Earlier this month, at Pac-12 Media Days, Commissioner Larry Scott announced that he was looking into earlier start times for conference football games. At the time it was being kicked around that there may be 9 am Pacific Time kickoffs and that the Conference of Champions was working with FOX as a partnership.
While this may have been a good idea for 2019, the decision has been made to push the 9 am option back to the 2020 season. The idea was mixed when speaking to coaches in the Pac-12 Conference, with some who were all for it.