College football fans didn’t waste any time letting NBC and ESPN hear it on Sunday.
With only three games on the Week 2 schedule, two of the day’s biggest matchups were placed in the same 7:30 p.m. ET window: No.
9 Ole Miss vs. No.
24 Louisville and Wisconsin vs. No.
4 Notre Dame. Washington State at No.
17 Washington was the lone other game on the slate, and it kicked at 4 p.m. ET.
That left fans staring at a setup that felt avoidable from the jump. The lack of a noon window on a day with just three games drew immediate criticism, with viewers and media members blasting the overlap between the two marquee matchups.
“It’s a failure of college football to have three games on one weekend day and play two of them at the same time.”
“There is zero logical explanation why you have Notre Dame / Wisconsin on AT THE SAME TIME as Ole Miss / Louisville today.”
“So dumb to have Louisville/Ole Miss and ND/Wisconsin at the same time”
“We as a nation need to put aside our differences, come together, and force the networks to put every game in a different window when there are only three games to be played. No excuse to play two of today’s games simultaneously. We can do so much better.”
“We couldn’t spread these out throughout the day?”
“Who’s the dickhead that decided to schedule these games at the same time?”
“Who scheduled Washington vs Washington State at 4pm when the Notre Dame game is directly after at 7:30”
“There’s only two CFB games on September 6th.
Louisville vs Ole Miss in Nashville.
Notre Dame vs Wisconsin at Lambeau.
They both kickoff at the same time.”
“Scheduling Notre Dame/Wisconsin and Ole Miss/Louisville at the same exact start time today was a stroke of genius by the powers that be. Wouldn't make any sense whatsoever to spread them out as the two marquee Sunday games.”
“The Notre Dame vs Wisconsin and Ole Miss vs Louisville games come on at the same time?
Who sanctioned that?”
“Why are Notre dame vs Wisconsin playing at the exact same time as ole miss vs Louisville
There is no pro football tonight , what are we doing
1,4,7 problem solved ?”
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