FOX analyst Joel Klatt rips Alabama for statement about noon kickoffs
The Alabama Crimson Tide were assigned a noon kickoff time for their Week 4 matchup against Southern Miss, and they were not happy.
AD Greg Byrne and president Stuart R. Bell released a strong statement saying they were unhappy with the time slot.
That didn’t sit well with FOX analyst Joel Klatt, who ripped the Tide on Twitter for not heading out on any nonconference road games:
hahahaha…Says the team that has played TWO non-conference road games since Nick Saban got to town….
Pound Sand #Bama https://t.co/FeUFnsJOvq
— Joel Klatt (@joelklatt) September 9, 2019
Of course, that will change in the coming years, as Alabama has home-and-home series scheduled with teams like Texas, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Notre Dame and Oklahoma.
Will the TV networks cave and give the Tide a more desirable time slot? We’ll have to wait and see.
Neutral site games don’t take place in T-town…
Statistics from the Alabama State Department of Education show that 87% of Alabama fans who submit the phrase “T-town” do so because they do not know how to spell Tuscaloosa.
100% of fans on SDS know you’re a troll that’s not a UGA fan..
Statistics from the Alabama State Department of Education show that when Alabama fans are confronted with uncomfortable truths, they attempt to change the subject.
The correct reaction would be to educate yourself instead.
Maybe team up with a 5th grader currently studying for the Spelling Bee.
Only two facts have been posted in this conversation… Neutral site games are not in T-town and you’re a pretend UGA troll…
You have to try harder. The Vols is so bad right now trying to troll as another teams fan maybe even more sad then before..
Statistics from the Georgia State Department of Education show that 87% of Georgia fans who use the word ‘dawg’ do so because they do not know how to spell ‘dog’.
Well played sir.
What does that have to do with noon kickoffs?
@LSUSMC: Dude i’m starting to think you really are a Bama fan. I never seen a fan of another team on Bama blogs more than you. I guess lsu blogs are really boring huh. Isn’t 8 consecutive but whupppins enough to run you off???
Some people (like myself) are fans of college football and the SEC in general, so like to engage in conversations outside their team.
@boxster355: I guess it’s ok to visit other team blogs if you care enough. I personally never visit other team blogs unless that blog directly involves Bama.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with posting on other teams forums unless you’re just there to troll…
You say you never visit other teams blogs unless it directly involves Bama but that’s not true at all. Your post history shows you on a UT article posting the gem I pasted below….
“@cclausen71: Even if your last national championship was almost 4 decades ago (1980)???”
I enjoy hearing about a team from their fans’ perspective. Often interesting insight and context lacking from the article itself. I also enjoy interacting with a number of the regular commenters on here.
Ever hear the term “Know Your Enemy”?
@boxter
Agreed. And it’s not like this is a Bama blog, though BamaRule may think it is. It’s a story on an all-encompassing SEC site, with no “turf” to protect.
I guess he just like echo chambers rather than actual discussion. Personally, I enjoy our diverse, if somewhat dysfunctional family here.
Klatt trying to be Danny Kanell. If I talk loud and long enough someone will listen. If he had said that playing a better team would warrant a better time than he has something. Playing ball in the south in September at noon is brutal. $$$
Klatt is a Fox stooge.
Yes, he is. There are a lot of those.
@ BamaTime – That’s why he said “road” games, not Neutral site games….When was Bama’s last true road Non-conference game?
That still has nothing to do with the topic. Also when you play a home/away you’re going to get a return trip at your stadium… You don’t get that with a Neutral site game…. Like I already pointed out a Neutral site game isn’t played in T-town….
Think about it… UGA plays one less conference road game then some SEC teams because they play Florida at a Neutral site each year..
Should UGA be dogged for playing 3 road conference games a year compared to 4 for everyone else?
Jacksonville is not a short drive from Athens-it is definitely a road game.
It’s a neutral site game…
Alabama needs to play tougher teams these networks aren’t going to put them in prime time spots to play weaker teams.
The problem is getting stronger teams to agree to play them.
He should be made to sit through the entire game with no shade. Then he’ll be qualified to comment.
Finally someone gets it. An early kickoff in September in Tuscaloosa is asking for extreme heat related health problems. I second the motion that Mr. Klatt have to sit on those metal seats in the sun for an entire game.
do you think he realizes that neither the opponent’s conference affiliation nor the site of the game being played have any bearing on Gametimes, and this has nothing to do with Noon a Kickoff?
Conference affiliation certainly has an impact on game time when it’s a Sun Belt, MAC, etc team.
The problem is Klatt is among those who think Alabama’s AD is bombarded with offers to schedule them and they’re all being turned down.
I guess this clown does not realize that the complaint has more to do with the hot temps during September days in the state of Alabama keeping many fans from attending the games during those time slots than anything else.