I hate 3:30pm starts
We always seem to do so much better with the noon starts. When it is a home game, don't we have the final say in the start time?
I submit that the average temperature for a noon start is significantly higher than a 3:30 start, therefore we should ALWAYS prefer the noon start.
I don't have access to the database that the mathlete has, but at least from my memory I'd be willing to bet an arm and a leg that we have a much higher winning percentage with noon starts (at Michigan Stadium). Maybe the Mathlete or Misopogon can put this theory to the test. This data (and my memory) could be biased by the fact that we schedule most patsies for noon starts though.
If you were wondering IOWA is a 3:30 pm start tomorrow :(
October 15th, 2010 at 10:33 AM ^
makes it truly an all day affair, which is a good thing when we're winning (the whole soaking in the scene thing) but not so good when we're losing (prolonging the agony and burning an entire day for a loss). However, lacking a crystal ball and with the forecast being favorable for tomorrow I'm planning on a gorgeous October afternoon in Ann Arbor and a solid victory over a decent opponent.
October 15th, 2010 at 10:36 AM ^
if we lose on a noon start, my padded room-college football boycott then starts at 3:30PM and I cannot enjoy any other games. For the 3:30 starts, I at least get to enjoy the noon games before the severe depression sets in.
October 15th, 2010 at 10:34 AM ^
I hate the early games. Being so drunk by noon on the west coast is not right. Even I can see the problem there.
October 15th, 2010 at 10:36 AM ^
Whenever that is but I lived in Cali for two years and there is nothing better than waking up to kickoff (noon games being 9 am on the west coast). Then you have all day to feel great, watch highlight after highlight of the win and root like crazy for everyone else to lose
October 15th, 2010 at 10:38 AM ^
3:30 starts ensure that I can't remember the entire game, rather than just half the game during a noon start.
October 15th, 2010 at 10:40 AM ^
I hate 330 starts. It just gives me more time to get nervous.
October 15th, 2010 at 10:40 AM ^
So 3:30 kicks ass. And next years 8pm ND game is going to be awesome. That crowd is going to be rebid and loud as hell by 8pm.
October 15th, 2010 at 10:49 AM ^
Hmmmm
October 15th, 2010 at 10:57 AM ^
REbidding. I assume he/she bid but the bid was either out-bid or rejected, in which case he/she would have to re-bid.
October 15th, 2010 at 10:43 AM ^
...so that's why we'd have a better record at noon.
3:30 is kinda like prime time for college football. That's why CBS typically starts their college football coverage at that time. We're still a big attraction, so we will get a large number of our start times at 3:30 or later.
Typically, the OSU game has been a noon kickoff, but our noon starts are usually against MAC teams, the FCS teams and your typically lightweight Big Ten teams.
October 15th, 2010 at 10:46 AM ^
Because that means waking up / staying up until 3:30am in Singapore (halfway around the world) to watch our team kick some ass.
Then again, I would be happy to watch them unleash fury upon our opponents anytime, anyday.
October 15th, 2010 at 10:47 AM ^
October 15th, 2010 at 10:47 AM ^
I still miss the 1pm kickoff. We would have plenty of time for the pregame tailgate and a good postgame tailgate.
October 15th, 2010 at 10:48 AM ^
The later start always means I have more chores to do on Saturdays! I can't imagine how much I'll be getting done when UM moves to night games...
October 15th, 2010 at 10:59 AM ^
I've never heard it called the "honey-do" list. Good stuff.
October 15th, 2010 at 10:51 AM ^
October 15th, 2010 at 10:56 AM ^
which is perfect. Those noon starts are tough if travelling (for me its 2.5 hours of driving each way).
I always DVR the game ... on victory's I watch when I get home - no matter what time it is. If we don't win - well - I have been know to just delete it w/o seeing 1 play. MSU game - I watched the 2 picks in the endzone, said WTF ... then hit DELETE !!!
Go Blue !
October 15th, 2010 at 11:09 AM ^
As a student, I liked the 3:30 starts because it gave me more time to get trashed. As an alumnus, I like the 3:30 starts because I don't have to get up at the ass-crack of dawn to do any tailgating. Plus I think the overall atmosphere is better for 3:30 games.
