[BobK]

Our 2015 season has a kickoff time: Sept. 5 @ 12pm ET / 9am PT at Northwestern w/ national @espn broadcast. The countdown is on! GoStanford Our 2015 season has a kickoff time: Sept. 5 @ 12pm ET / 9am PT at Northwestern w/ national @espn broadcast. The countdown is on! #GoStanford

[BobK]

Our 2015 season has a kickoff time: Sept. 5 @ 12pm ET / 9am PT at Northwestern w/ national @espn broadcast. The countdown is on! GoStanford Our 2015 season has a kickoff time: Sept. 5 @ 12pm ET / 9am PT at Northwestern w/ national @espn broadcast. The countdown is on! #GoStanford

[FarmBoy]

Isn't this bad news? Doesn't Stanford have a pretty poor track record in East Coast games starting before noon PST? Hopefully, the team can travel out early to acclimate, since school hasn't started yet.

[FarmBoy]

Isn't this bad news? Doesn't Stanford have a pretty poor track record in East Coast games starting before noon PST? Hopefully, the team can travel out early to acclimate, since school hasn't started yet.

[stupac2]

I remember seeing that the game was only going to be on the Big-10 network, so it being on ESPN is a welcome relief even if it does start at 9.

[stupac2]

I remember seeing that the game was only going to be on the Big-10 network, so it being on ESPN is a welcome relief even if it does start at 9.

[OutsiderFan]

I don't think the early start time is a big deal for the first game of the season.  It's not like classes will have started by then, so the team can stay an extra day in Chicago to get used to the early start time.  I'm willing to bet Stanford will also be setting its practice schedule such that the team is practicing at 8am local time, so the 11am local kickoff won't have an impact on body clocks, etc.


Plus, it could be hot/humid at that time of year.  Getting an 11am local start could be a positive from that standpoint.  The most important news is the game will be on ESPN and viewable by everyone with cable or satellite!

[OutsiderFan]

I don't think the early start time is a big deal for the first game of the season.  It's not like classes will have started by then, so the team can stay an extra day in Chicago to get used to the early start time.  I'm willing to bet Stanford will also be setting its practice schedule such that the team is practicing at 8am local time, so the 11am local kickoff won't have an impact on body clocks, etc.


Plus, it could be hot/humid at that time of year.  Getting an 11am local start could be a positive from that standpoint.  The most important news is the game will be on ESPN and viewable by everyone with cable or satellite!

[Farm93]

Isn't this bad news? Doesn't Stanford have a pretty poor track record in East Coast games starting before noon PST? Hopefully, the team can travel out early to acclimate, since school hasn't started yet.

The "good" news is that it is relatively early for the central time zone too.  I seem to recall a lot of those 11AM central B1G games lack that rowdy passion when the pre-noon kick was for a game at Minnesota, Illinois or Northwestern.

And BTW - Northwestern is certainly NOT on the East Coast. 

[Farm93]

Isn't this bad news? Doesn't Stanford have a pretty poor track record in East Coast games starting before noon PST? Hopefully, the team can travel out early to acclimate, since school hasn't started yet.

The "good" news is that it is relatively early for the central time zone too.  I seem to recall a lot of those 11AM central B1G games lack that rowdy passion when the pre-noon kick was for a game at Minnesota, Illinois or Northwestern.

And BTW - Northwestern is certainly NOT on the East Coast. 

[CTcard]

Isn't this bad news? Doesn't Stanford have a pretty poor track record in East Coast games starting before noon PST?

Early start time games in the east.

2014 vs und.    12:40 pm PDT  L 14-17
2013 vs Army.  09:05 am PDT  W 34-20
2012 vs und.    12:39 pm PDT  L 13-20
2011 vs Duke.  12:40 pm PDT  W 44-14
2010 vs und.    12:40 pm PDT  W 37-14
2009 vs Wake.  09:10 am PDT  L 17-24
2008 vs und.    11:43 am PDT  L 21-28
2008 vs TCU.  10:40 am PDT  L 14-31
2006 vs und.  11:43 am PDT  L 10-31
2004 vs und.  10:47 am PDT  L 15-23
2002 vs BC.    12:35 pm PDT  L 27-34
2002 vs und.  10:36 am PDT  L 7-31
2000 vs und.  10:39 am PDT  L14-20
1999 vs Texas.  ?? (I think it was early)  L 17-69

So, I increased your definition of early by an hour to get more games (or by two hours in the unlikely event you really meant PST). The record over this span was 3-11. Of course this includes the dark years of Wlat and Buddy when the record anywhere and anytime was bad. I would only take the 2010 game vs und as a high quality performance.

[CTcard]

Isn't this bad news? Doesn't Stanford have a pretty poor track record in East Coast games starting before noon PST?

Early start time games in the east.

