clevername wrote:and I thought with the "flex schedule" in place SNF got first dibs on the game of the week each week. I still don't understand NFL scheduling. In a case like this you've got a playoff matchup half the country can't see.
(I, OTOH, will be watching it in HD, thank you very much.)
I think they only get their choice of other Sunday games (meaning, they don't get to steal the scheduled Thursday or Monday games). It would make for logistical headaches for both fans and teams if they all-of-the-sudden changed the game date, not just the time.
I love NFL Network. It's basically the only channel I have ever my TV set to. After watching it for highlights and whatnot on Sunday nights, I just leave it on all week and they have shows called "NFL Replay" where they show the past week's games again in condensed format, with extras along the way.
A few reasons why it rocks:
- they often take out the ~ 30 seconds between plays (during the playcalling and things like that)
- After a big play, a little picture-in-picture box will sometimes will pop-up of one of the coach's post-game comments on what happened
- Along the same lines as the last one: after a controversial penalty call, they'll occasionally have the picture-in-picture with a prominent referee (or someone from their committee) explaining why it was called the way it was.
Basically, it's awesome. I can only hope the MLB Network (1-1-09) is half as great.
I don't have cable or satellite at home and it's Charter, another cable co. squabbling with the NFL, at work so I haven't seen the NFL network. I did hear some journalists discussing how they were surprised at the quality and objectivity of the NFL Network.
why are they playing again on thursday...didnt the Packers have a short week ?? I hate NFL games when they are not on Sundays. I woulda missed it if you hadn't mentioned about it - I got the NFL network though.
Bryant Gumble is the reason I feel I shouldn't have to pay for The NFL Network... even if it is $5 a month. There's another message board I frequent that is always talking about sopcast.org on sundays for viewing games on the internet that aren't being broadcast in their area. I guess I'll be looking into that for the next few Thursdays.
