Alabama @ Tennessee game time question

[VOLnFLA]

Why isn't this possible top 5 match up not at 730 or 8? Does anyone understand or know why this is?

 

[Freak]

Why isn't this possible top 5 match up not at 730 or 8? Does anyone understand or know why this is?

Because CBS at 3:30 gets the first pick.

 

[BigOrangeLoyalist]

3:30 CBS gets the most views?

 

[The Ron Mexico]

UT specifically requested a day game so we can see Ala****’s tears after the complete annihilation of their football program happens Saturday.

 

[VOLnFLA]

3:30 CBS gets the most views?

It does? I'm confused with ur question mark on the end. Is that ur guess or ur telling me?

 

[VOLnFLA]

Because CBS at 3:30 gets the first pick.

Ok thank u sir

 

[BigOrangeLoyalist]

It does? I'm confused with ur question mark on the end. Is that ur guess or ur telling me?

It is my guess, lol. I think it does, usually. But Freak is correct - it’s also CBS’ first pick.

 

[Boston Vol]

Why isn't this possible top 5 match up not at 730 or 8? Does anyone understand or know why this is?

CBS always has first pick. They’re only allowed to air one prime time game per year. They chose Bama/A&M this week as that game.

 

[EaglesVols91]

Glad I’ll be at the game so I don’t have to listen to Gary Danielson slobber all over Bama

 

[joevol33]

UT specifically requested a day game so we can see Ala****’s tears after the complete annihilation of their football program happens Saturday.

What a beautiful sight this will be.

 

[The Ron Mexico]

What a beautiful sight this will be.

Watching Ala**** lose in my late forties is the equivalent of getting a Transformer and a new Atari game at the same Christmas when I was 8.

 

[VOLnFLA]

Glad I’ll be at the game so I don’t have to listen to Gary Danielson slobber all over Bama

Me too. I can't freaking wait. I'm taking a buddy with me who's Brazilian and only been into soccer. I got him into watching Tennessee games with me this year and so he wanted to go to a game. He has no idea what he is in for.

 

[ttocswob]

Glad I’ll be at the game so I don’t have to listen to Gary Danielson slobber all over Bama

Stuck at home, but with a radio.

 

[EZE]

Because CBS at 3:30 gets the first pick.

Those pesky contracts.

 

[SmashMouth]

I turn the TV sound off for the CBS 3:30 game and stream the play by play radio call from the Vol Network.
Cant listen to the CBS donkeys lick all over Saban and Bama.

 

[Smokey7]

I hate having the TV on mute....thanks Gary

 

[mallardvol]

I’m over CBS.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

Me too. I can't freaking wait. I'm taking a buddy with me who's Brazilian and only been into soccer. I got him into watching Tennessee games with me this year and so he wanted to go to a game. He has no idea what he is in for.

Those soccer fans are crazy. He’ll take to it like a fish to water, I’d wager.

 

[TrueOrange]

Why isn't this possible top 5 match up not at 730 or 8? Does anyone understand or know why this is?

CBS gets first pick. They own the 3:30 pm timeslot for that weekend.

They have two weekends that can be designated doubleheaders, but they contractually have to do so in March before the season starts. This year they chose to designate this weekend as their afternoon/evening doubleheader (for which they chose the Auburn-Georgia and Texas A&M-Alabama games, respectively) and the weekend of November 12 for their noon/afternoon doubleheader.


(Technically CBS has moved, at most, a very few games to an evening (7PM) timeslot. However, they had to go into negotiations with ESPN and give them a whole bunch in return to do it…so it’s not something one should expect them to do again.)