[SUBuddha]

[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=17600.msg205396#msg205396 date=1507583297]
Sixth man... that's a good point, and I think one that Shaw himself has made.

I think the problem is true as that may be, we are arguing against geography.  As long as the sun sets in the west (and the Pac-12 remains in the west), games in the Pac-12 time zones will be shifted late.

BC

True, but why do *so many* games need to be shifted *so late*? This weekend's conference games have one "early" game starting at 4 Eastern, one starting at 8 Eastern and the rest starting at 9 Eastern or later -- including ours starting at 11 Eastern. I'm near Chicago so it's an hour better but still tests my dedication to catch the game and you can't expect the typical East Coast non-Stanford fan to care. Not all of those will get prime time treatment. I couldn't find the Stanford vs. Utah game on TV and so went to bed after refreshing the game thread here for a while.

Northwestern vs. Penn State was here last weekend and started at 11 am local time. Couldn't we go back to having more afternoon games for the Pac 12 instead of skewing so much to evening games?
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The only problem I have with the early games is my wife holds a low opinion of me drinking before 11am.

[SUBuddha]

[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=17600.msg205396#msg205396 date=1507583297]
Sixth man... that's a good point, and I think one that Shaw himself has made.

I think the problem is true as that may be, we are arguing against geography.  As long as the sun sets in the west (and the Pac-12 remains in the west), games in the Pac-12 time zones will be shifted late.

BC

True, but why do *so many* games need to be shifted *so late*? This weekend's conference games have one "early" game starting at 4 Eastern, one starting at 8 Eastern and the rest starting at 9 Eastern or later -- including ours starting at 11 Eastern. I'm near Chicago so it's an hour better but still tests my dedication to catch the game and you can't expect the typical East Coast non-Stanford fan to care. Not all of those will get prime time treatment. I couldn't find the Stanford vs. Utah game on TV and so went to bed after refreshing the game thread here for a while.

Northwestern vs. Penn State was here last weekend and started at 11 am local time. Couldn't we go back to having more afternoon games for the Pac 12 instead of skewing so much to evening games?
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The only problem I have with the early games is my wife holds a low opinion of me drinking before 11am.