Syracuse Football No Longer Does It At Noon
by Sean Keeley on Jun 4, 2010 1:34 AM EDT
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For the last few years, few teams have dominated the Saturday Noon EST slot the way Syracuse has. Whether it was the Not-So-Big-East-Game-Of-The-Week or the ESPN2 Pam Ward Special, the Orange always had a knack for showing up at that most undesirable TV timeslot.
While many SU fans hope the results from this season's games are different than years past, at least they can take comfort in knowing that many of the timeslots the Orange will play in are already a little bit different.
The Orange football team kicks off the 2010 campaign at Akron on September 4. Kickoff is set for 6:00 p.m. and the game will be carried live on ESPN3. SU opens at home against Maine on September 18 at 7:15 p.m. in the Carrier Dome. The following week the Orange will host Colgate (September 25) with a 3:30 pm kick off time.
ESPN3, in case you missed it, is the new name for ESPN360. So don't get excited and think you're going to find the Orange on your TV those weekends.
Of course, this doesn't mean the Orange are out of the nooner-woods yet. There's still a lot of games to be scheduled and many of them will surely send SU back to the timeslot of doom. That above t-shirt (which is available now!) might still come in handy.
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The casual fan is way more likely to go to those two games now.
Because they dont have to give up their nice fall days.
Within the last month or so.
I’m still waiting for ESPN 8, the Ocho
by moosedontbounce on Jun 4, 2010 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
the noon start bothered me less....
…than hearing Pam Ward do the games. Pam Ward always equaled “crap football game.” It saddened me when her voice became associated with our team, because that – more than the 2-10 records – signaled to me that we had officially hit rock bottom.
"(BARF)" - Donovan McNabb, during his game winning drive against Virginia Tech in 1998
I actually don't mind Pam Ward
It’s just that I associate her with awfulness.
"(BARF)" - Donovan McNabb, during his game winning drive against Virginia Tech in 1998
Not too much of a backhanded compliment
“It’s not that I don’t like you. I just associate you with death, disease, and disappointment. Oh, and body odor.”
This is
Good news for those of us who have long drives to the games, but still wish to partake in some tailgating. Nothing worse than setting your alarm for 6:30 am so you can drive two hours to drink beer in a parking lot at 9:30. The fiance just loves that.
by Russianator on Jun 4, 2010 10:32 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Night games...
are preferable for driving up from Washington… Don’t have to leave on Friday.
Orange you glad it's not football season?
Washington
should also be a late afternoon game (or maybe even a night game) for those of us living in the Cuse. Time zones are a confusing, wonderous and frightning thing and I think they’re best expalined by Doc Brown
“1.21 Gigawatts!”
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