Wildcard Weekend

For the first time I can remember, the Giants and Bills are on Fox at the same time and Syracuse is getting the Bills game. Great news for us Syracuse fans! Wonder how this happened? It's usually not a case of "well, the Bills are better than the Giants so we will show the Bills game". I actually wont believe it 100% until 1 pm on Sunday, as I've seen them switch games last minute.

At least we are roughly 2/3 the way through his career.

He's way too conservative. Reminds me a lot of Dick Jauron.

Bills game ended up being better.

I will try this tomorrow, but as a Syracuse viewer I'm a little doubtful since the NFL website describes their app as follows: "Watch your live local and primetime games plus get the latest breaking news, videos and highlights on all your favorite teams" No one would ever get Sunday ticket if this were the case.

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/news/nfl-conference-championship-games-home-field-advantage-records-panthers-bronocos-mlb-nba-nhl/1xio6320kqfb51q28da09zdlyl By comparison, the winning percentages at home for traditional American professional sports are lower. Studies indicate that the NFL home winning percentage is 57 percent, the NHL at 55 and Major League Baseball only 54. These percentages are only slightly better than flipping a coin.

Yeah, but the chick-fil-a is closed on Sundays.

Watching Jake Locker, Blaine Gabbert and Christian Ponder makes me want to stick with Tyrod or Josh McCown.

We were up by 11 with 5 minutes left to play when Jauron got really conservative. Pro Football Reference ranked Pats odds of winning at 1.8% with 5 min left http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200909140nwe.htm I also remember being furious that the refs let 2 Patriots hold up McKelvin for an eternity after his forward progress was stopped. The whistle should have been blown.

The non-HD Fox channel that I get (WFXV 33) here near Syracuse is out of Utica so I guess the game will be on here. I live a bit east of Syracuse in Madison County so I think my service originates in Oneida. Not sure if those in the Syracuse city limits will get the game on Time Warner? The comments by the general manager of the Syracuse Fox station (in the Brent Axe article on syracuse.com) surprised me. He implies he could pick the Bills if he thought there was more interest. Perhaps something changed with the new CBS/FOX arrangement of last year but as a lifelong Syracuse Bills fan I can say it always appeared to be a blanket policy to show the Giants on Fox if there was a conflict. FYI - This situation will arise again on Nov 20 when the Bills play the Bengals (http://506sports.com/nfl/)

Currently on the Time Warner guide in Syracuse, they are showing the Giants on the Fox HD channel and the Bills on the non-HD Fox channel. It would be nice if it is shown here. I have a feeling it will not be shown here.