Is there any way the opener against Howard is not a noon game on BTN?
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Why not?
While not the season opener, the last 2 years, Wagner was at 3:30 and 4 p.m.
In 2021, Delaware (not season opener) was at 3:30.
In 2019, UMass was at 7:30 p.m.
When the “rule” was everyone has to do a Friday night game I suggested we volunteer for that slot every season.
But looks like the “rule” has gone away.
But looks like the “rule” has gone away.
Because the Friday night games have, largely, gone away. None of the paying customers chose to purchase a Friday night package. So there's just a few Friday night games here and there, mostly on BTN.
Friday night games on LDW and Black Friday are fine. I'm not a fan of them besides those 2 weekends. Leave Friday nights for high school football and low/mid major football like the Sun Belt and the MAC.
That seems like a smart move for the league. Make game 2 the cupcake…
I’m talking about the quality of game itself. The OP speculates cause we’re playing Howard it’s likely a noon game. This is false
I think with a FCS team on this particular date it is a consideration.
Haven’t looked at the rest of the B1G schedule for that day so not sure who we’re up against. But would imagine our game is not one that will dictate a priority (3:30pm, night game or even Friday night) kickoff time.
So yeah, I think it does have something to do with a TV time.
Later in the season a 12pm game would be considered by many B1G fans as a “good” time. But the last week in August…nah.
To this fanbase they are.🤷♂️
As I said before, B1G fans like (or don’t seem to mind) the 12pm game. Same for the folks in charge of TV. We collectively do not.
Haha. Ok, we agree!
As I said originally
“The prevailing thought on this message board that noon = bad game is false.”.
BTN often has multiple games in the same slots in the early weeks. I doubt that care which timeslot this game is in. It will be up to Rutgers. Prediction: 6:30 PM.
I think you may be right.
I checked the schedule for that week. There are no intra-conference matchups. Only 16 of the 18 teams play the first weekend. Of the 16, two are on the road, leaving 14 games for which the B1G controls the TV rights. Of those 14, two are already set:
- UNC @ Minnesota on Thursday night
- LSU @ USC on Sunday night
So that will leave about six games for BTN to find a home for. They won't all be at noon. I doubt that BTN cares much about where Howard @ Rutgers is stashed. As long as they have at least one game in what is now four windows.
It's not just Big Ten fans. The folks in media have learned that noon games are money makers. The Big Ten had the top ranked regular season games ratings all at noon. Including the Michigan - Ohio State out ranked the Orange Bowl which has the stage by themselves.
I don't know why people keep fighting it. We wanted to be in the Big Ten so we should embrace their tradition of noon games.
I'll take a nooner on Saturday over a Friday night game. Friday nights are for HS football and mid majors like MAC and AAC teams.
I covered that in my post. And the “tradition” had to do with many of tbe stadiums not having lights.
Me too.
But HS shouldn’t be playing LDW anyway.
It’s the only non Saturday I’m cool with.
Not having lights has nothing to do with noon starts (actually 11am for some schools). It's a preferred time for TV and the fans. Temporary lights have been used for decades. I believe OSU and Michigan installed permanent lights around 2019. (Rumored to have been paid by ESPN) however they had many night games before that.
NASCAR used to be 1pm. Then the TV partners killed the sport.
I'll take a noon game over a night game every time.
The NFL smartened up and moved the opening weekend to after Labor Day in 2001. College should do the same but because of $$ it will never happen.
Yes it did. The 11am kickoff only came about because of TV.
I’m fine with the 12pm late in the season. My old seats for the Giants used to be on the shady side. Was not a fan of the 4pm game in December.
But now there are so many options. Which is why if you’re having a game on August 31st, no real reason to not make it a night game, or at least 3:30 or later.
And again, as covered earlier, I know that’s what TV wants with respect to the 12 moon kickoff for a B1G “main event” type match up.
The NFL just slid, but like you said TV and the League will never go now to less games. Which I’d be fine with for College. Across the board too, not just for Football.
I certainly did not anticipate that BTN would want a Thursday night doubleheader to bookend its feature FOX game (UNC - MINN) that night.
