PAC-12 considering 9 AM kickoffs

[hawkdrummer1]

This will help attendance. Hey, at least it's not Friday night.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles...dium=newsletter&utm_campaign=college-football

 

[EstronHawkKing]

"All right guys, wake up time is set for 3am, team breakfast at 4am. Get your beauty rest"

How fun it would be to tailgate in the state of Washington at 3am in November.

I like the PAC 12 night games, gives us some late night football.

At the end of the article, click on the "Comments" section. PAC 12 fans are not happy with this idea. Don't blame them. If Iowa did 9am games, I would be like "see ya"

 

[okeefe4prez]

If Iowa did 9am games, I would be like "see ya"

University Heights would go bankrupt from lack of open container, public intox and PAULA tickets.

 

[Fryowa]

I like the PAC 12 night games, gives us some late night football.

PAC12 night games mean every Saturday we get 15 hours of non-stop college football.

 

[hawkdrummer1]

PAC12 night games mean every Saturday we get 15 hours of non-stop college football.

Exactly. When you're semi-hammered at 10:30 with half a pizza left and have watched the replay of Eppy getting the strip sack and TD 9 times...you have to flip over to something else.

 

[Northside Hawk]

They must think it will help east coast viewership.

It certainly won't help west coast ratings.

Those games will be ending just as the Marine layer lifts for the day.

Our buddy earlkoppleman, if he's still with us, will have to start on the Rolling Rock's extra early.

 

[okeefe4prez]

They must think it will help east coast viewership.

It certainly won't help west coast ratings.

Those games will be ending just as the Marine layer lifts for the day.

Our buddy earlkoppleman, if he's still with us, will have to start on the Rolling Rock's extra early.

College football ratings are driven by the Southeast and Midwest and the start time isn't going to improve the Pac 10 ratings in those regions because everyone has their own teams already. I ain't gonna watch Utah versus Arizona in a noon slot when there are games like Iowa versus whomever, Nebraska versus Northwestern, Tennessee versus Georgia or whatever. I'm going to watch Iowa and Bama first, Clemson second, Big Ten third, SEC fourth, and Big 12 fifth. I'd rather watch even the middling SEC or Big Ten games than ANY Pac 10 content. I can only concentrate on like 6 games at a time and Pac 10 ain't gonna make the cut.

 

[Hawk1960]

WTH, is Sally Mason now running the PAC12? Ludicrous. Makes absolutely no sense to try and compete for midwest and southeast eyeballs when those teams start their games at the same time. This move would top the current record on the stupid meter that Delaney has for moving the B1G basketball tournament to NYC.

 

[eyekwah]

There are at least four major things working against Pac 12 viewership; time zone, the desert climate, fan interest and distance. Arizona has excessive heat for early starts, travel from Washington/ Oregon to Arizona is over 1300 miles, and the PAC 12 does not have great fan attendance.

The Pac 12 originally was the Pac 8 before the Arizona schools were added. After the last wave of realignment Colorado and Utah were added, but it did nothing to overcome the barriers it faces. I also think that the cultural left leanings of the area make colleges from that area unattractive to many member of a conference like the Big 12.

 

[EstronHawkKing]

There are at least four major things working against Pac 12 viewership; time zone, the desert climate, fan interest and distance. Arizona has excessive heat for early starts, travel from Washington/ Oregon to Arizona is over 1300 miles, and the PAC 12 does not have great fan attendance.

The Pac 12 originally was the Pac 8 before the Arizona schools were added. After the last wave of realignment Colorado and Utah were added, but it did nothing to overcome the barriers it faces. I also think that the cultural left leanings of the area make colleges from that area unattractive to many member of a conference like the Big 12.

I see you posted this at 4:18am, you'd fit in great for the 9am PAC 12 games and early morning tailgaiting

 

[Zstatman]

Iowa does have 9 AM kickoffs, for those of us living out west. I kind of like them. You get out of bed, have some breakfast, maybe have a quick workout or bike ride, and wa la, it's game time. And, when it's over it's just 12:30 PM or so and you still have the rest of your day for whatever. And, the wife (and kids) likes your availability!

My days of watching 15 hours of college football every single Saturday are long over. I watch the Iowa game and sometimes nothing else.

Actually it makes a certain amount of sense for the Pac 12 to have the early start. It would give them more national exposure but maybe, more importantly, in the Pac 12 footprint. Lets's say you are a Washington fan and your game is later in the day and there's an interesting morning match up are you going to watch that or the B1G or SEC game on then?

Plus in Arizona it's a lot cooler in September/October at 9 AM than it is at 1 PM or 4 PM or in the evening for that matter.

