@cornicator question on game times

[BK1]

@Cornicator when you get a chance could you give us your predictions on likely game times for 2019?
I'm especially interested in Illinois game, as I'm renting a party bus from Chicago and the company needs to have a reservation time. I'm assuming 11 a.m. kickoff is most likely.

 

[RealTucoSalamanca]

Michigan at Wisconsin
Michigan State at Northwestern
Nebraska at Illinois
Boston College at Rutgers
Miami University at Ohio State
UConn at Indiana


Not a huge slate of games that day.

 

[Cornicator]

@Cornicator when you get a chance could you give us your predictions on likely game times for 2019?
I'm especially interested in Illinois game, as I'm renting a party bus from Chicago and the company needs to have a reservation time. I'm assuming 11 a.m. kickoff is most likely.

Sure, I will get back to you in June.

 

[BK1]

Sure, I will get back to you in June.

Thanks, but good chance half the games will be announced in June. Where did the bold predictor go?

 

[BK1]

Michigan at Wisconsin
Michigan State at Northwestern
Nebraska at Illinois
Boston College at Rutgers
Miami University at Ohio State
UConn at Indiana


Not a huge slate of games that day.

No, and can probably assume Michigan and Wisconsin will be night game.

 

[timnsun]

Thanks, but good chance half the games will be announced in June. Where did the bold predictor go?

Not sure how you arrived at that number, but in the past, only two or three games were announced in advance. The game you’re looking for will not get announced until a week or two before game day, in my opinion.

 

[BK1]

Last year half announced before June
https://bigten.org/news/2018/5/31/BTN_ESPN_and_FOX_Sports_Announce_Early_Season_Schedules.aspx

 

[BK1]

Last year half announced before June
https://bigten.org/news/2018/5/31/BTN_ESPN_and_FOX_Sports_Announce_Early_Season_Schedules.aspx

 

[saluno22]

Last year half announced before June
https://bigten.org/news/2018/5/31/BTN_ESPN_and_FOX_Sports_Announce_Early_Season_Schedules.aspx

The pattern I see in the link largely is non-conference games, marquee end-of-year games (NU-Iowa, OSU-Michigan), and Friday night games have times and networks, homecoming games have times with "Network TBD", and a few others have networks but "Time TBD".

Is Nebraska Illinois' homecoming game? If not, I doubt the game time will be announced in/by June.

EDIT: Illinois' homecoming game this season is 19 Oct vs. Wisconsin.
EDIT EDIT: More recent link, still Wisconsin this fall.

 

[timnsun]

Last year half announced before June
https://bigten.org/news/2018/5/31/BTN_ESPN_and_FOX_Sports_Announce_Early_Season_Schedules.aspx

Thanks for the link. Apologies, I stand corrected. There are half of the games listed with start times. The issue with the game in question is it it is not a homecoming game, so we may not know anything until a week or two before.

 

[Buckman01213]

Wouldn't see this as a night game, despite the strong chance that both teams are undefeated at that point.