I dozed in my hotel room waiting for that 2pm teleconference. I was awake for the conference and then had to rush to see finals matches at the Fargo Dome. I got there a bit late for the start of matches so it must have been after 4pm CT that the teleconference ended. That is end of the day time frame already for many ET and even some CT people in academia - especially during Summer months...

BYU has a benefit of sorts in this regard in being MT.

However, I tend to agree that Holmoe's statement may have likely been worked in advance due to having some inside information of his own...