Game time for BYU?
August 15th, 2015 at 9:46 AM ^
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August 15th, 2015 at 11:20 AM ^
I have some friends whose kids play soccer. They are lucky to make it to the games by 2nd quarter for noon games.
August 15th, 2015 at 9:59 AM ^
You know, before I tailgated I always wished for noon games because the game came quicker, I could get up, pick up my dad, park and get into the stadium with like an hour before kickoff. But now that we tailgate I much prefer the 3:30 games because it gives me time to eat, drink and watch some other games prior to kickoff. Noon games just don't allow much time to tailgate and tailgating is pretty darn fun. So I can definately see both sides.
August 15th, 2015 at 10:38 AM ^
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August 15th, 2015 at 10:02 AM ^
no one should hope for noon
August 15th, 2015 at 10:11 AM ^
Who doesn't like a good nooner?
Or even a bad nooner?
August 15th, 2015 at 10:22 AM ^
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August 15th, 2015 at 11:45 AM ^
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August 15th, 2015 at 1:33 PM ^
Logic? How dare you use LOGIC when talking about start times?
August 15th, 2015 at 11:55 AM ^
Saturday noon games are the Thursday night games of 10 years ago. Dead air time to be filled before the real action starts.
August 15th, 2015 at 12:47 PM ^
August 15th, 2015 at 10:29 AM ^
I love a good nooner if I can go again in the evening.
However, since I don't think they're playing a double header in this instance...
August 15th, 2015 at 10:43 AM ^
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August 15th, 2015 at 11:18 AM ^
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August 15th, 2015 at 11:45 AM ^
August 15th, 2015 at 1:22 PM ^
Harbaugh is not Bo. Calm down.
August 15th, 2015 at 1:36 PM ^
What about Harbaugh makes you think he'd want to play at one? This is the guy that subtweets Meyer the day after signing day, signs autographs for Elena Kagen, pissed off the entire coaching establishment in the southeast and then "remidied that" by sending out an open letter inviting every staff in America to Ann Arbor and decided to take M football to Jordan branding.
That's in less than nine months.
If I had to guess, he'd put every Michigan game on the biggest stage he could, assuming there wasn't some competitive advange he could gain.
August 15th, 2015 at 1:48 PM ^
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August 16th, 2015 at 10:57 AM ^
August 16th, 2015 at 11:29 AM ^
Bo also retired at 60 and looked/seemed every bit of 80 at the time. Age is a sliding scale... the whole "50 is the new 40" thing isn't just a catchphrase to sell moms skinny jeans, it's an actual result of advances in medical technology.
August 16th, 2015 at 11:29 AM ^
Bo also retired at 60 and looked/seemed every bit of 80 at the time. Age is a sliding scale... the whole "50 is the new 40" thing isn't just a catchphrase to sell moms skinny jeans, it's an actual result of advances in medical technology.
August 16th, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^
I hope Jim wins lots and lots of football games here
I could not give two shits about his opinions on anything, from start times to the shade of maize to the state of manliness in America. He's not the fucking Pope, his opinions carry no more heft than anyone else's.
August 15th, 2015 at 11:52 AM ^
I'm in SF, so your noon is my 9am... unless it's osu (YTOSU) I'd prefer not 9am. Many of us gather at the local, where they fly an M banner behind the bar. To say the group is smaller & more subdued at 9 would be a massive understatement.
Everyone's ham n egging it instead of shot n kegging it, if ya know what I mean.
August 15th, 2015 at 9:50 AM ^
nothing yet. Hope we keep messing with the west coast team's times and play a nooner. But it'll probably be 330
August 15th, 2015 at 10:03 AM ^
Game time - not soon enough! We need Harbaugh Football now.
August 15th, 2015 at 10:09 AM ^
There are so many good games to watch played at 330. Being I'm not going to the game, I hope for noon. Seems like there's nothing to watch at 12. Perfect time to devote all my attention to Michigan.
Idk anything but I'm 80% sure it will be 330.
August 15th, 2015 at 10:25 AM ^
This makes no sense to me. Michigan Football comes first, always. And I want Michigan to be a "good game" in the national spotlight.
The idea of getting Michigan Football "out of the way" to watch random SEC teams BAFFLES me.
August 15th, 2015 at 10:33 AM ^
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August 15th, 2015 at 11:20 AM ^
Because euphemisms can be put in quotations, not just dialogue.
