Egg to Saturday Next Year... [Archive]

Coursesuper

11-28-2023, 04:23 PM

I'm good with that.

DesotoDog1967

11-28-2023, 04:27 PM

11AM SEC network

DownwardDawg

11-28-2023, 04:28 PM

I like it on Saturday. And at 11:00 since it's at their place.

Coursesuper

11-28-2023, 04:29 PM

11AM SEC network

I'm good with that also, you can't drink all day if you don't start early.

Churchill

11-28-2023, 04:30 PM

So we'll be opposite Michigan and Ohio State ?

Cooterpoot

11-28-2023, 04:31 PM

You sure it's moving?

Coursesuper

11-28-2023, 04:39 PM

You sure it's moving?

Wyatt confirmed it today.

viverlibre

11-28-2023, 04:50 PM

For season ticket holders, at least this one, that's great news.

Cooterpoot

11-28-2023, 04:59 PM

Wyatt confirmed it today.

Good deal

FISHDAWG

11-28-2023, 05:16 PM

I guess I'm one of the few who prefers Thursday night as the prime college game.... even if it's embarrassing

C&DDAWG32

11-28-2023, 05:52 PM

I kinda like it being on Thanksgiving too, but idc as long as we win lol.

Turfdawg67

11-28-2023, 05:59 PM

I guess I'm one of the few who prefers Thursday night as the prime college game.... even if it's embarrassing

I do, as well.

Catfish

11-28-2023, 06:08 PM

I guess I'm one of the few who prefers Thursday night as the prime college game.... even if it's embarrassing

Me too.

msugolf

11-28-2023, 06:25 PM

Going to lose a lot of eyeballs thats for sure. Definitely won?t feel as intense. Know the hard core fans will disagree with that but the only people who will be watching are the fans of each school.

I know a lot of people across the US who aren?t from the south or have any ties to SEC who will text me during this game on thanksgiving night.

RocketDawg

11-28-2023, 07:02 PM

I guess I'm one of the few who prefers Thursday night as the prime college game.... even if it's embarrassing

Depends on where you live I suppose. Thursday night is OK if you're a short drive from either town.

TrapGame

11-28-2023, 07:36 PM

Going to lose a lot of eyeballs thats for sure. Definitely won?t feel as intense. Know the hard core fans will disagree with that but the only people who will be watching are the fans of each school.

I know a lot of people across the US who aren?t from the south or have any ties to SEC who will text me during this game on thanksgiving night.

Super Talk this afternoon said the viewership was less than spectacular, somewhere around 2.5 million. The other college game that night on FOX got over 7 million. Hadad and Cross were for putting the Egg on prime time ESPN/ABC 7pm on Thanksgiving. It would benefit both schools immensely.

Todd4State

11-28-2023, 07:48 PM

Eventually the issue is going to be Texas/A&M are going to want to play on Thanksgiving.

The best solution is to rotate the Egg Bowl and Texas/A&M every two years probably.

RocketDawg

11-28-2023, 07:51 PM

Super Talk this afternoon said the viewership was less than spectacular, somewhere around 2.5 million. The other college game that night on FOX got over 7 million. Hadad and Cross were for putting the Egg on prime time ESPN/ABC 7pm on Thanksgiving. It would benefit both schools immensely.

What was the other college game Thanksgiving night?

Quaoarsking

11-28-2023, 07:53 PM

I like the Thanksgiving national broadcast and being the only game on. Shame that that's ending.

Quaoarsking

11-28-2023, 07:54 PM

What was the other college game Thanksgiving night?

There wasn't. We were the only college game on.

Turfdawg67

11-28-2023, 07:56 PM

Eventually the issue is going to be Texas/A&M are going to want to play on Thanksgiving.

The best solution is to rotate the Egg Bowl and Texas/A&M every two years probably.

Best solution for who? Lol. Certainly not the network if only 2.5M watched.

Why wouldn't they pick UT vs TAM every year?

