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Ned Flanders

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  1. 22 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:

     

    I believe the games usually had to be sold out at some point on Thursdays to prevent a blackout.    

     

    Back then you had to call or line up at the ticket office to buy the tickets.   If you called you had a lot less control over where you'd sit.   Blacked out games were often near full capacity because there were always thousands who wouldn't buy tickets if they could watch from home.   I think they extended the blackout date to Friday for this game but still didn't sell out.   

    The "policy" was a game needed to be sold out 72 hours before kickoff to be televised.  It was never a "rule" or even a league "bylaw."  Seemed the policy shifted week to week and team to team.  Teams (owners) often got "permission" from the league office to extend the deadline if a sellout was close.  

     

    So glad the league has jettisoned this policy.

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  2. 11 minutes ago, chongli said:

    It was widely assumed the NFL would flex the early CBS Miami at Baltimore game to SNF Week 17 on New Year's Day in place of the scheduled Green Bay at Minnesota game (remember, only 6-days' notice is required for a SNF flex Weeks 14-18). But the NFL has decided to leave things in place:

     

    MIA-BAL will remain in the CBS 1 PM slot 12/31.

    NE-KC will remain the feature late game in the 4:25 PM slot on CBS.

    GB-MIN will remain on SNF.

    The late CBS game is Cincinnati at KC...which makes it a lot more watchable.

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  3. On 12/13/2023 at 10:43 AM, JESSEFEFFER said:

    He had very memorable roles, which is the ultimate sign of great acting, imo.  There was a cold case on Homicide-Life on the Street that involved the murder of a little girl and how that case weighed on the detectives.  Doing some research I found that this episode won Tom Fontana a writing Emmy.  I always thought they could make a full length film with some of the those same characters in which the cold case was solved.  There is huge drama involved in the closure of cold cases, such that they can make a TV series based on the real life examples of when it has happened.  It would have been solid with Andre as the lead or somehow involved.  Also in the research, the Adena Watson story line was based on an actual case in the city of Baltimore and out of respect for the family the producers decided to not have a resolution to it.  I wonder if that is still true.

    Can't believe Homicide is not streaming anywhere...one of the best shows of all time for me.

  4. On 12/10/2023 at 8:54 PM, Matt_In_NH said:

    It is a corner case they should fix and it was always the same under DTV.    The Bills hardly ever played a 4:25 national window so you may have never seen it happen to a Bills game.   That is how the service works......the Bills game was NOT part of the sunday ticket....it was on your local TV.   Youtube is not authorized to broadcast the games on local TV.  Because the other game went long you were at the mercy of the network....that is where the ONLY option is a "stream".

    This is the correct answer.

    On 12/10/2023 at 8:53 PM, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

    when Sunday ticket was on DTV, if there ever was a local Blackout issue, they would show the game on the Sunday ticket channel. 

    I had ST on DTV for over 20 years and I never recall this happening.

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  5. 9 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:


    Just finished bingeing this.  It was incredible and had me a bit misty a few times.  Also cool to see footage I’ve never seen before like the Oswald press conference.  I do like how they kept it classy and avoided all the conspiracy stuff.  Imagine if it hadn’t stopped raining in Dallas on that day.  🤔 

    Yes, the press conference segment was great, especially Oswald's reaction when the reporter told him he's been charged with killing the president.  

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  6. If the Bills end up 10-7, that should at least get them a wildcard spot.  Wins vs. Denver, NYJ, Dallas (at home), New England (at home), and either at LAC or at Miami (where it will be filled with Bills fans).

     

    The AFC Central, er, North, will beat each other up, with Baltimore winning it (Fish have to play there later this season).

     

    The always irrelevant AFC South will send only Jax, who will host the annual ESPN early Saturday playoff game.

     

    The West will only send KC.

     

    Bottom line: just get in.

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  7. 1 hour ago, Zag20 said:

    The PI with 18 seconds left was very impactful as it stopped the clock and gave them an extra down. That was one of those hooking the waist plays, but hardly impactful to the receiver. If that flag isn’t thrown, it’s second and goal, click running and they patriots get 2 plays before having to kick the FG to tie.

    This too, the clock would still be running and Jones would have to down the ball...might not have been able to get two plays off at that point.

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