Playing an actual game in Sydney, Australia, versus Hawai'i on 8/27. What a goofy place to play. Long road trip for the Bears, wonder if they can use body clock for an excuse if they struggle! droski, you going to the game?
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Worst thing is, as a season opener it stinks.
I mean, it would be cool to watch a college game played in Oz, just for the novelty. But kickoff is at like 1 am, EST. Not staying up for that. And Hawaii is a doormat, even for a team down on their luck like Cal. So other than location, there is absolutely nothing interesting, much less compelling, about this game.
Which is a pity; the first game of the season should be good enough to get all game-starved fans eager to tune in.
Heh.
Just makes one wonder why they picked a start time that corresponds to 1 a.m. EST (that would be 4 pm local time, I think). They could've gone with 11 am local, not an unreasonable start time, which would've been 8 pm eastern/5 pm pacific in the US. Seems like that would work for everybody. Even a noon start in Oz would've been 9 pm eastern, 6 pm pacific, still very reasonable all around.
*shrug* It's like they went out of their way to be sure a lot of Americans would not be watching the first game of the 2016 season. Weird.[/QUOTE
I hope the Cal players get to spend a night at "The Rocks" or find a date at King's Cross.(?). Maybe a safer choice would be "The Oaks" in Mosman