The biggest game nobody will see . . .
Weekly Editorial
Josh Cohick
Issue date: 10/12/06 Section: Opinion
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Well, congratulations are definitely in order. The Wittenberg Tiger football team has won three games in a row, is above .500 for the first time this season, and is off to a 2-0 start in the North Coast Athletic Conference. Wittenberg's reward? They now get to play their biggest game of the season, at home, against the defending conference champions, the Wabash Little Giants.
It's just too bad that nobody will be there to see it.
For the second straight year, Wittenberg has scheduled a home football game over the campus' Fall Break. Last year, Wittenberg welcomed Hiram to Springfield when the students went away, and proceeded to thump the Terriers 66-0. So clearly, the students didn't miss much last year.
However, this year is a completely different story. This game, after Wittenberg defeated Wooster two weeks ago, could very well determine who will represent the NCAC in the postseason as the conference champion. Wabash, 4-1 on the season and 3-0 in the conference, will come into Wittenberg fresh off of a 41-27 victory over Allegheny.
Unfortunately, if the past teaches us anything, the biggest home game of Wittenberg's season will be the least attended. Last season, the five Wittenberg home games had an average attendance of 2,895 people - a number made much lower when factoring in the paltry 1,174 that were in the stands for the Fall Break game against Hiram.
Usually when we see scheduling mishaps that coincide with Wittenberg breaks, it is nothing of the University's fault. The women's volleyball Final Four takes place the weekend before Thanksgiving, and the majority of the NCAA basketball tournament takes place over Spring Break. Even in some situations, it is easy to give the Wittenberg athletic department a bit of slack, as they obviously have to work around the schedules of all the other teams they play (for example, it would have been easy to suggest that last week's Homecoming game feature Wabash instead of cupcake Earlham, but that would be without knowing that Wabash's Homecoming was last weekend as well).
It's just too bad that nobody will be there to see it.
For the second straight year, Wittenberg has scheduled a home football game over the campus' Fall Break. Last year, Wittenberg welcomed Hiram to Springfield when the students went away, and proceeded to thump the Terriers 66-0. So clearly, the students didn't miss much last year.
However, this year is a completely different story. This game, after Wittenberg defeated Wooster two weeks ago, could very well determine who will represent the NCAC in the postseason as the conference champion. Wabash, 4-1 on the season and 3-0 in the conference, will come into Wittenberg fresh off of a 41-27 victory over Allegheny.
Unfortunately, if the past teaches us anything, the biggest home game of Wittenberg's season will be the least attended. Last season, the five Wittenberg home games had an average attendance of 2,895 people - a number made much lower when factoring in the paltry 1,174 that were in the stands for the Fall Break game against Hiram.
Usually when we see scheduling mishaps that coincide with Wittenberg breaks, it is nothing of the University's fault. The women's volleyball Final Four takes place the weekend before Thanksgiving, and the majority of the NCAA basketball tournament takes place over Spring Break. Even in some situations, it is easy to give the Wittenberg athletic department a bit of slack, as they obviously have to work around the schedules of all the other teams they play (for example, it would have been easy to suggest that last week's Homecoming game feature Wabash instead of cupcake Earlham, but that would be without knowing that Wabash's Homecoming was last weekend as well).
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