The PAC 12 seems to have more challenges than the other Power 5 conferences. We all know how the B1G feels when it's left out of the college football playoffs, think how the Pac 12 must feel? The Pac 12, just in the last few weeks, announced that starting next year, not this, they are moving their championship football game to Las Vegas into the new Raiders Stadium being built, that feels like a step in the right direction. Spreading kickoff times around each Saturday seems like it might be a good idea. Pac 12 basketball has the same issues. I still don't understand why DirecTV doesn't have the Pac 12 Network? I also can't believe the Pac 12 commissioner has survived all these years? The Pac 12 schools can't be happy with the status quo. I'd be making some changes.

Wasn't there just an article on one of the Iowa websites talking about the general decline in college football attendance? What would you do?

 

[EstronHawkKing]

I

My days of watching 15 hours of college football every single Saturday are long over. I watch the Iowa game and sometimes nothing else.

With college and pro starting thursday, by Sunday night I can only watch a little Sunday night pro football and dont even watch Monday night football

 

[hawkeyebob62]

"All right guys, wake up time is set for 3am, team breakfast at 4am. Get your beauty rest"

How fun it would be to tailgate in the state of Washington at 3am in November.

I like the PAC 12 night games, gives us some late night football.

At the end of the article, click on the "Comments" section. PAC 12 fans are not happy with this idea. Don't blame them. If Iowa did 9am games, I would be like "see ya"

But...if you are a West Coast fan of Iowa or any B1G West Division team, 9am is exactly when you watch at least half of the games.

 

[Zstatman]

What you do at Washington's Husky Stadium for a 9 AM kickoff is pull your yacht up the night before then at first light start cooking that breakfast and making that bloody mary.

 

[Zstatman]

It's pretty impressive from all angles.........

 

[Cyhawk]

Dang - Nice boats

I would think this would be a hard sell to players. OK guys were getting up at 5 AM, walk through at 6, breakfast AT 6:30 on the field ready to go by 8 AM. Ready Break

No thanks

 

[Fryowa]

It's pretty impressive from all angles.........

Friend of mine who’s been there a couple times says the bleachers are puke-inducing and not good for anyone with height/vertigo problems.

If I remember right I read somewhere not long ago that they have the steepest seating in the country.

 

[EstronHawkKing]

Friend of mine who’s been there a couple times says the bleachers are puke-inducing and not good for anyone with height/vertigo problems.

If I remember right I read somewhere not long ago that they have the steepest seating in the country.

I'm getting dizzy just looking at this photo!

 

[Fryowa]

But...if you are a West Coast fan of Iowa or any B1G West Division team, 9am is exactly when you watch at least half of the games.

I still like the idea of later games for PAC-12. There’s something I like hangin onto from when I was a kid staying up late on Saturday nights to watch those games with my old man who’s sadly dead now.

I get the warm fuzzies when I think about a Stanford/Cal or USC/UCLA game on the couch with my pops, watching on a 700lb console tube TV back in like 1985 with no internet, iPhone, or pause button.

Have to take a leak? By god your gonna wait for Brent Musberger to tell you they’d be back after these words from our sponsors and now you can sprint to the bathroom.

Wanna know the score? You better pay some goddamn attention because it’s gonna get flashed on the screen once every six minutes.

Where’s the line to gain? Learn to listen and when Keith Jackson says it’s 2nd and 7 add that shit up in your head, Nancy.

Five years old and not a clue what all the rules or strategy were but I felt like a big important dude. Stupid and pointless, I know, but it’s my stupid.

 

[BILLYBOBSTEXAS]

I still like the idea of later games for PAC-12. There’s something I like hangin onto from when I was a kid staying up late on Saturday nights to watch those games with my old man who’s sadly dead now.

I get the warm fuzzies when I think about a Stanford/Cal or USC/UCLA game on the couch with my pops, watching on a 700lb console tube TV back in like 1985 with no internet, iPhone, or pause button.

Have to take a leak? By god your gonna wait for Brent Musberger to tell you they’d be back after these words from our sponsors and now you can sprint to the bathroom.

Wanna know the score? You better pay some goddamn attention because it’s gonna get flashed on the screen once every six minutes.

Where’s the line to gain? Learn to listen and when Keith Jackson says it’s 2nd and 7 add that shit up in your head, Nancy.

Five years old and not a clue what all the rules or strategy were but I felt like a big important dude. Completely stupid and pointless, I know, but it’s my stupid.

As a young kid, I would watch the Friday night fights with my dad! Good memories.