October 15th, 2010 at 11:16 AM ^
I like 3:30 starts because I actually have time to get drunk. Secondly, tailgating for noon starts is awkward. It is hard to decide what to grill. Should I grill breakfast food or lunch? Breakfast doesn't go along with shots of tequila.
October 15th, 2010 at 11:22 AM ^
GET OFF MY LAWN!
October 15th, 2010 at 3:00 PM ^
The true get-off-my-lawn fan would want games to be at 1:00 p.m. That's when they traditionally took place. The 12:00 start is a TV innovation.
October 15th, 2010 at 11:27 AM ^
I'm usually asleep before 3:30 so the later the start, the better likelihood that I'll actually be up for the game
October 15th, 2010 at 11:57 AM ^
at how many people get hammered before games. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's so different from the mindset I want to be in when I watch the games. I have a couple drinks before, and that's purely to calm my nerves. I like zero distractions.
That's why noon games are better. Game ends earlier, real drinking starts earlier.
October 15th, 2010 at 11:57 AM ^
A noon game gives me time to do SOME of the stuff on "The List" before the game and the rest after...if I'm not drinking. 3:30 blows a huge hole in the day and I tend to do nothing after that game because the primetime game is on soon.
October 15th, 2010 at 12:16 PM ^
I may be in the minority in preferring the 3:30 whether I am home or in AA. If I am in AA it means I drove 10 hours Friday and got in after midnight. If home, as I will be tomorrow, it means I can get everything else I have to do finished before 3:30 and be completely undistracted for the entire game.
Also recognize that I am older - kids 20 and 18 (one at UM) so have less to do with kids etc. Now that everyone drives I rarely have to leave the house on the weekend. What a glorious phase of life.
October 15th, 2010 at 12:17 PM ^
October 15th, 2010 at 12:29 PM ^
12. As a student, noon games let me get up at 7 or 8 and tailgate, go to the game (on time or earlier) and then take a nap before going out Saturday night. Naps aren't just for toddlers people.
October 15th, 2010 at 12:53 PM ^
then u hate america
October 15th, 2010 at 1:37 PM ^
Impaler-
I know others have told you this, but, man, your avatar makes me sad inside. Any way you could change it to, say, the original Vlad the Impaler? Pretty please? My stomach drops when I see a pic of Vlad Emilien. I know- not rational; but hell, man, emotions are emotions. I loved Vlad, and thought he was going to flourish.
/wistful.
October 15th, 2010 at 2:09 PM ^
or this guy.
October 15th, 2010 at 12:55 PM ^
and I like more time to drink.
October 15th, 2010 at 12:59 PM ^
I hate noon games!! Not enough time to tailgate!
October 15th, 2010 at 2:24 PM ^
I'm one of those who like Noon games so that I don't have to wait for the game. Patience is not one of my virtues.
October 15th, 2010 at 2:42 PM ^
I love ASS
October 15th, 2010 at 3:04 PM ^
When it is a home game, don't we have the final say in the start time?
We may have veto power over a night game, but that's it. (I'm not sure about that.) We have no control over whether a day game starts at 12:00 or 3:30. The networks decide that.
The only real influence we have is at the conference level. The Big Ten has refused to allow games on any day other than Saturday, and does not allow night games in November.
October 15th, 2010 at 6:34 PM ^
We should have scheduled Alabama for a night game in November
October 15th, 2010 at 3:11 PM ^
Was for a noon game. Thanks to some guys from Toledo who's names I have forgotten a case of beer and all their jello shots and the handle of jack! I ran off in the second quarter and passed out under our car on Pioneer HS's Field only to be found by my now wife after the game. I had a half inch of sleet on my feet but the engine block was still a bit warm I suppose. I woke up at the US/Canadian border in Niagara Falls 4.5 hours after the game ended very hungry, hungover, angry (I couldnt remember any of the game) and anxious for bed.
October 15th, 2010 at 5:50 PM ^
There is nothing like a good nooner
October 15th, 2010 at 7:09 PM ^
I prefer the 3:30 games mostly because it is more likely to be on a TV network I can watch. There is a lot more Big Ten Network games on at noon (i dont have cable or satelite, have ATT DSL so I get ESPN3) then at 3:30.
Although this is not a problem with home games as I go to most of those.