I think most everyone here struggles with attendance on Thanksgiving weekend. What if we sold the rights for that week to ESPN for Tuesday/Wednesday night nationally televised games? The MAC does it all of November. It might be a way to get us on the big stage. We sell off a game that usually draws very little crowds due to people traveling for the holiday. The students would likely still be on campus and we might have a decent attendance for the circumstances (at least some students). It’s only one week of the season and one where we wouldn’t compete with big schools in our regions. Thoughts?

Another idea is what if we all made week zero our home openers against some FCS teams and sell those as well. There were only 5 games this season on that day. I’m sure ESPN would be happy to get more content for football hungry fans to watch.