Just saw the CUSA tv schedule. 530pm kickoff for NAU??? It’s not even on real TV. Whose decision is this? Still really hot in September, this is outrageous.
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Might as well chain them up to the big blue cage with Boss Man’s handcuffs and beat them up with a nightstick.
Attendance was 19,000 for Rice. I think it would make a big difference if kickoff was at 7
Well we’ve had 6pm kickoffs in September since 2011. IMO starting 30 minutes earlier isn’t that big of a deal. What’s the difference it would be 91 degrees at 530 and 90.5 degrees at 6pm?
The change in kick off time is just one more thing for people to complain about and use as an excuse to not go to the game. We know it is 30 minutes earlier 3 months in advance. Plan ahead people.
I think maybe Senter wanted to try out a new time slot. With games running over 3.5 hours for some families with small children it could be difficult being out in the streets close to 10pm.
Maybe it has the opposite effect and more families with young children attend the game.
Maybe it has the opposite effect and more families with young children attend the game.
It's a Saturday and not a school night.
The Chihuahuas games start at 7 P.M. and they don't have a problem attracting young fans.
Some parents don’t want to have their infant or toddlers out on a Saturday night.
Well those people aren't going to magically show up because of a 5:30 start time.
At 6:00 the sun is at least starting to set. At 5:30 all the fans are going to be roasting.
They might they might not. That might not be the reason why Senter decided to go with 530 kickoffs. It was a suggestion I made.
Like I mentioned above the temperature might be one degree cooler at 6pm. The sun sets around 730 in September so there’s not much of a difference.
Try attending a game at Oklahoma with a 230pm kickoff time with no sun set in sight then get back to me about roasting.
Oklahoma could start their games at 2:30 or Midnight or 7 A.M. and they will get fans.
UTEP needs to do everything they can to get more fans. This is one more way to keep fans from the games.
So it’s not about the weather anymore? You seem to act like it’s a fact this will keep fans away. Until the ticket sales are in we don’t know. It could lead to more people, it could stay the same, or it could drop attendance.
I went to the UTEP at OU game in 2000. I drank two pitchers of Coors Light, guzzled a couple more brewskies in their entertainment district across from campus. I was feeling no pain. I get to the stadium and it shows 103 degrees on the video board, muggy and not a breeze to be felt and to top it off a couple of OU fans were trying to start crap with me. Kick off was six MST. Somehow I was able to literally keep it all together and right before kick off I told myself "Today was a good day".
I was in Norman last year for the UTEP game. It was unbearable. My iPhone turned off from overheating. Which sucked cuz I wanted to tweet from the stadium. That’s is the only time I’ve ever had a phone automatically turn off and stay off due to the temperature.
I think the 5:30 start will keep some fans at home. I also think the game streaming online will also keep some fans at home. I predict around 30,000 fans to show up.
Senter is having a press conference on June 13th. The 5:30 kickoff is clearly a Senter move that is different....wonder if the TV media notices and asks....but I doubt it....
But they have uniforms on and WE sit there in shorts....toast....well for the few that will bother coming out anyway
So NAU is bringing their band and a bunch of fans. I doubt they'll complain about 30 minutes of El Paso sun when they're from Flagstaff. The hype and hope around this game should bring in fans, especially since it's also "Spirit Night" so families will show to watch their kids perform at halftime.
7pm games were great. But with kids an extra hour later makes a huge difference. I am glad they moved them to 6.
So a couple of you prefer 6 pm games because of your kids. I prefer 7/730 games because I don't want my super white family to be baking in the sun until the sun goes down. (I have a 6 year old)
And if the past is any indication, most El Pasoans prefer a later start time because a LOT of El Pasoans work on Saturdays. Also, those that don't work may prefer running errands before gametime instead of tailgating.
I'll put my money on the game times being switched next year.
And if the past is any indication, most El Pasoans prefer a later start time because a LOT of El Pasoans work on Saturdays. Also, those that don't work may prefer running errands before gametime instead of tailgating.
I'll put my money on the game times being switched next year.
Grandma was forcibly relocated to a Yaqui reservation in Arizona. Later relocated to Flagstaff where dad was born. Not the hellhole Yuma is (still don't get how my cousin lives there), but still a dry pain. Winters get cold though.
I know you said you have family in Flagstaff but using Yuma in the same sentence leads me to question whether you have ever visited. While dry in the summer, it is mild in temperature. 85 is a hot day. 80 is the average high during July and August. The evenings are usually on the cool side. It is an outdoor enthusiast’s playground. Just visited 3 weeks ago and had a great few days there.
They even have a ski resort and get more snow than almost any incorporated city in the country during the winter. It may well not be your cup of tea but Flagstaff and hellhole certainly don’t belong in the same sentence.
TV? ESPN + isn’t TV. All FBS and most FCS games are on some kind of TV. Coincidence that the attendance has dropped since 2010?
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