ok, about that liveblogging thing

well, i may as well try it, at least once. and why not do it with a game of truly historic significance, like the gints/pats tilt. my first thought before kickoff is what this means for the nfl network. the nfl took this off schedule and reserved it for its own nascent broadcast entity. then it became historic. many teeth have been knashed and garments rent in decrying the greed of the nfl in pulling games off broadcast tv and placing them on the network, but no one could have forseen how this would play out. that the importance of the game and the potential viewer demand would cause them to negotiate national simulcasts on not one but two of the broadcast networks (cbs and nbc). does this portend a new sort licensing arrangement for the league. something along the lines of the wwf that owns the broadcasts and arranges it from top to bottom, allowing networks to show it. for example, could the network continue to give the big boys feature games, but keep local games for let's say an abc or nbc affiliate that could sell A LOT of advertising against a non-regional game for local fans? just a thought. need to cut to kickoff, but will return to this idea later...