game at the present time). But I know you and I both agree that something - anything - is worth trying compared to the current situation. The only problem I could potentially see is Northwestern saying "Why would we give up our home game in a sold-out stadium?" Yes, I know that sellout is only 35,000 or so, but as a MLS fan I do understand that even small crowds heavily weighted toward your fan base is still a big home-field advantage. [/QUOTE]
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