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for some folks, high school football, Div II football, P5 football, and NFL football are all very important

for most folks, they gravitate towards high school, college or Pro

many P5 fans don't care much about high school 

yup, I'm not a high school teacher

kids have been out of high school for years, no connection

I'd rather have a college game on Friday night to watch

I haven't been to a HS game in years. And my old HS is generally pretty good, and just a few exits away.

I haven't been to a high school game... Since high school. 

I haven't been to a high school game... Since high school.

This was me...until I married a teacher.  We used to work "crowd control" at the HS games in our mid 20s, pre-kids.  It was nice, hang out at a football game, you were done by 9:30 and still had a Friday night, make $50.

Then we didn't go for a few years, now our kids like watching the district we live in play.  It's very different in Western PA from Michigan.  Nobody went to high school football games in Ann Arbor unless you were in high school, or had a son on the team.  It's a community thing here.  Not like Texas where small towns shut down, but there's tailgating, full stands, etc...  Our school is probably moving up a classification next year, they are 8-0 this year, and we tried to go a couple weeks ago, which (by chance) was against the other (at the time) undefeated team in the conference.  We couldn't get seats, and had to sit in the temporary bleachers they put up in the end zone to meet demand.

that's great, really


but, if the Horns happened to play a game on Friday night, you wouldn't be bothered much
I've just never understood the problem with a few college football games on Friday night.  This week it looks like the number is 4.
It's not good for recruiting to a home game, but neither are morning games on Saturday

It's not whether or not a college game conflicts with a HS game for me, I'm merely a fan.

As badgerfan already pointed out-- if your college is playing on Friday night, the recruits aren't watching your team play.  They won't be able to watch you in person, and they won't be able to watch you on television.  You only play 12 games per year.  You want recruits to be watching any time you can possibly make it happen.

I'll be shocked if Texas ever plays on a Friday night.  Even when we played on T+1 it was never on Friday night.

Northwestern will have ZERO recruits on the sideline, for their biggest home game of the year (and biggest crowd).

HS FB won't be a major issue in Ohio.

The HS FB games generally kick off at 7:pm, have 12 minute quarters (iirc) and no mediot time outs.

The Buckeyes don't go on until 8:30. So if you have the forsight to put the TV on the right channel and hit pause, you should be able to make it home in time to watch the game in its entirety, skip all the commercials, and catch up to real time before the conclusion of the contest.

It will be a bigger deal for Northwestern fans of course, with the hour difference.

Except I am in Phoenix and I am officiating a HS football game and need to be at the site at 515p for pre-game meeting which is 815pm EDT and OSU's game will end 11:30 - 12 which is 9pm my time and most high school games end well after 9pm.