Game Time vs. Indiana?
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How is this game not the 8 pm prime time game on ABC?
The BigTen has historically been a noon start league.
We knew this going in.
The biggest league game is Ohio State - Michigan, at NOON.
We knew this going in.
The biggest league game is Ohio State - Michigan, at NOON.
television rights and the B1G is a historically noon kind of league.
we knew that going in. We may have tried to close our eyes to it and pray hard for 3:30 and 8pm games but it isn't going to happen. Heck, noon for us is 11am for Nebraska and Minnesota home games.
Prior to TV, a lot of colleges would schedule games between 1:00 and 2:00. Now a lot of the games are noon so TV networks can have quadruple headers (noon -- 3:30 -- 7:00 -- 10:30) if they want. Typically your best games are 3:00 and 7:00 -- 8:00 kickoffs.
Football is meant to be played at NOON or 1pm. Get the game in before dark. Players/Coaches enjoy Sat night with friends and family. Sleep & eating schedule stays in place. Players & coaches by far prefer waking up and going right into game-day routine. Tailgate beers stay colder in the morning!
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Who's going to watch OSU-Michigan when there is a Rutgers-Indiana game going on? Bad scheduling luck for the OSU/Michigan folks.
Exactly why they should move our game to prime time at 8 so the OSU-UM game can get some viewers.
That game is at the end of the year but I used it as an example that the biggest game of the year is a NOON contest.
This is another SN "fact" that isn't entirely true. Once TV got involved and the money that came with it noon games are everywhere. In fact, I doubt the B1G plays anymore noon games than any other conference. Want less noon games? Don't suck. As simple as that.
It's much worse for the MidWest teams in the Big10, as the "noon" start there at 11 a.m. I have a son who is a student at Wisconsin who dreads the constant 11 a.m. start times.
Same with me. We have a function to go to that evening that would meant me leaving sin the first quarter of a 3:30 game. Makes up for Iowa where I needed a 3:30 and didn't get it so I missed the tailgate and fort hour of the game.
Still believe that B1G can draw more interest and $$$$ by staggering many of the Saturday conference games two hours apart starting at 11 a.m. locally or at noon. That way you always have the more interesting B1G game to switch to "around the clock." I like tradition but just because it's always been a "noon conference" kind of ignors 21st century realities.
Michigan opened their stadium in 1927 and always had day games. Then they played their first home night game in 2011. Is that staying with B1G tradition or expanding it?
As Jim Delaney well knows, Rutgers and Maryland bring potential $$$ into their conference. Ignoring fan preferences in the name of "it's always been that way" encourages less following not more.
Michigan opened their stadium in 1927 and always had day games. Then they played their first home night game in 2011. Is that staying with B1G tradition or expanding it?
As Jim Delaney well knows, Rutgers and Maryland bring potential $$$ into their conference. Ignoring fan preferences in the name of "it's always been that way" encourages less following not more.
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