[Farm93]

Sat Sept 12 vs UCF 7:30pm
Sat Sept 19 @U$€ 5:00pm
Fri Sept 25 @OSU 7:00pm
Thur Oct 15 vs UCLA @7:30pm


I am so not excited about a 7:30pm kick-off on a Thursday night

I liked all of them. I loved a few of them actually.  September games at night are just better for Stanford Stadium and the warmer climate Pac-12 stadiums.

9/12 - UCF probably will not struggle with the late start, but it won't help them.  This is the closest thing we can do that compares with those Noon Eastern start times that hurt the West Coast teams so much.

USC @5PM means prime time on the East Coast.  It will be hot in SoCal at that time of year, so later is better.  Not sure that is a problem.  In SoCal most families have Saturdays filled with youth activities, but 5PM is late enough that families can go to those events and the game.  Should be a great environment, with cooling temperatures.

The Friday time is always later, 7PM is "only" 10PM on a Friday night on the east coast.  East Coast baseball fans routinely watch their teams play at 10:30PM.  It is part of the deal.  I doubt many will watch the game outside of the Pacific-12 markets, so prime time on the west coast is fine. 

The best time announcement was the 7:30PM for Thursday.  A 5PM game runs the extreme risk of empty stands, but most people around the USA would understand how that could happen. 6PM probably is the worst.  At many places 6PM should enable time to leave work at 5PM and still get to the venue.  The Bay Area is not one of those places, and the empty stands look bad with comments about apathetic fans or whatever.  7:30PM is more similar to the traditional basketball start times, so I suspect most fans can get to the venue for the kickoff.  I hope all of the Pac-12 Thursday games use that same time slot since 5 & 6 PM are hard for USC, UCLA, UCB and Stanford for traffic and/or campus parking reasons.

[Farm93]

Sat Sept 12 vs UCF 7:30pm
Sat Sept 19 @U$€ 5:00pm
Fri Sept 25 @OSU 7:00pm
Thur Oct 15 vs UCLA @7:30pm


I am so not excited about a 7:30pm kick-off on a Thursday night

I liked all of them. I loved a few of them actually.  September games at night are just better for Stanford Stadium and the warmer climate Pac-12 stadiums.

9/12 - UCF probably will not struggle with the late start, but it won't help them.  This is the closest thing we can do that compares with those Noon Eastern start times that hurt the West Coast teams so much.

USC @5PM means prime time on the East Coast.  It will be hot in SoCal at that time of year, so later is better.  Not sure that is a problem.  In SoCal most families have Saturdays filled with youth activities, but 5PM is late enough that families can go to those events and the game.  Should be a great environment, with cooling temperatures.

The Friday time is always later, 7PM is "only" 10PM on a Friday night on the east coast.  East Coast baseball fans routinely watch their teams play at 10:30PM.  It is part of the deal.  I doubt many will watch the game outside of the Pacific-12 markets, so prime time on the west coast is fine. 

The best time announcement was the 7:30PM for Thursday.  A 5PM game runs the extreme risk of empty stands, but most people around the USA would understand how that could happen. 6PM probably is the worst.  At many places 6PM should enable time to leave work at 5PM and still get to the venue.  The Bay Area is not one of those places, and the empty stands look bad with comments about apathetic fans or whatever.  7:30PM is more similar to the traditional basketball start times, so I suspect most fans can get to the venue for the kickoff.  I hope all of the Pac-12 Thursday games use that same time slot since 5 & 6 PM are hard for USC, UCLA, UCB and Stanford for traffic and/or campus parking reasons.