I think you also provided evidence that climate change is happening. Great research.
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I was trying not to open that can of worms (at least out loud) but yeah…this is a problem that’s gonna keep getting worse.
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And no Sunday games.
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God controls the climate not man. He warns of calamities
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Yeah 
but in football nobody else does either
I assume you tried using AI. Unsurprisingly it got it incorrect. AI is really really bad trying to get info like this. Best you can do is add to your prompt, only return answers that you can verify and include links to the source. If not it is just going to take wild a$$ guesses.
In 1998 our home opener was vs Minnesota not Oregon State, we lost 14-7. The game was at 7PM according to Wikipedia, but I cant find a boxscore to verify that.
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Grok AI. Internet really doesn’t show start times. But we had a good share of early starts at the Rob and evening too as mentioned
Not that it really matters
University of Houston (Houston Cougars) football game kickoff/starting times from 1998–2012 are available primarily from Wikipedia season pages (sourced from official schedules, media guides, and contemporary reports). Times are in Central Time unless otherwise noted; some games list no time or TBA. Coverage is strongest for seasons with full schedule tables; a few entries are incomplete. 
1998 (3–8)
• Sep 5 at California: 2:30 pm
• Sep 12 Minnesota: 7:30 pm
• Sep 19 UCLA: 2:30 pm
• Sep 26 at Tennessee: 7:00 pm
• Oct 3 Memphis: 7:00 pm
• Oct 10 Army: (not listed)
• Oct 24 at North Texas: (not listed)
• Oct 31 at East Carolina: 2:30 pm
• Nov 7 Southern Miss: (not listed)
• Nov 14 at Cincinnati: (not listed)
• Nov 21 at Tulane: 2:30 pm 
1999 (7–4)
• Sep 4 Rice: 7:00 pm
• Sep 11 at Alabama: 11:30 am
• Sep 18 Louisiana–Lafayette: 7:00 pm
• Sep 25 at UAB: 6:00 pm
• Oct 9 Cincinnati: 2:30 pm
• Oct 16 at North Carolina: 12:30 pm
• Oct 23 at Louisville: 1:00 pm
• Oct 30 East Carolina: 2:30 pm
• Nov 6 Tulane: 2:30 pm
• Nov 13 at LSU: 7:00 pm
• Nov 20 at Army: 12:00 pm 
2000 (3–8)
• Sep 2 at Rice: 7:00 pm
• Sep 9 at LSU: 7:00 pm
• Sep 16 Army: 7:00 pm
• Sep 23 at Texas: 6:00 pm
• Sep 30 SMU: 7:00 pm
• Oct 7 at Cincinnati: 11:00 am
• Oct 21 at Memphis: 7:00 pm
• Oct 28 Southern Miss: 2:30 pm
• Nov 4 at Tulane: 5:00 pm
• Nov 11 at East Carolina: 11:00 am
• Nov 18 Louisville: 2:30 pm 
2001 (0–11)
• Sep 1 Rice: 7:00 pm
• Sep 22 Texas: 8:15 pm
• Sep 29 TCU: 7:00 pm
• Oct 6 at Army: 12:00 pm
• Oct 13 Memphis: 7:00 pm
• Oct 20 Cincinnati: 7:00 pm
• Oct 27 at Southern Miss: 2:00 pm
• Nov 3 at South Florida: 6:00 pm
• Nov 10 at Louisville: 1:00 pm
• Nov 17 UAB: 7:00 pm
• Dec 1 at Georgia: 11:00 am 
2002 (5–7)
• Aug 31 at Rice: 7:00 pm
• Sep 7 Tulane: 7:00 pm
• Sep 14 Louisiana–Lafayette: 7:00 pm
• Sep 21 at Texas: 7:00 pm
• Oct 5 at TCU: 2:00 pm
• Oct 12 at UAB: 2:00 pm
• Oct 19 Army: 2:00 pm
• Nov 2 at Memphis: 1:00 pm
• Nov 9 East Carolina: 2:00 pm
• Nov 16 at Cincinnati: 12:00 pm
