College football fans weigh in on the timing of fall weddings

In a light-hearted column, Blake Toppmeyer shares his experience at a Thursday-night fall wedding and uses it as a springboard to discuss the long-standing question of whether friends should skip a Saturday college football game to attend a wedding. He emphasizes that couples should feel free to pick any fall date, regardless of the football calendar, and that fans can either watch the game later or simply send a gift.

Toppmeyer jokes about aligning wedding dates with high-profile games like Washington-Southern Cal or Ohio State-Iowa, and even suggests a Friday wedding followed by Saturday’s College GameDay. The article blends personal anecdote with playful advice, concluding that both the wedding and the sport can coexist without conflict. It originally appeared in one outlet Network’s SEC Unfiltered newsletter.