I'm surprised Delaney hasn't addressed this issue. I understand there is a delicate balancing act of maintaining old traditions and adapting to current trends.
Just my opinion, but the bottom line seems to me that this is an exposure issue. We can't have marquee games missing eyeballs because it's on in the afternoon when some people, (like mrandyk) have to work or have other obligations.
If, say, two years from now, we play Michigan in November (we do) and we're both in the top ten, and say, hypothetically, a #8 Oregon is playing a #14 Stanford, and the Pac 12 game gets the night slot while we get the 2:30 game, that hurts our national exposure level. Which arguably affects recruiting, national perception that either Oregon or Stanford is better than the winner of the NU-Mich game simply because people go with what they see, and if they see a strong Oregon win and miss the highlites of our game they might make snap judgements, as people often do. (And, by proxy, the Pac 12 gets a little surge ahead of our conference just based on what people saw and what they didn't...those things can hurt our conference.)
Delaney is a smart, calculating individual. I am confident he has sound reasons for the decisions he makes. I hope he considers lifting the restriction on November night games. I'm envisioning some future NU-MSU brawl with heavy snow falling at night on national TV, and you know damn well people are going to watch that kind of game. (Southern kids may be turned off by the elements maybe...but if they can't handle a litle inclement weather, how bad do we realy need 'em anyway?)
