[Farm93]

[quote author=Farm93 link=topic=13725.msg143210#msg143210 date=1448301690]

I also don't recall Oregon or the Washington schools loving Fridays in the past.  I knew the Arizona schools had that day for a while. 

three of the last four UW/WSU games and two of the last four OU/OSU have been on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
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By past I meant pre-Pac-12.  UofA and ASU played their rivalry game on Black Friday for at least a few years back in the day, but the other rivalry games were Saturday deals.  Right?  Now with the new contract they are playing of Fridays and few are complaining apparently.  So the only schools with big complaints about needing/wanting/demanding their rivalry game on the Saturday before Thanksgiving in the daytime are Stanford and UCB.

Everyone else seems more flexible with the exception of perhaps UCLA and USC but they are safe for different reasons.

[Farm93]

[quote author=Farm93 link=topic=13725.msg143210#msg143210 date=1448301690]

I also don't recall Oregon or the Washington schools loving Fridays in the past.  I knew the Arizona schools had that day for a while. 

three of the last four UW/WSU games and two of the last four OU/OSU have been on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
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By past I meant pre-Pac-12.  UofA and ASU played their rivalry game on Black Friday for at least a few years back in the day, but the other rivalry games were Saturday deals.  Right?  Now with the new contract they are playing of Fridays and few are complaining apparently.  So the only schools with big complaints about needing/wanting/demanding their rivalry game on the Saturday before Thanksgiving in the daytime are Stanford and UCB.

Everyone else seems more flexible with the exception of perhaps UCLA and USC but they are safe for different reasons.