State is now 1:30 game on Friday **

[dawgstudent]

**

 

[MSUDC11]

Curious to hear the logic behind that move. I know LSU has done that for years, but I've never been sure why.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

What's the deal? Adjustment for weather?

 

[rugbdawg]

If you lose the Friday evening game, you have to play early Saturday afternoon.

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

If anyone has chairbacks to sell, I'm buying...

For those of you stuck at work...

 

[mcdawg22]

Does the NCAA dislike makes my money? Clarion Ledger Headline.
Thanks Mississippi State, NCAA runs out of money to investigate Ole Miss.

 

[Xenomorph]

WTH? I will now not be attending.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

Hurts the home field advantage too. I don't like that at all.

 

[MSUDC11]

If you lose the Friday evening game, you have to play early Saturday afternoon.

That's the set up of 80% of SEC weekend series though. Night game Friday and day game on Saturday. That's not worth making this adjustment for.

 

[MSUDC11]

Weekend forecast looks brutal

Could be that we want to make sure we get our game in before the rain screws up the normal schedule.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

That makes a lot of sense.

 

[mcdawg22]

Rain is forecasted for Saturday, whether we play first or second that day doesn't matter. Besides why would you definitely throw away thousands of dollars for the small possibility gaining an on field advantage.

 

[patdog]

I suspect it's for tv purposes.

 

[MSUDC11]

I don't think we get a dime of this ticket gate. It all goes to the NCAA I believe.

 

[Forrest4Moore]

Woulda been nice as 17 to know this before I dropped coin on tickets thinking I'd be able to catch all the games we played in. We've known we were hosting for a month. There's no way we get an advantage moving game time up. Just complete idiocy on our staff.

Yes I'm bitter.

 

[Xenomorph]

No way in hell you can pinpoint rain like that five days in advance. But I sure can my work schedule. I've got a 12 year old that's going to be crushed tomorrow morning.

 

[fishwater99]

Who made the change?

 

[EurekaDog]

1) A few extra hours of rest between games 2) Attendance wasn't hurt in 2007 SR

against Clemson when we played the early game on Friday & Saturday

3) More rest if we get the first game in, then bad weather hits

 

[pmack65]

Not sure who's idea this was but its pretty stupid!!! Putting us early and La Tech late doesn't make sense and has nothing to do with weather. It will hurt attendance since many people planned their work schedules around our original start time.

 

[CadaverDawg]

-Cohen found a stat that SEMO has a worse record during day games?*

-Cohen thinks the heat will get to them?*

-Cohen knows we **** our pants in front of that huge crowd during SBW so he's hoping to protect us from the big crowd jitters (Thanks Polk)? ***


Just trying to get in that strange place called Cohen's brain, to think of reasons why he would do this.

 

[Bulldog from Birth]

Here's the reason

Not saying I agree with it, but this is why LSU does it. The thinking is this - there are four reasons the Friday night game can end up playing WELL into the night. The first game can play a multi-extra-inning marathon. The first game can have significant weather delays. The night game can end up with weather delays. Or the night game can play a multi-extra-inning marathon. You can really mess yourself up if you are still playing at 1am on Friday night.

I'm not sure the likelihood of something like that warrants giving up a big home Friday night crowd. But that is the logic.

 

[Shamoan]

Huge crowds give us turtle dick. See super bulldog weekend. I actually like the move

 

[lilsis87]

I'll buy Friday's ticket from you if it's chairback. I'm new to the board, so, hope I did this right!

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

C S Fullerton had travel issues

& Not everybody can find Vegas.


Being the nice guys that we are, we swapped with them.

Hell who knows, but they will tell us, I'm sure.

 

[The Peeper]

Loafers Stricklin hasnt tweeted since about 6:00 Monday nt, must be in hiding, he never goes blackout mode that long

 

[bulldogcountry1]

Joe Dier says its because it gives you a 24 hour gap between games, win or lose.

Weak. They never should have released a different schedule and screwed a lot of fans.

 

[engie]

They never should have released a different schedule and screwed a lot of fans.

This is the real issue here IMO... If you are going to do this just do it from the beginning. Once it's out there -- it sticks. It's not like Fullerton didn't know they were likely to be a 2 somewhere and have an early game and Memphis is pretty easy to get to.

 

[msstate7]

With semo ST on the fence about starting ace, this may play into our favor. If they're worried about him being tired, pitching him in the heat of the day may push them to using him Saturday.

 

[engie]

With semo ST on the fence about starting ace, this may play into our favor. If they're worried about him being tired, pitching him in the heat of the day may push them to using him Saturday.

This is the most likely piece of gamesmanship in the whole deal honestly. The time won't make a difference(4 or 5 hours of rest) but the heat just might.

If we can push him to Saturday, we then can go with Houston IMO.

 

[bulldogcountry1]

This is the real issue here IMO... If you are going to do this just do it from the beginning. Once it's out there -- it sticks. It's not like Fullerton didn't know they were likely to be a 2 somewhere and have an early game and Memphis is pretty easy to get to.

Yeah. If they had been clear about it from the get-go, it wouldn't have been a big deal. Instead, they release the schedule for a whole day and then change it without explanation. it was just handles poorly, and I'm sure it's on Cohen.

 

[patdog]

There is no way in this world we don't see SEMO's ace.

 

[msstate7]

There is no way in this world we don't see SEMO's ace.

Maybe not, but a hot day may limit how long we see him anyway

 

[bulldogcountry1]

There is no way in this world we don't see SEMO's ace.

Chances are slim that he's going to be in top form.

 

[msstate7]

Chances are slim that he's going to be in top form.

I think you're right. 4 days rest after throwing 119 pitches Friday and then 35 on Sunday... That's 154 pitches in 3 days

 

[rem101]

If we win Friday and Saturday - we won't play till 630 Sunday. I was hoping for around 3 or 4 then. Will be a ***** of a drive home to the coast Sunday night. And a fun day at work Monday.

 

[Junction John]

I assume you left off the sarcasterisks?

... why would you definitely throw away thousands of dollars for the small possibility gaining an on field advantage.

Because I (and I'm 100% certain Cohen) would make that trade ALL day long. The only one I could think of who wouldn't would be Mr. Larry In-the-Black Templeton.


I guess you were joking...

 

[Junction John]

Your loss of sleep will be totally worth it to me.

(If we win.)

 

[rynodawg]

Giving up on trying to attend this weekend, Saturday would have been the only game possible. Maybe the SR.

Cancelling a room at the Hampton Inn Starkville by 10AM if anyone wants to contact the hotel and grab it.