A Penn Athletics press release earlier today announced that the football game this year at Princeton will be moved to Friday November 7th from Saturday the 8th. (Actually I just read the Princeton Athletics release and it’s more detailed). The reason for the change? So it can be aired live on ESPNU. The meeting will be the 100th between the schools.
The Quakers’ previous game is Saturday the 1st home against Brown, so the short week should not be that big of a deal. Princeton, meanwhile, will be disadvantaged more by the short week. They play at Cornell on the 1st.
But The Tigers are used to playing under the lights on a national TV audience on Friday night. They beat Brown 17-3 two years ago and Cornell 34-31 last year, both Friday ESPNU games.
This would be the first non-Saturday game the Quakers have played since Thursday October 10 at Villanova in 2002.
What are your thoughts about the change? Post in the comments below.
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May 6th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
I really like the idea, and I hope that it will be promoted sufficiently on campus. Anything novel will likely draw more Penn students to the game, provided they know about it. It’s early enough in the evening not to interfere with partying.
May 6th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
Andrew,
Do you foresee a bus to the game for students like has been done in past years?