Did Gator Bowl push Sugar Bowl out of prime time?

[SteelBowl70]

4pm seemed like an odd start time and it gives officials 4 hours less to secure everything. Then I saw the Gator was already scheduled for 8. Did ESPN dictate the 4pm slot for TV?

 

[ThePanthers]

Teams asked for an earlier kick off time

 

[happjack]

Teams asked for an earlier kick off time

They wanted the early kickoff since the winner plays a week from today.

 

[upj87]

4pm seemed like an odd start time and it gives officials 4 hours less to secure everything. Then I saw the Gator was already scheduled for 8. Did ESPN dictate the 4pm slot for TV?

No...

 

[DruidTM]

They wanted the early kickoff since the winner plays a week from today.

Makes sense

 

[upj87]

They wanted the early kickoff since the winner plays a week from today.

four and a half hours? does not seem to jive with the NFL's logic of the Lions/Vikings game being the Sunday night game this week...Me thinks this was more of a local law enforcement/government decision based on a reasons they did not feel the need to divulge to the Lair..

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

four and a half hours? does not seem to jive with the NFL's logic of the Lions/Vikings game being the Sunday night game this week...Me thinks this was more of a local law enforcement/government decision based on a reasons they did not feel the need to divulge to the Lair..

They wanted to get out of there and get a home at a reasonable hour to start preparing for PSU, which essentially has a bye week to prepare.

 

[upj87]

They wanted to get out of there and get a home at a reasonable hour to start preparing for PSU, which essentially has a bye week to prepare.

I don't think "they", whoever that may be, is calling the time of day scheduling decisions in the city of New Orleans right now.....

 

[wbrpanther]

4pm seemed like an odd start time and it gives officials 4 hours less to secure everything. Then I saw the Gator was already scheduled for 8. Did ESPN dictate the 4pm slot for TV?

I think that lunatic in that truck was more responsible.

 

[jtownknowitall]

How many people had to get out of New Orleans yesterday? While getting out at 9:00 at night is not ideal, it’s better than 1:00 AM.

 

[wbrpanther]

How many people had to get out of New Orleans yesterday? While getting out at 9:00 at night is not ideal, it’s better than 1:00 AM.

Good point.