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Oregonian? We don't need no stinking Oregonian!

  1. 1) Play early
  2. 2) Play late
  3. 3) Play non-conference games in November
  4. 4) Adopt the pod system
  5. 5) Play the day before Labor Day
  6. 6) Play the day before Thanksgiving

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With the divisions no longer meaningful and the media rights negotiations upcoming, this is the time for the conference to get...

 

I don't like the 9 am games. it hurts us by putting an onerous burden on our teams that no other conferences have to endure.

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Yeah, no 9:00 AM games.  I live in Eugene and I don't want to go to a 9:00 AM game.  College kids won't be there either.  The kids most likely to go to football games will have been drinking until 2-3 AM.

Let's see. The PAC-12 already has night games, sometimes as many as 4 on a  Saturday night. Most fans attending the games (and some of us watching at home) don't like them--I hate them. I will watch Duck games that are on at night, but not any other games.

 

The day before Thanksgiving at 5 pm? Uh, no. Believe it or not, a lot of people are still preparing for Thanksgiving the day before.

 

The day before Labor Day? I might watch then, but I like to spend Labor Day weekend at home--not sure those going camping, to the beach, mountains, etc. are looking to watch a football game.

 

While I would be fine with a 9 am game, since I live in Eugene and am an early bird, I certainly understand why it would not be a good time for most fans attending the game.

 

 

Anne I'm talking about the players who have to get up really early I believe around 3am to be prepared. That's 2 much off their normal schedules to promote excellence on the field, last year at tOSU was an outlier.

On a personal note, living GA as a duck fan, I hate the 7-8pm start times. It makes me a grumpy Gus the next few days after staying up past 2am to watch OBD.

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