Captain Kangaroo Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 After the Zips January 31st game vs. CMU, the Zips have Z-E-R-O home Saturday games for the remainder of the 2008-9 season.The three February home games are Feb 8th (Sunday), Feb 11th (Wed) and Feb 18th (Wed).March gives us BG on Sunday March 1st and OU on Thursday March 5th.I'm sure the Sunday games are being held to accommodate TV (seems like anytime the Zips are on TV, it is a home game).Maybe I'll take a road trip to Buffalo on February 26th just to remember what a Saturday game it like. I guarantee that if I attend...it'll be placed on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 WOW...I had noticed that we did not have a Saturday home game this month until the Can't State game, but I never looked further. So, without looking, that makes 2 Saturday home games in Jan., ZERO in Feb., and ZERO in March? Wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbozeglav Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 since when do college basketball games have to be on saturdays? Last I checked basketball is a sport that is regularly played anytime of the week, college or pro, not like football where its only on the weekend (in the majority of cases). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted January 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 since when do college basketball games have to be on saturdays? Last I checked basketball is a sport that is regularly played anytime of the week, college or pro, not like football where its only on the weekend (in the majority of cases).There are a few reasons for my post - If you work and have kids, weekday games can be difficult. But obviously with a 30+ game schedule, weekday games are a necessity. I get it. That's not really my complaint.My point is Saturday afternoon and early Saturday evenings are optimal game times. And we have none in February or March. On Saturdays you can stop at BW-3's 2 hours prior to the game, eat some food, watch some sports, take in a little pre-game atmosphere and then watch the Zips. I realize there are many folks who hit the campus strictly for the game. Park the car, watch the Zips, then go home. And many Zips fans don't have to deal with work (student, retired, etc) or kids. That's all good. But for me, I can make a great Saturday scheduled around Zips athletics. I can't do that on a weekday, and Sunday is a similar buzzkill.As far as the comment that MAC football is only on the weekend, you must not have seen the Zips 2008 football schedule. Three of the Zips last 4 games were Wednesday/Thursday/Friday. Give me a Saturday football game where I can fire up a grill and enjoy the day, or make an away road trip, over a Wednesday night, school & work night game, where I also contend with the work/school thing the next morning, any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdZip Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Your Saturday games in January just got moved to noon. I'm not sure what this will do for attendance in general, but I do know what it will do for me--I'll be late to both of them and won't enjoy BW3's beforehand.BG game got moved to 8:00 this Saturday as well, which killed our plans to drive out there for the day, but at least it's on ESPNU which I don't get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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