Utah State Gametime

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Dave1967 said:
I doubt that very strongly. This has SEC Game of the Week written all over it.
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Eh, I doubt it. The past few years Utah State has gained a lot more recognition. Temple vs. Vanderbilt or Idaho vs Florida seem to be more likely candidates IMO.
 
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PassedOutAwake said:
Every schedule thats out says August 30th, which is a Saturday
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It doesn't matter. It was the same in '04 on all the schedules, but they later changed the date. Or maybe it was when we played Wyoming in Nashville. Anyways, I'm not saying they will do that this time, but it's happened before.
 
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bet there will be a lot of peeved season ticket holders, and I will be one. I do not relish a 6 hr drive home in Monday traffic with all the mountain holiday tourists. Home on Sunday is a better option. C'mon Mr Haslam & skybox patrons- stop the madness if true....keep it Saturday.
 
#35
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I know we played on Sunday night about eight or 10 years ago and I believe it was against UNLV. Since it's Labor Day weekend that would be great. We would be the only game on that Sunday night so anybody watching college football would be watching us!! I know it will be inconvenient for a lot of people and I hate that but the exposure would be unreal. Everybody watching 102,455 in orange screaming their lungs out! You can't buy that kind of advertisement and publicity
 
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ncvol17 said:
bet there will be a lot of peeved season ticket holders, and I will be one. I do not relish a 6 hr drive home in Monday traffic with all the mountain holiday tourists. Home on Sunday is a better option. C'mon Mr Haslam & skybox patrons- stop the madness if true....keep it Saturday.
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Like some cheese with that? :)
 
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Couple things here... and let's agree the game is on Sunday Night. 1) Huge exposure, for a Trap Game, anyone want to see us try out all of our new "weapons", O-Line, D-Line, and Secondary on the ONLY TV stage available for said recruits, beat writers, and media ? 2) Its a lose/lose proposition, if we win, will it be by enough points ? 3) Will it be a packed House, or will the Fanbase as usual not show up for an out of Conf. game ? 4) Will the students even be on Campus ? (Not that they show up anyway). Just some questions....
 
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Rock33 said:
Couple things here... and let's agree the game is on Sunday Night. 1) Huge exposure, for a Trap Game, anyone want to see us try out all of our new "weapons", O-Line, D-Line, and Secondary on the ONLY TV stage available for said recruits, beat writers, and media ? 2) Its a lose/lose proposition, if we win, will it be by enough points ? 3) Will it be a packed House, or will the Fanbase as usual not show up for an out of Conf. game ? 4) Will the students even be on Campus ? (Not that they show up anyway). Just some questions....
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I think the since the next day is labor day people won't worry about work the next morning and since it is a night game the crowd will be packed, rowdier, and louder than a regular noon opener. USU is also a better team than a usual season opener. The fans will be pumped to see our newcomers and we are hungry for wins. I think Sunday night would give us more exposure and a packed, rowdy stadium.
 
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Rock33 said:
Couple things here... and let's agree the game is on Sunday Night. 1) Huge exposure, for a Trap Game, anyone want to see us try out all of our new "weapons", O-Line, D-Line, and Secondary on the ONLY TV stage available for said recruits, beat writers, and media ? 2) Its a lose/lose proposition, if we win, will it be by enough points ? 3) Will it be a packed House, or will the Fanbase as usual not show up for an out of Conf. game ? 4) Will the students even be on Campus ? (Not that they show up anyway). Just some questions....
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At one point Utah st was favored to win. Not sure if so now. Regardless it's not really a "trap" game.

First game of the season at night in Neyland and you are questioning if it's going to be a weak showing because of a non conf? It's going to be a freak show, dude. Come on.

Who cares if we win by 1? Don't get me wrong, smashing them would be great. Regardless of how much, it will be nice to get started right w a win on a national stage w Neyland rocking.
 
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#44
This is good news if true.. I am much louder at games when I have had the extra drinking time, well whole stadium is, love night games :) plus everyone in the nation will see us whoop dat arse!
 
#45
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I'm not in favor of a Sunday game, but that's for a selfish reason. Mainly, the free lodging I get for game days would be unavailable as friend would be out of town then.

On the other take, I'd be for it because, because, well because I have a conspiracy theory. It goes like this:

Whispers and mummurings in my admittedly crazed mind have grasped onto a vision felt more than seen. The Butch is an exciting, fresh, dynamic addition to the SEC. Tennessee is a traditional fixture of the same. That Butch is showing himself to becoming a force to be reckoned with. Old Slive welcomes this, makes great marketing, bucking the trend of certain declines in college football.

The Jonesian Juggernaut yet slumbering but stirring into wakefulness, excites even those beyond the SEC. They want the real Orangemen back. It means big revenue to play a strong Tennessee no matter where the game is played. And Jones himself is a joy to watch, putting the Butch on display is whip cream atop an orange cake with a banana slices interior.

