[NU Sports] Ryan Field fans ...

[JHCCLARK at aol.com]

I keep saying it and saying it [usually off-list, but once a year I make  
this contribution]...
 
The 11am starts kill attendance.
 
This is CHICAGO not Iowa City.  There are actually things to do on a  Friday 
night that don't shut down at 9pm. 
 
Unsure what the fix to this is [having the EST games start at noon, CST  
games at 3:30pm, making sure that there are always an even distribution of  
EST-CST games each weekend] but this is a major attendance killer.
 
Leaving early?  Fans do that everywhere, especially when you're  tired from 
the night before and miserable from the lack of decent play.   But having said 
that, it wasn't smart on their part.