Couple Changes Wedding Plans for Football Game

Wedding Plans for High School Football Game

After reading this article I can attest that, especially in the South, you have to carefully select your wedding date around football season!

"In the world of college football, it's almost required that brides-to-be consult the game schedule before setting a date. Parents will boycott the nuptials of their own children if the big day falls on the same day as a match. In Norman, Okla., it's a running joke that no one will show up at your wedding if it's on a University of Oklahoma game day. At Clemson University in South Carolina, brides eagerly await the release of the school's football schedule because only after games are announced can the university open up its conference center for weddings. Ceremonies and receptions can only happen when the team is out of town, because on game day the area is overrun by Tiger fans..."

I went to a wedding in Tennessee and the Vols were playing on the same day. The couple’s parents had the game playing on a large screen projector behind the dance floor. The first dance was in the way of all of the spectators watching the game. The bride came up to me and said that all she wanted was for her guest to have fun, so I recommended that they turn off the game and turn up the music. Now days with technology, football fans can keep up with the game without having to necessarily watch it.

Rather than running into this problem, be sure to check the football schedule before you decide to say “I do!”