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Waiting All Day for ... Wednesday Night

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by MileHigh, Feb 28, 2012.

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  1. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    To avoid a conflict with President Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention, the NFL opener featuring the Giants will be played on Wednesday, Sept. 5 instead of Thursday, Sept. 6.

    Same conflict happened four years ago with McCain's speech. The NFL pushed back kickoff 90 minutes to avoid the conflict and got poor ratings.

    http://fangsbites.com/2012/02/nfl-annouces-season-opening-game-pushed-back-one-day-to-wednesday-sept-5/
     
    MileHigh, Feb 28, 2012
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  2. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Highest rated Wednesday game in history!
     
    LongTimeListener, Feb 28, 2012
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  3. rmanfredi

    rmanfredi Active Member

    Aren't they worried about a conflict with Miami (OH) vs. Western Michigan?
     
    rmanfredi, Feb 28, 2012
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  4. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    you should write for ESPN
     
    heyabbott, Feb 28, 2012
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  5. Yodel

    Yodel Active Member

    If this doesn't prove Obama is a Muslim, nothing will.
     
    Yodel, Feb 28, 2012
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  6. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Lots of Babtists will be playing hooky.
     
    Football_Bat, Feb 28, 2012
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  7. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Is there anything Obama can't fuck up? :)
     
    Mizzougrad96, Feb 28, 2012
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  8. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    any Mrs Gingrich
     
    heyabbott, Feb 28, 2012
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  9. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    On any given Wednesday
     
    Moderator1, Feb 28, 2012
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  10. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    They should have offered Obama 15 minutes to make the speech at halftime of the football game.

    Given his status as the all-time champion of White House jock-sniffers, he'd probably jump at the chance.
     
    Starman, Feb 28, 2012
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  11. rmanfredi

    rmanfredi Active Member

    Richard Nixon would like to have a word with you, but he's too busy trying to call in plays to the Redskins from the Great Beyond.
     
    rmanfredi, Feb 28, 2012
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  12. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    The guy who started the obsessive Oval Office jock-sniffing. There were isolated instances before that (Taft at a baseball game in 1912), but Nixon made it routine and eventually obligatory.

    You'd think at some point in the interim, some Dem would have squatted to take a hot dumping shit all over the tradition, saying, "I'm here to fuckin' work, not shake pom-poms," and specifically take a nice potshot at Nixon in the process.

    Yet Obama seems to be doubling up on it.
     
    Starman, Feb 28, 2012
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