Kickoff Times Changed

The kickoff times for the Warriors' four WAC home games have been moved up one hour.

The kickoff time for the University of Hawai‘i’s four Western Athletic Conference home games at Aloha Stadium this season has been moved up one hour to 5:05 p.m. HT, UH Athletics Director Jim Donovan announced today. The original start times were 6:05 p.m.

The time change allows UH’s four opponents – Fresno State, Boise State, Utah State and New Mexico State – to depart Honolulu later that evening, thus saving their respective Athletic Department’s travel budget one night of lodging.

“Initially, Fresno State expressed interest in moving the start time so they could catch the red-eye flight back to the West Coast,” Donovan said. “After consulting with our facilities staff and Scott Chan at Aloha Stadium, we agreed to accommodate them and offer that same time slot to our other three WAC home opponents.

“Our intention is to revert back to the 6:05 p.m. kickoff when everyone’s budget gets better in the next year or two. However, if we receive positive feedback from this switch, we may consider keeping the 5:05 p.m. kickoff in the future.”

UPDATE: Dave Reardon is loving it.

It made my day when Hawaii athletic director Jim Donovan announced today that UH’s four home Western Athletic Conference football games will start an hour earlier, at 5:05 p.m. It doubles the sparse time I usually have after a game to write a decent story.

A couple of less selfish reasons I think this is great:

1. Better exposure on the mainland for UH results (assuming the Warriors win).

2. Folks with kids can get home earlier.