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re: Yahoo - Does Alabama have a legitimate gripe about early kickoff times?
Posted on 9/17/19 at 7:40 am to John Milner
Posted on 9/17/19 at 7:40 am to John Milner
Yeah but against cupcakes. How many people are watching those games besides Bama fans who identify with their team as though they play on the team (which is almost all of them)?
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Posted on 9/17/19 at 7:47 am to John Milner
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Alabama played in the #1, #3, and #6 most viewed games last season.
None of those being regular season games.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 8:02 am to CFFreak
LSU playing Vanderbilt at 11:00 Saturday also sucks. LSU should prevail but Vanderbilt is not a cupcake. It's more like a trap game. This is SEC against SEC. Should have been given a better slot.
This post was edited on 9/17/19 at 8:04 am
Posted on 9/17/19 at 8:13 am to ewilliams000
How many times has LSU been on ESPNU or the alternative SEC Network at night? Bama gets the 11am kickoff because they bring the ratings. You can't put a cupcake game on at night on the main networks, so they'll squeeze them into the less desirable, but still on the big network, daytime slot.
Edit: Juts checked, just last season alone LSU had TWO games on ESPNU. Normally a program wouldn't want to appear on that channel, but obviously LSU has conceded that the trade off of more night games is better for them and the fans.
Edit: Juts checked, just last season alone LSU had TWO games on ESPNU. Normally a program wouldn't want to appear on that channel, but obviously LSU has conceded that the trade off of more night games is better for them and the fans.
This post was edited on 9/17/19 at 8:17 am
Posted on 9/17/19 at 8:18 am to TigersRockOn
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No one cares about watching Bama games anymore. That is the reality they live with now.
Obviously it's the opposite. And that's the problem. CBS gets first dibs and they do 2:30 games. They choose the Bama game more often than not, which leaves ESPN to air someone else at night.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 8:19 am to TrueTigerTale
who gives a rat's arse what alabama thinks???? 
Posted on 9/17/19 at 8:19 am to TrueTigerTale
Yahoo just mad LSU faithful told me to frick off with their basketball bullshite. This is personal from forde. shite stirrer
Posted on 9/17/19 at 8:20 am to Nado Jenkins83
Yup. Forde big mad.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 8:21 am to TrueTigerTale
Forde: DR; DV
Posted on 9/17/19 at 8:22 am to Draconian Sanctions
With a bigger neck
Posted on 9/17/19 at 8:27 am to John Milner
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Alabama played in the #1, #3, and #6 most viewed games last season.
Damn dude, those games you're pointing to were end of season games from last year.
Which kinda makes your argument plain stupid.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 8:28 am to SummerOfGeorge
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Meh, I don't blame LSU, but we played almost all of our September OOC games at 6 PM or later before SECN too.
Lets not pretend it is just one or two schools that did this. If you are playing football in the South in September you want that game to start late in the day. Preferably after the sun goes down.
I remember, back in the day, the 11 AM games were filled with either Big 10 or Big East games early in the season. The SEC would start sometime in the mid afternoon.
It isn't hard to see why. Just sitting in a stadium when it is 97 degrees out the and the humidity is higher then you get when you take a shower is a pain. Playing during those conditions is hell. It is why kiddie league sports that play when it is warm either start very early in the morning or in the evening.
Unfortunately we need to fill that 11 AM slot with our network and have a nice selection of afternoon games as well. People tend to tune in more in the afternoon or evening so you put your better games in that time slot. Alabama is a victim of their unappealing early season schedule. You will have that from time to time.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 8:53 am to TrueTigerTale
Bama is a victim of its own success. Too many blowouts so they get the shitty time slots. No one wants to watch Bama hang 40 on a scrub except Bama fans.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 9:04 am to CFFreak
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Yeah but against cupcakes. How many people are watching those games besides Bama fans who identify with their team as though they play on the team (which is almost all of them)?
LSU just played a cupcake (Northwestern State) at home at night on the SEC Network. Do you seriously think many people besides avid LSU fans were watching that game?
Posted on 9/17/19 at 9:12 am to OldPete
Playing at night is tradition for us though. I'd think Alabama, who subject the entire league to a disjointed and unbalanced scheduling format just so they can continue to beat up on Tennessee every year, would understand.
This post was edited on 9/17/19 at 9:27 am
Posted on 9/17/19 at 9:28 am to Draconian Sanctions
I don't have any problem with LSU playing all night games as tradition.
I think you can swap Alabama/USM and Arkansas/SJSU or Alabama/NMSU and UTM/Florida once every few years.
Seems like a reasonable request.
I think you can swap Alabama/USM and Arkansas/SJSU or Alabama/NMSU and UTM/Florida once every few years.
Seems like a reasonable request.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 9:32 am to SummerOfGeorge
NO! After decades of special treatment, the one time they are treated like all of the other teams in the SEC they lose their minds, cry and whine. GET OVER IT BUTTERCUP!
Posted on 9/17/19 at 9:33 am to LSUDonMCO
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one time they are treated like all of the other teams in the SEC
Seriously, can you guys not read?
It's getting confusing why you keep saying things that are in literal opposition to the facts
This post was edited on 9/17/19 at 9:34 am
Posted on 9/17/19 at 9:35 am to SummerOfGeorge
that's all fine and good, just don't bring our night games into this that's all.
Posted on 9/17/19 at 9:37 am to Draconian Sanctions
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that's all fine and good, just don't bring our night games into this that's all.
Pat Forde is an idiot, though
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