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    • 11/10/2024 at 1:35 PM #232482
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      The Miami Ute
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      It’s on FOX and it starts at 10AM local time. Just another example of the bulls**t that’s overtaken college sports since they started taking the networks’ money on a massive scale.

    • 11/10/2024 at 3:22 PM #232521
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      HoosierUte
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      that’s prime ncaaf watching time noon kickoffs are way better than 2am finishes out here in the eastern time zone

      • 11/10/2024 at 3:25 PM #232523
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        The Miami Ute
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        My point is that it’s an artificial kick-off time purely dictated by the networks. I can guarantee you that neither the players nor the coaching staff nor the fans were consulted. It’s another crystal clear case of the tail wagging the dog.

        • 11/10/2024 at 3:29 PM #232526
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          HoosierUte
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          sorry to break it to you but the players/coaches/fans are never asked when they would like to have kickoff. The networks, who fund the sport, set the kickoff times. It’s been this way for a long time.

          • 11/10/2024 at 3:48 PM #232533
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            Matt
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            Yep, even in the 80s. Few games were nationally televised back then, but if they were, tv dictated the kickoff time. I had season tickets in newly expanded Cougar Stadium in 1982 and for years the games started at 1:30 pm. Then later in the early 90s they moved it to Noon. Night games were rare for BYU.

            I remember Utah playing quite a few night games through mid to late october. But tv didn’t dictate things back then. If you want the huge money payouts from being in a big boy conference, you have to put up with this.

            I myself now prefer the 8:15 pm kickoff times. For one, we seem to play better late at night, and two, I can watch all the other great games earlier in the day and get some yard and housework done earlier in the day.

          • 11/10/2024 at 3:55 PM #232540
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            The Miami Ute
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            You’re not breaking anything to me. All I’m saying is that it’s highly unusual to play a game at 10 AM and the only reason that’s happening, is because the networks are setting kickoff times by fiat.

            • 11/10/2024 at 4:13 PM #232543
              HoosierUte
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              i’m not sure why this is the hill you are dying on. There are tons of games in that time slot every week. Fox makes a big deal out of Big Noon Kickoff. Being in big fox nationally televised at noon is actually pretty awesome.

              • 11/10/2024 at 4:41 PM #232555
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                2008 National Champ
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                in what time zone are the bulk of those numerous games being played?

                Based on yesterday’s games, the home teams for the 12pm ET kickoffs were:

                Georgia Tech
                Boston College
                Rutgers
                Ohio State
                Texas
                Cincinatti
                Louisiana Monroe
                South Florida
                Middle Tennessee
                Alabama Birmingham
                Southern Mississippi

                lots of Mountain or Pacific in there.,,

                • 11/10/2024 at 4:43 PM #232557
                  The Miami Ute
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                  Exactly…can anyone remember a time where Utah kicked off so early in the day?

                  • 11/10/2024 at 6:18 PM #232569
                    2008 National Champ
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                    I think the Cal game last year was the early kickoff and Utah fans were up in arms. I liked it because I was able to watch the game and then get on with my day instead of something like last night where I got bored watching the clock hoping 8:15 would finally get here. But I’m also watching from my recliner so I don’t have a couple of hours of tailgating to make it an event.

                    • 11/10/2024 at 6:23 PM #232571
                      The Miami Ute
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                      No, that was a 1PM local kickoff…The last Colorado vs Utah game in Boulder started at 12PM as well.

              • 11/10/2024 at 4:42 PM #232556
                The Miami Ute
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                Are you familiar with the concept of times zones and that 12PM on the East Coast isn’t the same everywhere in the country? I don’t know why it’s so hard for you to understand that a football game starting at 9 or 10 AM on a Saturday is something out of the mainstream.

    • 11/10/2024 at 3:33 PM #232529
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      Crow
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      Yet byu fans say that they have a national following and last night’s game was on ESPN after dark. I would rather watch the earlier game and have the rest of the day free. But I have lost interest with college football because of nil and conference realignment. Being in the Big12 with byu sucks.

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