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Michigan @ Iowa gametime is set for 12:00 EDT, per Iowa Athletics website...
http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/iowa-m-footbl-sched.html
Personally, I wish it had been set to start later. I hate waking up before 12:00 on the weekends...
THANK THE FOOTBALL GODS!!!!
I have a 3:30 (central time) wedding to attend. And a Hawkeye-Wolverine couple none-the-less (nice planning "fans")
I now can watch the game in my hotel room and drink pre-wedding!
Also this is on ESPN
noon games are killing me
I don't remember a season within the past 5 years or so when we've had so many noon starts. I don't mind a couple of noon games, but this many has really put a damper on my tailgating enthusiasm... not that I won't go all out anyways... but I'd prefer a 330 every now and then.
3:30 is best, but I like noon better than night games. I can't watch other college games and enjoy them until after Michigan has played.
At least it's not BTN.
It is virtually always at noon.
Sparty, @Lincoln NE is also at noon ET, I believe. Which makes it an 11am game local time. Those are hard games for opponents. Wisconsin has a staggeringly good record in its "11 am" games. I'm not sure if Bielema has ever lost one.
It sure would be great to hear what a Carl Grapentine announcement of a Cornhuskers winning score would sound like in Michigan Stadium.
Think those nooners are hard for you? Noon start = 9am on West Coast.
Damn right, I have to pour beer on my Cheerios just to make sure i get the day started with the most important meal and pregaming all in one.
I've grown to like the 9 AM start time; not as much time to sit around and worry about the upcoming game.
I actually for the most part agree with you. I can sleep in, wake up and make a more hearty breakfast than the "grab something and run out the door" weekday version, and then sit down at the coffee table with a huge mug of coffee and enjoy my weekly "Breakfast with the Wolverines".
i like the noon start time, especially on the road. i would rather not play a late afternoon or night game in Iowa City.
not be another 3:30 game this season. Don't think they will move The Game from noon. Wisconsin, maybe, but unlikely. Illinois? Would like one more 3:30.
Although absolutely nothing wrong at all having beer and donuts !!!
Go Blue!
Unless we or they tailspin. What time is the B1G championship game on Dec 3?
9 am. Really throw us all for a loop. Hah.
on Fox.
I'm surprised Iowa wouldn't want a night game. You know, since everyone loves playing us as a night game.
I don't know if it is a rule or not, but I remeber hearing somewhere that the Big 10 does not allow nightgames in November.
My memory might be fuzzy, but didn't they move the 2006 game against OSU to an 8pm start? Or was it just a 3:30 and got winter dark fast?
That was an odd 4:30 start. One of the worst nights of my life.
2006 OSU was at 3:30. I think the MSU home game that year was a 4:30 start. The 2008 game at PSU was also a 4:30.
2004 Braylonfest against MSU was a 4:30 start. Up until this year, that was the latest a game had ever started at the big house.
2006 OSU was originally going to be a noon start, just like it had been for 22 of the previous 23 meetings. But because it was #1 vs. #2, it was moved to 4:30. I believe that was the latest a UM/OSU game ever started as well. The MSU game that year was 3:30.
Tailgating before road games...?
The worst thing about a 9 kick off out here is that Pam Ward can ruit an entire day.
She's doing the Purdue game this week, right? Please have laryngitis, please have laryngitis, please have laryngitis.
She's not doing the game this week. Pam Ward is stuck on ESPNU. Beth Mowins is doing the game this week and she's much better than Pam is.
I caught part of a game with Beth Mowins over the weekend (Ill at Purdue?) and thought Beth was not bad. Mike Belotti ? meh.
About the only good thing with this particular Noon start is that I'll have time to find a place to watch LSU/Bama for their game. I'm just making an assumption CBS does the smart thing and plays the biggest game of the season in a later/prime-time spot
The Alumni Association Tailgate is three hours before kickoff near the baseball field. I've never been but that's where I will be.
I've got 1 extra ticket(front row,north endzone) if anyone is interested.Won't get what I paid for it,but not ready to give it away either.
If you are going to the game, why wouldn't you tailgate in a normal spot like the golf course or other nearby lots? This isn't Northwestern where tailgating is sparse.
I'm doing a presentation at a fantasy baseball conference and I'm up at 1:30 ET, meaning I'll miss the second half. Of course, if there's OT, I can watch it!!!!
I'm going to the game and of course its a fricking noon game, AGAIN! Awesome tailgaiting time ruined. This noon stuff is beyond old.
Either start tailgating, at 12am...get a 3 hour nap in between 4-7a and wake up with a liquid breakfast like a college student would do.
OR
Go to bed before 12am...get up at 6am, get a solid breakfast and get after it by 8am to give yourself 3+ hours of solid tailgating while watching college gameday.
OR
Binge from 10:59-11:59am...in which case you wouldn't be a true tailgater anyway.
Moral of the story is 12pm kickoffs don't stop a true tailgater from doing his or her thing. If the team can play early, you can tailgate early. The sacrifices of victory. And then when we win...you go back and celebrate and watch the 3:30 games!
It's what 11am time, so while I don't know if I'll say "their players will be sleep"...there fans might be.
Also this is definitely going to be an easier crowd than trying to play at 8pm.
ALSO it should get warmer as the day goes along rather than colder...IMO that impacts our player better who seem to struggle in any kind of weather.
Can't we get any 3:30 games? We are ranked!!
because I'm driving back home to Michigan after the game.
