College football Week 5 thread: Shout at the Blue Devil

[Cosmo]

Yeah, 9 a.m. is ridiculous. But remember that it's usually 11 or 12 at the stadium where it's being played.
There's an entire generation of Southerners who grew up with the 11 a.m. Jefferson Pilot/Raycom game of the week. Getting terribly sunburned during a September or early October one of those, or listening to the Daves, was a rite of passage.

When I lived in Flagstaff, one of the local bars would open for breakfast on Saturday mornings basically because myself and a random Michigan fan would come in weekly to watch East Coast nooners. It took me forever to get readjusted to NFL games starting at 1 p.m. when I moved back to the East Coast.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

I never thought about living in a state so small you travel to the state championship game day of.

Around here the HSAA flips the bill for hotels.

I grew up in Delaware. You were home for dinner if you had an afternoon kickoff in the state tournament.

 

[BTExpress]

Fifth week of the season, fifth different uniform combination for a program that used to care about tradition.

"But the players like it!!!!!" fans howl.

Well, Alabama, USC, Michigan, Texas and Penn State usually recruit better than us, and they don't do this alternate uniform shirt. So maybe the players don't really give a shirt.

 

[Cosmo]

I grew up in Delaware. You were home for dinner if you had an afternoon kickoff in the state tournament.

On the other hand, you have Arizona. When I was out there, I'm pretty sure Page had to play at Bisbee in a weeknight state volleyball tournament match. That's a 7 1/2-hour drive.

 

[dixiehack]

Fifth week of the season, fifth different uniform combination for a program that used to care about tradition.

"But the players like it!!!!!" fans howl.

Well, Alabama, USC, Michigan, Texas and Penn State usually recruit better than us, and they don't do this alternate uniform shirt. So maybe the players don't really give a shirt.

Is it time for the pollution gray set?

 

[BTExpress]

Probably saving it for Georgia. "Dark mode" this week. Because nothing says 32 days before Halloween like orange and black.

 

[dixiehack]

In the SEC, Big Noon just means less.

It's a begrudging SEC tradition dating back to the days of the Three Daves and pre-HD television with camcorder-grade views back home.

The 11 a.m. CT kickoff has long been a punchline or the perceived insult for those picked to play as far from primetime as possible. "Breakfast with the Barn", is the gag in Tuscaloosa for the perceived high number of pre-noon kicks for Auburn.

But is Auburn really the leader in morning football participation? Not even close, according to our meticulous inspection of every SEC kickoff time since 2013.

So, who has the earliest kicks in the past 11 years? The answer may surprise you.

It's Georgia.

The Bulldogs have 39 games in that early timeslot followed by Florida with 38.

Auburn is tied for ninth most with 26.

LSU's had the fewest with 11 with Alabama next at 15.

https://www.al.com/sec/2023/09/earl...-in-sec-who-has-most-might-be-surprising.html

 

[Cosmo]

Seems like we've shifted the goalposts, though, and everyone is trying to put a pretty good game in that noon Eastern slot, whereas in years past it was seen as punishment. Look at Week 5. Oklahoma-Texas, Maryland-Ohio State and LSU-Missouri -- all attractive games -- are in that noon spot. I can only speak for my old ass who gets up early even on the weekends, that Saturday night spot is a tough one for me. I'm either tuckered out on football at that point and want to do something else or I'm tired from too much day drinking and drift off on the couch by halftime.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Yeah, 9 a.m. is ridiculous. But remember that it's usually 11 or 12 at the stadium where it's being played.
There's an entire generation of Southerners who grew up with the 11 a.m. Jefferson Pilot/Raycom game of the week. Getting terribly sunburned during a September or early October one of those, or listening to the Daves, was a rite of passage.

Yes, I was responding to the guy who said 11 a.m. Big Ten kickoffs were the norm for some schools, because those games start at 9 out here and I remember watching them.

Any kickoff before noon sucks, and any noon or 12:30 kickoff is barely tolerable.

 

[MileHigh]

Seems like we've shifted the goalposts, though, and everyone is trying to put a pretty good game in that noon Eastern slot, whereas in years past it was seen as punishment. Look at Week 5. Oklahoma-Texas, Maryland-Ohio State and LSU-Missouri -- all attractive games -- are in that noon spot. I can only speak for my old ass who gets up early even on the weekends, that Saturday night spot is a tough one for me. I'm either tuckered out on football on that point and want to do something else or I'm tired from too much day drinking and drift off on the couch by halftime.

Fox started the moving by putting its big game as Big Noon Kickoff. Oklahoma-Texas almost always has been 11 a.m. CDT in Dallas. Michigan-Ohio State has been noon EDT for decades. And back in my day (shakes fist at clouds) was followed by USC-UCLA at 12:30 p.m. PDT.

 

[dixiehack]

Seems like we've shifted the goalposts, though, and everyone is trying to put a pretty good game in that noon Eastern slot, whereas in years past it was seen as punishment. Look at Week 5. Oklahoma-Texas, Maryland-Ohio State and LSU-Missouri -- all attractive games -- are in that noon spot. I can only speak for my old ass who gets up early even on the weekends, that Saturday night spot is a tough one for me. I'm either tuckered out on football on that point and want to do something else or I'm tired from too much day drinking and drift off on the couch by halftime.

One specific reason it is looked down upon in the SEC is because it is so damn hot at noon the first half of the season and sometimes all the way up until Halloween.

 

[dixiehack]