As someone who hates noon kickoffs, I did not know a pestilence like 11 a.m. kickoffs existed, but then again I live in the eastern timezone.
But, 11 a.m. kickoffs do exist, and Minnesota's lame duck governor, Mark Dayton, is fed up with them.
From David Montgomery of TwinCities.com:
His final campaign behind him, Gov. Mark Dayton plans a battle next year over a minor but very personal issue: the start time for University of Minnesota football games.
"They talk about the concern about attendance at the Gopher games -- they start them at 11 o'clock in the morning," Dayton said Tuesday in an interview with the Pioneer Press. "I'm going to propose that we pass a law that no (Division I FBS) football game in Minnesota can start before noon."
Dayton said 11 a.m. kickoffs -- as the Gophers had for home games this year against Northwestern, Purdue, Iowa and Ohio State -- are just too early.
An 11 a.m. kickoff would be brutal.