August 15th, 2015 at 3:20 PM ^
August 15th, 2015 at 9:49 PM ^
Out of the way is.
And good game was a phrase he directly used, so that was dialogue.
August 17th, 2015 at 8:59 AM ^
good game was not a phrase that he directly used to reference the same thing that you used it for in your quoted context.
August 15th, 2015 at 10:43 AM ^
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August 15th, 2015 at 11:32 AM ^
If we're playing a MAC team or something, by all means noon is fine. The Oregon State and UNLV games are fine too. But not for BYU.
August 15th, 2015 at 11:39 AM ^
6 games @ 9am (noon)
4 games @ 1230pm (330pm)
2 game @ 5pm (8pm)
I completely understand why those of you who go to the games don't like the early starts, but for me they're great and here's why. When I wake up at like 7am Saturday morning, I'm ready for Michigan football. I don't need 5 hours to drink and I don't like dealing with that nervous anticipation all day long. I also like that there is rarely something that interferes with a 9am kickoff out here, and the bars open early for the games if I want to watch with other Wolverines. When Michigan wins that early game, it's a glorious day. It's only 1230, and I have the rest of the day to enjoy the victory.
Obviously, my reasons may not apply to a lot of you. But what's apparent to me in this thread is that all of us have different priorities, obligations, and things going on in our lives that makes certain game times better or worse. There is no right answer.
/end of overly long post about game times
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August 15th, 2015 at 12:04 PM ^
"all of us have different priorities, obligations, and things going on in our lives that makes certain game times better or worse."
I'd agree with this, but add, that the right answer to me given what you said is balance between start times. I personally prefer 3:30 games, but I don't think all games should be at 3:30. The fact that we have a fanbase with diverse needs means that we shouldn't have a standard game time.
The reason I want BYU at 3:30 is because it's a game that can receive much more national attention than most of our other home games, but also, more importantly, because UNLV and Oregon State are already noon games, with Rutgers and OSU likely at noon as well. I think 5 noon games out of 7 is too much. National attention/better start times definitely help us with recruiting as well.
My ideal home slate is to have one night game a year against the best non-Ohio State opponent (still bitter about this year), and then split 3 and 3 between noon and 3:30, with the MAC level teams and Ohio State at noon and the middle tier games at 3:30.
August 15th, 2015 at 1:37 PM ^
veers into the time slot issue and how the time slot impacts our lives parantethically or not, or whether a particular game time is more appealing because the buildup is less, creates greater anticipation or anxiety.
It seems to me that clearly over time, Michigan has gone away from the home game standard of noon or 1 pm starts long favored by Bo and school adminisrators so fans and players could enjoy a Saturday game and then have the rest of the day off with family and friends, while making travel and security less burdensome. Of course, this also reduced the cocktail hours before kickoff..
Obviously now, TV dictates matchups and to a large extent, time frames even though schools usually have the last word on game time because of security questions. That issue along with tradition has always dictated when Michigan plays Ohio State. Michigan State has rarely ever been a night game start, but most of the remarkable finishes in the series over the past two decades have occurred under the lights with 3:30 pm start times in late fall making the second half a virtual night game. And I've always liked that. Braylonfest comes to mind as the best example of that, but the horror of clockgate in EL was a nighttime terror.
Because Michigan didn't play night games at home, you knew those late fall games starting at 3:30 pm were going to end in nightfall, which made the atmosphere around the Big House more electric. I specifically remember being at the Big House and watching Michigan beat Penn State with Chris Perry barely breaking the plane of the end zone, and how that OT victory seemed more intense as night fell. That was also the case in the later win at home against Penn State with "Touchdown Manningham."
The one time Michigan-Ohio State went to the late start in 2006 that game's huge drama ended in darkness and it seemed even more compelling because of it. So, I like those games, because they bridge the day and the night, ancipation and outcome, in metaphorical light and dark imagery. The middle kingdom games on Saturday are for me more significant as a result, even though they aren't considered prime time.
I hate waiting around all day for the Saturday night games. But obviously, Michigan is always the priority whenever it plays. It's the only game that matters and making time to watch it is the only thing I worry about.
August 15th, 2015 at 3:51 PM ^
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August 15th, 2015 at 11:47 AM ^
Noon games are the best. Don't you guys have things to do during the day? 3:30 wastes an entire day. Plus on the west coast you roll out of bed to football.
August 15th, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^
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August 15th, 2015 at 1:59 PM ^