PAC 12 & FOX Having Discussions About Moving Kickoffs To 9 A.M.

The PAC 12 is continuing to look at new ways to be in the mix with the other big conferences. They're now looking at moving kickoffs to an earlier time on Saturdays instead of having their games going late into the night for the everyone not on the west coast. Per NBC Sports...

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The conference confirmed they have had preliminary discussions with Fox about having a Pac-12 game kickoff at 9 a.m. PT/noon ET as soon as this season in order to help alleviate night kickoffs and explore a new TV window to maximize exposure on the East Coast. While there would be at most one or two games after Week 3 that would even be eligible (and Mountain Time Zone schools like Utah and Colorado would be chief candidates), it certainly sounds like there’s a real possibility of it happening.

“We’ve discussed it recently. That would be new and out of the box for our conference but I’ve tried to put everything on the table. There’s a lot of frustration from fans in certain markets to the late night kicks,” commissioner Larry Scott told NBC Sports. “I’d like to see one or two games this season that are 12 noon (ET) kicks be Pac-12 games and see what markets might respond positively to that.”

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People in California will hate this and they already don't care about sports. You dig this idea? Would it help the PAC 12?

(The Big Lead)