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This Is the Single Dumbest Piece of Sports Scheduling That You Will Ever See
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This Is the Single Dumbest Piece of Sports Scheduling That You Will Ever See

SI·Jimmy Traina·19 days ago
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1. Congrats to college football, NBC and ESPN on winning the award for “Dumbest Piece of Scheduling You’ll Ever See.” In Week 1, on Sunday, Sept. 6 (Labor Day weekend), there are only two college football games on the entire schedule: Wisconsin at Notre Dame (from Lambeau Field) on NBC and Louisville at Ole Miss on ABC. A normal human being would guess one game would be played at 3:30 p.m. ET and the other at 7 or 7:30 p.m. You could even imagine a scenario where one game would start at 7 p.m. and the other at 8 p.m. The NFL does not open its season until Sept. 9, so there are no conflicts with the two college games. There is a completely open day to schedule just two games. But, because like I always tell you, leagues and networks absolutely hate their fans, BOTH GAMES WILL KICK OFF AT 7:30 p.m. ET.…

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