Multiple Husker Game Times Announced For 2019 Season

[seaofred92]

 

 

[knapplc]

Loving most of those times. The S. Alabama game is not surprisingly at 11am, but the rest - great times.

Northern Illinois at 7pm is gonna be a bloodbath. Nobody has forgotten that loss.

 

[Mavric]

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[ColoradoHusk]

My reaction to the Colorado kickoff time?

 

[Caliborn72]

Truly the best kickoff time possible for that Colorado game. Should have a ton of viewers again.

 

[HuskerNation1]

Ugh....why the 11:00 start for the opening game. I have a super long drive and already bought tix assuming the opening game would be at night like it always is. I am sure they didn't want to repeat the fluke that happened last year with the canceled game, but it may will be baking in the heat for a late August day game.

 

[ColoradoHusk]

Ugh....why the 11:00 start for the opening game. I have a super long drive and already bought tix assuming the opening game would be at night like it always is. I am sure they didn't want to repeat the fluke that happened last year with the canceled game, but it may will be baking in the heat for a late August day game.

ESPN grabbed the NU game for that time slot, so blame the TV partners.  Honestly, an 11:00 kickoff may be the best time to avoid the heat which can happen in a day game.  I have been to 2:30 kickoffs for that first game, and there were people passing out in the stands, as peak heat during the summer is 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

 

[Mierin]

Ugh....why the 11:00 start for the opening game. I have a super long drive and already bought tix assuming the opening game would be at night like it always is. I am sure they didn't want to repeat the fluke that happened last year with the canceled game, but it may will be baking in the heat for a late August day game.

I don’t recall opening games always being at night. That seems like a recent thing. 

 

[ColoradoHusk]

I don’t recall opening games always being at night. That seems like a recent thing. 

Looking back at recent schedules, the following openers have been at night:  2013, 2016, 2017, and 2018 (scheduled opener with Akron).  It's more of a recent trend, but I think NU does not like the mid afternoon time slot due to heat factors on Labor Day weekend.

 

[The Maudfather]

Ugh....why the 11:00 start for the opening game. I have a super long drive and already bought tix assuming the opening game would be at night like it always is. I am sure they didn't want to repeat the fluke that happened last year with the canceled game, but it may will be baking in the heat for a late August day game.

After last season's opener getting cancelled, I'm all in on an 11am start time. 

 

[ColoradoHusk]

After last season's opener getting cancelled, I'm all in on an 11am start time. 

It does give the teams more flexibility to delay the start of the game if weather is an issue.

 

[Mierin]

It does give the teams more flexibility to delay the start of the game if weather is an issue.

and maybe this is just my imagination but it seems like that kind of weather happens more often at night. 

 

[ColoradoHusk]

and maybe this is just my imagination but it seems like that kind of weather happens more often at night. 

I think you are correct.  I'm not a meteorologist, but I think most severe weather happens at night due to the mixing of the warm and cool air which can create instability in the atmosphere.

Here is an article from Colorado State University.

https://source.colostate.edu/why-do-thunderstorms-strike-at-night/

 

[HuskerNation1]

I don’t recall opening games always being at night. That seems like a recent thing. 

Well the last 5 or 6 years it's been at night...maybe I just hit this when it began. The night games are helpful so I don't have to get my son out of school, but with 11 AM and an 8 hour drive, he's going to miss some classes as Huskers come first!

 

[Hooked on Huskers]

Black Friday ...... BTN .  No ABC or Fox tradition Iowa game.