Is ND at 2:30 or 3:30?
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Ok, but just curious, why? I always thought their games started at 3:30. I may leave for the game early morning and it gives me 1 less hour
There home games have been at 2:30pm Eastern Time, for like, well EVER.
As someone said -- why is this even a thread???????????????????
As someone said -- why is this even a thread???????????????????
ND games are usually at 3:30pm est but for the first time in my memory they are doing two 2:30pm est starts this year including Pitt. No one really said why the change has occurred, but many think it was so the game does not start and end at the same time as other games so that more people would hopefully tune in for the second half of the game while the other games that start at 3:30pm est are at halftime.
Why? Because like every other big school in the country they play when the television people tell them to play. And apparently NBC said 2:30.
Channel 11 requested it so the game would not run over and preempt the Jerome Bettis Show.
gee, if there were only some form of technology available to provide that answer to you...maybe some day.
Yea I checked all that. I wanted to see if it was correct because I never remember ND having a 2:30 kick. I remember one year I was out there and it was a 2:30 local time kick but 3:30 back here because of some crazy thing they did with daylight savings.
uh, ya, ok...that silly "all times eastern"( post google "pitt vs notre dame" search) stipulation throws me off too in its complexity. Like, Eastern what? Like Europe? East Dakota? ...good thing the folks on the lair were there for you.
I'm going to follow the same strategy I had for the Clemson game. Not watch. I did other things that day and wandered into the house, no joke, flicked on the tv during the possession for the game winning FG. I was astonished. I hope it works again tomorrow
Was wondering if South Bend was eastern or central time zone... and I see it's just barely eastern, looks to be a stone's throw away from central.
Side note, all this time I didn't even realize until recently that all of Alabama, most of Tennessee and even part of Western Florida is central time zone.
Side note, all this time I didn't even realize until recently that all of Alabama, most of Tennessee and even part of Western Florida is central time zone.
What a classic BS Notre Dame response. They play the game at 2:30 to get a jump on the 3:30 games, particularly when it is not a marquee matchup. NBC chooses the game time.
From a Notre Damer's perspective, what time is it safe to put kid in a scissor lift during a windstorm?
It was one of the very few games I didn’t dvr, expecting it to be unwatchable. I may do this too. 2 times only when I went into a pitt football game with 0% chance of a win. Clemson and wvu in ‘07.
Yeah people don't realize, Pensacola Florida is on the same latitude line as Chicago, while Pittsburgh is on the same latitude line as Miami.
Really? I would swear that Pensacola is quite a distance south of South Bend. Longitude I would agree with...
Now time zones in Indiana used to be crazy. Some of Indiana is still central time zone. But in the past, daylight savings was county by county. That made it difficult to know what time it really was.
I know that time question has been answered, but it’s a little funky for us since the game is in South Bend (EST) while we’re staying in Valpo (CST). Never had that happen before.
This is not even close to the truth. 4 home games last year at 3:30 Eastern time, 0 at 2:30. 2016, 5 home games at 3:30, 0 at 2:30.
Yes, if you live in CST, I guess technically you are correct. South bend is EST hence you refer to local time.
I wonder if that makes a big impact on Middle School and HS scheduling of sports in those areas.
Makes sense
Too bad it’s not noon eastern to assure being able to watch the other games completely.
1:30 PM central time which means 2:30 PM Eastern time.
ND home games have traditionally started at that time for day time contests. They can do this because there is only 1 game on the network that televises the Irish home games.
I like 1:30 PM eastern starting times. Wish PITT was able to regulate that kickoff time for most home games.
ND home games have traditionally started at that time for day time contests. They can do this because there is only 1 game on the network that televises the Irish home games.
I like 1:30 PM eastern starting times. Wish PITT was able to regulate that kickoff time for most home games.
I just turned NBC on and the GT v Duke game is on. 5:00 left in the 3rd, and scheduled to end at 3:30 EST. The Pitt v ND game is showing at 3:30 on my TV.
