My Alma Mater, Auburn, is playing South Carolina today. Anyone know why we play today instead of Saturday?
Source: http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/teamSchedule?statsId=75
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2006-09-28 02:19:40 · 11 answers · asked by Wilson Wilson 3 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Simply put. . .COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS AWESOME!!! Every week in college football there are several BIG TIME games that are very important in the national title and conference championship races. Playing games on Thursdays and also other days of the week allows the fans to see more of these great games. In reality it is also a great way for the networks. . mostly ESPN and ABC to make more money and promote their programming as well. Thursday night games are also a way to start off the college football weekend and hype the weekends games. Besides. . . . most of what is on TV these days is complete crap so you might as well have a good football game on. The NFL is crap and the games are virtually meaningless until december so lets cover more college football.
2006-09-28 02:32:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Scheduling and TV time. Schools want to get noticed. Having their games televised is an excellent form of advertising. Playing on Thursday almost guarantees that their team will be on National Television. Having a Saturday game, only guarantees a regional broadcast, due to the amount of games going on.
2006-09-28 02:32:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
8 Cincinnati at #21 South Florida Cincinnati #20 Oklahoma.vs.#3 Texas Oklahoma #4 Virginia Tech at #19 Georgia Tech Virginia Tech #6 USC at #25 Notre Dame USC #11 Iowa at Wisconsin Iowa Texas Tech at #15 Nebraska Texas Tech Missouri at #16 Oklahoma State Oklahoma State #17 Kansas at Colorado Kansas
2016-11-25 00:21:32 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ratings! Its a time slot with no sports in it and Thursday is a somewhat popular night for sports bars and such, so I'd guess this is all about just getting ratings.
2006-09-28 02:22:06 · answer #4 · answered by Poppies_rule 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a few traditional games played on Thanksgiving Day,but all other Thurs. games are all about TV revenue and ratings
2006-09-28 03:31:47 · answer #5 · answered by UK Fan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because every body is free on Thursday.
2006-09-28 02:23:48 · answer #6 · answered by sisa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thursday games are a device to make money for the teams and the TV networks.
2006-09-28 02:21:22 · answer #7 · answered by LoneStar 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Cause there is not anything good on that nite. It also gets you pumped up for thge weekend games.
2006-09-28 02:24:19 · answer #8 · answered by bill s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With so many games on Saturday - you can spotlight ONE game on Thursday evening - PRIMETIME!
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2006-09-28 03:19:27 · answer #9 · answered by Moebuggy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Media scheduling. That's all it is.
Love the avatar btw.
2006-09-28 02:21:59 · answer #10 · answered by Southpaw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