Charles Woodson appealing for 3:30pm start for The Game on Facebook
I have not seen this posted or mentioned, but Charles Woodson is appealing for a 3:30pm kickoff (or later?) for The Game. He states that he and Eddie George recently discussed this, they both are in agreement, and that they are trying to rally momentum for this idea.
Here is his Facebook statement:
https://www.facebook.com/charleswoodsonofficial/posts/955052171205424?c…{%22tn%22%3A%22O%22}
Edit:
Or try this link and scroll down a bit:
Why do a lot of Michigan fans staunchly support a noon kickoff, other than "tradition?" Who honestly cares if the game starts at noon or 3:30? All I care about is The Game itself.
This is not a jab at you. But for the same reason you stuck with Hoke while people were bashing you for weeks. Maize and Blue colored crazy glasses!
The game can't start past 12, think of the children! /s
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A noon kickoff doesn't compromise my entire Saturday as do the later kickoffs.
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Isn't the entire Saturday already Michigan football?
Not if there's a loss.
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Then you won't have your Saturday ruined until three and a half hours later.
As a noon kickoff guy, this was a fantastic counterpoint! Bravo
I'm unlikely to do anything before a Michigan game (except maybe an AM visit to the farmers' market) and after a win, I'm likely to watch other games until midnight. After a loss, I prefer to get out and go hiking or something. If the game ends after 6PM, that's pretty hard.
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9:00 - 12:00: College Gameday
12:00 - 3:00 The Game
(3:00 -12:00 Joy/sadness depending on outcome)
3:00 - 12:00 flipping between all of the other great rivalry games that day
Sunday
9:00: If we lost, spending first two hours of morning depressed and reading all media relating to The Game
If we won, doing the same but happy
So as you can see, there really is no time in the day to squeeze anything in.
All Conference games at noon, maybe a night game every hundred years or so. I guess I do not mind a September game at 3:30 because the daylight is longer.
Well, let's all just figure out how we can plan our day around your hiking schedule, then.
i'm with you. If anything, I'd much rather the game be played later in the day. Allows you to still get things done around the house and have something to look forward to later in the day. Then I'm not having to take a break half way through whatever I'm doing then get remotivated to get back on it after the game. I don't understand why people are so adamant that games be played at noon.
I love how people argue that noon games let them do stuff around the house but later ones don't. The games are the same length at any time. You still have half a day either way. What a ridiculous and lazy argument.
Well, I don't know if you've been watching the last few years of Michigan football, but I sure as hell am in no shape to do anything else after three hours of that.
Because in mid-late November a 330 kickoff would be freezing.
I hope you're not serious
People are talking about SoCal and SEC match ups at 8pm kickoff like they have the same climate. I'm certainly serious. Late November night game would be difficult for a large portion of our fans, particularly of the young or old variety. Also we don't have booze at our stadium which makes the cold unbearable. Our crowds aren't only a bunch of hyped up drunk 18-40 y/o individuals.
My wife and I, then having lived south of the Ohio River for more than twenty years made the trek to Ann Arbor to watch the late November (post Thanksgiving) Game, and we were fully prepared for cold. Imagine our surprise when noon time KO temps were hovering around 60 F, and didn't fall below 40 F until midnight or so.
For Michigan, that was awesome weather really, the 2011 game - I think the high that day might have been 64 degrees, which is about 20 degrees above the historic average. It could be just me, but we've had a lot of milder falls in the last ten years, at least mild for the most part, so 3:30 PM in late November is certainly not the worst if you want to play a game in Ann Arbor then. Not sure if it would ever happen, of course, scheduling being what it is.
At most, it would be 10 degrees colder. If it's an unusually cold day, 20 degrees vs 10 degrees will be cold as shit regardless
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Green Bay plays Monday Night Football games in December, stop being a pansy.
It's not that cold in November.
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I advocate for all games to be noon because often times the best other games across the country are played at 3:30 or at night. If Michigan has noon games I can watch both. If Michigan has later games I can't. And frankly I like seeing e.g. Alabama vs. LSU.
You're also advocating for us to not be good. Good teams who people want to see, play at 3:30.
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Agree. Also, I'm amped the second I wake up and can't wait for noon. How am I supposed to handle the suspense until 3:30 or 8?
