It just don’t sit right with me. I prefer Thanksgiving day, but Saturday is perfectly fine. Friday just feels bush league, even if it is a day off for lots of folks.
Friday night Egg Bowl
- Thread starter dorndawg
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What's it matter? It's been played on Thanksgiving night, Saturday afternoon and night, and Black Friday a couple of times also in the last 25 or so years. It's on national TV. Much better than the 1:00 kickoffs in Jackson with no TV I grew up with.
I am probably in the minority, but I like it on Friday afternoon. A lot of people love it on Thanksgiving. It doesn't matter now, but it was difficult on Bird Day.
I like any time but thanksgiving. But this looks like a 1-off. I think it’ll be thanksgiving again next year.
I'd prefer nobody see this beat down, we've got a team made for radio.
For folks who go to the game, any day but Thanksgiving is fine.
If you want to go to a family dinner, that is. If you want an acceptable excuse to not go, the Thursday Egg Bowl is pretty awesome.
Saturday at 11 am would be good this year
Actually for this particular game I wish it was a 1:00 game with no tv
The season ending on Friday instead of Saturday gives our staff more time to go out recruiting**
It doesn’t really matter to me when it’s played but if there was a preference I would say Saturday.
Well, it is fitting for us to play on a Friday since we are basically a high school team.
It’s also across from the Chiefs/Raiders so the TV bump is pretty much nil
You laugh but they've got recruits coming in Saturday
They need to put it on at 11:30 Saturday, bring back the old JP Sports 3 Daves, and let us relive the bad old days. That's the broadcast this years game deserves.
I’d be happy with this year it just being on the radio with some Jack sound bites thrown in.
Maybe, but probably not. SEC doesn't want the NFL competition for one of its premier games. Looks like Texas vs A&M will be a Friday game going forward (it's Saturday this year but according to this article SEC wanted it on Friday but couldn't make the schedules work on late notice). So, Egg Bowl probably isn't staying on Friday. Interestingly, there is no Thanksgiving game this year. So my guess is Egg Bowl goes to Thanksgiving if there is a Thanksgiving game going forward, or Saturday if there's not.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/will-longhorns-aggies-thanksgiving-game-return/
Downvotes go right there. Ha.
We'll see. Egg bowl always draws ratings even with NFL competition. UT/A&M was a traditional Thanksgiving game for years.
Viewership was pretty abysmal in 2023 (especially considering it was a primetime game), which is probably why we are relegated to Friday now:
Thanksgiving (11/23) sports ratings: NFL, college hoops, Egg Bowl hit highs
The NFL was customarily massive -- and college basketball made a few waves as well -- on Thanksgiving Day.
www.sportsmediawatch.com
Grew up in Ms(Jackson). Season Ticket holder till 2019 Moved to SC after college. Loved eating Turkey and heading up to Vegas when it was on Thanksgiving. Came back to almost all Eggs through yrs, when I had my parents there other relatives. Now close relatives are gone. Back in 2021, we stayed in a Starkville hotel after the game, the only restaurant open was Buffalo Wild wings that I remember and a 2 hr wait. Probably was always that way but I was heading to Jackson after the game anyway.. Could not even get a pizza delivered. I get it every one is off, but if you have 62k in town, national TV, the only TV game and the town can't support it, don't do it.
I'm sure he will have over a 90% completion rating if he has to throw the ball at all.
By moving from Thanksgiving, it kind of took away, what little spice the Egg Bowl had going for it!