(Almost) a full season of Thursday Night Football

1-2 a year.

 

If it takes playing every night to strangle that pseudo-amateur sport, then by God let them play every night.

 

If I'm ESPN and still paying big bucks for the MNF package --which was aloaded with awful games last year -- I would not be happy.

 

ESPN agreed to the terms. Part of the reason ESPN was able to afford MNF is because it was the fifth choice of games, rather than the second choice that NBC gets for the Sunday night game.

 

Only reason I wasn't a fan of the Thursday Night NFL this year were the announcers;

I love Nessler, but I would rather listen to my gay neighbors fuck each other than listen to Mayock.

 

ESPN pays tons more than NBC. Its pecking order in game selection has nothing to do with it.

 

I wonder how many of these night games will have a guy named Tebow playing in them?

 

I hope travel will be considered when drawing up the Thursday schedule as well. Having San Francisco and Philadelphia fly cross-country on a short week was ridiculous.

 

The home team was 7-2 on Thursdays last season, and the two wins were by teams traveling less than 500 miles.

 

Teams will switch to travel where they leave immediately after their Sunday game, whether they're at home or not, land in the Thursday venue, and practice at a prearranged facility, as if it were a one-week Super Bowl turnaround.

 

Anyhoo, I would still watch college football on Thursday nights, even though I do have NFL Network. But ESPN will probably insist on still featuring ACC teams, thus giving the NFL a solid toehold for the night year-round.

 

I would think most fans would do as I would do, look at the two matchups and pick the one I was most interested in. Perhaps it will lead ESPN to step up the Thursday night college game quality.