The USC-UCLA game has traditionally been a day game on the weekend before Thanksgiving, and recent years have seen the matchup fall on the afternoon of the season's final Saturday.
This year, though, has thrown tradition out the window -- at least when it comes to the kickoff time. The 7:12 p.m. start time on the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend bucks the trend, but it didn't happen for no reason.
According to a contract between the Pac-10 and FSN, the cable sports network receives rights to the USC-UCLA game one out of every five years, and the rotation dictated 2009 would be the game for FSN. The Pac-10 slotted the game on Nov. 28, and since FSN wanted it to be a nationally televised contest, the only remaining nationwide slot on that day was 7 p.m. Pacific time.
The late-November home night game will be nothing new for the Trojans, who have hosted Notre Dame at night on the last Saturday of November nine out of the rivals' last 10 meetings at the Coliseum.
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