Noon Kick for Homecoming : (

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It has been a good run of afternoon/evening games. Was really hoping we could keep it going. AJC says we did not even request a later time like we have in years past for some reason.
 
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I don't get it - what's wrong with a noon kick-off? When I was a student - before the proliferation of TV coverage - kick-off was almost always at 1300... Get up at a decent hour, get cleaned up, early mixed-grill with friends, awesomeness of Grant Field, afternoon cocktails, watching other games, showered and cleaned up and ready for a fun night of band parties and drunk chicks from West Ga... Well, at least 30 years ago... :p
 
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bartoma said:
I don't get it - what's wrong with a noon kick-off? When I was a student - before the proliferation of TV coverage - kick-off was almost always at 1300... Get up at a decent hour, get cleaned up, early mixed-grill with friends, awesomeness of Grant Field, afternoon cocktails, watching other games, showered and cleaned up and ready for a fun night of band parties and drunk chicks from West Ga... Well, at least 30 years ago... :p
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Some of us have to drive 2 1/2 or more hours to get there. That means getting up at 6AM in order to do any tailgating. I HATE noon kickoffs
 
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My group has something like 30 people coming in. A huge part of the fun of homecoming is hanging out with all those folks on a beautiful fall day, throwing back a few cold ones, and grilling out. While Bloody Mary's and chicken biscuits at 9am are okay in a pinch, that still only leaves about 2 1/2 hours before heading to the stadium.

We may try an "after" tailgate this year. Anybody had any luck with that?
 

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It looks to me like the only way to move our games to a later start is to go on a win streak. As of now we are no where near the rankings. If we start piling up wins, we'll start get later starting times.
 

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Now I gotta try to watch it on my phone during the MICHIGAN/MICHIGAN STATE game while I'm sitting in Spartan Stadium. My data is going to run out quick.
 

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bartoma said:
I don't get it - what's wrong with a noon kick-off? When I was a student - before the proliferation of TV coverage - kick-off was almost always at 1300... Get up at a decent hour, get cleaned up, early mixed-grill with friends, awesomeness of Grant Field, afternoon cocktails, watching other games, showered and cleaned up and ready for a fun night of band parties and drunk chicks from West Ga... Well, at least 30 years ago... :p
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Obviously, you don't mind sitting in the sun for 2/3rds of the game watching your skin turn a nice shade of strawberry red. Not to mention the sweat-like-a-pig for hours aspect. I can't tell you how relieved I was last Saturday to be sitting at Grant Field with an overcast sky! Prayers of thanks were offered and then the sun came out. The Almighty and I are not on the same page.
 
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Yaller Jacket said:
It looks to me like the only way to move our games to a later start is to go on a win streak. As of now we are no where near the rankings. If we start piling up wins, we'll start get later starting times.
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Clemson has played a few noon games this year. Wining helps, but it's not the only thing. I believe our current coaching staff would rather play earlier in the day so we lean that way no matter what.
 
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