FIU Gametime Announced, Crickets Chirp As Game Not Televised

The Pitt/FIU football gametime has been announced as 3:30 p.m.  It was previously announced that the game would either be at 3:30 p.m. or 8:00 p.m.

FIU's lost two tough games so far and had they gotten off to a fast start, it might have made a little more sense to play it as a night game. But an 0-2 start likely helped kill that and, really, as long as it's not a noon game, this is fine.

FIU's slow start also killed any remote chance it would make it as even an ESPN3 or Gameplan game. It's been confirmed that the game will not be televised.

Good And Bad Of Scheduling

A couple of scheduling notes - if both are true, I consider one good and one bad.

The first is confirmed - Pitt's game against Florida International on October 2nd will take place either at 3:30 p.m. or at 8:00 p.m. That's light years better than having a noon or 1:00 p.m. kickoff, which is what I was anticipating.

The game will be somewhere on ESPN, though it's unlikely (at least to me) that it'd be on ESPN or even ESPN2. I think we'll see this on GamePlan or the dreaded ESPN3.

The second, which is unconfirmed, is not so good. Ray Fittipaldo of the PG (Plus section...you have a few free page views before they ask you to subscribe) says the Pitt/UCONN basketball game could be scheduled for December 27th, while calling it 'not a bad stocking stuffer.'

Um, sure, it might not be so bad if you live in Pittsburgh and are staying home for the holidays. But if you're like me and you'll be out of town, this is terrible news. Plus, students will be on break, so what kind of atmosphere will you even have? Fans and most importantly, Pitt, would be much better served if the game were against a lesser opponent. Pitt won't have the same home court advantage it normally has and could make the game a little tougher.

Let the debate about coming home early from visiting relatives begin.