A Three Hour ESPN Special Just to Announce the 2012 NFL Season?!?!?!

[Yavin4]

Are you kidding me?!?!?!?!

Can you say excessive?

[RockaFowler]

1. NFL Network, too

Here's the NBC schedule for Sunday Night:

NFL Kickoff
Wed. September 5th
Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants

Week 1
September 9th
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Denver Broncos

Week 2
September 16th
Detroit Lions @ San Francisco 49ers

Week 3
September 23rd
New England Patriots @ Baltimore Ravens

Week 4
September 30th
New York Giants @ Philadelphia Eagles

Week 5
October 7th
San Diego Chargers @ New Orleans Saints

Week 6
October 14th
Green Bay Packers @ Houston Texans

Week 7
October 21st
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cincinnati Bengals

Week 8
October 28th
New Orleans Saints @ Denver Broncos

Week 9
November 4th
Dallas Cowboys @ Atlanta Falcons

Week 10
November 11th
Houston Texans @Chicago Bears

Week 11
November 18th
Baltimore Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers

Thanksgiving
Thurs. November 22nd
New England Patriots @ New York Jets

Week 12
November 25th
Green Bay Packers @New York Giants

Week 13
December 2nd
Philadelphia Eagles @ Dallas Cowboys

Week 14
December 9th
Detroit Lions @ Green Bay Packers

Week 15
December 16th
San Francisco 49ers @ New England Patriots

Week 16
December 23rd
San Diego Chargers

[JonLP24]

2. Damn

MNF draws the 49ers/Cardinals game

I don't have cable so I was hoping NBC would.

[Auggie]

6. That Sunday night game in San Diego will be a bit one-sided

[Jamaal510]

3. ESPN=The sports equivalent of Fox News

They air whatever produces the highest ratings.

[marmar]

4. I saw that while scrolling through the Channel Guide.....

...... I just assumed it was another technical f**k-up by Comcast.

[madinmaryland]

5. There isn't jack shit on tv tonight, except for the PBS show about the Cheasapeake Bay.

[bluedigger]

7. Well, I'll see at least five Patriots games.

Four prime time, plus the Broncos game. With any luck, a few of the Sunday 1pm starts, too...

[rocktivity]

8. Tony Kornheiser mentioned it on PTI today

you mean he WASN'T joking?


rocktivity

[Yavin4]

9. No. He Wasn't Joking.

There are actual games that are less than three hours.

[HuckleB]

12. Not many, however.

[trotsky]

10. The NFL knows they have the most popular sport in the USA.

Marketing and promotion are key if you want to stay on top!

[HuckleB]

11. The NFL turned itself into a soap opera years ago.

It's fans spend their week's talking about what player dissed who, etc... It's not about the game.

And yet millions of people buy into it.

Humans are suckers. What can you say?

[Yavin4]

13. The NFL Is More Of A Reality Show Than A Sport

Like a TV show, the actual games are once a week, but the incessant analysis and discussion go on all week long.

[HuckleB]

14. Yeah, that is a better analogy.