The time zone excuse is not lame because it is a prime time game. You can only adjust practice schedules so much to offset it but when the game ends it will feel like 1:30~2:00 in the morning to our guys. That is a big deal.
It's the exact same time as a 6:30 kickoff in Lincoln.
it's 6:30 Pacific Time, but with the sunlight it would be no different than a 6:30 kickoff here, but that's 8:30 time wise here, so that's no different then ending around 11:30, and it will be lighter out there as well, so it wouldn't feel like 1 or 2 in the morning.