A College Football Reporter Says Fans Who Think Fall Weddings Interfere With CFB Saturdays Are 'Doing A Bit'

Get a load of this guy. I've seen some pretty awful takes from college football reporters over the years, but never one that made me question whether the person espousing it had less of a clue about the culture of the sport they cover as much as this one.

There really isn't a logical argument against fall Saturday weddings being a gigantic pain in the ass for college football fans. There are only college football games on during 13 of the 52 Saturdays per year. If you're in a wedding that starts at 6 p.m. on one of those Saturdays, you're getting there at noon and missing the entirety of one of those precious few gamedays. At best, you might be able to prop up your phone on the table during the reception and be able to halfway pay attention to one night game.

And if you're someone who knows most of your family and friends are devoted to college football and you still choose to have your wedding on a fall Saturday rather than one of the dozens of other available dates with no conflicts for those people, it's on you if anyone chooses to not attend or has their attention diverted during your wedding.

Alex is from Washington D.C., which makes sense after reading this take. Sure, nobody in the DMV is pressed about missing the Maryland game to attend a wedding for two loveless libs at the Georgetown Ritz-Carlton. Quite a few people in Tennessee and Alabama, however, will be more than a little upset if you get married on the Third Saturday in October. Many of them will probably just not show up.

I don't begrudge anyone for choosing to have their wedding whenever they want to have it. But I also don't begrudge anyone for not going to a wedding on a fall Saturday because those are sacred and scarce. And if you decide that's when you want your wedding, you need to understand there are some people who have things on those days they care about more than you.