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Post by purplehaze on Jul 6, 2023 8:47:30 GMT -5
We have two Sep home games, 2nd and 23rd - I hope we start these games later than usual as we did last season
Do we all agree later kickoff times between 2 and 3pm would help people get to campus after early morning commitments ?
(assuming the Harvard game at Polar Park will start late afternoon as in the past)
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Post by timholycross on Jul 6, 2023 8:54:40 GMT -5
...with the longer games we often see (due to more scoring and more/longer breaks in the action); 3 would be ok for Sept 2 but Sept 23 would have to be 2.
I'm in favor. Also, noon or 1 on Sept 2 has a chance to be hottern' hell.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jul 6, 2023 8:55:45 GMT -5
In the past handful of seasons, Homecoming kickoffs (this year 9/23 vs. Colgate) have been a mix of 1:00, 1:30, and 2:00.
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hcdad22
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Post by hcdad22 on Jul 6, 2023 10:24:20 GMT -5
Later kick-offs should be a little less of an issue with the new clock rules for College Football in 2023. No more stopping the clock after first downs, except for 2 minutes left in the 2nd and 4th quarter.
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Post by hc69 on Jul 6, 2023 11:27:14 GMT -5
The clock change may shorten the game by a couple of minutes, not much more. It only applies to first downs in bounds. And most referees were already in "stop and go" mode.
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 6, 2023 12:39:18 GMT -5
With the current FB program serving as a magnet, a later start gives the rest of the HC community opportunities to schedule affinity activities before the game on the five Saturdays HC plays in Worcester with potentially greater participation than if HC was a perrenial 4-7/5-6/6-5 team.
If HC is smart, the campus will be humming before and after games on home Saturdays. Everyone should hitch their wagon to this team. It's like a loss leader, except they almost never lose.
New Yorkers get a mini home season this year, half the number of games as at Fitton. With Fordham and Army the eighth and tenth games, can you imagine if they are both good at that point and HC barrels into the Empire State riding a freight car of a season itself?
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jul 26, 2023 13:35:03 GMT -5
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Post by hc2020 on Jul 26, 2023 17:40:39 GMT -5
Love the 2:00PM kickoffs.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jul 27, 2023 9:54:46 GMT -5
Love the 2:00PM kickoffs. Just wait for a good thunderstorm to ruin it...just a matter of time for one to roll through at 4pm |
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Jul 27, 2023 10:15:56 GMT -5
Foley is right, the weather is just too fickle; we're overdue for another tornado. Cancel the entire season to be on the safe side.
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Post by Ignutz on Jul 27, 2023 10:49:34 GMT -5
Love the 2:00PM kickoffs. Just wait for a good thunderstorm to ruin it...just a matter of time for one to roll through at 4pm |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jul 27, 2023 12:41:33 GMT -5
Photographer, sports analyst, now meteorologist: a true renaissance man!
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 27, 2023 13:00:02 GMT -5
Foley is right, the weather is just too fickle; we're overdue for another tornado. Cancel the entire season to be on the safe side. The Flood Pain can't take much more. I hope the hurricane of 1938 isn't on an 85 year cycle. |
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 27, 2023 13:02:02 GMT -5
Photographer, sports analyst, now meteorologist: a true renaissance man! Kick off times are set. Please alert your Parish Priest to the adjustments he has to make to the Saturday Mass Schedule. |
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Post by bfoley82 on Jul 27, 2023 14:35:13 GMT -5
Just wait for a good thunderstorm to ruin it...just a matter of time for one to roll through at 4pm The last D-1 game I paid a ticket for took nearly five hours to play due to a thunderstorm...it is just risky with a stadium that doesn't have lights to start that late. |
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Post by sader1970 on Jul 27, 2023 15:45:25 GMT -5
I think I speak for all Crossporters and Holy Cross fans thanking you for your concern, Foley, for the safety and valuable time of all those attending games at Fitton . . . . and Polar Park too.
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 27, 2023 18:39:13 GMT -5
The worst that could happen would be like buying a tube of Certs, which is both a candy and a breath mint. We would start the game on Saturday and then get to watch the finish on Sunday.
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