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LIVE THREAD - Final Monday Night Football game on ABC - New England Patriots at New York Jets
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Posted on 12/26/2005 6:07:58 PM PST by ajolympian2004

New England Patriots at New York Jets


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abc; abcsports; mnf; mondaynightfootball; newengland; newyork; nfl; nyjets; patriots
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To: advance_copy
ABC owns the controlling interest in ESPN (80%). They're spinning the end of MNF as buyout for $1.1b, but this is nothing more than a programming decision by ABC, which is owned by Disney. Does ABC really have so much compelling entertainment content that they need the Monday night slot? I don't think so. Why move MNF to cable?

I wonder if the teams playing on Monday Night when ESPN takes over will still be allowed to show the game on local TV. Here in Colorado when the Broncos are on ESPN Sunday Night our local ABC station is allowed to simulcast for those who do not have cable.

121 posted on 12/26/2005 7:12:12 PM PST by ajolympian2004
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To: mainepatsfan

Maybe...I might have the number messed up. He was covered pretty good there, he should be a TE !


122 posted on 12/26/2005 7:12:21 PM PST by scott says
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To: advance_copy

The NFL told Disney they wanted to move the better prime time games to Sunday night. Disney declined that package so it went to NBC. Disney still had MNF but since it would be given the lesser games they decided it wasn't worth putting on ABC.


123 posted on 12/26/2005 7:12:29 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: MikeinIraq

Did you catch any of the Motor City bowl?


124 posted on 12/26/2005 7:13:12 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: scott says

batting 1.000....

Would be nice if Gillette Stadium could host a Super Bowl
but they want domes or sites out West or down South.
Don't want people to freeze their butts, I guess...Unless
Kraft can throw a roof on (yeah, right), no Super Bowls
hosted in New England.


125 posted on 12/26/2005 7:13:48 PM PST by raccoonradio
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To: ajolympian2004

I'd think that the NFL would have kept that clause in the contract that allowed a local station to show the game on broadcast. But I don't know for sure. I can't see how a team could be playing NFL football and it not be broadcast in the home town.


126 posted on 12/26/2005 7:14:57 PM PST by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
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To: raccoonradio

Never happen. Remember after 911 there was talk of a SB at Giants Stadium? What ever became of that?


127 posted on 12/26/2005 7:15:05 PM PST by scott says
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To: scott says

It's almost as if the more TD's he catches the more the defense is convinced that the Patriots are using Vrabel as a decoy so they don't pay attention to him.


128 posted on 12/26/2005 7:15:53 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: raccoonradio
No cold weather is what I hate about the Super Bowl. IMHO, it should go to the team with the better record just like every other playoff game.

Football was meant to be played in the snow and cold :-)

129 posted on 12/26/2005 7:16:58 PM PST by steveegg (Take two - throw those long knives at the DemonRATs and lieberals - and include the RINOs)
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To: raccoonradio

About a decade ago there was talk about building a dome in Boston for the Red Sox and the Patriots. Thankfully the talks never got off the ground.


130 posted on 12/26/2005 7:17:42 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: mainepatsfan

ABC is a joke. Do they think they've got shows that would do better than NFL games? "Commander-in-Chief"? "Wife swap"? Please. I'd rather watch an NFL game between two losing teams that have no shot at the playoffs who are playing second string quarterbacks. Heck, pre-season is better than most ABC "entertainment".


131 posted on 12/26/2005 7:18:05 PM PST by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
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To: mainepatsfan

nope

I was watching the replay of OSU-Michigan at my parent's house before we hit the road...


132 posted on 12/26/2005 7:18:24 PM PST by MikefromOhio (Go Bucks!! Beat the Golden HOMOS :-))
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To: scott says

I think Snyder walked out of an owner's meeting when they decided they weren't going to have a Super Bowl in Maryland.


133 posted on 12/26/2005 7:18:32 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: advance_copy

I think it was because of "Desperate Housewives" that ABC declined.


134 posted on 12/26/2005 7:19:48 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: advance_copy

ABC's the new NBC. They want to corner the broad audience (my apologies to any women here).


135 posted on 12/26/2005 7:19:49 PM PST by steveegg (Take two - throw those long knives at the DemonRATs and lieberals - and include the RINOs)
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To: MikeinIraq

Interesting ending.


136 posted on 12/26/2005 7:20:07 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: Vigilanteman

Ouch! That one is gonna leave a mark! :-)


137 posted on 12/26/2005 7:20:16 PM PST by Redleg Duke (Kennedy and Kerry, the two Commissars of the Peoples' Republic of Massachusetts!)
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To: scott says

Brady has made more than his share of crappy throws lately.


138 posted on 12/26/2005 7:21:42 PM PST by misterrob
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To: mainepatsfan

You got that right. After that commercial, I stopped watching Monday Night Football on ABC.


139 posted on 12/26/2005 7:21:49 PM PST by Redleg Duke (Kennedy and Kerry, the two Commissars of the Peoples' Republic of Massachusetts!)
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To: ajolympian2004

The only hope for the Jets is that they lose, get a good draft pick, and send Herman Edwards packing. AJets fan says "Go Pats!!"


140 posted on 12/26/2005 7:22:18 PM PST by KenmcG414 (wHAT'ST)
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