Baseball playoffs could cause problems

The Minnesota Golden Gophers were forced to pay $50,000 in reimbursement fees three years ago when they had to move a game with Michigan to Friday because of the baseball playoffs. History may repeat itself on Oct. 7 when Penn State comes to town and the two schools have yet to agree on contingency plans. The problem will occur only if the Twins get to the playoffs as a wild card team, not if they win the division. The two options on the table are moving the game to Thursday night of that week or to the end of the season on Nov. 25. Neither party wants the Thursday night option especially Joe Paterno who is adamantly against it.

I don’t want to play on Thursday night if we can help it. I think the Big Ten and the Fox should tell Major League Baseball, “You gotta play two games in one day.” Play the baseball game in the afternoon and football at night or play football in the afternoon and baseball at night. Major League Baseball is the problem…

So it looks as if the second option of moving the game to Nov. 25 is the tentative plan, pending the end of the Twins season. But this option will not sit well with Michigan coach Lloyd Carr who will have to face the Nittany Lions the following week. I’m sure Carr will be furious if the Wolverines have to travel to Happy Valley for a night game to play a Penn State team that had an unscheduled week off.

HEY! What about us??