Question about day/night games/UF game time

[sofflavol]

Ive always wondered if the game scheduling is strictly done by the sec office . Was watching the 98 game vs the gators last night on SEC network and it was a night game. I remember the 04 game and 12 game were also. Do the teams get any say in day vs night? Also do some teams primarily prefer playing night games. I feel like if I was a college head coach Id want all my big rivalry games under the lights. Ill hang up and listen

 

[rockytopdevil]

I think TV dictates more than anything else.

 

[bigdaddy]

I think TV dictates more than anything else.

This, CBS has first choice with two weeks they can pick the game late. Then ESPN shuffles the rest. Deer park is the best resource for this.

 

[UTKalum23]

Hoping Texas A&M and Alabama are the CBS game, and Tennessee-Florida will be a night game.

 

[bigdaddy]

Hoping Texas A&M and Alabama are the CBS game, and Tennessee-Florida will be a night game.

Better chance that’s the noon or 4pm ish slot

 

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

Hoping Texas A&M and Alabama are the CBS game, and Tennessee-Florida will be a night game.

May have a better chance at noon. Wasn’t in noon back in the 2014 snoozer?

 

[UTKalum23]

May have a better chance at noon. Wasn’t in noon back in the 2014 snoozer?

Yes it was Noon on SEC Network.

 

[Boca Vol]

OP,

Keep in mind that was way before the SEC Network and the ESPN agreement where nearly every SEC is televised. CBS had the 1st choice back then and there were a couple of weeks where they would have night games. The '99 UF game was at night, as well.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

I think CBS always gets one night game, which is now Bama/LSU, then I think ESPN gets one choice game where they select over CBS. Otherwise I think it’s selcted 13 days out for the 3:30 slot. Deerpark knows the specifics.

 

[bigdaddy]

I think CBS always gets one night game, which is now Bama/LSU, then I think ESPN gets one choice game where they select over CBS. Otherwise I think it’s selcted 13 days out for the 3:30 slot. Deerpark knows the specifics.

Yeah I think it’s one CBS double header and two weeks where they can pick 9 days out or something. No idea when that contract ends

 

[VFL-82-JP]

Simplest version (not 100% accurate, but close enough) goes like this:

• SEC and UT AD set the dates (SEC sets conference games, AD coordinates the OOC matches)
• TV hosts (usually CBS or ESPN) set the times

Every once in a while, ESPN will talk the SEC and AD office into moving a Saturday game forward or back a day or two, say to Thursday evening for example.

But by and large, SEC/AD set the date, and TV host picks the time.

 

[OrangeByBirth]

Essentially, if you want a night game put a good team on the field against a good opponent. Early afternoon games are seen as snoozers and late afternoon games are featured.

 

[bigdaddy]

Essentially, if you want a night game put a good team on the field against a good opponent. Early afternoon games are seen as snoozers and late afternoon games are featured.

I think the 4pm game on ESPN/SEC network is their “worst matchup” time slot

 

[Pruitt Will Do It]

I’ve always wondered if the game scheduling is strictly done by the sec office . Was watching the 98 game vs the gators last night on SEC network and it was a night game. I remember the 04 game and 12 game were also. Do the teams get any say in day vs night? Also do some teams primarily prefer playing night games. I feel like if I was a college head coach I’d want all my big rivalry games under the lights. I’ll hang up and listen

It's whatever matchup CBS and ESPN think will get the best ratings.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

UT UF will be a night game. 7 or 730 ESPN, ESPN 2, or SEC network.

 

[bigdaddy]

I can’t remember but will they wait for 13 days out to announce this game time or will it come earlier? Say around last week of August

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

I can’t remember but will they wait for 13 days out to announce this game time or will it come earlier? Say around last week of August

Usually Monday, 12 days before the game.

 

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

UT UF will be a night game. 7 or 730 ESPN, ESPN 2, or SEC network.

I want to believe this. A first year Florida team would have a hard time under the lights in Neyland.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

I want to believe this. A first year Florida team would have a hard time under the lights in Neyland.

3:30 CBS will be Alabama/Texas A&M I believe. My guess is ESPN2 or SEC network night game.

 

[OleRockyTop]

I think the 4pm game on ESPN/SEC network is their “worst matchup” time slot

At least on the SECN the 4:00 slot seems to occasionally get more interesting matchups I would see the noon slot as their worst matchup slot. Though overall generally if you're on either of those slots on the SECN it's most likely a bad game.

 

[Pruitt Will Do It]

3:30 CBS will be Alabama/Texas A&M I believe. My guess is ESPN2 or SEC network night game.

SEC Network 12:30 pm kickoff is very possible considering how both teams did in 2017

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

SEC Network 12:30 pm kickoff is very possible considering how both teams did in 2017

TV doesn't use previous years to place games in time slots thank God, we'd be 8am.

 

[Pump Guy]

I believe an early game favors the away team and a night game favors the home team.

With an early game, there is less tailgating, the crowds show up later, and are definitely less enthusiastic and I think that translates to team energy. Also, I think the away team is more inclined to wake up and play as where the home team is getting rushed. Whereas at night, now the away team has to wait in a hotel all day while the home team is in their environment and of course not the fans have had all day to get worked up.

The game I remember most was the 2001 Georgia game. It was a big game, but the fans were never in it until the 4th quarter. I thought we were the better team, but the team just lacked energy. That was the "hob-nail boot" call by Larry Munson. I can also remember Kentucky and Vanderbilt games that were early and the crowd was so quite that you could hear the airplanes pulling the signs flying over Neyland.

 

[CasonP]

Assuming the first meeting between Jimbo and Saban as both SEC coaches will be the CBS game, what time slot do you believe Gators at Vols will receive?

 

[vol-un-tear]

I hope it’s a night game but probably 3:30