• Nov 23 South Florida: 2:00 pm
• Nov 30 Louisville: 2:00 pm 
2003 (7–6)
• Aug 30 Rice: 7:00 pm
• Sep 6 at Michigan: 11:00 am
• Sep 13 at Louisiana–Lafayette: 7:00 pm
• Sep 20 Mississippi State: 7:00 pm
• Sep 30 at East Carolina: 6:30 pm
• Oct 11 at Tulane: 1:30 pm
• Oct 18 Memphis: 7:00 pm
• Oct 25 TCU: 7:00 pm
• Nov 8 Southern Miss: 4:00 pm
• Nov 15 at Army: 12:00 pm
• Nov 22 at Louisville: 2:00 pm
• Nov 29 UAB: 4:00 pm
• Dec 25 vs. Hawaii (Hawaii Bowl): 7:00 pm 
2004 (3–8)
• Sep 5 vs. Rice: 4:00 pm
• Sep 11 at Oklahoma: 6:00 pm
• Sep 18 Army: 7:00 pm
• Sep 23 Miami (FL): 6:45 pm
• Oct 2 at Memphis: 1:00 pm
• Oct 7 at Southern Miss: 6:00 pm
• Oct 23 at TCU: 6:00 pm
• Oct 30 Tulane: 4:00 pm
• Nov 6 East Carolina: 4:00 pm
• Nov 13 at UAB: 3:00 pm
• Nov 20 Louisville: 4:00 pm 
2005 (6–6)
• Sep 1 Oregon: 6:00 pm
• Sep 10 Sam Houston State: 6:00 pm
• Sep 16 at UTEP: 7:00 pm
• Oct 1 at Tulsa: 6:00 pm
• Oct 8 at Tulane: 5:00 pm
• Oct 15 Memphis: 4:00 pm
• Oct 22 at Mississippi State: 1:30 pm
• Nov 5 at UCF: 5:00 pm
• Nov 13 Southern Miss: 4:00 pm
• Nov 19 SMU: 5:00 pm
• Nov 26 Rice: 3:00 pm
• Dec 23 vs. Kansas (Fort Worth Bowl): 7:00 pm 
2006 (10–4)
• Sep 2 at Rice: 8:00 pm
• Sep 9 Tulane: 6:00 pm
• Sep 16 Grambling State: 6:00 pm
• Sep 23 Oklahoma State: 8:00 pm
• Sep 30 at Miami (FL): 5:00 pm
• Oct 7 Louisiana–Lafayette: 6:00 pm
• Oct 14 at Southern Miss: 6:00 pm
• Oct 21 UTEP: 6:00 pm
• Oct 28 UCF: 2:30 pm
• Nov 4 Tulsa: 2:30 pm
• Nov 11 at SMU: 2:00 pm
• Nov 18 at Memphis: 1:00 pm
• Dec 1 Southern Miss (C-USA Championship): 7:00 pm
• Dec 29 vs. South Carolina (Liberty Bowl): 3:30 pm 
2007 (8–5)
• Sep 1 at Oregon: 2:30 pm
• Sep 15 at Tulane: 6:00 pm
• Sep 22 Colorado State: 3:30 pm
• Sep 29 East Carolina: 6:00 pm
• Oct 6 at Alabama: 2:00 pm
• Oct 13 Rice: 2:30 pm
• Oct 20 at UAB: 6:00 pm
• Oct 27 at UTEP: 8:00 pm
• Nov 4 SMU: 7:00 pm
• Nov 10 at Tulsa: 2:00 pm
• Nov 17 Marshall: 2:30 pm
• Nov 24 Texas Southern: 2:30 pm
• Dec 28 vs. TCU (Texas Bowl): 7:00 pm 
2008 (8–5)
• Aug 30 Southern: 6:00 pm
• Sep 6 at Oklahoma State: 6:05 pm
• Sep 13 vs. Air Force: 2:30 pm
• Sep 20 at Colorado State: 2:30 pm
• Sep 27 at East Carolina: 2:30 pm
• Oct 9 UAB: 7:00 pm
• Oct 18 at SMU: 7:00 pm
• Oct 28 at Marshall: 7:00 pm
• Nov 8 Tulane: 7:00 pm
• Nov 15 Tulsa: 7:00 pm
• Nov 22 UTEP: 2:30 pm
• Nov 28 at Rice: 2:30 pm
• Dec 31 vs. Air Force (Armed Forces Bowl): 11:00 am 
2009 (10–4)
• Sep 5 Northwestern State: 6:00 pm
• Sep 12 at Oklahoma State: 2:30 pm
• Sep 26 Texas Tech: 8:15 pm
• Oct 3 at UTEP: 8:05 pm
• Oct 10 at Mississippi State: 11:30 am
• Oct 17 at Tulane: 2:30 pm
• Oct 24 SMU: 6:30 pm
• Oct 31 Southern Miss: 12:00 pm
• Nov 7 at Tulsa: 6:30 pm
• Nov 14 at UCF: 11:00 am
• Nov 21 Memphis: 12:00 pm
• Nov 28 Rice: 7:00 pm
• Dec 5 at East Carolina (C-USA Championship): 11:00 am
• Dec 31 vs. Air Force (Armed Forces Bowl): 11:00 am 
2010 (5–7)
Partial listing from available data (full table truncated in sources; many evening starts):
• Sep 4 Texas State: 7:00 pm
• Sep 10 UTEP: 9:15 pm
• Sep 18 at UCLA: 9:30 pm (Additional games followed typical C-USA evening/afternoon windows; consult primary schedule archives for remaining exact times.) 
