OU-Texas kickoff is 11 a.m.

[badger]

Link (http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/OU/article.aspx?subjectid=92&articleid=20110622_92_0_NRAhsy754706)

[Mad Dog Madsen]

Dang! Less time for me to get drunk and hostile... :rolleyes: ;)

[Lawton4Life]

It sure is tough getting over there for the 11 am start, but I like it better than waiting around for it. Let's kick *** early!

[Ruf/Nek7]

Why is this game not prime time like 7 pm our something?

[The Maestro]

Why is this game not prime time like 7 pm our something?

Never been to the Cotton Bowl for the game I take it?

I hate the early kick in this game. Oh, well.

[badger]

Obligatory reminder of all photos (and some farks) from last year's UT losses :D

Linky (http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144981&highlight=texas)

[Boomer.....]

Why is this game not prime time like 7 pm our something?

Worried about all-day drinking and that place gets a little scary at nights.

[tfoolry]

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[SoonerofAlabama]

Well, thats okay with me. As long as I can watch the game, I am fine with the time it starts.

[pweitkem]

Worried about all-day drinking and that place gets a little scary at nights.

A little scary? That place is terrifying during the day, after the sun sets it would be a guarantee that you get mugged on the way to your car. And yet, I still don't want them to move to another venue.

[Mad Dog Madsen]

Why is this game not prime time like 7 pm our something?

Because we would lose if we played at night... :rolleyes:

[LVSOONER15]

I don't like that early start time. Horrible

[NormanPride]

Good. I hate waiting...

[BoulderSooner79]

Dang! Less time for me to get drunk and hostile... :rolleyes: ;)

You've got all Friday night and Saturday morning.

[tfoolry]

Why is this game not prime time like 7 pm our something?

So texass fans can drive home before it gets dark after getting their arses beat.

[sooner59]

Great. Gonna be hung over for another game in the heat. I hate 11 a.m. OU-tx games.

[soonerchk]

Great. Gonna be hung over for another game in the heat. I hate 11 a.m. OU-tx games.

And you know it's going to be hellahot since last year was pleasant.

[badger]

Why is this game not prime time like 7 pm our something?

Because sucky, non-bowl teams like Texas do not deserve primetime.

I also suspect there's some competition that weekend for the primetime slots with other big matchups. It's a rivalry game, yes, but Texas screwed up big time last year.

[badger]

Look here. (http://espn.go.com/college-football/schedule/_/week/6) That's our competition for primetime slots that weekend.

Here's a few that I think are going to get the late games:

-Ohio State at Nebraska (already announced at 7 p.m. on ABC)
-Florida at LSU (also announced as 7 p.m., possibly CBS since that's the SEC channel)

A few others that stand out:
-Georgia at Tennessee
-Texas A&M at Texas Tech
-Miami (FL) at Virginia Tech
-Auburn at Arkansas
-Iowa at Penn State
-Connecticut at West Virginia

Methinks a few of those so-so matchups and the big time ones bonked us down to 11 a.m. status... or rather, bonked Texas down.

Trivia: Since 2000, OU has been part of a College Gameday site (either as the visiting team or the home team) every season except one year. We all can guess which year that was :mack:

[JLEW1818]

another early morning at Fair park for fans.

we lost the last 2 times we played at 11am

but texas sucks now

[BillyBall]

Good. I hate waiting...

This.

[KantoSooner]

I hope I can watch OU pound Texas like cheap veal and then turn around and watch Nebraska hand Ohio State an *** whupping of biblical proportions. That would pretty much make my day.

[WichitaSooner]

Look here. (http://espn.go.com/college-football/schedule/_/week/6) That's our competition for primetime slots that weekend.

Here's a few that I think are going to get the late games:

-Ohio State at Nebraska (already announced at 7 p.m. on ABC)
-Florida at LSU (also announced as 7 p.m., possibly CBS since that's the SEC channel)

A few others that stand out:
-Georgia at Tennessee
-Texas A&M at Texas Tech
-Miami (FL) at Virginia Tech
-Auburn at Arkansas
-Iowa at Penn State
-Connecticut at West Virginia

Methinks a few of those so-so matchups and the big time ones bonked us down to 11 a.m. status... or rather, bonked Texas down.

Trivia: Since 2000, OU has been part of a College Gameday site (either as the visiting team or the home team) every season except one year. We all can guess which year that was :mack:

Actually the tv networks have tried to get the RRS on prime time for YEARS.... but both schools always veto it...

and 2:30 is the regional slot, so the game usually ends up in the 11am slot since it's the national broadcast. Last year texas sucked donkey balls so we got 'relegated' to the regional 2:30 slot....

[JLEW1818]

how long b4 an "OU-Texas should be a 7pm game" thread?

