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Concur.

Thursday night games used to be the thing. Unique, and the only game in town. Now more than one college game is Thursday night, plus the 800 pound gorilla named NFL.

But even back in the day, a Thursday night game had the impact of either a very, very long day, (to and from Blacksburg) on the same day, or losing 2 days of work.

But Friday night games require only losing 1 day's work, and it is still pretty much the only game in town. At least the NFL is doing games that night yet.

Also does anyone really believe a college game on TV is going to damage the crowd at a high school game on Friday night? Does anyone really believe that a person at home on Friday night says to themselves, "Self, since there are no college games on TV tonight, let's go down to the high school game tonight."?

If anyone is interested in the local high school game, they are going to it, regardless of what college might be playing on Friday.

In response to this post by Freddyburg Hokie

Posted: 07/27/2017 at 03:35AM

The B1G: It's a TV Entity that has associated schools & sports -- HOO86 07/24/2017 5:54PM

Interesting about the pushback on Friday night games. -- crabcake77 07/25/2017 08:23AM

I'm glad VT is hosting Friday games. It may be our only chance to get a -- ChrisLords 07/29/2017 06:46AM

I'm still not sure how VT playing on Friday night competes with HS football -- Atlee Hokie 07/29/2017 08:12AM

Going forward, I think Friday night games are better than Thursday night... -- Freddyburg Hokie 07/25/2017 2:59PM

Concur. -- Atlee Hokie 07/27/2017 03:35AM

I agree, better for the fans and the team. Thursday night has two NFL games -- Stech 07/25/2017 8:11PM

Guess I'm an outsider on here but I think CFB is for Saturday. -- crabcake77 07/25/2017 8:33PM

I would prefer all college games to be on Saturday. However, ... -- Atlee Hokie 07/27/2017 03:41AM

Agreed. Prefer Saturday games. If we must play a weeknight game, -- hokie4ever 07/27/2017 10:37AM

For me, UVA Friday after Thanksgiving is the very worse time for the game. -- Atlee Hokie 07/27/2017 03:39AM

I don't disagree with that VT should see itself as a major brand. -- VTHokie2000 07/26/2017 12:05PM

Won't the acc network make every game available? ** -- Hokie`79 07/26/2017 12:54PM

Probably -- mrcaniac 07/26/2017 3:16PM

I am not sure I would make that assumption because it may depend -- VTHokie2000 07/26/2017 1:44PM

Fair question. And I don't have a full answer, but... -- crabcake77 07/26/2017 12:22PM

Honestly, I would consider VT to be a major brand. -- VTHokie2000 07/26/2017 12:39PM

Big ten is all about business... here's hint for acc network -- Mercury 07/24/2017 7:58PM

Concur.

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