BulldogBear

11-28-2023, 07:58 PM

Eventually the issue is going to be Texas/A&M are going to want to play on Thanksgiving.

The best solution is to rotate the Egg Bowl and Texas/A&M every two years probably.
That's the thing. They're scheduled for Saturday also. I wonder what game they're going to put and if it will even be SEC.

What was the other college game Thanksgiving night?
Tuskegee and Alabama State

Catfish

11-28-2023, 07:58 PM

I think our struggles this year offensively contributed to the 2.5 million.

DesotoDog1967

11-28-2023, 08:09 PM

Many picked a blow out before the game, I remember 2022 had many on Twitter talking about how good the game was, don't know the ratings

Coach34

11-28-2023, 08:16 PM

Super Talk this afternoon said the viewership was less than spectacular, somewhere around 2.5 million. The other college game that night on FOX got over 7 million. Hadad and Cross were for putting the Egg on prime time ESPN/ABC 7pm on Thanksgiving. It would benefit both schools immensely.

2023 was the Highest rated Egg Bowl in 6 years

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/egg-bowl-draws-highest-tv-rating-in-6-years/

TrapGame

11-28-2023, 08:21 PM

There wasn't. We were the only college game on.

Interesting. I just took what they were saying at face value. I thought maybe a PAC12 game or something.

TrapGame

11-28-2023, 08:23 PM

2023 was the Highest rated Egg Bowl in 6 years

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/egg-bowl-draws-highest-tv-rating-in-6-years/

Take it up with your boy Hadad. His take is that's pitiful.

Coach34

11-28-2023, 08:28 PM

Take it up with your boy Hadad. His take is that's pitiful.

I dont go to pizza makers for sports info

Quaoarsking

11-28-2023, 08:30 PM

Tuskegee and Alabama State

I stand corrected (I was only considering FBS games), but I can't imagine that that game would draw triple the viewers of the Egg Bowl?

BulldogBear

11-28-2023, 09:48 PM

I stand corrected (I was only considering FBS games), but I can't imagine that that game would draw triple the viewers of the Egg Bowl?

Yeah, struck me as odd also.

However, it was a battle of HBCUs so that could contribute.

But it was a 41-3 blowout, so that wouldn't lend itself to high numbers.

Idk.

Commercecomet24

11-28-2023, 09:55 PM

What was the other college game Thanksgiving night?

It was an nfl game not college

49ers/Seahawks

Commercecomet24

11-28-2023, 09:57 PM

Super Talk this afternoon said the viewership was less than spectacular, somewhere around 2.5 million. The other college game that night on FOX got over 7 million. Hadad and Cross were for putting the Egg on prime time ESPN/ABC 7pm on Thanksgiving. It would benefit both schools immensely.

Nfl game 49ers/Seahawks not a college game

DEDawg

11-28-2023, 10:04 PM

Well that sucks

TrapGame

11-28-2023, 10:23 PM

Nfl game 49ers/Seahawks not a college game

Well, shit. That's what I get for listening to Hadad and Cross talk over each other like drunk frat boys.

LC Dawg

11-28-2023, 10:39 PM

We had our best tailgate of the year for the Egg Bowl. That wouldn't have happened for an 11:00 Saturday game which is a really big risk to happen every year by moving it to Saturday.

Todd4State

11-29-2023, 04:17 AM

Best solution for who? Lol. Certainly not the network if only 2.5M watched.

Why wouldn't they pick UT vs TAM every year?

Best solution for our fans who want it on Thanksgiving and best solution for our fans that want it on Saturday.

Essentially a compromise.

Coursesuper

11-29-2023, 08:24 AM

If we have a product that is worthy of a good time slot we will get it. The game is all about the tv $$$ now, if we get much better and have an offense that puts up yards in chunks and lots of point we will get the better time slots. That is what people not affiliated with our program want to watch. 3 yards and a cloud of dust results in a press of the remote to something else.