sports.aol.com - 3/31/2008
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The Minnesota Vikings will open the season against the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football on Sept. 8 on ESPN, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune is reporting ( via PFT ). The game will be the first of a doubleheader to conclude the NFL's kickoff weekend, and it's expected to be played at Lambeau Field as the Packers usher in the post-Brett Favre era. ESPN will undoubtedly beg Favre to show ...
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ARGH!
Pacifist Viking —
Shit. I hate everything about it. I hate starting the season on the road. I hate starting the season with a Packer game. I hate starting on a Monday night (I usually teach Monday nights). The schedule can eat shit and die.
Brett Favre: The Packers Really Don't Want You To Come Back (But ESPN Does!) [Brett Favre]
Deadspin —
... But — but!— if Favre goes to another team...what would happen to ESPN's magical opening dedication and Favre jersey retirement ceremony during the Monday Night Football opener? Wouldn't that ruin it? Not if he's on the Vikings. ...
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ww3.startribune.com 3/31/2008 — The NFL will announce this afternoon that the Vikings will play the Green Bay Packers in the Monday night opener at 6 p.m. Sept. 8 on ESPN, according to an industry source. As has become the custom, it will be the first game of a Monday night ...
NFL Opening Weekend Schedule
sports.espn.go.com 3/31/2008 — They have announced the prime time schedule for Week 1 in the NFL. Uhh, how did the Vikings and Raiders get Monday Night Football rights? Where are my Jags?
Packers still a prime-time attraction
myespn.go.com 4/1/2008 — Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas Green Bay's first game with Brett Favre is just as marketable as any of the last 200-plus the quarterback played with the Packers. The debut of new quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be one of the showcase games the ...
Packers to host Vikings on MNF in season opener
mvn.com 4/1/2008 — As if Aaron Rodgers didn’t already have enough pressure on him heading into 2008 as the first new starting quarterback for the Packers in 17 years.
Now the whole world’s going to be watching – and maybe Brett Favre .
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Bears-Colts Is Opening Sunday Night Game —
Mark Maske's NFL Insider 3/31/2008
PALM BEACH, Fla.--The NFL announced its slate of featured games on the opening weekend of next season. The Chicago Bears will play at Indianapolis on Sept. 7 at 8:15 p.m. on NBC in the first Sunday night game of the season. It will be the first ...
National TV Games, Opening Weekend —
Redskins Insider 3/31/2008
As expected, the NFL has announced the national TV games for the first weekend of the season: Sept. 4, Redskins at Giants, 7 p.m. (NBC) -- Yes, we already knew this. Sept. 7, Bears at Colts, 8:15 p.m. (NBC) Sept. 8, another Monday night doubleheader: ...
Looking Ahead to Next Season —
Bleacher Report - NFL 4/1/2008
It’s that time of year again. Team’s are reloading and re-tooling their rosters for the upcoming season and already some of them have been given something to look forward to. Out of the four recently announced games, three will put ...
He'd Be a Good Oakland Raider! - NFC North —
Bleacher Report - NFL 4/1/2008
Have you ever been sitting around your house on Sunday watching the weekly games when, BAMM! Some player you haven't paid much attention to from another team starts making you notice? I can't say I watch every game of every team, but I do ...
