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Are 2:30PM Games A Better Starting Time Than A Night Time Start?

Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:09 pm
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
114047 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:09 pm
I know Saturday Night in Tiger Stadium is a tradition, but it seems like people are more likely to leave earlier during a night game. If it is a 7PM starting time, after spending all day drinking, by half-time people start getting tired and they don't want to think about having to sit in traffic for 2 hours after the game so they leave early, etc.

But at 2:30PM kickoffs, like yesterday, I noticed there wasn't a mass exit. In the first quarter I started thinking "damn, people are going to probably start leaving earlier than usual", but luckily it was 23-14 at halftime. But with that said, I think with a 2:30PM game, people are not sloppy drunk going into the game and there is something about when night time comes in the 4th quarter and you hear "Ladies and Gentlemen, the sun has found it's home in the western sky and it is now Saturday Night in Tiger Stadium". It brings some energy at a key point of the game instead of right before the game starts, when there is a 7:00PM kickoff.

And people are not as worried about sitting in traffic when a game ends at 6:30PM than when it ends at 10:30PM. Is it just me, or does anyone else like the 2:30PM starts?
Posted by VermilionTiger
Member since Dec 2012
37613 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:11 pm to
Why the hell do you have to write so damn much in your posts?

No one is reading this shite
Posted by Purplehaze44
Member since Jun 2015
1433 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:11 pm to
No, it's freaking too damn hot. It's almost 100 degrees (even though it's mother fricking October), people will die if they do that too often. I stayed the whole game but many of my friends were on the verge of being sick.
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
18176 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:11 pm to
Never
Posted by Gaspergou202
Metairie, LA
Member since Jun 2016
13504 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:12 pm to
I regret that I have but one down vote to give to this horrible suggestion.

You should promptly go to Sonic and kick your own arse!
Posted by pellietigersaint
Tiger Stadium
Member since Aug 2005
19043 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:13 pm to
I like 230 kicks.

Tailgating in the shade with a W in the bag enjoying the PM games is the best
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
56113 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:14 pm to
Day games are a lot easier on you if you travel a few hours to and from the game. Night games give you a lot more time to tailgate and enjoy the day...and they are not so damn hot.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
56504 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:17 pm to
I love it. My favorite time, then 6, then 11 then 7:39
Posted by NorthEndZone
Member since Dec 2008
11474 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:18 pm to
The TV time slots are mostly 11:00, 2:30, and 6:00 central time. I would like the home games set for 6 since they are moved to there or to 2;30 often.
Posted by Tiger in Texas
Houston, Texas
Member since Sep 2004
20897 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:23 pm to
One tradition that will never change- we are night owls! If it is a great game, people will stay anyway...
Posted by LSUGrad9295
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2007
33561 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:27 pm to
I like 2:30 starts in November when it starts to get cold. Anything before 6:00 before mid-October is a bad idea.
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
17175 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:38 pm to
Never.

LSU home games should always kickoff AFTER 7pm.

I wish there was some way we could refuse to allow these networks to move the kickoff time before 7.
Posted by TedStickles
Member since Feb 2008
1459 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:43 pm to
I like the 2:30 start
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
34831 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:46 pm to
I'm starting to like 2:30 games more and yeah people don't race to the exits in the second half like they do for night games. It's pretty much gotten to where enough people leave late games in the second half regardless of what the score is
Posted by Peazey
Metry
Member since Apr 2012
25418 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:47 pm to
No, Chris.
Posted by Bmath
LA
Member since Aug 2010
18682 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:48 pm to
Not when it is 90+ degrees outside. The weather has actually been very pleasant all year for games, but yesterday the stadium felt like an oven.

I don't really care for 2:30 games because it limits family time in the morning if I want to be able to make it out to the stadium early enough to drink something and see a couple of buddies.
Posted by RawTiger
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2006
1985 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 9:07 pm to
I love the 2:30 kick time! Anytime after mid-October especially!!!
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
28626 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 9:26 pm to
I used to despise 2:30 or other earlier kickoff times but I've grown to appreciate the pros to them enough to make it about even with slight preference to 6:00ish because of tradition, ambience and cooler temps.
Posted by KingwoodLsuFan
Member since Aug 2008
11447 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 9:40 pm to
Didn't read but ask the people on the east side about 2 30 games.
This post was edited on 10/15/17 at 9:41 pm
Posted by Srobi14
South Florida
Member since Aug 2014
3518 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 10:46 pm to
TLDR, but no, night games are better.
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