Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Explaining BC's start times

We know the Temple game kicks off at noon and the NC State game will be 12:30. That shouldn't be a surprise. As Joe Giglio from the News & Observer pointed out, since the most recent ACC expansion, BC has played the most early games in the conference.

I would say our fanbase has varied opinions on the ideal start time, but it is easy to understand why BC plays so many early games.

-- The 3:30 and night games are primarily the best games in the ACC on any given weekend. Those are the ones that ESPN and ABC fight for. Since 2013, we've been middle of the pack (at best). Our games have rarely had any impact on the overall conference picture.
-- All of our cupcake games start at 1 pm. Some schools might put their non-televised gimme games at night or later in the day. BC put ours at 1 pm. They must see this as the ideal given the challenges with parking, tailgating and noise.
--BC rarely falls into the secondary 3:30 game. Depending on how crowded the ACC schedule is on a given weekend, there can be a regional sports network game at 3:30 pm. BC has played in this game on occasion, but not often. This is actually because we have more value to our TV partners in the earlier noon slot.

Unless we get back in the rankings soon, I think we will continue to play in early games the rest of the season.

20 comments:

STL_eagle said...

Why does Virginia have so many 3 to 4 games?

JBQ said...

BC is a terrible draw. I thought that "the mouse" was brought in to accentuate marketing techniques. Instead, he is just "after the cheese". He cares "nary a wit" about BC or its legacy.

Tim said...

We are tied for fifth in the ACC in most night games. We have played twice as many night games as UNC, NC State, and UVA. We have even played more night games than Virginia Tech. We must be a good prime time draw.

Edward Griffith said...

R-E-G-R-E-S-S-I-O-N !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DAZZLE-NOT has managed to take us back to the beginning of last year.
Losing few and many returning from injury How doe one manage such a feat.
Must be a special talent LOSER.

Geezer eagle said...

I can assure you there is little to no interest in watching BC football here in Georgia.

Thomas said...

Fire Daz and get this guy now. Be ahead of the curve.

https://sports.yahoo.com/12-year-old-meet-countrys-unconventional-young-coach-212251713.html

Geezer eagle said...

If dazoshit loses to Temple, the clown must be terminated with extreme prejudice.

Knucklehead said...

The 11 am start, as I said last week, was a factor in the Purdue performance last week. Whomever agreed to that start time needs to make sure it doesn't happen again.

I don't think anyone is paying attention though.

Tim said...

The Purdue game started at noon, not 11. Purdue is in the same time zone as BC. I was at the game.

https://www.admissions.purdue.edu/visit/timezone.php

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Knucklehead said...

Fuck we are screwed then.

Geezer eagle said...

Mod, so did I .

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Geezer eagle said...

Zero pass defense against Purdue. Good help us.

Geezer eagle said...

God

TGS said...

Khead literally doesn’t know what time it is. The (man?) can’t tell time. What a fuck nut.

Shabby1011 said...

Ohio State just offered BC best recruit, LB from St.X in Ohio. When it rains it’s pours.

Tim said...

He’s from Cleveland St. Ignatius

Knucklehead said...

TGS, Indiana like you goes both ways. Except Indiana cannot decide on a time zone.