Fox’s Big Noon Saturday is broken, but don’t expect anyone to fix it

[Leonard23]

No one likes noon games...

Fox's Big Noon Saturday is broken, but don't expect anyone to fix it

The relationship between Big Ten fans and Big Noon Saturday is reaching levels of toxicity never seen before in sports broadcasting.

awfulannouncing.com

 

[NickRU714]

Isn’t the “traditional” CFB start time 12pm?

Every other thread on every CFB board is bemoaning the lack of “tradition” anymore in the college athletics (NIL, music, game day operations, games on streaming).

But this “tradition” needs to be thrown out I guess.

 

[ScarletKid2008]

I’ve always wanted thought the FOX best game slot being noon was always stupid. Also their pregame show is like a bad ugly step child compared to ESPN game day

 

[WhichReligionIsRight]

The Awful Announcing article reminded me of this little alliteration: Washerwomen wailing.

 

[fsg2]

Just name that site Awfularticles.

The only one that likes it is the network folks ... because of the big ratings 😂

And their evidence is that PSU cried?! 🤣🤣

Wasn't big noon the B1G's tradition to begin with? Do all those millions of TV viewers funding the Gilded Age of CFB want to watch games from 3 p.m. to 3 a.m. just so a fraction can get fatter and drunker?

Noon starts are perfect. Tailgaters can stop crying so much and go watch the damn game! Talk about first world problems.

 

[Knight Shift]

The Awful Announcing article reminded me of this little alliteration: Washerwomen wailing.

Wow- stay classy Penn State fans, changing "F---- Big Noon."

@NickRU714 --tradition aside, some fair points that we see on this board often about noon starts. Can't imagine how crappy it must be to be in the midwest with an 11 a.m. kickoff. Oh, the horror!!!


But these points in the article are sound:
----It’s an unfriendly start time to fans who want to tailgate all day,
----it’s a nightmare for students,
----the stadium energy and homefield advantage is not the same,
----and let’s just be honest – the aura of a primetime game on campus vastly exceeds an early afternoon kickoff.

-----
The reality is that the start times need to be spread out with so many games of interest. They all can't start at 3:30, 4 or 7:30 or 8 p.m.

Rave on.

 

[Local Shill]

Why don't State Penn fans bitch to their beloved school who signed off on the TV deal that pays them ~$75M or so a year. The Big Ten and its members ultimately call the shots on their product.

They should have had language written into the contract limiting noon games but instead they have to get every last dime.

 

[Plum Street]

Look at how many noon games we play ….and not one on BIG NOON! We aren’t good enough to get shafted ! Sad

 

[DJ Spanky]

Okay, now I don't feel as bad about having 5 noon home games this year:

But Penn State has nothing on what OSU fans are experiencing as Fox looks to the “world famous” Ohio State Buckeyes to almost exclusively carry the burden of Big Noon Saturday for the network.

When Ohio State vs Indiana was announced as a Big Noon game on Monday, the entire Buckeye Nation rebelled against it as it means Ohio State will end the season playing six straight noon kickoffs with five of them happening on Fox’s Big Noon Saturday.

But it’s not just that. Ohio State received just one primetime home game this year. It was against Western Michigan on Big Ten Network. In fact, all but four of their games this season will have been noon games on Fox or BTN.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Isn’t the “traditional” CFB start time 12pm?

No. 1PM to 3PM.. before TV was a concern.. heck.. even before night games were a thing.

 

[Leonard23]

Isn’t the “traditional” CFB start time 12pm?

Every other thread on every CFB board is bemoaning the lack of “tradition” anymore in the college athletics (NIL, music, game day operations, games on streaming).

But this “tradition” needs to be thrown out I guess.

There's this new tech called electricity. Noon games were due to stadiums not having lights and trying to squeeze in as many TV windows, not a welcome tradition that should be continued.

Wow- stay classy Penn State fans, changing "F---- Big Noon."

