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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Does 30 minutes earlier really make that much of a difference? Last year the home opener had a 6pm kickoff.
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.
If you were Senter you would be kicking off this game at 530 then?
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.
Some parents don’t want to have their infant or toddlers out on a Saturday night.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.
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.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.
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.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.
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.
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 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".
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.
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....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.
it’s always a good day with beer and footballI 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".
Those fans on the E side of the stadium are going to be hurting.
But they have uniforms on and WE sit there in shorts....toast....well for the few that will bother coming out anywayIt also means the opponent will be cooking in the sun an extra 30 minutes
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.
Have you ever been to Flagstaff? Not even close to Phoenix and El Paso weather.
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 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.
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....
Someone tell all this to the fan council. Six PM starts seem to be preferred. If we change from that, we'd better be getting a very sweet tv deal out of it. Senter needs to learn what the fans want.