And while I’m at it… (this is fun), as a Notre Dame fan that likes to go to 5:00 PM Mass on Saturday’s, I can’t stand these Notre Dame games that start at 3:30 PM EST.
Notre Dame has to realize this creates a major conflict for Catholic fans in the Eastern Time Zone. 5:00 PM is a very common time for Saturday Mass and the 3:30 games screw everything up. With a 3:30 EST start time for the game, I’m able to watch the first quarter. I then have to tape the rest of the game and avoid tv’s until I return home later in the evening to finish watching the game.
I also have to avoid the other Notre Dame fans at church sneaking around trying to check the scores.
If it’s a really good game, sometimes I will skip the Mass for the game only to have to wake up early on Sunday.
I know I’m not the only Catholic that faces this dilemma. After all, Notre Dame happens to be a Catholic university with millions of alumni and subway alumni in the Eastern Time Zone.
Notre Dame fans and alumni know that Notre Dame actually delays Saturday Mass on campus until 20 minutes or so after the game has ended so that everyone leaving the stadium can still get Saturday Mass in.
Why can’t Notre Dame start their games at 1:00 PM?
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It’s all about TV on the West Coast.
As an ND Alum I would like them earlier as well.
@dw17, cool to know your an alum, as a subway alum, I’m surprised nobody’s complained about the pitiful performance of the Irish offense this season.
As to game times, I’ve often thought the West Coast has it made for football watching all around. Sunday NFL games start at 1:00 ET(notice, ‘ET’ not ‘EST’… yes, I learned from your other post, thanks for the advice!). That means left coasters wake up on a Sunday and start watching games at 10:00 AM.
College games start at 12:00 in the East, so folks out West can stat watching football instead of cartoons on Saturdays.
South Bend has always been different with their time anyway. At this point, I don’t care what time the games start. I just wish they could get more than 10 yards of offense.