2019 ISU vs EIU - 3pm kick off time
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I agree with this. It'd be nice to play someone other than UNI every other year. Also tired of seeing the same UNI fans wearing Iowa gear in Ames the following weekend.
With the 3 game mini pack not including these two games, hopefully this will be reduced.
They weren't hard to plan at all. They were usually announced a good 6 months in advance.
I think Saturday is a better atmosphere because most people agree with you on this subject, but if you could get the Saturday atmosphere on Thursday, that would be such a home run.
If you have kids in school the Thursday night games are incredibly tough to juggle.
If you have tickets and kids in school in Minnesota the Thursday night games are incredibly tough to juggle.
I like them once in a while, but they are tough for many to manage.
The Thursday night openers were scheduled mostly during a period where Iowa State football, for the casual fan, fell way down the priority list -- especially behind Labor Day weekend plans. The only way to get people to a game on that weekend was to play it on Thursday and let them have their Saturday for the regularly-scheduled party plans.
[Thursday night openers: 1993, 1995, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
The 2006 and 2009 games were on Mediacom, 2008 on FCS, and 2010 on FSN]
That's not the case anymore. ISU football has started to move up fans' priority list, to where a Saturday game doesn't cause all of the consternation that it used to.
[Thursday night openers: 1993, 1995, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
The 2006 and 2009 games were on Mediacom, 2008 on FCS, and 2010 on FSN]
That's not the case anymore. ISU football has started to move up fans' priority list, to where a Saturday game doesn't cause all of the consternation that it used to.
Regarding the UNI game, I think we are able to buy this game for pretty cheap compared to what other schools pay FCS opponents. It is a positive financial situation for us too.
2020 - South Dakota
2022 - SE Missouri State
2024 - North Dakota
The UNI parade (scheduled in 2012) finally runs out in 2023.
FCS games are pretty much scheduled regionally, and there are just fewer crappy FCS teams in this region than there are in the southeast.
Totally agree. We're in tht hot bed of FCS Football here.
South Dakota is mid-tier MVFC. SEMO makes the playoffs because they are in a bad league. North Dakota is moving to the MVFC in 2020 but hasn't had any success in the Big Sky.
I have heard that there is a very, very good chance that the UNI series gets extended in odd years through 2031.
All depends on your vacation situation. If you can afford to take 2 days, that's a 5 day weekend with a crap load of FB to watch.
I could live without FCS opponents on the schedule. I realize there are practical reasons built into scheduling that way,
I was watching off and on...it was one of those 'Oh, ISU just needs to get it together and put this away in the 3rd quarter' feelings, and then as it got later and Drake was ahead...I started to get that old feeling and was convinced those ISUisms really hadn't been buried.
I was unable to watch (live or otherwise) or get radio feed, only able to track game 3 or 4 times online for play-by-play. It must have been agitating to watch it unfold. Securing a W seemed like little more than "relief," dodging a bad loss.