So… what happened to Thursday night college football?

[Steamboat Willie]

So… what happened to Thursday night college football? This used to be a thing!!!
Like, a real weekly ritual — a big-enough stage that you’d plan dinner around it, flip on ESPN, and watch some random ACC or Big East game that somehow felt important because it was the only show in town.

Now? Crickets. One MAC game here, a stray C-USA game there, but nothing that feels like appointment viewing.

I know the NFL muscled in, I know coaches hate short weeks, and I know TV networks reshuffled the whole calendar… but still. For a sport that clings to tradition, it’s wild how quickly we all pretended Thursday nights never mattered.

[Roysterr]

NFL also took over Thanksgiving evenings with triple header.

[Jeff Howe]

1 hour ago, Steamboat Willie said:

So… what happened to Thursday night college football? This used to be a thing!!!
Like, a real weekly ritual — a big-enough stage that you’d plan dinner around it, flip on ESPN, and watch some random ACC or Big East game that somehow felt important because it was the only show in town.

Now? Crickets. One MAC game here, a stray C-USA game there, but nothing that feels like appointment viewing.

I know the NFL muscled in, I know coaches hate short weeks, and I know TV networks reshuffled the whole calendar… but still. For a sport that clings to tradition, it’s wild how quickly we all pretended Thursday nights never mattered.

I don’t think the networks want to go head-to-head with the NFL. Simple as that.