Vikes - Pack open Monday Night Football

[Rastak]

Looks like Rodgers starts out on the big stage/....from PFT.com

VIKES-PACK TO OPEN MNF DOUBLE-HEADER
Posted by Mike Florio on March 31, 2008, 12:01 p.m.
The first game of the post-Favre era will be televised nationally on ESPN in prime time.

According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Green Bay Packers will host the Minnesota Vikings at 7:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, September 8.

A second game, undoubtedly featuring a West Coast team as the home team, will kick off after 10:00 p.m. EDT that same night.

The league is expected to announce the full Week One slate of nationally-televised games and the Thanksgiving Day (and night) contests on Monday.

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[BooHoo]

Rodgers in the lime-light right away. Nothing like beginning the season in front of a national audience.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I like this. He'll be healthy for an important divisional game.

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

Big game for A-rod.

[Rastak]

I like this. He'll be healthy for an important divisional game.

He starts out at home too.

[red]

its good that its at home and not in the shit hole trash bag thing

[BallHawk]

I like it.

[Rastak]

its good that its at home and not in the shit hole trash bag thing

They play football games at your house?

[SkinBasket]

I hate having to wait until Monday for our opener.

[]{ilr]3]

its good that its at home and not in the shit hole trash bag thing

They play football games at your house?

Both those comments made me bust out laughing

[gbgary]

I hate having to wait until Monday for our opener.

i hate ANY AND ALL non-sunday-at-noon games!!

[Freak Out]

Nice...even though I hated last years ESPN crew......who is it now?

[Gunakor]

I think it's the same ESPN crew for MNF, isn't it? IMO they don't necessarily need new announcers, what they need is a new programming schedule that doesn't feature quarter-long appearances by celebrities I could care less about. They need to make it about football again, and as long as Tirico and Kornhole and Jaws can get it done then they will suffice.

On second thought, they should get rid of Kornhole and just let Jaws and Tirico call 'em. 3 people in one booth for one game is too many.

[DonHutson]

On second thought, they should get rid of Kornhole and just let Jaws and Tirico call 'em. 3 people in one booth for one game is too many.

Three is definitely too many when Kornheiser is one of them. He readily admits (several times per game) that he is not a football expert. The pace of the game doesn't give him a chance to get on a rant and be entertaining (assuming someone finds that entertaining, I don't). So if he offers no knowledge and no entertainment value, what the hell is he doing there? At least Dennis Miller was funny during blowout games with nothing else to offer.

Anyway, you can always turn off the sound and turn on the radio.

[K-town]

Opening Weekend's Big Games

Vikes-Packers, Broncos-Raiders on MNF doubleheader
Posted: Monday March 31, 2008 2:28PM; Updated: Monday March 31, 2008 2:28PM
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- The Indianapolis Colts will open Lucas Oil Stadium with a prime-time game against the Chicago Bears on the NFL's opening weekend.

The Sept. 7 rematch of the 2007 Super Bowl won by the Colts will be played Sunday night in the new $700 million stadium in Indianapolis. NBC will televise the game.

The Colts plans to play preseason games in the 63,000-seat ballpark in August.

Also on the opening weekend schedule is a prime-time Monday doubleheader on ESPN, with Minnesota visiting the Brett Favre-less Green Bay Packers at 7 p.m. EDT and Denver at Oakland at 10:15 p.m. EDT.

Perviously reported was the Thursday night season opener hosted by the New York Giants. The Super Bowl champions will play Washington, with an earlier-than-usual starting time of 7 p.m. EDT in deference to the final night of the Republican Convention.

The rest of the NFL schedule will be announced later in April.