(08-22-2016 12:06 PM)HuskyHawk Wrote: I agree with you on this. I don't see them going that far west and east at the same time. People keep underestimating just how far BYU is from most of the Big 12. It's nearly as far as UConn.
Flight from OKC to Cincinnati = 2:15
Flight from OKC to SLC = 2:20
Flight from OKC to Hartford (NYC) = 3:25
Flight from DFW to Cincinnati = 2:10
Flight from DFW to SLC = 2:30
Flight from DFW to Hartford = 3:25
Flight from Austin to Cincinnati = 2:30
Flight from Austin to SLC = 2:45
Flight from Austin to Hartford (NYC) = 3:40
Flight from Kansas City to Cincinnati = 1:40
Flight from Kansas City to SLC = 2:30
Flight from Kansas City to Hartford (NYC) = 2:45
Flight from Des Moines to Cincinnati = 1:40
Flight from Des Moines to SLC = 2:25
Flight from Des Moines to Hartford (NYC) = 2:40
(08-22-2016 12:06 PM)HuskyHawk Wrote: Mountain time zone programming is also relatively undesirable to the TV networks.
47.1% of the U.S. is in the eastern time zone
29% central
6.7% mountain
16.6% Pacific
Mountain and Pacific time zones are lumped together by the TV networks. Per the above numbers, Mountain plus Pacific time zones = 23.3%
Only 12 of the 65 P5 programs reside in the Pacific and Mountain time zones, or about 18%. So, based on these numbers, the P5 under-delivers for the TV networks in the Mountain/Pacific region by about 5% of the total, or 3 too few schools (this may provide part of the motivation for ESPN's special TV arrangements with BYU and Boise St.). AND, the PAC has recently declared that it will decrease the number of games available to FOX and ESPN for the West Coast prime time TV time slot (ie, 10pm ET).
FWIW, the breakdown of BYU's 400K+ living alumni (and 6.5 million LDS US population) by time zone looks like this:
Pacific/Mountain = 80% (71%)
Central/Eastern = 18.5% (27%)
Other = 1.5% (2%)
The 20-25% of the BYU fan base in the Central/Eastern region dislike the late kickoffs, but BYU delivers solid TV ratings in the West Coast prime time slot (10pm ET).