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#1 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:23 am

Tonight both NBC and CBS have NFL games.

Their convention coverage starts at 10 PM.

So what happens if the games run long? Are we going to have a chance at a Heidi Game?

Also, what about in the PDT and MDT times zones? When is the convention coverage there?

Is Obama's speech going to be shown at a bad time in the western half of the country?

I suppose we'll have the same problem with the Republican convention.
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#2 Post by christie1111 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:25 am

I chose football.

Any football.

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#3 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:30 am

I'll be at S. Carolina v. NC State
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The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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#4 Post by christie1111 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:32 am

(Husband and Son)1111 will be at the UConn game tonight.
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#5 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:32 am

I'll be watching Baylor/Wake Forest
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#6 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:33 am

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:I'll be at S. Carolina v. NC State
Since I've lived in both of their hometowns, I don't know who to root for.

I'll pick the Cocks over the Wolfpack.
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#7 Post by ulysses5019 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:37 am

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:I'll be at S. Carolina v. NC State
Is that the ESPN game? If it is, wave so I can see you.
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#8 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:41 am

ulysses5019 wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:I'll be at S. Carolina v. NC State
Is that the ESPN game? If it is, wave so I can see you.
Just look for the gray haired guy with a garnet shirt. I'll be waving.
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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#9 Post by ulysses5019 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:42 am

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:I'll be at S. Carolina v. NC State
Will you be doing the flyover in your monkeyflyingsuit?
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#10 Post by Tocqueville3 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:54 am

I will be watching the Saints v. Dolphins game and during the commercials I'll be trying to catch the latest on Gustav whilst putting the girls to bed and making lunches for the next day. Good thing I have a tv in the kitchen.

I sure as hell won't be watching Barack the Messiah.
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#11 Post by earendel » Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:02 pm

In our house it will be Colts vs. Bengals. If I have the chance, I'll sneak into my bedroom and listen to the convention on NPR. I would like to hear what Obama has to say, just to see if maybe there might be some substance in it.
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#12 Post by LarryCraig » Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:05 pm

Bob Juch wrote:I'll pick the Cocks over the Wolfpack.
Excellent choice! You can never go wrong with the Cocks.
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#13 Post by Liberace » Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:11 pm

LarryCraig wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:I'll pick the Cocks over the Wolfpack.
Excellent choice! You can never go wrong with the Cocks.

Hey Larry! Want to come over and tickle my ivories?
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#14 Post by Carmelo Anthony » Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:16 pm

Liberace wrote:
LarryCraig wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:I'll pick the Cocks over the Wolfpack.
Excellent choice! You can never go wrong with the Cocks.

Hey Larry! Want to come over and tickle my ivories?
That's a technical foul on both of you... cuz technically, both of those statements were foul.
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Carmelo Anthony wrote:
Liberace wrote:
LarryCraig wrote: Excellent choice! You can never go wrong with the Cocks.

Hey Larry! Want to come over and tickle my ivories?
That's a technical foul on both of you... cuz technically, both of those statements were foul.

Hey Melo! Let me remind you I have the whistle here, OK? Tim Donaghy himself gave it to me....
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#16 Post by KillerTomato » Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:34 pm

Our CBS affiliate, KDKA, has already announced that any runover of the Steelers trouncing of the Carolina Pussycats tonight after 10 PM will be shown on their sister station (a CW affiliate).
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#17 Post by LarryCraig » Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:40 pm

Referee Phil Luckett wrote:
Carmelo Anthony wrote:
Liberace wrote:
Hey Larry! Want to come over and tickle my ivories?
That's a technical foul on both of you... cuz technically, both of those statements were foul.

Hey Melo! Let me remind you I have the whistle here, OK? Tim Donaghy himself gave it to me....
May I blow your whistle?

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#18 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:48 pm

Carmelo Anthony wrote:
Liberace wrote:
LarryCraig wrote: Excellent choice! You can never go wrong with the Cocks.

Hey Larry! Want to come over and tickle my ivories?
That's a technical foul on both of you... cuz technically, both of those statements were foul.
That's fowl, not foul.
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#19 Post by lilclyde54 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:44 pm

I'll be watching the four college games.
I felt the change

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#20 Post by Here's Fanny! » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:07 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:I'll be at S. Carolina v. NC State
Since I've lived in both of their hometowns, I don't know who to root for.

I'll pick the Cocks over the Wolfpack.
The Tattooed Whore goes for the Wolfpack, naturally. (Alma mater of Thompson and Towe, yay!!!11)
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#21 Post by Here's Fanny! » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:18 pm

KillerTomato wrote:Our CBS affiliate, KDKA, has already announced that any runover of the Steelers trouncing of the Carolina Pussycats tonight after 10 PM will be shown on their sister station (a CW affiliate).
What a rip, we don't get a CBS game. Just crappy Redskins v. Jaguars on NBC.

I want to see my boyfriends Delhomme and Smitty!
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#22 Post by mellytu74 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:26 pm

We're watching the Phillies and the Cubs, going back and forth between the game and the convention.

I have less than no interest in preseason football.

We may peek in at a college game.
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#23 Post by andrewjackson » Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:41 pm

Here's Fanny! wrote:
KillerTomato wrote:Our CBS affiliate, KDKA, has already announced that any runover of the Steelers trouncing of the Carolina Pussycats tonight after 10 PM will be shown on their sister station (a CW affiliate).
What a rip, we don't get a CBS game. Just crappy Redskins v. Jaguars on NBC.

I want to see my boyfriends Delhomme and Smitty!
Despite what the original post said there was no CBS game tonight. The only network game is on NBC. I'm suspecting that some people are getting local coverage of an NFL on their CBS affiliate but that's not the same thing.
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#24 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:59 pm

andrewjackson wrote:
Here's Fanny! wrote:
KillerTomato wrote:Our CBS affiliate, KDKA, has already announced that any runover of the Steelers trouncing of the Carolina Pussycats tonight after 10 PM will be shown on their sister station (a CW affiliate).
What a rip, we don't get a CBS game. Just crappy Redskins v. Jaguars on NBC.

I want to see my boyfriends Delhomme and Smitty!
Despite what the original post said there was no CBS game tonight. The only network game is on NBC. I'm suspecting that some people are getting local coverage of an NFL on their CBS affiliate but that's not the same thing.
It's the Jets vs. Eagles. Dumb program guide doesn't indicate local or national feed.
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#25 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:18 am

The Gamecocks looked sloppy, but 34-0 is a good start for the season.
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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