Week 1 Prime Time Games Announced

[Buster]

Not us....


Kickoff Weekend primetime schedule includes Monday doubleheader
National Football League


NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced the 2008 Kickoff Weekend national primetime television schedule on Monday.

For the fifth consecutive season, the defending Super Bowl champion will open the season by hosting the NFL Thursday night season kickoff. The 2008 regular season officially opens on Thursday, Sept. 4 when the New York Giants host the Washington Redskins at 7 p.m. ET on NBC.

The kickoff will be 90 minutes earlier than the start time of the traditional season opener due to the Republican National Convention.

The Week 1 Sunday night primetime contest will feature a rematch of of Super Bowl XLI, with the Chicago Bears at the Indianapolis Colts at 8:15 p.m. ET. It will mark the Colts' first game in their new home, Lucas Oil Stadium.

The first Monday night of the 2008 season will feature a doubleheader for the third consecutive season. In two matchups of division rivals on Sept. 8, the Green Bay Packers will host the Minnesota Vikings at 7 p.m. ET, followed by the Denver Broncos at the Oakland Raiders at 10:15 p.m. ET. Both games will be televised on ESPN.

The announcement of these national primetime TV games was made by Goodell at the NFL Annual Meeting in Palm Beach, Florida.

[Coryea]

you mean no Patriots.

[FistfullofRings]

I don't find any of those particularly compelling and suspect most will have lop-sided outcomes.

[Southern Steeler]

Talk about an NFC North slobfest. yay.

[8716]

Thank God the Steelers aren't in any of those games (other than the SB winners game). Give me a good old 1 PM Sunday start anyday!

[Guttpuppy]

Gotta love the MNF double-header... fantasy stats galore!!!

[Irv24]

So Green Bay with no Farve and Minn with no QB at all.
followed by Denver and the Raiders.
think I may have to pass on football on that night.

[CoolieMan]

Thank God the Steelers aren't in any of those games (other than the SB winners game). Give me a good old 1 PM Sunday start anyday!

fuck that....us out of town fans are only sure to see Prime Time games...the more of them the better....

[smithessmokin]

that....us out of town fans are only sure to see Prime Time games...the more of them the better....

i agree. but that is why they have the sunday ticket. i would love to have it, but my dad refuses to get it.

[bearcatsno69]

i agree. but that is why they have the sunday ticket. i would love to have it, but my dad refuses to get it.


I'm to cheap to buy it. But my dumbass Bungal fan neighbor is a sucker. We go over and take over his TV on Sundays.

[Ghost of Frenchy Fuqua]

fuck that....us out of town fans are only sure to see Prime Time games...the more of them the better....

Coolie - We've got two dishes - one on each side of the house.

Bring over, oh, about 20 miles of cable and we'll hook you up...

[Southern Steeler]

My decision to buy the Ticket this year is directly related to the number of national TV games we have.

[markymarc]

2 of the 3 primetime games for week 1 are pretty lame. The Giants and Redskins is the only one I would watch.

[BuckeyeSteel]

It's Week 1....It's Football....I have gone w/out since Feb. I will watch them all, if I can.

[Southern Steeler]

It's Week 1....It's Football....I have gone w/out since Feb. I will watch them all, if I can.

as unattractive as the games are.......this is how I'll be, too.


it's like sex.....the longer you go without the lower your standards fall.

[SteelrzGirl]

I think I'll go to Denver @ Oakland. The tailgate alone will be hi larious.

[JerseySteel]

you mean no Patriots.


There is still a possibility that the Steelers open up against the Patriots with a 4pm start. I think that could be the opening Sunday national televised game.

[BAS]

The Colts' new home is the Lucas Oil Stadium?

That just sounds ridiculous.

[south dakota STEEL]

My decision to buy the Ticket this year is directly related to the number of national TV games we have.

My decision is to not pay to watch. Wife has asked why we don't get it. It's the fact that that I don't want to succumb to the dealers. Problem is, by trying to justify it, we spend $ at the sports bar w/ our kids eating and watching.

