Football Times Announced...Mostly.

2011 BGSU Football Schedule

Sept. 1 - at Idaho, 9 p.m.
Sept. 10 - MORGAN STATE, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 - WYOMING, TBA
Sept. 24 - at Miami, 1 p.m.
Oct. 1 - at West Virginia, TBA
Oct. 8 - at Western Michigan, 2 p.m.
Oct. 15 - TOLEDO, Noon (ESPN Regional)
Oct. 22 - TEMPLE, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 29 - at Kent State, 1 p.m.
Nov. 8 - NORTHERN ILLINOIS, 8 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Nov. 16 - OHIO, 8 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Nov. 25 - at Buffalo, TBA

The Athletic Department came up with the game times for the football schedule and announced most of them today.  This always provokes howls of outrage in the Nation, and I predict the same today...and I would have predicted it before I even saw them.  Just how it rolls.

So, let's try to take a look.

The biggest thing that I find difficult, in general, is when the weeknight games are too early.  For me, a 5 or 6 pm kickoff on a weeknight is inconvenient, and I believe it is for many people.  We seem to have avoided that.  In fact, our November home games are all at 8 pm.  +1.

Now, it might be a little c-c-c-c-c-old by 11:30 on a November night at the Doyt, but that's what long underwear is for.  (TMI?) And, I'm not sure it will be that much colder at 11:30 than it would have been at 10:00.

Moving on....

• I completely agree with keeping Wyoming in the dark about the start time.  Who do they think they are anyway?
• Morgan State at night is a good time.  If the weather is good, we could have a nice crowd for that one.