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What time do you prefer the Ohio State football games to start?

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What time (EST) do you prefer the Ohio State football games to start?

  • 12:00 (noon) - Lets' get on with the game.

    Votes: 30 36.6%

  • 3:30 PM - Allows more tailgate (partying) time.

    Votes: 27 32.9%

  • 8:00 PM - It's "Prime Time" baby. Love the national TV audience and hype.

    Votes: 9 11.0%

  • Don't care as long as the Buckeyes win.

    Votes: 14 17.1%

  • Other

    Votes: 2 2.4%
  • Total voters
    82
  • Poll closed .
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Since the poll said 'EST', I assume it's only referring to the last two games of the regular season (and the bowl game), which will be the only ones not using daylight time. :tongue2:
 
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Give me noon. Let's get it over with so I can get back to my regularly scheduled life. I can't do much of anything when dealing with the anticipation, so I end up watching all the other games, which just makes me antsier. I hate night games. Ruins my entire day.
 
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As a student at this wonderful university, I'll say 3:30 games for several reasons.

Saturday morning hangover recovery time is crucial, and jumping out of bed and walking to the stadium and then climbing the hundreds of stairs....well, it's made me question my iron stomach a time or two.

Also, 3:30 allows me pre-game if I so choose and catch some of the early games and get myself a little more pumped up for our game.

Primetime games are great too, I hope I get to experience another before I finally get around to graduating.
 
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Noon. I don't mind 3:30 games either, but it seems like there's more of a selection of games at 3:30, so I can flip through several games at a time. If the Buckeyes are on, I rarely do that. Have the game at noon so I don't get too shit faced too fast and I've got the rest of my Saturday to watch/get caught up on the rest of the days games.
 
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ScriptOhio;974567; said:
Don't care as long as the Buckeyes win.
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I would hope that everyone would take the win over thier prefered start time... kinda sabotages your poll.

I prefer 12:00 early in the year, pre big ten.... 3:30 late in the year... I don't mind an occasional night game, but I'd prefer they be at the shoe so i could go. I like 3:30 during the Big Ten season because it gives me time to get down there, have a couple cocktails, go to the game, then carry the victory celebration right into the evening...

Do you think Holbrook had a hand in our lack of night games at Ohio Stadium...hopefully that changes.
 
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if i'm at the game either 330 or 8 since there is more time to walk around and i can hang out with my cousins who go to osu (i live in florida), if i'm watching it at home, then i love the noon games (11:00 central) then i can just wake up and watch the game.

I'm going to the Wisconsin game and i was pretty pissed when i saw it was gonna be a noon games. I hate going to noon games.
 
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ScriptOhio;974567; said:
12:00 (noon) - Lets' get on with the game.

3:30 PM - Allows more tailgate (partying) time.

8:00 PM - It's "Prime Time" baby. Love the national TV audience and hype.
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12 Noon: Means I gotta get up a little earlier, but the Bucks are on and theres no waiting around for the game to start. One big con is, when drinking in the morning hours, it's difficult to stop drinking after the game if you plan on making it thru the night..

3:30: I have to wait for the game to get going, but I get to sleep in somewhat and after the 3:30 games it's easier to continue partying into the night as the 8:00 games are an hour out.

8:00: Very cool to be prime time and all, but I hate waiting all day. It sucks. Out of the 3, this is my least favorite. Good news is, sleeping in is a non-factor as is the partying.
 
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BuckeyeMike80;974577; said:
Noon...

For one, I'm old-school and love the games to start at a more traditional time. 3:30 isn't a bad time either, but I prefer Noon.
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Old School is 1 and I miss 1 o'clock kickoffs. 12 is too soon and 3:30 is too late and I seriously worry about crowd control for night games... see Penn State Pike house YouTube story.

Some folks get seriously wrapped up in stupidity once they get a day's worth of liquid loudmouth in 'em.
 
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I prefer the 3:30 games... I think the noon games are for schools or games nobody cares about....

It allows time to sleep in get some things done. Ample time to pre-game.... A LOT

I also like games in late fall when the lights come on after half time.... There is just something special about that and seeing the lights reflect off those beautiful silver helmets.....
 
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Old School here too. I miss the 1:00-2:30 start times. Since I am from Dayton and I like to go to as many home games as possible it is very hard to get up here and get a good tailgating spot, start drinking, set up everything, cook and eat before tearing most of it down to go the game if it's starts at noon (and you can't go out late on Friday). 3:30 is defintely more relaxed but then you must prepare for drinking into the evening and if you think you're going to make it out after getting back home forget it especially on a hot day. And most of the good games are on later now so unless you have a satellite you can't watch any games waiting for ours to start (thanks in part to the BTN).
 
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