Well, well, well. It’s June 23, 2008, a date that will surely live in infamy. Yes the Matt vs. Matt blog is now up and running. Instead of sharing any history up front (I’ll let the other Matt share some of that if he wants), I’m ready to rock and roll with my first blogging of the summer of ‘08.
Just for anyone actually reading this (this far away from football season), I went ahead and jotted down (for myself) the start dates of the NFL and NCAA seasons. Figured I’d share some news/notes regarding the opening weeks of college and pro ball.
First off, the college football season premieres on Thursday, August 28th with a slew of off-beat match-ups that if they were played on a Saturday in November, no one would care. But since these games are the first of the ‘08 season, well, still mostly they suck, but football fans will still be pumped for some pigskin and will watch what is on TV. I’m guessing out of all the games lined up for that opening Thursday, the only three games that initially could matter at all will be Wake Forest at Baylor, Oregon St. at Stanford and then the NC State at South Carolina game which I am predicting will be the ESPN Thursday night season opener in a decent ACC/SEC opener. I know you are curious, so you can check out the other games scheduled for 8/28/08 on http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/schedules
As for the NFL opener, most die-hard fans already would know that the Redskins open the 2008 season with a Thursday night tangle with the Jints (NY Giants for those not affiliated with NYC football). The date is 9/4/08. This game is a continuance of what started 3-4 years ago and naturally will feature some annoying pop or rap singers spouting out rhymes on the streets of NYC and all the Ryan Seacrest-led annoying fanfair leading up to kick-off. The opener is followed with a full slate of NFL games on 9/7/08 and then lastly on 9/8/08 we have the Monday Night Football doubleheader with the Vikings/Packers in the early game and Denver/Oakland in the late game. You can check out the full schedule here: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/schedule
Well, this post is running a little lengthy, so I will stop here. I’ll be back with a new segment soon. Very soon.
I’d like to give a big shout out to Matt for getting this all jumpstarted and soon enough we’ll be starting the 2008 seasons!!
