Maryland Game Time --> 2:30
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Nothing personal, but I hate "dollars to donuts." Felt compelled to look up the origin--yes, with no presser today, not much else to discuss:
Dollars to doughnuts’ is one of several ‘dollars to …‘ phrases, like ‘dollars to buttons’ and ‘dollars to cobwebs’, which date from 1884 (in G. W. Peck’s Boss Book) and 1904 (in The Boston Herald) respectively. Buttons and cobwebs were presumably chosen for their obvious lack of value, but the expressions failed to catch on as they lacked the perky alliteration of ‘dollars to doughnuts’.
This is, of course, an American phrase. It is occasionally spelled as ‘dollars to donuts’, which only emphasis its US origin as, outside the USA, a donut is most definitely a doughnut.
Even in the USA, the usual spelling is ‘doughnut’ – the ‘donut’ version came in well after this phrase.
‘Dollars to doughnuts’ is a pseudo betting term, pseudo in that it didn’t originate with actual betting involving doughnuts, but just as a pleasant-sounding alliterative phrase which indicated short odds – dollars are valuable but doughnuts aren’t. The phrase parallels the earlier English betting expression ‘a pound to a penny’.
The phrase appears to have originated in mid 19th century USA. The earliest citation I can find for it is in the newspaper The Daily Nevada State Journal, February 1876:
It doesn’t crop up again in print until some years later, apart from a similar citation in a March edition of the Nevada State Journal, which suggests that the (unnamed) author of those pieces either coined the term himself or appropriated some street slang that he had heard.
After all that, I'm still not sure what it means.
The phrase "dollars to donuts" is now in counselling due to your unwarranted attack on it. @MrsScrew please feel free to reach out and offer your support.
Military Appreciation: 2:30 p.m. vs. Maryland
Military Appreciation: 2:30 p.m. vs. Maryland - Rutgers University Athletics
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Another fantastic start time. This has been the season of "no nooners" at home. And I actually like when the away games I'm not attending are at noon. From a game start time perspective, this has been one of the best seasons ever.
Kick Time & TV Info Announced for Maryland at Rutgers on November 8 - University of Maryland Athletics
Maryland's road game at Rutgers on Saturday, Nov. 8 will kickoff at 2:30 PM and be televised on FS1, it was announced on Monday.
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Through six home games, Rutgers (4-4, 1-4) has yet to be given a noon kickoff this season. If its season finale against Penn State follows suit, it will mark the first time since the 2010 season that the Scarlet Knights do not have a single home game kickoff in the early window.
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This season-long trend will continue in Rutgers’ next home game vs. Maryland
Rutgers' kickoff time against Maryland has been announced.
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Ideal west coast start time. The 9 am starts have been getting a little hectic for me lately
2:30 is an odd start time, but a good one. You can basically plan any type of tailgate menu. The day ends early enough so you can still get home to watch the night games. We haven't had too many of these outside of a couple of odd ball starts vs. Navy and Tulane on CBSSN a while back.