"Is it Monday yet?"

Submitted by Topher on

NO! It's not! I'm trying to enjoy my college football game! I don't care that it's not Monday! I don't care about one NFL game on Monday night when I've got twenty college ballgames to watch!

Seriously, I'm tired of that ad campaign. Come Monday night I'll be re-TiVoing Saturday's games before I turn on a half-baked posse of professional football players.

Brendan

September 11th, 2009 at 9:21 AM ^

The overhyping of the NFL by ESPN is really annoying. With the NFL ESPN has to analyze every minuscule little matchup in every game. "Is Detroit's third string corner better than New Orleans' third string wideout? Why don't we ask John Clayton? John, what do you think?" Sometimes I just want to hear a little bit about college football or even baseball which at this time of year is totally shuffled to the side even though it's almost time for the playoffs. So, in conclusion, I also do not care if it is Monday unless the Lions are playing which will never happen.

Topher

September 11th, 2009 at 9:45 AM ^

"The overhyping of the NFL by ESPN is really annoying."

With the possible exception of New England almost going unbeaten, I think the NFL's on-field product is at an all-time low. Add to it that they are now blaming the colleges for not producing quarterbacks ready for their copycat systems.

Meanwhile, the syncophantic media has never been a bigger suck-up, and the NFL-is-the-only-league hype is getting so overexposed because lots of the games just aren't that good.

MaizeAndBlueWahoo

September 11th, 2009 at 9:26 AM ^

Funny: The NFL is now re-airing blacked-out games on NFL.com. Missed your team's home game because it wasn't sold out? You can now watch it online after the game is over. It'll be available for 72 hours.

EXCEPT ON MONDAY NIGHT. You can't watch it during MNF. God forbid you lower their precious TV ratings by skipping it for a game you'd actually be interested in.

And yes, the ad campaign kinda sucks. Because Monday night fucking sucks. You know what I have to look forward to on Monday night? Tuesday, that's what. Wooooo.

Route66

September 11th, 2009 at 9:57 AM ^

I had a thread the other day about why Pro football is soooooo loved. I cannot figure it out. Don't get me wrong, I love any kind of football, but what makes the pro game so good? Yes they are the top of the crop, but they are being paid and don't have much motivation other than money and ego.(yes, college players have that too) But the NCAA just seems more authentic for some reason to me.

Last night was truly the first time I realized I don't care that much about the NFL. I was flipping through the channels and the Steelers were just starting their OT drive. OVERTIME DRIVE. Who wouldn't watch that? Me, because I had to watch my DVR'd Inside Michigan Football and the Clemson/GT game.

My boss' first comment this morning was, "Did you see that game last night?" I said, "Yeah, Clemson had a pretty good second half!" He said, "What?" I said, "Never mind, Oh, you meant the Steelers game....who cares."

Does anyone else feel this way? I was almost annoyed that he thought the Steelers/Titans game was cooler than the Clemson/GT game.

Topher

September 11th, 2009 at 10:14 AM ^

Haha, the same thing just happened to me at work - one of my teammates didn't even know there was a college game on!

I've seen older MNF games on ESPN Classic, and they just seem much more entertaining and high-skill than the stuff that gets put on today. The NFL game is devolving into skinny fast guys on the edge, and big muscle-bound guys on the inside duking it out with holding not being called. They are deploying more receivers and more passing when the overall catching skills have gone down from a generation ago, and graceful running backs are few and far between the overstuffed bowling balls. They've coddled selfish receivers for too long, and the defensive athletes are better than those on offense so they have to tilt the rules to favor the offense.

It wouldn't be so annoying if it didn't breed imitators at lower levels. I coach a youth team and we did some pushups last week because somebody spiked the ball in practice (after I told him not to do so, so I can't blame the NFL for his lack of listening.)

Besides, with a 16-game season and twelve playoff spots, losing a big game is not likely to be the dream-killing dagger it is in college - so why stay up late to watch a dog game?

It's funny how NFL centrics will look at me like I'm from antoher planet when I bring up any of these points. They've been listening to NFL marketing way too long.