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Mark Ferguson's avatar

When noon eastern games started becoming popular (gulp) three plus decades ago I recall being on a Big East message board where there were many unhappy that the conference was encroaching on high school football.

Did not know until then that Saturday morning high school football was a thing in some places

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Jon Crowley's avatar

Very accurate and well-researched! Question: is it true that the 5.5 day workweek (which was a largely in place before WWII) was a contributing factor to college games being played on Saturday afternoons rather than earlier times on Saturday? My Dad told me that when I was a kid…

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