papazoid Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 are you ready for some football ? The NFL announced today that the Giants, in the traditional role of the Super Bowl champions, will host the first game of the season at MetLife Stadium, and they’ll do it against the Cowboys on Wednesday, September 5, on NBC. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/27/cowboys-at-giants-on-nbc-to-open-2012-nfl-season/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talley56 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I thought it would either be the Cowboys or Packers... Giants to host Cowboys on Sept. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malazan Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 He beat you to it by a minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane nelson Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I am one Bills fan to lives in NJ,w/season tickets for NYG. Can't wait!! With a little luck the Bill will open at home and it will be a double header weekend. Its just spring, but can't wait for the fall. Go Bills!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 When does the rest of the schedule get released? PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefenseWinzChampionshipz Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 When does the rest of the schedule get released? PTR Schedule release usually is after the draft if I'm not mistaken... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF Bills Fan Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Great- another year with the mediocre and overexposed Cowboys getting primetime games they do not deserve. I predict they will grace us with at least 4 primetime games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Schedule release usually is after the draft if I'm not mistaken... I believe the week before the draft, unless your not mistaken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickelCity Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Great- another year with the mediocre and overexposed Cowboys getting primetime games they do not deserve. I predict they will grace us with at least 4 primetime games. You said it man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog69 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 The season is more than 5 months away and I am already psyched for it to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Player Available Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Great- another year with the mediocre and overexposed Cowboys getting primetime games they do not deserve. I predict they will grace us with at least 4 primetime games. The leagues and medias love of the girls is really getting stale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I believe the week before the draft, unless your not mistaken Yeah, I seem to remember mid-April as well. Unless I'm mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Wed night game? Nice I hope there is also a Thurs night game...and then college ball Sat, and opening Sunday for the NFL that weekend...CAN'T WAIT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Wed night game? Nice I hope there is also a Thurs night game...and then college ball Sat, and opening Sunday for the NFL that weekend...CAN'T WAIT!!! No Thurs game. They did this because the final night of the Dems Convention is Thurs. Showing the Prez a little respect is all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Great- another year with the mediocre and overexposed Cowboys getting primetime games they do not deserve. I predict they will grace us with at least 4 primetime games. Personally, living in Cowboys/Texans country, I love it when either team is on national tv...it makes the chance of the Bills being on Sunday afternoon all the greater...got to watch 4 Sunday afternoon Bills games, this past season, all from the comfort of my own living room...of course, one of them happened to be that beatdown from the Cowboys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 The leagues and medias love of the girls is really getting stale! America's team, baby. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talley56 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Yeap, looks that way. Mods, feel free to lock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefenseWinzChampionshipz Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I believe the week before the draft, unless your not mistaken Yes I believe you're right because I just checked online and last year even though we had the whole collective bargaining issue, the schedule was released 10 days before the draft. So hopefully by the 18th we should know the schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UConn James Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Last year's schedule release was 19 April. Several high-profile games are leaked in the few weeks before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 (edited) Great- another year with the mediocre and overexposed Cowboys getting primetime games they do not deserve. I predict they will grace us with at least 4 primetime games. I agree, we get too much Romo jammed down our throat. No, most of us don't like him and dont consider him the 2nd coming of anything, no matter how much air time he gets. The league needs to get this. Edited March 27, 2012 by Joe_the_6_pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Great- another year with the mediocre and overexposed Cowboys getting primetime games they do not deserve. I predict they will grace us with at least 4 primetime games. On the other hand we'll be football famished at that point and it's an inter-division game between two pretty good teams with lots of talented players. You'll be watching it I'm sure… I'll definitely be watching it and hoping for a close and competitive game. NFL football… what can you say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I agree, we get too much Romo jammed down our throat. No, most of us don't like him and dont consider him the 2nd coming of anything, no matter how much air time he gets. The league needs to get this. Right but I will probably watch it. Millions of cowboy fans probably wouldn't watch us.... Such is life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickelCity Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Right but I will probably watch it. Millions of cowboy fans probably wouldn't watch us.... Such is life. If we had they same timeslots they do, their fans would watch us. If it's the only night game....they will watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 (edited) If we had they same timeslots they do, their fans would watch us. If it's the only night game....they will watch. Not in the same quantity. The nfl is doing this for ratings. Cowboys draw higher national viewership than we do. Even if we match percentages tuned in for games not involving our teams, they have volume. Edited March 27, 2012 by NoSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I believe the week before the draft, unless your not mistaken I agree with the week before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I agree, we get too much Romo jammed down our throat. No, most of us don't like him and dont consider him the 2nd coming of anything, no matter how much air time he gets. The league needs to get this. Expect it to be worse. Romo is due to be a first time dad any day now. That will be jammed down our throat too!! Fair warning!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Right but I will probably watch it. Millions of cowboy fans probably wouldn't watch us.... Such is life. This one does!!! I grew to love them too while watching MY team play on tv at Stadium Cafe in Adisson with the Bills Backers group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Expect it to be worse. Romo is due to be a first time dad any day now. That will be jammed down our throat too!! Fair warning!! The silver lining is that maybe it'll dilute the Tebow coverage. Not in the same quantity. The nfl is doing this for ratings. Cowboys draw higher national viewership than we do. Even if we match percentages tuned in for games not involving our teams, they have volume. That raises a good question. With it being the first game of the season and with so many fans obsessed with the NFL, I wonder how much the ratings would differ if it was Giants-Bills instead of Giants-Cowboys? It might not be as big a difference as one might think. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Ugh. Dallas bores me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 (edited) The silver lining is that maybe it'll dilute the Tebow coverage. That raises a good question. With it being the first game of the season and with so many fans obsessed with the NFL, I wonder how much the ratings would differ if it was Giants-Bills instead of Giants-Cowboys? It might not be as big a difference as one might think. Just a thought. It would still get stellar ratings, but I think the gap would still exist. Otherwise, you could plug in a blah team and save a marquee ratings matchup for later. The other point being, it's not like we were passed up for this game, as there are merely 8 teams eligible to play the giants in NY. Certainly wasn't going to be the saints so that leaves 7. Drop the bucs and browns and its 5. No way they put rg3 on that stage to fail week 1... Really it's Dallas, Philly, GB or steelers - A division rival and established team makes sense. Add huge viewership. Frankly we could groan about any of those having 5 primetime games every year Edited March 28, 2012 by NoSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 If we had they same timeslots they do, their fans would watch us. If it's the only night game....they will watch. I agree, this is good for cowboys, not the other way around. It's a big myth that people outside Dallas are clamoring to see cowboys in droves. Actually many people find then a turn off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Not in the same quantity. The nfl is doing this for ratings. Cowboys draw higher national viewership than we do. Even if we match percentages tuned in for games not involving our teams, they have volume. If the Bills are good, people will watch. It's the NFL. And even if they didn't, I couldn't care less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I agree, this is good for cowboys, not the other way around. It's a big myth that people outside Dallas are clamoring to see cowboys in droves. Actually many people find then a turn off. Yes good ole Jerry is beaming today! There are Cowboy fans away from Dallas. San Antonio and the El Paso area have a huge fan base. Phoenix too. Years ago the only time the old Sun Devil Stadium would sell out was when Dallas played there. The team trained in Thousand Oaks California at one time and now trains in Oxnard. There is a fan base there too. Dallas has International fans too. Mexico and Mexico City have a huge fan base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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