2011 (13–1)
• Sep 3 UCLA: 2:30 pm
• Sep 10 at North Texas: 6:00 pm
• Sep 17 at Louisiana Tech: 6:00 pm
• Sep 24 Georgia State: 7:00 pm
• Sep 29 at UTEP: 7:00 pm
• Oct 8 East Carolina: 6:00 pm
• Oct 22 Marshall: 3:30 pm
• Oct 27 Rice: 7:00 pm
• Nov 5 at UAB: 6:00 pm
• Nov 10 at Tulane: 7:00 pm
• Nov 19 SMU: 2:30 pm
• Nov 25 at Tulsa: 11:00 am
• Dec 3 Southern Miss (C-USA Championship): 11:00 am
• Jan 2 vs. Penn State (TicketCity Bowl): 11:00 am 
2012 (5–7)
• Sep 1 Texas State: 7:00 pm
• Sep 8 Louisiana Tech: 7:00 pm
• Sep 15 at UCLA: 9:30 pm
• Sep 29 vs. Rice: 2:30 pm
• Oct 6 North Texas: 6:00 pm
• Oct 13 UAB: 11:00 am
• Oct 18 at SMU: 7:00 pm
• Oct 27 UTEP: 3:30 pm
• Nov 3 at East Carolina: 11:00 am
• Nov 10 Tulsa: 4:00 pm
• Nov 17 at Marshall: 11:00 am
• Nov 24 Tulane: 2:30 pm 
Notes: Official UH athletics historical schedules often mark older games as “TBA.” Wikipedia tables (drawing from contemporary box scores, media guides, and TV listings) provide the most complete publicly available kickoff data. For any missing entries or verification, cross-check University of Houston Athletics archives, Sports-Reference, or contemporary newspaper/TV listings. Times can vary slightly by source due to local vs. network reporting.
So just using available Wikipedia you listed, we had 4 Noon or earlier Robertson games from 1998 to 2012
One of which was the conference championship
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From Grok just in 2012 we had 4-5 games within 11:00- 4:00
Why are you mucking up the conversation with all those east coast and northeast early games? You’re ruining your own case that you’re trying to fabricate. Your contention is that we’ve always had early games in Houston at the same rate as we have since joining the Big 12, just not true.
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Not fabricating nothing.i never said we had more early games than B12 but close to it. Used Meta and Grok to pull up game times. I had season tickets during Rob era and remember hot early games
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This game was HOT AS HELL!!!
I remember chasing shade in the endzone seats…
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Until we start selling out a small stadium, our requests for later time slot will probably be denied. It is up to us, to sell out the stadium and be ranked, then we might move up in time slots.
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That has almost nothing to do with it.
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I think the days of big stadiums are over. TV rules. We don’t have any money but if we did I would reduce the 300 level and just put party patios and pools up there for the future 11 AM games…
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I see zero correlation
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Our AD specifically asked the B12 for a later game for a specific reason, Friday night HOF ceremony, and were denied. Being ranked #20 and playing a good UCF team you would think the B12 would go along with the request and move another game to the early slot, but no. Why? Later games get more eyeballs and B12 wants to promote a full stadium for games, IMO.
It is not the Big12’s call. ESPN/FOX/TNT pick the times. And later games do not get significantly better ratings. For ESPN2 the noon and 3 pm games regularly get more viewers than the 7pm game.
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Our 11am game is due to espn. They choose to have atm and Arkansas at 6pm CT on espn2.
atm is 2-2 and Arkansas is 2-2. Both are unranked. Knowing this espn is not doing a damn thing to help us with attendance.
You, the UH fans/customers. Would you rather have a 6pm CT start time or an 11am CT start time? Which time slot will help us fill our stadium? Was it a night game last year at UCF? I was there. It was indeed dark and the space theme was in full display. Space theme at 11am?
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None of this has anything to do with the stadium, it all has to do with TV ratings, and if our numbers keep trending the way they are we will see some primetime this year, we already have 2:30 on Fox for the KSU game.
Does anybody remember I think it was 2013, the conference was coming off the deal with CBS SN and ESPN News at 11:00AM or 2:30 was our usual time slot.