The UTEP athletics department is allowing fans to vote on a kickoff time for the Miners’ Saturday, Oct. 17, game with San Jose State, it announced Tuesday.
“In the spirit of innovation and with a Fan-First mentality in mind, we’d like for our fans to set the time for the game,” UTEP Vice President and Director of Athletics Jim Senter said in the release. “This is the first step in providing a more interactive experience for Miner Nation when we take on our old WAC rivals, the Spartans!”
The initiative is part of a theme the university is dubbing Innovation Day for the contest. The available kick times are 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, or 7:00pm (Mountain).
Voting began earlier Tuesday and continues through Wednesday, July 1, at this link.
I voted for: 01:00 o’clock Mountain Time.
12:00 o’clock Pacific & 02:00 o’clock Central.
A comfortable starting time for Texas Residents & Bay Area California Residents alike.
I like college football games that aren’t beholden to TV networks dictating kickoff time.
In a perfect world, the home team would decide what time they want the game to kickoff, and then the tv networks would take it, not the other way around.
Evan Sounds like an excellent idea.
Thumbs Up!!! on your post.
Evan, you said what I believe. Let each team decide the kickoff times for their games, then the networks can decide which games to broadcast.
ROLL TIDE!
Nothing says you’re in a good conference like picking your own game times because TV doesn’t want you.
That’s a bit disengenuous when P4 conferences including even within the B1G and SEC are placing games on their “+” network/ streaming only subscriptions.
A head scratcher that this survey wasn’t limited to just season ticket holders/boosters, when the results can be influenced by those with no intentions of attending (or even watching). Otherwise, it all feels like a cheap publicity stunt.