Kickoff time for Michigan-Indiana Homecoming game set
And it's 3:30!
Of course. This is the new normal now. I guess I'll just sleep in a little on Saturday.
http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/051314aab.html
Sleep in? You'll be a freshman in college. If there is any justice, someone from the board will find you and beer you before dawn.
he could be "this guy."
AUTOMOBILE!
I meant sleep in instead of getting up & leaving at my usual time to go to games, despite the time of the kickoff.
In that case, make it a warm Busch.
I think I speak for several posters when I say that if we ever meet in real life and our identies are made known, we're staging a whiskey-filled intervention. Accept it.
It happens but not often enough.
The board has turned on you Wolverine Devotee...the nerd purge has begun..
The board is going to purge a majority of itself???
Does stupid know its stupid? Does nerdy know its nerdy?
My dog doesn't know that she doesn't know algebra. Doesn't mean she's going to run away.
How's your dog with geometry? Because my dog can get into some pretty interesting positions when she's sleeping.
Regardless of what uberfans think, Michigan is regarded as a good football team, regularly in the top 25. There are only so many games weekly with top teams, and there are more TV networks looking for attractive teams than there are slots available. In the Big 10, I'm hard pressed to think that any team other than possibly Ohio that is so highly coveted for viewership. (PSU is down, and is much more tied to the state, where Michigan has tons of grads all over, especially in the Chicago market.)
When talking with Dave Brandon last year, I asked about having at least a few 12noon games. (I'm a pastor in the Chicago area, and a noon game allows me to be back home by 7 or 8pm Sat. night.) Brandon told me directly at the Chicago meet and greet earlier this year that it wasn't going to happen. Why? Well, students and many others like late starts. Night games and late afternoon games are where marquee games are slotted. Viewership for late and night games is significantly higher. I'm guessing that games between teams in the lower half of the Big 10 more typically are scheduled for 12 noon. Brandon said that with few exceptions, networks dictate start times (it's all about money and contracts,) and they will almost always want Michigan scheduled later.
Looking at the Indiana game on Nov. 1, that is already half a night game, as it will be dark by the 4th quarter. If a cloudy day, it will definitely be "under the lights." I loved game day mornings when a student, but with the exception of real stinker games, or Ohio or very late season games, I think 12 noon starts are largely a think of the past for Michigan. I'm hoping that maybe Utah or Minnesota are a noon start. However, the reality is that with my 8th grader playing ball, things will have to line up perfectly for me to catch even one game this year, as I will be at his games before I'll go to a Michigan game. (Northwestern in Evanston might be my best chance this season.)
The only games I see being at Noon are the opener, vs MU and The Game.
1985 was the first time "TBA" began appearing on the tickets for the kickoff time. For the two biggest home game against notre dame and ohio.
1999 was when they removed "Time: ____" from the tickets.
we need to get you laid.
Why else would he need to sleep in on Saturdays...
Michigan plays at 11pm on a Saturaday night I'm watching...
Unless we're playing a total cream puff, I'd rather see us play at 3:30 or in prime time. The later time slot is more exposure for us. The noon games are a good appetizer, anyway. It's a bit of a bummer if there's a really great game on elsewhere at the same time, but that is always going to be true if we're in a good spot - sometimes it's even the case at 12.
The only Noon game other than ohio last year which is always at Noon, was the game against that creampuff akron.
Boy, that sure went well. What an easy cream puff.
I'm so confused as to how any Michigan fan can use that word anymore. Has the trauma from 2007, 2008 and nearly 2013 losses wore off?
3:30 is the best time slot.
Night games, my friend. The atmosphere is just infinitely better.
OK, I was going to say that, but since it doesn't happen very often, 3:30 is the most ideal time slot. There is nothing worse in the history of history than a noon game.
Why is our homecoming game in November?
Michigan's last two November homecoming games were on the same date in 1969 and 1997.
You want an omen? Brady Quinn and Brandon Weedon were both picked #22 in the draft - just like Johnny Manziel last Thursday.
Now that's an omen.
Do you have stuff like this in your head and memorized? If so, that's incredible.
almost always prefer 3:30 start times because it allows for a proper pregame
3:30pm is good. I'm estimating that by 4:30-5:00pm we'll be crushing those damned Hoosiers!!
ONE of the BIGGEST home games of the year!
Lee Corso would like to discuss that with you, Anthony. Or maybe not.
were the best. But extinct.