If you think going all the way across country and playing at 9 a.m. our time is bad, then how about Rutgers who has to travel coast to coast and play USC at 11:00 p.m. their time. Game would last until well after 2:00 a.m. Body clocks be damned. (The way they're playing, USC could use this advantage.)
This bit of inspirational scheduling by FOX is because the World Series game precedes it Friday.