2014 vs und.    12:40 pm PDT  L 14-17
2013 vs Army.  09:05 am PDT  W 34-20
2012 vs und.    12:39 pm PDT  L 13-20
2011 vs Duke.  12:40 pm PDT  W 44-14
2010 vs und.    12:40 pm PDT  W 37-14
2009 vs Wake.  09:10 am PDT  L 17-24
2008 vs und.    11:43 am PDT  L 21-28
2008 vs TCU.  10:40 am PDT  L 14-31
2006 vs und.  11:43 am PDT  L 10-31
2004 vs und.  10:47 am PDT  L 15-23
2002 vs BC.    12:35 pm PDT  L 27-34
2002 vs und.  10:36 am PDT  L 7-31
2000 vs und.  10:39 am PDT  L14-20
1999 vs Texas.  ?? (I think it was early)  L 17-69

So, I increased your definition of early by an hour to get more games (or by two hours in the unlikely event you really meant PST). The record over this span was 3-11. Of course this includes the dark years of Wlat and Buddy when the record anywhere and anytime was bad. I would only take the 2010 game vs und as a high quality performance.

[BobK]

I don't recall the Texas game being early. Many Stanford fans left after the first qtr due to the heat,  But that's the only game you named in the Central time zone.  :D

[BobK]

I don't recall the Texas game being early. Many Stanford fans left after the first qtr due to the heat,  But that's the only game you named in the Central time zone.  :D

[FarmBoy]

The record over this span was 3-11. Of course this includes the dark years of Wlat and Buddy when the record anywhere and anytime was bad. I would only take the 2010 game vs und as a high quality performance.

Probably not a statistically significant sample, but not very encouraging. While that period includes the dark years, it also include the recent golden age. This team is somewhere between.

[FarmBoy]

The record over this span was 3-11. Of course this includes the dark years of Wlat and Buddy when the record anywhere and anytime was bad. I would only take the 2010 game vs und as a high quality performance.

Probably not a statistically significant sample, but not very encouraging. While that period includes the dark years, it also include the recent golden age. This team is somewhere between.

[2 for 2028]

I don't recall the Texas game being early. Many Stanford fans left after the first qtr due to the heat,  But that's the only game you named in the Central time zone.  :D

TCU is in the Central time zone and the UND games pre-2006 were on central time as well.

[2 for 2028]

I don't recall the Texas game being early. Many Stanford fans left after the first qtr due to the heat,  But that's the only game you named in the Central time zone.  :D

TCU is in the Central time zone and the UND games pre-2006 were on central time as well.

[Papa John]

September 10, 1994, Dyche Stadium, Evanston, Illinois: #24 Stanford 41, Northwestern 41 (Stanford missed a 23-yard field goal with 3 seconds left)

Kickoff was at 9:30 am PT, televised by ESPN.

Perhaps other folks remember that game? Or would rather forget?

[Papa John]

September 10, 1994, Dyche Stadium, Evanston, Illinois: #24 Stanford 41, Northwestern 41 (Stanford missed a 23-yard field goal with 3 seconds left)

Kickoff was at 9:30 am PT, televised by ESPN.

Perhaps other folks remember that game? Or would rather forget?

[CTcard]

Should you really include those games that started after noon PST (or PDT for that matter?)

Who knows?
That's why I specified what I did and included the times.

TCU is in the Central time zone and the UND games pre-2006 were on central time as well.

Whoops.
Apparently the und games pre-2006 should be pushed back an hour for PDT.

I don't recall the Texas game being early. Many Stanford fans left after the first qtr due to the heat,

I remember it being hot and sort of remember going to the stadium at a too early hour. Someone on the bootboard claims it was an 11 am CDT start - though I cannot find a box score confirmation.

[CTcard]

Should you really include those games that started after noon PST (or PDT for that matter?)

Who knows?
That's why I specified what I did and included the times.

TCU is in the Central time zone and the UND games pre-2006 were on central time as well.

Whoops.
Apparently the und games pre-2006 should be pushed back an hour for PDT.

I don't recall the Texas game being early. Many Stanford fans left after the first qtr due to the heat,

I remember it being hot and sort of remember going to the stadium at a too early hour. Someone on the bootboard claims it was an 11 am CDT start - though I cannot find a box score confirmation.

[Red State]

I think the 11 am CDT is correct. I remember Kent Baer saying that half of the team was asleep on the bus en route to the stadium.

[Red State]

I think the 11 am CDT is correct. I remember Kent Baer saying that half of the team was asleep on the bus en route to the stadium.

[winflop]

The "good" news is that it is relatively early for the central time zone too.  I seem to recall a lot of those 11AM central B1G games lack that rowdy passion when the pre-noon kick was for a game at Minnesota, Illinois or Northwestern.

Regardless of kickoff time, just about the only time a Northwestern game is rowdy is if it's against Michigan, Wisconsin, tOSU, or Illinois.  I don't expect the stadium to be more than 2/3 full, if that.


Northwestern also will not have started yet, so the student section will not be very full.

[winflop]

The "good" news is that it is relatively early for the central time zone too.  I seem to recall a lot of those 11AM central B1G games lack that rowdy passion when the pre-noon kick was for a game at Minnesota, Illinois or Northwestern.

Regardless of kickoff time, just about the only time a Northwestern game is rowdy is if it's against Michigan, Wisconsin, tOSU, or Illinois.  I don't expect the stadium to be more than 2/3 full, if that.


Northwestern also will not have started yet, so the student section will not be very full.