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I’m jonesing badly for football and started diving into schedules for a bunch of teams today.

I think we all know we open the season on Friday September 4th, on the road at Stanford. The time for the game has not yet been announced.

I think we all also know, the last time we played on the west coast, at Cal in 2024, the game started at 4am eastern, Cam Ward led one of the most incredible comebacks in school history, and I didn’t sleep for about 3 days.

For real though, they can’t put this game at 10:00 or 10:30 eastern, can they?

The NFL doesn’t start until after Labor Day, so there’s no interference there at all.

I looked at the National schedule, there are only 3 other FBS games that night. You’d have to think ESPN would definitely want to put something watchable in prime-time, correct?

Well, those other 3 games are:

LIU Brooklyn @ Kansas
San Jose State @ Eastern Michigan
North Carolina A&T @ Georgia State

That’s it. So am I crazy in thinking our game HAS to be something like a 7:30 or 8:00 eastern kick? Yes, I know that’s 4:30 or 5:00 on a weeknight in Palo Alto. But would they really either not put a game on in prime time on the east coast, or one of those other **** games, and put us on at 10:00 Eastern again? I have to think there’s literally no way that happens?
 
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OrangeBowlMagic said:
I’m jonesing badly for football and started diving into schedules for a bunch of teams today.

I think we all know we open the season on Friday September 4th, on the road at Stanford. The time for the game has not yet been announced.

I think we all also know, the last time we played on the west coast, at Cal in 2024, the game started at 4am eastern, Cam Ward led one of the most incredible comebacks in school history, and I didn’t sleep for about 3 days.

For real though, they can’t put this game at 10:00 or 10:30 eastern, can they?

The NFL doesn’t start until after Labor Day, so there’s no interference there at all.

I looked at the National schedule, there are only 3 other FBS games that night. You’d have to think ESPN would definitely want to put something watchable in prime-time, correct?

Well, those other 3 games are:

LIU Brooklyn @ Kansas
San Jose State @ Eastern Michigan
North Carolina A&T @ Georgia State

That’s it. So am I crazy in thinking our game HAS to be something like a 7:30 or 8:00 eastern kick? Yes, I know that’s 4:30 or 5:00 on a weeknight in Palo Alto. But would they really either not put a game on in prime time on the east coast, or one of those other **** games, and put us on at 10:00 Eastern again? I have to think there’s literally no way that happens?
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there are no other good games on that friday night, only 3 other scheduled.

i would think it will be 8PM but no later than 9:30PM Est
 
cookies said:
Gotta figure 8:30 EST at the earliest
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Why? Not being a ****. Because ESPN doesn’t want to impact the 21k fans getting to the stadium on a Friday afternoon?

For the record, I’d take 8:30. But you think that’s the earliest? If they kick this game at 10:00 eastern that’s insane. They airing pickleball at 7:00?
 
The ACC and ESPN didn’t just say hey let’s put our premier product from the ACC on Friday night of opening weekend with no other meaningful games being played to bury them at 10 or 1030 pm.


Miami (FL) at Stanford
LIU at Kansas
San Jose State at Eastern Michigan
North Carolina A&T at Georgia State
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
Why? Not being a ****. Because ESPN doesn’t want to impact the 21k fans getting to the stadium on a Friday afternoon?

For the record, I’d take 8:30. But you think that’s the earliest? If they kick this game at 10:00 eastern that’s insane. They airing pickleball at 7:00?
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You good lol

And yeup that’s my logic when i presume the discussions being had between ESPN and Stanford.

I agree 10 pm on a Friday is insane. I had to recheck when the cal kickoff was and it was 10:30 which is also crazy.

I’m about to give you some terrible news brother. I just searched the 2024 ACC schedule & on August 30th, FRIDAY, 2024, TCU visited Stanford; and the pickleball game must’ve started at 8pm because that game started at 10:30 on ESPN lol.

TCU obviously isn’t in our time zone so maybe they felt it was appropriate to keep it that late.

More research by cookies & crew found that last year when GT visited Colorado, ESPN started that Friday Night Game at 8PM EST, which is 6PM mountain timezone.

So i need to revise my estimation from 830 to 9 PM at the earliest. I don’t think they’ll start later than 9:30 tho.
 
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cookies said:
You good lol

And yeup that’s my logic when i presume the discussions being had between ESPN and Stanford.

I agree 10 pm on a Friday is insane. I had to recheck when the cal kickoff was and it was 10:30 which is also crazy.

