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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
113946 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
37583 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
1432 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
13496 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
56028 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 pellietigersaint
Tiger Stadium
Member since Aug 2005
19043 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:15 pm to
quote:

I regret that I have but one down vote to give to this horrible suggestion


Tired narrative

Nothing wrong with 230 game. You pussies care more about tailgating than the football game itself anyway
Posted by TBoy@LSU
Member since Sep 2012
5484 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:17 pm to
With the weather we had for Chattanooga, yes. Most years until November, no. Its not necessarily the heat, its the humidity.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
56278 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
11290 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 LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
50811 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:19 pm to
quote:

I like 230 kicks.

Tailgating in the shade with a W in the bag enjoying the PM games is the best


Posted by Tiger in Texas
Houston, Texas
Member since Sep 2004
20874 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
33481 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
17019 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 GeorgeWest
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2013
13083 posts
Posted on 10/15/17 at 8:41 pm to
1. Night games are always better in Sept and Oct in BR.

2. There was no mass exodus mainly because it was our biggest home game, we were big underdogs, and we seemed to be coming back by the end of the Half. You could feel the tide turning late in the 2ndQ and even on defense in the 3rdQ.

LSU showed that we can compete with a good team in 2017.
Posted by TedStickles
Member since Feb 2008
1458 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
34729 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
18668 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.
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