It's a gamble as USU could possibly backfire. But the game reeks of an orange sun rising. A chance for the nation to see the Butch shake the Jonesian Juggernaut fully out of its slumber. And take the first unsteady steps down Championship Boulevard. Thudding footfalls, not heard for a decade. Grunts, deep resounding breaths like a great engine revving into life, ready to seek adventure. Stopping briefly to stretch. Orange eyes flash as if remembering something, something unpleasant, something that angers it. When fully awake by the 2nd half, it flings USU aside and lets out a terrible roar as the memory comes fully forth. "Roll the Tide back!" it roars. With thundering stomps, it hambugerizes the Aggies. Across the nation, friends and foes alike look on in wonder.
"Roll the Tide back!" it roars again.

The Butch steps in front of the orange giant, grabs a megaphone and tells it, "The Saban Savages are coming to Neyland to ravage it. They're dragging along the critter you know as. . . . Knowing immediately who the Butch is referring to, it roars yet again. Shaking Neyland almost into collapse. Which cues the Aggies to leave town immediately. Therein lies the basis of a Sunday game. Slive wants the world to witness the orange giant arise from its long time slumber and take its first lethgaric steps down Championship Boulevard.
"I got a One Liner King", says Slive. "I got the Devil himself. "I got the Louisiana Lunkhead, a perpetual Freeze. I got a gushing Gus and a man without a will. I got a Badger who morphed into a hog and a Mullen without a mullet. But it's the Butch we need now.
So it's Sun Day for a reason.

An orange sun breaches the high walls of Neyland. The beams probe the windows of offices at the UT. One finds the profile it's seeking. The Butch turns his face into the beam and smiles wickedly, or is it a snarl? "It's Sun Day", he whispers, "It's Orange Sun Day."
 
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WoodsmanVol said:
I'm not in favor of a Sunday game, but that's for a selfish reason. Mainly, the free lodging I get for game days would be unavailable as friend would be out of town then.

On the other take, I'd be for it because, because, well because I have a conspiracy theory. It goes like this:

Whispers and mummurings in my admittedly crazed mind have grasped onto a vision felt more than seen. The Butch is an exciting, fresh, dynamic addition to the SEC. Tennessee is a traditional fixture of the same. That Butch is showing himself to becoming a force to be reckoned with. Old Slive welcomes this, makes great marketing, bucking the trend of certain declines in college football.

The Jonesian Juggernaut yet slumbering but stirring into wakefulness, excites even those beyond the SEC. They want the real Orangemen back. It means big revenue to play a strong Tennessee no matter where the game is played. And Jones himself is a joy to watch, putting the Butch on display is whip cream atop an orange cake with a banana slices interior.

It's a gamble as USU could possibly backfire. But the game reeks of an orange sun rising. A chance for the nation to see the Butch shake the Jonesian Juggernaut fully out of its slumber. And take the first unsteady steps down Championship Boulevard. Thudding footfalls, not heard for a decade. Grunts, deep resounding breaths like a great engine revving into life, ready to seek adventure. Stopping briefly to stretch. Orange eyes flash as if remembering something, something unpleasant, something that angers it. When fully awake by the 2nd half, it flings USU aside and lets out a terrible roar as the memory comes fully forth. "Roll the Tide back!" it roars. With thundering stomps, it hambugerizes the Aggies. Across the nation, friends and foes alike look on in wonder.
"Roll the Tide back!" it roars again.

The Butch steps in front of the orange giant, grabs a megaphone and tells it, "The Saban Savages are coming to Neyland to ravage it. They're dragging along the critter you know as. . . . Knowing immediately who the Butch is referring to, it roars yet again. Shaking Neyland almost into collapse. Which cues the Aggies to leave town immediately. Therein lies the basis of a Sunday game. Slive wants the world to witness the orange giant arise from its long time slumber and take its first lethgaric steps down Championship Boulevard.
"I got a One Liner King", says Slive. "I got the Devil himself. "I got the Louisiana Lunkhead, a perpetual Freeze. I got a gushing Gus and a man without a will. I got a Badger who morphed into a hog and a Mullen without a mullet. But it's the Butch we need now.
So it's Sun Day for a reason.

An orange sun breaches the high walls of Neyland. The beams probe the windows of offices at the UT. One finds the profile it's seeking. The Butch turns his face into the beam and smiles wickedly, or is it a snarl? "It's Sun Day", he whispers, "It's Orange Sun Day."
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Did you forget to take your meds?

I laughed lol
 
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#49
I hope that its not true college football is supposed to be on Saturday. For me Sunday is the Lords day not football and I'll be in church that day. If its true I hope neylands empty on that sunday.
 
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ncvol17 said:
bet there will be a lot of peeved season ticket holders, and I will be one. I do not relish a 6 hr drive home in Monday traffic with all the mountain holiday tourists. Home on Sunday is a better option. C'mon Mr Haslam & skybox patrons- stop the madness if true....keep it Saturday.
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The Haslam's, skybox patrons, big-money donors, school admin, board of regents, SEC office, have ZERO say in the matter. If whomever has TV rights says it's moving to Sunday, then we're playing on Sunday.
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