@NickRU714 --tradition aside, some fair points that we see on this board often about noon starts. Can't imagine how crappy it must be to be in the midwest with an 11 a.m. kickoff. Oh, the horror!!!


But these points in the article are sound:
----It’s an unfriendly start time to fans who want to tailgate all day,
----it’s a nightmare for students,
----the stadium energy and homefield advantage is not the same,
----and let’s just be honest – the aura of a primetime game on campus vastly exceeds an early afternoon kickoff.

-----
The reality is that the start times need to be spread out with so many games of interest. They all can't start at 3:30, 4 or 7:30 or 8 p.m.

Rave on.

Rather than 12, 330/4, 730/8, they should at least bump it an hour to 1, 430, 8 (similar to NFL windows). The atmosphere for later games is far better and tailgating is a huge part of the overall college game experience that keeps people coming back, especially here and other schools that aren't as successful as the tOSUs. They could also look at limiting the number of times a team plays noon games, so everyone gets a similar number but that's very unlikely.

 

[megadrone]

This thread is a clear example of first world problems! Just get out of bed and get your ass to the game!

If it interferes with Saturday kids sports, wait until they're done (it doesn't last forever) then get your tickets when they're grown.

 

[mdk01]

No. 1PM to 3PM.. before TV was a concern.. heck.. even before night games were a thing.

It was 1PM. However, there were many fewer games being televised. So I guess it's how you feel about a 1 hour difference for significantly wider coverage.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

This thread is a clear example of first world problems! Just get out of bed and get your ass to the game!

If it interferes with Saturday kids sports, wait until they're done (it doesn't last forever) then get your tickets when they're grown.

This is why Friday Night Lights became a thing in many states (HS football on Friday night rather than Saturday morning). In most states where football is big, it takes longer to drive to the State college game.. the you also had radio broadcasts to listen to and eventually TV.

 

[MrsScrew]

How many Friday night games or Thursday night at 6pm games did Ohio State get? They should stop their belly aching

 

[BeantownKnight]

But, what about our 6pm game this weekend? It's so "non-traditional!"

😁

 

[Scarlet16E]

How many Friday night games or Thursday night at 6pm games did Ohio State get? They should stop their belly aching

I’ll take more Friday night games versus noon Saturday games please.

 

[Scarlet16E]

But, what about our 6pm game this weekend? It's so "non-traditional!"

😁

What is up with this weeks time? Anybody know?
Edit : answering my own question. Looks like FS1 has a noon Big East bball game followed by a B1G football double header The bball game shifts the two football game starts back by 2 hrs.

 

[e5fdny]

No. 1PM to 3PM.. before TV was a concern.. heck.. even before night games were a thing.

It was 1PM. However, there were many fewer games being televised. So I guess it's how you feel about a 1 hour difference for significantly wider coverage.

Because a lot of schools didn’t have lights.

And it was 12 noon for a Central time kickoff.

 

[e5fdny]

When Ohio State vs Indiana was announced as a Big Noon game on Monday, the entire Buckeye Nation rebelled against it as it means Ohio State will end the season playing six straight noon kickoffs”

Rutgers fan on reading the above:

 

[Joey Bags]

Biggest takeaway from that article is that I now know why Gus Johnson says “the world famous Ohio State Buckeyes”

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

...
And it was 12 noon for a Central time kickoff.

That makes sense.. wasn't OSU-UM always at noon? But that game has been on TV since there's been TV college football... when there would be 1-2 games per week on TV.

I just do not know, if I were local to, say OSU in Columbus what local time most kickoffs were before TV became a concern.

LSU has played under stadium lights since 1931. I think the south favored late games to stay out of the heat of the day.

 

[Roy_Faulker]

Oh, I remember everyone on this board cheering when Rutgers got announced to the Big Ten because we would be able to start playing games at noon on Saturday instead of Thursday and Friday night.

 

[NickRU714]

Oh, I remember everyone on this board cheering when Rutgers got announced to the Big Ten because we would be able to start playing games at noon on Saturday instead of Thursday and Friday night.

CFB fans to noon gametimes: