Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[quote=saden1;435054]Are you kidding me or yourself? Let see, SB champs against a team with a new head coach, OC, and DC? Besides NE and Colts the Giants are not a team you want to open against.[/quote]

I think it's too early to draw any hard conclusions as to how either team will be this year. It's still March for christ sake.

But if it makes you feel better to get an early jump on the hate wagon, feel free.

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[quote=Mattyk72;435060]I think it's too early to draw any hard conclusions as to how either team will be this year. It's still March for christ sake.

But if it makes you feel better to get an early jump on the hate wagon, feel free.[/quote]

I don't hate nothing and I'm certainly looking forward to the game.

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[QUOTE=saden1;435063]I [B]don't hate nothing[/B] and I'm certainly looking forward to the game.[/QUOTE]

A-ha! Double negative! This means you do hate, you hater you

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[quote=SmootSmack;435064]A-ha! Double negative! This means you do hate, you hater you[/quote]

lol...you got me there.

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

It will be nice to start the season off with a bang. Prime time against the champs, division game, doesn't get much better. And of course a nice thrashing of the g-women would be the icing on the cheddar.

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

Game probably will be moved back to 4:00 EST so it doesn't conflict with the Republican Convention and McCain's acceptance speech.

Good idea...then no one will have to make a choice between these two important events. :)

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

I thought they were saying a 7pm kickoff? 4pm sounds awfully early.

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

A time change is being discussed so the game won't be interrupted or going up against another important event.

Hey, it's a holiday, the Skins' first game...just work half a day. :)

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[QUOTE=SouperMeister;435043]I seem to recall the Cowboys smoking us in the 1992 season opener following our last Super Bowl title. Cowboys went on to win the title, and we returned the favor the following year by destroying them in the '93 opener - definitely the high water mark for the short-lived Richie Petibone era.

Bottom line, just because it's the Giants first game off their title doesn't mean that the Skins will roll over and hand it to them.[/QUOTE]

True, they but IMO this is the toughest week of the season to play the Giants in NJ. Maybe they will win anyway and it will spark a great season...but a lot of what makes a schedule hard or easy is where the games are placed and this is the worst spot the @ NY game could have been placed. My thinking was that since we have a new coach and a new offense it would have been better to get our feet wet in a non divisional game. It is what it is though...I am not going to cry about it anymore but I have to be honest and my initial reaction was negative towards being in this opening game.

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

I believe I have made this observation in previous seasons, but it seems to me that the Skins more often than not get a tough schedule. Often, the bye comes either too early or we play the out-of-division teams we think will be tough on the road and the weaker teams at home. And now we begin this season with a new coach on the road against the team that won the Superbowl. That's a tall order. I cannot help but wonder why the schedules seem to come out this way.

Look at last year (below), as an example -- bye in week 4, home games against Miami, Detroit, and Buffalo, and away games at Green Bay, New England, and Tampa. Now I know at the start of each season, one never knows who will be tough and who won't be, but the teams I have identified above were not hard to predict (and I think we would have beaten the Bills had it not been the first game after ST's funeral).

Someone call Oliver Stone -- I sense a conspiracy.

1 Sep 09 MIA 13 @ WAS 16 FINAL
2 Sep 17 WAS 20 @ PHI 12 FINAL
3 Sep 23 NYG 24 @ WAS 17 FINAL
4 Bye
5 Oct 07 DET 3 @ WAS 34 FINAL
6 Oct 14 WAS 14 @ GB 17 FINAL
7 Oct 21 ARI 19 @ WAS 21 FINAL
8 Oct 28 WAS 7 @ NE 52 FINAL
9 Nov 04 WAS 23 @ NYJ 20 FINAL
10 Nov 11 PHI 33 @ WAS 25 FINAL
11 Nov 18 WAS 23 @ DAL 28 FINAL
12 Nov 25 WAS 13 @ TB 19 FINAL
13 Dec 02 BUF 17 @ WAS 16 FINAL
14 Dec 06 CHI 16 @ WAS 24 FINAL
15 Dec 16 WAS 22 @ NYG 10 FINAL
16 Dec 23 WAS 32 @ MIN 21 FINAL
17 Dec 30 DAL 6 @ WAS 27

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[quote=Buster;435088]A time change is being discussed so the game won't be interrupted or going up against another important event.

Hey, it's a holiday, the Skins' first game...just work half a day. :)[/quote]

If it's a holiday, work half a day? Doesn't that usually mean a WHOLE day off? :) I thought you would agree.

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

i'm glad to see the skins play so early of course,but i can sit here and think of a lot more match ups that would get higher ratings than this game would.

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[quote=sandtrapjack;435022]'Skins at Giants for the season opener.
Darn, first regular season game of 2008 and I am left with no one to root for.[/quote]

Maybe you can see TO cry again.



The Cowboys didn't choke. The Giants choked them!"-Mike Vaccaro, NY Post

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[QUOTE=calia;435113]I believe I have made this observation in previous seasons, but it seems to me that the Skins more often than not get a tough schedule. Often, the bye comes either too early or we play the out-of-division teams we think will be tough on the road and the weaker teams at home. And now we begin this season with a new coach on the road against the team that won the Superbowl. That's a tall order. I cannot help but wonder why the schedules seem to come out this way.

Look at last year (below), as an example -- bye in week 4, home games against Miami, Detroit, and Buffalo, and away games at Green Bay, New England, and Tampa. Now I know at the start of each season, one never knows who will be tough and who won't be, but the teams I have identified above were not hard to predict (and I think we would have beaten the Bills had it not been the first game after ST's funeral).

Someone call Oliver Stone -- I sense a conspiracy.

1 Sep 09 MIA 13 @ WAS 16 FINAL
2 Sep 17 WAS 20 @ PHI 12 FINAL
3 Sep 23 NYG 24 @ WAS 17 FINAL
4 Bye
5 Oct 07 DET 3 @ WAS 34 FINAL
6 Oct 14 WAS 14 @ GB 17 FINAL
7 Oct 21 ARI 19 @ WAS 21 FINAL
8 Oct 28 WAS 7 @ NE 52 FINAL
9 Nov 04 WAS 23 @ NYJ 20 FINAL
10 Nov 11 PHI 33 @ WAS 25 FINAL
11 Nov 18 WAS 23 @ DAL 28 FINAL
12 Nov 25 WAS 13 @ TB 19 FINAL
13 Dec 02 BUF 17 @ WAS 16 FINAL
14 Dec 06 CHI 16 @ WAS 24 FINAL
15 Dec 16 WAS 22 @ NYG 10 FINAL
16 Dec 23 WAS 32 @ MIN 21 FINAL
17 Dec 30 DAL 6 @ WAS 27[/QUOTE]

Can't buy it. The schedule is a set formula established years in advance and there is no way to know who is going to be what and when. In 2005, the 2007 GB game was looking like no problem.

A case can be made that the road games were scheduled (date-wise) in our favor. NE & GB in October (not December) and TB in November (not Sept.)

As for the off-week (it not a bye, the Celtics don't play tonight and no one says they have a bye), you really need to know how those are established before saying they are assigned as a purposeful detriment. Besides, if you have injuries early (i.e. Jon Jansen) couldn't that help a team reorganize?

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[quote=redskinsfanatic;435125]i'm glad to see the skins play so early of course,but i can sit here and think of a lot more match ups that would get higher ratings than this game would.[/quote]

1)Colts
2)Pats
3)Cowgirls
4)Chargers
5)Steelers

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[QUOTE=Giantone;435228]1)Colts
2)Pats
3)Cowgirls
4)Chargers
5)Steelers[/QUOTE]

1)Colts (Can't)
2)Pats (Can't)
3)Cowgirls (Could)
4)Chargers (Can't)
5)Steelers (Can't, at least not at home)

Your options are Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington, San Francisco, Seattle, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Carolina. Opponents and sites are pre-detemined. But while we're there, Chargers??? Good team, but hardly a ratings draw.

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[quote=redskinsfanatic;435125]i'm glad to see the skins play so early of course,but i can sit here and think of a lot more match ups that would get higher ratings than this game would.[/quote]

An NFC East game is always a big draw.

