Game Time Versus Colorado Next Saturday

[The Miami Ute]

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.

[HoosierUte]

that’s prime ncaaf watching time noon kickoffs are way better than 2am finishes out here in the eastern time zone

[The Miami Ute]

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.

[HoosierUte]

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.

[Matt]

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.

[The Miami Ute]

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.

[HoosierUte]

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.

[2008 National Champ]

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.,,

[The Miami Ute]

Exactly…can anyone remember a time where Utah kicked off so early in the day?

[2008 National Champ]

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.

[The Miami Ute]

No, that was a 1PM local kickoff…The last Colorado vs Utah game in Boulder started at 12PM as well.

[The Miami Ute]

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.

[Crow]

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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