Fewer 11am Kickoffs in B1G

Updated on Saturday, June 4th, 2011 at 10:13 pm in Football.

Fewer 11am Kickoffs in B1G

11:00am central time kickoffs have been a part of Big Ten football for quite some time, and most of the league’s conference games have been played in that window in recent years.

The reason for that was due to ESPN/ABC having the exclusive 2:30pm central kick window…but that is no longer exclusive property to those networks, which means you are going to see 2:30 kickoffs appear on the Big Ten Network (or BTN, since they changed their name to that acronym this past week).

The 2:30 games I have been to have seemed to have an extra ‘buzz’ to them. That could be figurative and literal, as the later starting time allows tailgaters more time to do what it is they choose to do…it also makes it easier on folks traveling to Kinnick who live a few hours away so they don’t have to leave their houses at 5am…or earlier in some instances.

For those of you that don’t make it to Kinnick on a regular basis for whatever reason, and you take the day to watch as many Big Ten games as you can, this will be a benefit, too. The league won’t have to load up with so many 11am games, spreading the weekly schedule out across more television ‘windows’.

What do you think of the likelihood of fewer 11am starts and more 2:30 starts for home games at Kinnick? Sound off below.

Tags: hawkeye football

Jp_bigboi

Sounds great to me. Means I don’t have to get up as early as much, considering I live in des moines
Iaair

i don’t mind 11am games like i used to, but 230 games are great!!
TecmoSuperHawk

As I commented in the Football forum, I think this is great for a number of reasons. It made no sense for the BTN to load up with 5 or sometimes 6 games at 11am while Eastern Michigan @ Ohio State was in an exclusive window at 2:30.

I think this means we will see either the Tn Tech, Pitt or La-Monroe game be a 2:30 start when in year’s past they would likely have been 11am. Would love Tn Tech to be a 2:30 start so at least people in the West grandstands get shade through the game and don’t have to get scorched that day.
Donlund

I always like the 11 am games…Since I live in North Liberty I can be at the ramp at 9 am, tailgate, go in at 10:30, watch the game and hopefully be out at 2:30, tailgate until 4:30 and get home or go to a bar and watch the 2:30 games

The 2:30 start means missing most of the 11 o’cock games
Rongust

I always liked the early games. I live 2 hours away, getting to parking lot by 8am and still making it home by 7pm
Mjlyons63

The lurch & weeble r so full of themselves & full of crap
r. gustafson

i like the 11am games better then 2:30 they get over earlier in the day and gives me more time to do things after it is over
Kaorigaoka

I live on Saipan which is about 120 miles north of Guam. I say, the later the better. I really hate to get up at 4 a.m. to watch games
AZ Hawk missing Kinnick

I always liked the 11:00 a.m. kickoffs and have felt that the Hawks played well in games that started in that time slot. I’m an early riser and always liked that early-morning drive from Des Moines, getting to Iowa City in time for breakfast before the game. And the game was over before the really hot part of the afternoon in September, and before it gets dark and cooler in November. Now that I live in Arizona, the 11 am games are nice because I can watch two more FB games on TV after watching the Hawks!
NileK

Awesome! More fun at Kinnick with friends and loved ones.
bwsmoney

spread the games out so’s I can watch them

as for games at Kinnick, I liked the old 1:05 kicks, before TV dictated all

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