September 27, 2021 · 6:30 AM

Just ’cause it’s at noon doesn’t mean it’s not a big deal.

Top-ten match up, College GameDay and this:

Kinda makes you wonder how often that particular trifecta hits…

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Filed under Arkansas Is Kind Of A Big Deal, ESPN Is The Devil, Georgia Football

44 responses to “Just ’cause it’s at noon doesn’t mean it’s not a big deal.”

  1. practicaldawg
    September 27, 2021 at 6:55 AM

    Just another lazy nooner between undefeated top 10 cross-divisional SEC opponents.

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  2. Terry McCullers
    September 27, 2021 at 7:13 AM

    With Kirby calling for an elite fan base Athens will not sleep Friday night. The fans will be ready . This is the first true test of the season.

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  3. ApalachDawg aux Bruxelles
    September 27, 2021 at 7:28 AM

    will dawg fans be elite tailgaters on Saturday morning?

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  4. Corch Irvin Meyers, Former Jags Corch (2024)
    September 27, 2021 at 7:45 AM

    Man, ESPN sure is trying to go all-out to make up for their fuck-up of making this a noon game, aren’t they?

    It’s almost like it just would have been easier to CHANGE THE TIME OF THE GAME!!!

    Dicks.

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    • Senator Blutarsky
      September 27, 2021 at 7:47 AM

      ESPN only had three time slots this week: noon, 6 and 9. None of those are exactly primo.

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      • 79dawg
        September 27, 2021 at 7:53 AM

        FWIW, reports indicate Fox has been getting some traction on their pregame show by putting it where their nooner game is. Those painting this as doom and gloom for ESPN miss what a big lead-in gameday will be for the game – you, me and 99% of the folks here don’t think that sort of thing should matter because we’re hardcorers, but it apparently makes a difference to the semi-casual fan…

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        • Spell Dawg
          September 27, 2021 at 8:55 AM

          I have a few family/friends who still watch GameDay. Don’t get me wrong, I used to watch that morning-killing shite, but that was many kids/homes/wives ago (well, honestly just one wife, but sometimes it feels like I’m married to Sybil). I’ll catch the celebrity picks at the end, those can be fun, but the rest is so much mind-numbing noise. I’d rather get everything done for the day before noon and then park my happy ass on the couch.

          I’ll probably make an exception this weekend. I’ll pull it up on youtubeTV @ 9AM, pause it, and then fast-forward through most the mess 10 minutes before the game starts.

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      • miltondawg
        September 27, 2021 at 11:22 AM

        ESPNU has three time slots this week. Noon, 4 (South Florida and SMU), and the colossal 7:30 PM matchup between Vandy and UConn. The noon games in the SEC have always been seen as less than optimal. The SEC and B1G are not the same in this regard. I have a hard time believing that there aren’t people in the office in Bristol wondering who in the F thought it was a good idea to have Georgia and Arkansas at noon and Vandy and UConn at 7:30 PM right in the prime time of football watching in the southeast.

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  5. Hobnail_Boot
    September 27, 2021 at 8:32 AM

    What are the logistics of getting the losing 1992 Citrus Bowl QB from Myers Quad to the Sanford box in short order?

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    • KornDawg
      September 27, 2021 at 8:45 AM

      They’re doing the last hour “between the hedges,” according to Rece Davis.

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    • 79dawg
      September 27, 2021 at 9:00 AM

      Kirk never picks the game he’s calling – he’s an impartial journolist after all – so he doesn’t have to be on-set when the picks are made… My guess would be between a Tom Rinaldi segment bracketed by two commercial breaks before the picks start, they could get him off the set and to the booth pretty easily…

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    • Tony BarnFart
      September 27, 2021 at 12:00 PM

      7 minutes… because it took about 13 to get from my bed to english class and that’s about double.

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  6. treyinathens (@treyinathens)
    September 27, 2021 at 8:35 AM

    So, would a “Mark Richt has lost control of SEC Kickoff Times” sign be a good one?

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  7. Corch Irvin Meyers, Former Jags Corch (2024)
    September 27, 2021 at 9:28 AM

    This has the feeling of an”try out” for when ESPN has full control of the SEC television package.

    I don’t like being anyone’s guinea pig, but doesn’t it feel like that?

    I think we can look forward to SEC Triple Headers on ESPN at noon, 3:30, and 7:30 (or maybe 4 and 8), with a new paradigm going forward, especially if this Game Day and nook start goes well.

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    • stoopnagle
      September 27, 2021 at 11:43 AM

      Yep. Huge mistake giving the whole package to ESPN. But, it’s more money, so…

      I hope they at least worked out a deal where the bottom line is removed from SEC games (they didn’t, I’m sure) but there’s little more annoying than the screen real estate wasted on ESPN’s score/bottomline/advert. I noticed that their NFL broadcasts don’t come with that shit ton of distracton.

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  8. 123 Fake St
    September 27, 2021 at 9:56 AM

    Who’s the guest picker? Can’t get any worse than fucking Kane Brown.

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  9. theorginaldawgabides
    September 27, 2021 at 10:30 AM

    This is what people aren’t getting. They knew what they were doing. And they were really hoping for Arky to upset A&M. This game isn’t being relegated to a noon start on SEC network alternative with the C team announcing. It’s on the mothership, with their premiere broadcast team, led in by Gameday. ESPN is going all out to raise the profile of their noon broadcast. They want to dominate the time slot. Like 79dawg said above, Fox is gaining traction here. This will be the model when they take over all SEC broadcasts. Big games at noon, 3:30-4, and prime time on the mothership.

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    • stoopnagle
      September 27, 2021 at 11:41 AM

      It’s going to help them a lot that Wisky lost to the Irish. That Michigan-Wisconsin game doesn’t look so appetizing now.

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    • miltondawg
      September 27, 2021 at 1:14 PM

      And SEC just released that the noon ESPN and 3:30 CBS time slots for 9th will be Auburn/Georgia and Ole Miss/Arkansas. So potentially for Georgia, noon, noon, and 11 AM central start times. How special.

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    • Raleighwood Rob
      September 27, 2021 at 4:59 PM

      ESPN’s Noon game is the new black! 🙌💯🔥

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  10. Russ
    September 27, 2021 at 11:13 AM

    Fowler and Herbie? Damn. Almost makes me wish for Mowins. Almost.

    Maybe this is the time I try to synchronize the broadcast with the radio.

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