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  • Mitchy moo
    Roways rooking ahread!
    • Sep 2005
    • 18380
    #1

    Four prime-time games highlight '08 Kickoff Weekend

    The NFL announced the 2008 Kickoff Weekend schedule, which features four national games, on Monday.
    The New York Giants will host the NFL East rival Washington Redskins in the season opener Sept. 4, continuing the tradition of the Super Bowl champion hosting the Thursday night season opener. Kickoff will be at 7 p.m. ET, 90 minutes earlier than usual because of the Republican National Convention.
    The Indianapolis Colts will host the Chicago Bears in Sunday night's prime-time game, the first regular-season contest at Lucas Oil Stadium.
    The Colts plans to play preseason games in the 63,000-seat stadium in August.
    ESPN will feature a Monday night doubleheader -- the Green Bay Packers, in their first game without retired quarterback Brett Favre, will host the Minnesota Vikings in the early matchup at 7 p.m. ET, while the Oakland Raiders will host the Denver Broncos in the late contest at 10:15 p.m. ET.
    The rest of the 2008 regular-season schedule will be completed and announced in April, the NFL said.

    Giants to host Skins in '08 regular-season opener
    http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3322323
    The NFL announced the 2008 Kickoff Weekend schedule, which features four national games, on Monday.
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  • Ebenezer
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    • Jul 2002
    • 73867
    #2
    Re: Four prime-time games highlight '08 Kickoff Weekend

    oakland?? who in the league office still believes the raiders are relevant?




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    • gr8slayer
      Registered User
      • Feb 2005
      • 20796
      #3
      Re: Four prime-time games highlight '08 Kickoff Weekend

      Originally posted by Ebenezer
      oakland?? who in the league office still believes the raiders are relevant?
      Al Davis.....

      and

      Tommy Kelly

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      • Mitchy moo
        Roways rooking ahread!
        • Sep 2005
        • 18380
        #4
        Re: Four prime-time games highlight '08 Kickoff Weekend

        How about those Broncos?

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        • Bill Brasky
          Drives an ice cream truck covered in human skulls
          • Jan 2004
          • 66218
          #5
          Re: Four prime-time games highlight '08 Kickoff Weekend

          Seriously.... why does Oakland continue to get so many prime time games? They have not had success in a few years and can't even sell out games. What gives?

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          • DraftBoy
            Administrator
            • Jul 2002
            • 107443
            #6
            Re: Four prime-time games highlight '08 Kickoff Weekend

            Id say its because of the market they play in more than anything else
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            • venis2k1
              Youboty can hope
              • Jul 2002
              • 4621
              #7
              Re: Four prime-time games highlight '08 Kickoff Weekend

              When is the last time the bills won a primetime game? 2001 against Jax?

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              • Oaf
                Do you read what you write?
                • Jun 2007
                • 6151
                #8
                Re: Four prime-time games highlight '08 Kickoff Weekend

                The Bills better get a Monday Nighter dammit.
                Talk about some love for the Pack, they will going nuts at Lambeau and should destroy the Vikings.

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                • Mr. Miyagi
                  Lecter's Little *****

                  • Sep 2002
                  • 53616
                  #9
                  Re: Four prime-time games highlight '08 Kickoff Weekend

                  Originally posted by Oaf
                  The Bills better get a Monday Nighter dammit.
                  Talk about some love for the Pack, they will going nuts at Lambeau and should destroy the Vikings.
                  It'll be a good game, but it all depends on how well Rodgers plays. He's no guarantee.

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                  • Johnny Bugmenot
                    Will not tolerate vandalism.
                    • Apr 2006
                    • 4311
                    #10
                    Re: Four prime-time games highlight '08 Kickoff Weekend

                    Originally posted by jfreeman
                    Seriously.... why does Oakland continue to get so many prime time games? They have not had success in a few years and can't even sell out games. What gives?
                    Originally posted by Ebenezer
                    oakland?? who in the league office still believes the raiders are relevant?
                    I can answer that.

                    Oakland got that game because they're on the West Coast. That game starts at 10 p.m., so both teams have to be West Coast teams. Take a look and you'll see that the pickings on that side of the country are fairly slim.

                    You have only 6 teams-- the Chargers, 49ers, Raiders, Seahawks, Cardinals and Broncos-- lying on or west of the Rocky Mountains. The Cardinals and 49ers played that game last year and the Chargers and Raiders played in 2006. The Seahawks don't play any of those teams in 2008 but the Broncos do, so they picked a division rivalry for Week 1. Could they have picked Chargers-Broncos instead? Sure, but San Diego already has the international game, so the Raiders seems more fair.

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