When will SEC/ESPN announce the time slot for Week 5 against Tennessee?

[WrightGuy821]

Anybody know when to expect them to release the time for that game? Trying to decide if I'm gonna bring my wife and 4 month old. If it's too early, won't bring because of the heat, if it's too late won't bring because of bedtime. Kind of a lose-lose for me unless we get the 2:30/3pm slate

 

[dawgstudent]

I think we will know today. There's a lot of good games that day too.

 

[WrightGuy821]

I think we will know today. There's a lot of good games that day too.

That's what I'm thinking, Tennessee not being 4-0 will also hurt our chances of a better timeslot

 

[CaptainFalcon]

That's what I'm thinking, Tennessee not being 4-0 will also hurt our chances of a better timeslot

I actually think we may benefit from being a little bit down the pecking order.

Georgia-Bama is already slated for a night game. Going head to head against Oregon-Penn State on NBC.

I think the next two biggest games (LSU-OM and Auburn-A&M) will get afternoon kickoffs as to not go against the other two huge games.

Because of that, I could see us getting a night time kick out of it because they aren’t really worried about State vs Tennessee getting huge viewers and don’t mind letting us get eaten by Georgia-Bama in terms of viewership.

 

[onewoof]

I think we will know today. There's a lot of good games that day too.

Moving us up to 7:30am

 

[The Peeper]

I think we will know today. There's a lot of good games that day too.

The teams are notified first early on Monday a.m. so they won't be blindsided. Then the networks announce sometime right after 10:00 a.m. but there is really no set time.

 

[Dawgg]

ESPN says it’s either a 2:30-3:30 pm start or a 5-7 pm start.

ND vs Arkansas will be the 11 am ABC game.
Bama vs Georgia will be the 6:30 pm ABC game.

That leaves the 2:30 pm ABC slot open. Right now, that will probably be one of these:
Auburn vs A&M (afternoon)
Ole Miss vs LSU (afternoon or evening)
State vs Tennessee (afternoon or evening)

One of the others will likely get the 2:30 pm ESPN slot and the other will get the 6:30 pm ESPN slot.

Auburn vs A&M is locked into the 2:30 slot, so it’s just a matter of which network for them.

ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN U, and the SEC Network currently have nothing scheduled for 2:30 pm or 6:30 pm that day.

Other SEC games that day:
Vandy vs Utah State at 11:45 am on SEC Network
Kentucky vs South Carolina (afternoon or evening game)
Mizzou vs UMass (evening game)

Gonna go out on a limb and say all 3 of those are SECN/SECN+ games.

 

[Maroon13]

Welp we must really pull $h*t tv ratings. If we are going to be placed on sectv, I would have preferred 6pm. But at least it isn't 11am.

 

[vicksburg]

3:15 kickoff

 

[onewoof]

Hottest time of the day. Them Yankees aren't used to this kinda tropical heat**

 

[Dawgg]

Man, was I way off. We’re getting bumped off an ESPN night game for 17ing Iowa State vs Arizona?!?

 

[DAWGSANDSAINTS]

I kinda like the 3:15 slot.
Not too early, still plenty of time for students to recover from Friday night and be in the stadium ready to go and not too late either.

 

[onewoof]

I kinda like the 3:15 slot.
Not too early, still plenty of time for students to recover from Friday night and be in the stadium ready to go and not too late either.

does fit in better with the drive up and drive back home in the same day