I thought he was saying, "no later than 3:30."???
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He is saying The Game "should be no earlier than 3:30pm".
"No earlier than 3:30pm..."
My belief is that Woodson and George are desirous of The Game having greater national exposure because let's face it, most people ignore games that KO before 3:30 PM. Today's noon games are the Thursday Night games of twenty years ago, something to fill TV time until the really interesting games start.
My bad.. My 4th party is today.. Hitting it pretty hard already. Happy 4th everyone!
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I'm not very interested in that. Because some ice cream is so good that whipped cream makes the whole deal taste worse. Night games are a nice gimmick for any contest other than the (historically) biggest one in CFB.
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So ignorant. Night games are not "gimmicks" and the world is not flocking to UM-OSU at any time because of its "historical relevance." Get a clue.
I liked the 2006 game under the moonlight.
If OSU can have the game at night and we can host ND twice at night... What's our excuse for not having MSU and OSU at night as well in AA?
Haven't you heard? OSU and MSU fans are savages and if they drink more than usual they'll kill all the sophisticated Michigan fans they are so jealous of. Auburn, Alabama and LSU manage to avoid this behavior at night games but who needs data when there are baseless insults to deliver?
I'm not a big fan of that game.
YES YES YES! A second half under the lights would just add more to the entire environment.
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Not only should we never play OSU before 3:30, but we should never play any game before 3:30.
...but I see nothing wrong with a 3:30p kick. When people complain about it, it's quite annoying. The stadium is never full and it never feels like classic games are that early.
I miss the days when 3:30 was a "special" game and noon was your cupcake/pushover type games. That was always the best, IMO.
Now even 3:30 games are devalued IMO by the relentless push to put every "big" event at night, for all sports, to accomodate televsion. I hate this, but that's a personal thing I guess.
Yes! Another reason why Charles is the absolute man. Noon games suck. They should only be played against the cupcakes. The Game deserves to be played no earlier than 3:30. The more national exposure the better.
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Hell to the yes, Charles. I get why some games are played at noon, but this game needs a later slot. Especially if Michigan is in the midst of a solid season leading up to The Game.
Second half of the game under the lights. Abso-friggin-lutely on board for this.
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The Game was featured as a twilight last gleaming contest, the battle between the two college titans turned out to be a remarkably entertaining game. I have always liked the noon start for the rivalry because of the anticipation of it. But clearly when this game became a national standard for excellence during the 10-year war period, the set time for it was dictated as much by team and fan travel considerations as it was by calculating audience shares from TV coverage.
Now, of course, with rights fees through the roof, and witht the understanding that the mid-afternoon contest is not even the primetime matchup on Saturdays anymore, the noon window has become a dumping ground for lesser games. And because of that feeling, I think the noon start for Michigan-Ohio State, while traditional, still suffers.
Charles shouldn't be too concerned, however. Because Michigan gave some thought about whether to make Michigan State and Ohio State evening affairs this year, before deciding against it. Interestingly, Michigan has played MSU at varying afternoon times, again because the question of trtavel is essentially not an issue for that game.
Noon or 1 pm kickoffs are pretty limited. With Harbaugh's hiring, Michigan has also raised the stature of their contests just by the coaching matchups it will have week to week this fall. I can't imagine a more classic matchup that Harbaugh-Urban Meyer on the final Saturday in Alabama-Auburn are faring this year and other strategic regional rivalries on Thanksgiving weekend.
Here's the thing though: Michigan gets to set the gametime. So, we shall see.
No. Every game should be played at Noon.
Don't you dare touch The Game. I get why the did in 2006 since it was a once in a lifetime scenario of #1 vs #2, but come on. It's almost December and you want to play into the darkness outside in Michigan?
No. Never.
Neg away, noon haterz.
Sir Charles has currency of which you can merely dream.
Golden rule. He who has the gold makes the rules
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Nobody plays big noon games. Even in November. You do realize the NFL plays deep into the winter and nobody seems to mind? Noon games are relics. And very few people like them.
The NFL isn't what college football should be like. At all.
The weather at college and NFL games has been alike since the NFL started playing ball. I don't think it's a bad idea to keep that going.
Couldn't agree more WD
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Agree wholeheartedly. Or better yet, toe meets leather at 1 PM.