*** Official #23 Tennessee vs #6 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

I assume market research has led to evolution of later time frame, but I'd be willing to bet if the sessions started even a half-hour earlier, viewers and attendees would find a way to adjust and viewership wouldn't suffer. Maybe even an hour earlier.
They already have the hard core fans, Tennessee and ISU fans are going to adjust their schedules but the big numbers come from the average fan, that will tune in to watch. Those people are not going to go out of the regular day to watch a game where their team is not playing.
 
But people are not staying up to watch the late game. Do those TV numbers not matter? They could put all 4 games in a reasonable viewing window.
The difference between Friday night and say a Tuesday night.
 
The Bama/Michigan game was only a few minutes old when the score ticker showed the ISU/Tenn game as a 9:25 start. Can only imagine how much more that might move back as the game wears on.

Bama/Michigan was supposed to start at 6:35.

It got bumped back to 6:50 at some point today (which moved the provisional start of ISU/Tenn from 9:10 to 9:25). My guess is that some combination of NCAA and TV execs freaked out about last night's games ending too close together.
 
If he wanted to play, he would be playing, the medical staff cannot tell a player that he will not play, they can tell the coach he shouldn't play, but it comes down to the player.
You lost me.

So he did or didn’t want to play?

And most definitely they can tell him he cannot play.

I’m confused.

But really what I mean is he “wants” to play but he can’t because his Ankle is weak and wobbly.
 
Play, not play, the semantics don’t matter.

We’re gonna bomb these ************* out of the gym, steal their lunch and run the ball down their throat tonight.
 
Rick Patino looks like he’s on deaths door. Looks like if you touched him he’d crumble like the weak-ass spirit of the Tennessee basketball team.
 
You lost me.

So he did or didn’t want to play?

And most definitely they can tell him he cannot play.

I’m confused.

But really what I mean is he “wants” to play but he can’t because his Ankle is weak and wobbly.
We will never know, but I would say it's his call. The medical staff is not going to stop a player that wants to play, they may advise against it, but ultimately it's up to the player.
 
Fighting the urge to close my eyes just for a minute. Need this game to start.
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