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Yahoo - Does Alabama have a legitimate gripe about early kickoff times?
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:04 pm
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:04 pm
Yahoo Forde-Yard Dash: Does Alabama have a legitimate gripe about early kickoff times?
James Carville (31) isn’t going to like this. The LSU superfan, who last year made a very public stink about SEC officiating that he alleged to be pro-Alabama and anti-LSU, is going to have to reconcile that conspiracy theory with a different issue where the league office seems to favor the Bayou Bengals.
When the SEC announced that Alabama’s home game against Southern Mississippi this Saturday would start at 11 a.m. local time, the Crimson Tide brass was displeased. No teams love playing the early game because the fans (especially students) tend to be late arriving and/or lacking enthusiasm. That’s especially true in the South in September, when the heat can be an added disincentive to either show up or being boisterous.
Thus there were statements expressing “disappointment” from school president Stuart Bell and athletic director Greg Byrne, noting that Alabama has played the most non-conference day games of any team in the SEC since 2014. That drew a fair amount of mockery from points outside of Tuscaloosa, and it even prompted the rare cheeky line from Auburn coach Gus Malzahn (32).
"Our guys are excited to be back home for our second home game, playing a very solid Kent State team, 6 p.m. kick," Malzahn said, before delivering the zinger. "Personally, I wish it was at noon. We'd have more time to prepare for our next opponent."
But Alabama has a point, specifically in relation to rival LSU. That program generates much of its identity from night games in Tiger Stadium, which are perhaps the wildest environment in college football. And while LSU night games are definitely a great thing, they also seem to happen with disproportionate frequency.
Two of my favorite parts of the article are Gus Malzahn's ribbing of Saban. And Tiger Stadium being the wildest environment in college football. ESPN's been showing a lot of classic Aub vs LSU, ESPN loves airing that game.
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James Carville (31) isn’t going to like this. The LSU superfan, who last year made a very public stink about SEC officiating that he alleged to be pro-Alabama and anti-LSU, is going to have to reconcile that conspiracy theory with a different issue where the league office seems to favor the Bayou Bengals.
When the SEC announced that Alabama’s home game against Southern Mississippi this Saturday would start at 11 a.m. local time, the Crimson Tide brass was displeased. No teams love playing the early game because the fans (especially students) tend to be late arriving and/or lacking enthusiasm. That’s especially true in the South in September, when the heat can be an added disincentive to either show up or being boisterous.
Thus there were statements expressing “disappointment” from school president Stuart Bell and athletic director Greg Byrne, noting that Alabama has played the most non-conference day games of any team in the SEC since 2014. That drew a fair amount of mockery from points outside of Tuscaloosa, and it even prompted the rare cheeky line from Auburn coach Gus Malzahn (32).
"Our guys are excited to be back home for our second home game, playing a very solid Kent State team, 6 p.m. kick," Malzahn said, before delivering the zinger. "Personally, I wish it was at noon. We'd have more time to prepare for our next opponent."
But Alabama has a point, specifically in relation to rival LSU. That program generates much of its identity from night games in Tiger Stadium, which are perhaps the wildest environment in college football. And while LSU night games are definitely a great thing, they also seem to happen with disproportionate frequency.
Two of my favorite parts of the article are Gus Malzahn's ribbing of Saban. And Tiger Stadium being the wildest environment in college football. ESPN's been showing a lot of classic Aub vs LSU, ESPN loves airing that game.
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Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:05 pm to TrueTigerTale
Maybe Bama can put up billboards to spread the message
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:06 pm to TrueTigerTale
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Gus Malzahn's ribbing of Saban.
That little dwarf will always be an easy target.
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:07 pm to AU4real35
Hard to rib back with those man tits in the way
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:07 pm to TrueTigerTale
Do we really care about Forde
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:11 pm to AU4real35
Saban will get the last word in a year or two when he hires Gus for a support staff job.
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:12 pm to TrueTigerTale
frick Pat Forde
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:13 pm to genro
Saban’s or Gus’s?
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:15 pm to TrueTigerTale
It's a side effect of being a known dominant team. No one wants to put a Bama/Cupcake game on at prime time. It's not interesting. They should accept this and STFU.
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:16 pm to TrueTigerTale
Pussies
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:22 pm to CFFreak
You are 100% correct.
Want on prime time play tOSU or someone similar.
Want on prime time play tOSU or someone similar.
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:23 pm to TrueTigerTale
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Yahoo Forde
hahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahaha
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:25 pm to TrueTigerTale
I don't know for sure but I'd bet no other program has played in as many of the CBS featured game of the week, which is the 3:30 eastern time game.
As noted on the Alabama board, a lot of UA fans complain about night games too. You can't please everybody all the time.
As noted on the Alabama board, a lot of UA fans complain about night games too. You can't please everybody all the time.
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:26 pm to TrueTigerTale
No one cares about watching Bama games anymore. That is the reality they live with now.
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:27 pm to John Milner
you can't blame anything with LSU, we play our games at night when we can, if it was up to us every game is at night, its been this way since inception.
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:28 pm to TrueTigerTale
Sucks for fans mostly. Day games suck in south until November.
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:29 pm to TigersRockOn
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No one cares about watching Bama games anymore. That is the reality they live with now.
It's a good bet that Alabama played in more top 5 viewed games last season, and the last several seasons, than any other team.
And as noted above, the 3:30 Eastern time game is actually the CBS featured game, not the night games.
This post was edited on 9/16/19 at 8:38 pm
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:31 pm to John Milner
Alabama played in the #1, #3, and #6 most viewed games last season.
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:32 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Please. frick bama and their heartbreak hotel.
Posted on 9/16/19 at 8:32 pm to CBandits82
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you can't blame anything with LSU, we play our games at night when we can, if it was up to us every game is at night, its been this way since inception.
Meh, I don't blame LSU, but we played almost all of our September OOC games at 6 PM or later before SECN too. I don't think we expect all our September games at night, but 1 a year when everyone else seems to get that (other than UGA) seems like a reasonable request.
It is what it is. We gave the network our 2 cents and we'll see if we get some crumbs. If not, oh well, move on.
This post was edited on 9/16/19 at 8:33 pm
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