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[quote=Mattyk72;435368]An NFC East game is always a big draw.[/quote]

An NFC East game will always be a GREAT game too.

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[quote=lwiedy;435343]1)Colts (Can't)
2)Pats (Can't)
3)Cowgirls (Could)
4)Chargers (Can't)
5)Steelers (Can't, at least not at home)

Your options are Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington, San Francisco, Seattle, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Carolina. Opponents and sites are pre-detemined. But while we're there, Chargers??? Good team, but hardly a ratings draw.[/quote]

I understand where it is you're going with this but the NFL can set up any game they want.


QB..vs...QB thing

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[QUOTE=Giantone;435642]I understand where it is you're going with this but the NFL can set up any game they want.


QB..vs...QB thing[/QUOTE]

What do you mean they can set up any game they want?

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[QUOTE=Mattyk72;435019]Making any predictions right now is definitely ri-goddamn-diculous.[/QUOTE]

I think it will be something like 31-24, Skins win.

Campbell will throw for 229 yards 2 tds, (but 2 picks as well)
Portis will just miss the 100 yard rushing mark with 98 yards rushing, but will catch a td, while Betts gets a TD in a goal-line situation. Andre Carter will bat down a pass, have it bounce off of a NY O-lineman's shoulder pad, while Philip Daniels catches it in mid-air running 45 yards for a score off of the fumble.

Oh, and the weather will hot and steamy -- mostly clear, with winds out of the SSE at 10-15 mph.

;)

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[quote=SmootSmack;435716]What do you mean they can set up any game they want?[/quote]

The only games set in stone are games against same divisional foes...aka....Skin,Cowboys and Eagles.Yes they might be playing ....the AFC east that year but the NFL can substitute a game if they desire.

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[QUOTE=Giantone;435805]The only games set in stone are games against same divisional foes...aka....Skin,Cowboys and Eagles.Yes they might be playing ....the AFC east that year but the NFL can substitute a game if they desire.[/QUOTE]

I see. So you're saying even if say the Giants and Steelers were scheduled to play this year, the NFL could say "Scratch that, the Giants will now play the Patriots"

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[quote=SmootSmack;435806]I see. So you're saying even if say the Giants and Steelers were scheduled to play this year, the NFL could say "Scratch that, the Giants will now play the Patriots"[/quote]

LOL that's news to me

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[quote=SeanTaylor21;434922]Does school start by September 4, because if it does I can't watch...[/quote]

c'mon bro. it's called cutting class and getting the notes from a classmate.

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

yeah seriously drop out if you have to it's the season opener we're talking about here'

wahooooooooooooooooooooooo

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[quote=SmootSmack;435806]I see. So you're saying even if say the Giants and Steelers were scheduled to play this year, the NFL could say "Scratch that, the Giants will now play the Patriots"[/quote]

Most likely it would be done early before they annouce the schedules.

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[QUOTE=Giantone;435940]Most likely it would be done early before they annouce the schedules.[/QUOTE]

Exactly, so you're saying that (as an example) right after this past Super Bowl Goodell could have said "That was a great game. I don't care that their divisions aren't scheduled to play next year we need to get the Patriots vs. Giants in the regular season. Move some other matchups around and make it happen."

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[quote=SmootSmack;435971]Exactly, so you're saying that (as an example) right after this past Super Bowl Goodell could have said "That was a great game. I don't care that their divisions aren't scheduled to play next year we need to get the Patriots vs. Giants in the regular season. Move some other matchups around and make it happen."[/quote]

.............yes

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[QUOTE=Giantone;436358].............yes[/QUOTE]

Yeah well...it doesn't work that way

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[quote=Giantone;436358].............yes[/quote]

[IMG]http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/9373/pwnedum9.jpg[/IMG]

Re: Skins get season opener against giants Sept 4, Thursday p.m. game.
 

[QUOTE=skinsfan69;435812]c'mon bro. it's called cutting class and getting the notes from a classmate.[/QUOTE]

I'm pretty dumb as it is, missing more class would not end well.