When I get the basement finished, I will probably break down...depending on my mood...

[JerseySteel]

My decision is to not pay to watch. Wife has asked why we don't get it. It's the fact that that I don't want to succumb to the dealers. Problem is, by trying to justify it, we spend $ at the sports bar w/ our kids eating and watching.

When I get the basement finished, I will probably break down...depending on my mood...


I have had the Sunday ticket since 1997; honestly I would go crazy if I couldn't watch the Steelers play every week. I remember last year I was shopping for a new condominium to move to and one of the criteria's was that I would be allowed to put up a dish. Some associations place rules not allowing it, I found a place that didn't have a problem with it as well as other things I was looking for and I bought it immediately.

[TheStoneMan]

i have to honestly say, i'd probably watch both of those games during preseason if they were on... i miss football season... , and living in jersey i'm lucky my brother has the ticket, i dont know of any good steeler bars in my area

[omawho]

Ya know, I could never understand why they make you buy the ticket for all the games. If they would come out with a package that would allow you to get just your home team at a discount, I'll bet they would rack up a lot more cash. Course on the other hand I suppose a lot of people would downgrade to that from the complete ticket. Just wonder how that would work out...

[markymarc]

The Colts' new home is the Lucas Oil Stadium?

That just sounds ridiculous.

No question about that. Does not sound right at all.

[Coryea]

I'll watch them all, it's football and after a month of preseason football, I'll be ready for some regular season football, even it is the Colts killing the Bears. Who the hell wants to see the Bears play?

[crimsonsteel]

Hey I'll take the NFC slobfest over that circus in Foxboro any day. Yeah, some pretty lame matchups but it's football. I predict the Giants lose to the Redskins on opening night. "Mark it down." :D

[Max Power]

We could watch Aaron Rogers crash and burn - that one could be interesting. Asking him to take over this team from a Legend - kind of like us in the post Bradshaw days, will amount to a real pressure cooker. That itself will be good enough for me to watch.

[SteelrzGirl]

NOooooooooooooooooooooooooo WE dont want Aaron to crash and burn!!

[VaSteelerFan]

Some associations place rules not allowing it, I found a place that didn't have a problem with it as well as other things I was looking for and I bought it immediately.


Those associations would be violating federal law by not allowing it.

[GoSteelers]

i agree. but that is why they have the sunday ticket. i would love to have it, but my dad refuses to get it.

uh, your dad? how old are you, if i may ask?

There is still a possibility that the Steelers open up against the Patriots with a 4pm start. I think that could be the opening Sunday national televised game.


i hope not, i hate when we go there to play, but then i hate all of new england.

I have had the Sunday ticket since 1997; honestly I would go crazy if I couldn't watch the Steelers play every week. I remember last year I was shopping for a new condominium to move to and one of the criteria's was that I would be allowed to put up a dish. Some associations place rules not allowing it, I found a place that didn't have a problem with it as well as other things I was looking for and I bought it immediately.

that's against the law!

Ya know, I could never understand why they make you buy the ticket for all the games. If they would come out with a package that would allow you to get just your home team at a discount, I'll bet they would rack up a lot more cash. Course on the other hand I suppose a lot of people would downgrade to that from the complete ticket. Just wonder how that would work out...

i would buy that ticket. there was a rumor about 10 years ago that was about to happen.

Those associations would be violating federal law by not allowing it.

he's right, somewhere on the back pages of the general forum, i found and put the law out there for all to see, but which thread it was, i can't remember, do a search for direcTV and it might appear.

[Doggfather69]

fuck that....us out of town fans are only sure to see Prime Time games...the more of them the better....

Get sunday ticket. You will get every game. You gotta pay if you wanna play.

[CoolieMan]

Get sunday ticket. You will get every game. You gotta pay if you wanna play.


Fuck the Sunday Ticket.....last season I was lucky enough to see almost all the games not televised nationally, over the internet....

[GRBman]

that's against the law!

I guess that's why about 90% of Condo and home-owner's associations have rules like that. They are all over the place man, some places have detailed restrictions on what style of mailbox you can have.