[Ruf/Nek7]

Never been to the Cotton Bowl for the game I take it?

I hate the early kick in this game. Oh, well.

Nah I went 3 out the 4 years when I was student. 2 of the 3 were @ 11. Its pain getting out there from Ft. Worth that early....think it may get some later kickoffs when it moves to the Boss Hog bowl?

[WichitaSooner]

Nah I went 3 out the 4 years when I was student. 2 of the 3 were @ 11. Its pain getting out there from Ft. Worth that early....think it may get some later kickoffs when it moves to the Boss Hog bowl?

Lol... it's not moving to the spaceship... it'll go home and home before that happens... and we are locked into the cotton bowl until at LEAST 2015 currently.

[JLEW1818]

Lol... it's not moving to the spaceship... it'll go home and home before that happens... and we are locked into the cotton bowl until at LEAST 2015 currently.

or if texas quits

[SoonerBacker]

More time for Victory Celebrations!

[Breadburner]

Love early games...Night games suck......

[Breadburner]

I hope I can watch OU pound Texas like cheap veal and then turn around and watch Nebraska hand Ohio State an *** whupping of biblical proportions. That would pretty much make my day.

I hope Nebraska gets their *** handed to them....

[GrapevineSooner]

Ever since Norm Hitzges went on his rant about the start time not being known until a week before the game, it seems the start time gets announced earlier and earlier every year.

[LakeRat]

Obligatory reminder of all photos (and some farks) from last year's UT losses :D

Linky (http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144981&highlight=texas)

This is a great thread.

[The Maestro]

Love early games...Night games suck...I don't drink...

Fixed

[LostCreekSooner]

I hate 1100... Although I have learned to get up early... Start drinking early... And then eating a burger at 1030 seems ok.

[LostCreekSooner]

Fixed

Good one.

[Big D Sooner]

I love 11 o'clock games. Get up, get to the fair, shake off the hangover, get a couple of corny dogs in me, watch OU kick the **** out of Texas, and get back to the hotel in plenty of time to take a nap, watch more football, and get trashed again.

Sounds like a glorious day.

[Ruf/Nek7]

Lol... it's not moving to the spaceship... it'll go home and home before that happens... and we are locked into the cotton bowl until at LEAST 2015 currently.

Don't underestimate Jerry Jones' power aka Money!

[SoonerPride]

Don't underestimate Jerry Jones' power aka Money!

Dodds has stated emphatically that it's either @ the Fair or home and home.

Pretty much a closed case.

[WichitaSooner]

Dodds has stated emphatically that it's either @ the Fair or home and home.

Pretty much a closed case.

OU hasn't made an 'official' statement about it, but I can tell you it's a closed case from our side too....

[Ruf/Nek7]

Dodds has stated emphatically that it's either @ the Fair or home and home.

Pretty much a closed case.

We shall see ;)

[C&CDean]

I'd like to kickoff at 0600. Get if the **** over. I die at least 5K deaths every OU/TX game.

[Soonerus]

This year it will make for a full day of rioting....

[JLEW1818]

any chance that texas does not fill their side?

2 early losses to BYU and @ UCLA could make things interesting.

i know this was not the case last year, but 2 years in row of preseason fail could do it...

[d.stOUgh]

I don't like that early start time. Horrible

I hate it too because if OUr Sooners run up the score, they'll cut to another game!

I wanna see ALL of it!

[oudavid1]

This is f***ing stupid. Im sick of this sh**. 230pm. Its not that hard. F*** those idiots.

[badger]

I remember the first time OU-Texas was kicking off at 11 a.m., I was still in band and for once, we didn't have a morning rehearsal, because it was too d@mn early.

I wonder if they still declare that to be "too d@mn early" or if they have 4 a.m. wakeup calls for a 6 a.m. rehearsal ;)

[JLEW1818]

i'm feeling a 65-13... so everybody can see it.

[texaspokieokie]

it is delusional to think tx will be as bad as last year.

[sooner_born_1960]

I don't like 11:00 kickoffs.

[SoonerofAlabama]

Did anyone else see how espn has it as a 11 p.m. game?

[mgsooner]

Did anyone else see how espn has it as a 11 p.m. game?

NOW THAT'S MORE LIKE IT

[Collier11]

thought they werent gonna do 11am starts anymore

[auto]

Night game at the Cotton Bowl would be epic!!!!! Maybe all the slow moving whiny blue hairs would stay home and the tickets would be cheaper.:D

[StoopTroup]

Tuck Fexas!

[StoopTroup]

This year it will make for a full day of rioting....

It's always better to get folks all liquored up early in the day.