I’m about to give you some terrible news brother. I just searched the 2024 ACC schedule & on August 30th, FRIDAY, 2024, TCU visited Stanford; and the pickleball game must’ve started at 8pm because that game started at 10:30 on ESPN lol.

TCU obviously isn’t in our time zone so maybe they felt it was appropriate to keep it that late.

More research by cookies & crew found that last year when GT visited Colorado, ESPN started that Friday Night Game at 8PM EST, which is 6PM mountain timezone.

So i need to revise my estimation from 830 to 9 PM at the earliest. I don’t think they’ll start later than 9:30 tho.
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2024 Oklahoma played in the 7pm slot in their opening game as an SEC member.
 
MiamisMoperiestMopes said:
The ACC and ESPN didn’t just say hey let’s put our premier product from the ACC on Friday night of opening weekend with no other meaningful games being played to bury them at 10 or 1030 pm.


Miami (FL) at Stanford
LIU at Kansas
San Jose State at Eastern Michigan
North Carolina A&T at Georgia State
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Not replying about the time; however your comment got me curious. Stanford played two Friday games in 2024 and Cal Berkley played two last year. Me thinks it was apart of their agreement into the ACC.
 
MiamisMoperiestMopes said:
2024 Oklahoma played in the 7pm slot in their opening game as an SEC member.
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Hmmm…..there’s no real equivalent to that type of matchup however id posit that Kansas-LIU kinda plays that role. It was OU’s opener but it was against Temple which is a drag.

Stanford vs TCU can at least entice folks that it’ll be somewhat competitive because they are both p4.

Going to stick to 9 pm at the earliest guess for now.
 
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cookies said:
Not replying about the time; however your comment got me curious. Stanford played two Friday games in 2024 and Cal Berkley played two last year. Me thinks it was apart of their agreement into the ACC.
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Possibly. A number of ACC teams played 2 games on Friday last year. We’re second fiddle to the SEC so they are going to get the slots on Saturday. Friday games are less eyeball friction vs SEC, so might as well highlight some.
 
cookies said:
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Hmmm…..there’s no real equivalent to that type of matchup however id posit that Kansas-LIU kinda plays that role. It was OU’s opener but it was against Temple which is a drag.

Stanford vs TCU can at least entice folks that it’ll be somewhat competitive because they are both p4.

Going to stick to 9 pm at the earliest guess for now.
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Kansas isn’t in the same universe as OU and 2024 was also first year of them having full SEC control. ESPN controls ACC network. They share B12 with Fox. At least everyone has heard of Al golden and Manny Diaz’s temple owls. Nobody knows what a LIU is.

I guess we’ll see what happens. A 5pm game isn’t a stretch for west coast, happens all the time. Idgaf as I’ll be there either way.
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
I’m jonesing badly for football and started diving into schedules for a bunch of teams today.

I think we all know we open the season on Friday September 4th, on the road at Stanford. The time for the game has not yet been announced.

I think we all also know, the last time we played on the west coast, at Cal in 2024, the game started at 4am eastern, Cam Ward led one of the most incredible comebacks in school history, and I didn’t sleep for about 3 days.
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The Cal game started at 7:30 pm pst and 10:30 pm est.
 
MiamisMoperiestMopes said:
Kansas isn’t in the same universe as OU and 2024 was also first year of them having full SEC control. ESPN controls ACC network. They share B12 with Fox. At least everyone has heard of Al golden and Manny Diaz’s temple owls. Nobody knows what a LIU is.

I guess we’ll see what happens. A 5pm game isn’t a stretch for west coast, happens all the time. Idgaf as I’ll be there either way.
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Yeah Kansas not being 2024 OU roster wise isn’t the point of the comparison. The comparison between the two is that it involves a non-p4 east coast team traveling to a central time zone location to play a p4 team that ESPN has the rights to.

Whereas, in 2024 and 2026 they both involve Stanford hosting a Friday night game. Of the 2 West Coast ACC hosted Friday night games that have happened so far, both of them were held at 10:30 EST on ESPN.

Stanford is 2 hours behind OU. 5 pm game isn’t a stretch for Saturday but it is for Friday when students have afternoon classes, boosters have work, referees have to travel from their daytime jobs, Stanford has seats to sell, ESPN/acc have a coast to coast tv market they’d like to capture, and whatever other factors I am forgetting that complicate a pre-dinner start on the west coast.

Obviously we are in a different realm than UNC and TCU so like you said we shall see. If they don’t put the Kansas game in front of us, there will likely be a US Open match before us.
 
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