UH will play a lot of Thursday and Friday games in the future to get on TV "especially if they go independent" and UH is talking with HTA about future travel subsidies

About how 1.721 million households watched the UH-USC game, ESPN spokesman Michael C. Humes said that considering the 11pm East Coast time kickoff:
"That is a good rating." (HSA)


HSA Note: "UH reported 44,204 tickets issued and a turnstile count of 41,776 for the game, the most for a regular-season home game since the 2007 finale against Washington."


About how UH will play more on Thursday whether or not they go independent, JD said:
"I think, going forward, no matter what happens -- especially if we end up going independent -- there's going to be more Thursday and Friday night games." (HSA)


HSA Note: "For the Warriors to have a chance to be successful as an independent in football, UH officials have said the school would need to have its own TV agreement. Donovan said such a package would probably have to take the form of "a last-game-of-the-day" niche and could include some Thursday and Friday night games."


About needing to play on Thursdays and Fridays, JD said:
"We'd have to be open to that." (HSA)


HSA Note: "The Hawaii Tourism Authority estimated visitor spending by USC fans here for the game at "over $10 million," said Michael Story, HTA sports coordinator. USC had an allotment of 7,500 tickets and UH estimated about 8,000 Trojans fans traveled to the game. In addition, officials suggest the game likely had its largest following in the prime West Coast travel market. "However you slice it, it was a big win for Hawaii," Story said. That, too, is important to UH, since the school has had exploratory talks with HTA officials about possible travel support in the future."


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