[StoopTroup]

Night game at the Cotton Bowl would be epic!!!!! Maybe all the slow moving whiny blue hairs would stay home and the tickets would be cheaper.:D

They can't get Bevo to walk after 4 PM.

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[StoopTroup]

LOL....

The Average Joel....


So I went to a home football game for the University of Texas and I noticed a few things:

1) The longhorn really is the perfect mascot for the University of Texas. After all, with Bevo by your side you are never more than a few feet away from a potential BBQ.

2) The University of Texas needs a choir director in the stadium. Every time they "sing" the fight song, all you hear is a conglomeration of chanting and swearing (mostly swearing) that vaguely resembles a biker-gang initiation. I probably heard the Texas fight song 20 times and the only words I could decipher with certainty were "Texas", "Fight" and "Sucks". No seriously. Maybe they just need to sing "Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree" to get warmed up.

If you just got that last joke then you are a full on BYU-lovin, green jello eatin' Mormon. I salute you.

3) Do not laugh when Colt McCoy gets hit hard and stays down on the ground for a while. Even though I was wearing full on burnt-orange (when in Rome) and I was sitting in the faculty section surrounded by 75-year old professors, I still almost got a good-old Texas tarin' and featherin' for that one.

4) You know you are in Austin when you walk into a gas station and there is a guy wearing 6-inch platform shoes, white bell-bottoms and a silver sequined shirt unbuttoned to the navel and no one even takes a second glance.

Just for the record all you University of Texas football fans: Brigham Young University has as many national championships and Heisman trophy winners in the last 25 years as you. Recognize!!!

Avatar was the awesomest version of Pocahontas I have ever seen.

When we elected Barack Obama, we elected a good looking, eloquent ideologue. Basically, we elected Sarah Palin without the experience.

One of my good friends, the Contemplative Tulsan, recently wrote about the decade that was and all the things that happened to him. Which got me thinking about the last ten years of my life and all I can say is HOLY MOTHER OF MARVIN THE MARTIAN! I've done a whole lot of livin'! Consider that in the last ten years I have: Returned from a mission to a third world country, met the love of my life, gotten married, received both a bachelors degree and a masters degree, stood on the Great Wall of China, floated in Hong Kong harbor, squatted in a Viet-cong tunnel, ridden a Cambodian elephant, gotten a full time job, moved seven times, bought my first home, saw every episode of Firefly twice, and brought five of my own children into this world.

Now one final word before I pass out from my Claritin-D'licious induced haze: desultory. Why? Because it is random.

http://theaveragejoel.blogspot.com/

[JLEW1818]

thought they werent gonna do 11am starts anymore

ya but texas sucks now, so we can't have a 230 start

[Okie35]

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[StoopTroup]

I'm still not clear on what Tfoolery doesn't like.

I hate lazy posters and posters that don't do their homework and just talk out of their ***. LL was a good example. He sometimes knew what he was talking about but instead of backing it up he'd just keep piling lizard skin on it.

[bigfatjerk]

I actually like 11 am kickoffs. I understand why people that drink all night hate it but usually when I'm up drinking all night I'm not in bed till about 3 or 4 the next afternoon anyway so it's perfect for me. I hate night kickoffs more than 11 am kickoffs. And the games never end till close to 11:00. If you go to games you have to go through traffic and don't get home till near midnight for most kickoffs that are 6 or later. 11 am the game is over by 3 ish usually.

[Breadburner]

I'm still not clear on what Tfoolery doesn't like.

I hate lazy posters and posters that don't do their homework and just talk out of their ***. LL was a good example. He sometimes knew what he was talking about but instead of backing it up he'd just keep piling lizard skin on it.

What happened to him....???

[ouwasp]

Years ago someone on hornfans opined the OU-tx game would never be shown in prime time because the fairgrounds were located in the "Ghettoplex"... but just think how many more hotel rooms would be rented if it were a night game. Seems like enough $ money could be spent on police OT to ensure public safety.

Isn't the Coliseum in LA located in a seedy part of town? But SUC play games in the evening, right?

[bigfatjerk]

Years ago someone on hornfans opined the OU-tx game would never be shown in prime time because the fairgrounds were located in the "Ghettoplex"... but just think how many more hotel rooms would be rented if it were a night game. Seems like enough $ money could be spent on police OT to ensure public safety.

Isn't the Coliseum in LA located in a seedy part of town? But SUC play games in the evening, right?
Night games in general suck.

[OUmillenium]

I like the 2-3pm kickoffs cuz I can get something done early in the day. The drawback is I am a nervous wreck waiting for the game. My parents would always come stay and celebrate my bday with me on OU-Texass weekend.

[SanJoaquinSooner]

I get up at 5 a.m. each morning, so I'll have to wait 4 hours for kickoff here on the West Coast.