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   Phenomenal Smith said:

   September 11th, 2009 at 8:21 am

   How does that compare to what ESPN gets for NFL Monday Night Football? I assume it’s not even close, but what do I know?
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   srr50 said:

   September 11th, 2009 at 8:56 am

   Monday Night Football is the highest rated weekly “series” on cable tv. Last year ESPN averaged just under 12 million viewers a week for MNF.
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   kafka said:

   September 11th, 2009 at 9:48 am

   It was a great game. Miami’s QB had a funny throwing motion but he made a bunch of very accurate throws.
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   CloseToJumping said:

   September 11th, 2009 at 10:10 am

   Miami’s secondary employs a deep group of females that understand slap fighting better than tackling. A tough team with a good QB will eat them alive. I like them, but that is a huge weakness. Loved the game and thanks for the article on it.
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   Scipio Tex said:

   September 11th, 2009 at 11:28 am

   Thanks srr50 – good stuff.

   I was thinking along the lines of Phenomenal as well. The NFL’s grip on our national sports mind is just incredible.
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   Gene Claude said:

   September 11th, 2009 at 12:12 pm

   The incredible part is that the average NFL game is less gripping than Life Goes On reruns. Oh, Corky.
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   uthookem said:

   September 11th, 2009 at 12:35 pm

   I agree Gene, last night’s game was like watching paint dry except for the last two minutes of the first half, the last five minutes of the second half, and OT.

   On the WWL, the GT v. Clemson game started off with a rocket, and then a building crescendo as Clemson clawed their way back in only to lose in the end. More exciting, for sure, but the NFL gets a much bigger share due to better athletes, better coaches, and fantasy football.
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   Scipio Tex said:

   September 11th, 2009 at 1:34 pm

   College football is all about variety, competing philosophies, deep seated rivarly.

   The NFL is an antiseptic game of retreads and frightened middle managers. I still watch and enjoy it, but it will never compare.
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   srr50 said:

   September 11th, 2009 at 1:40 pm

   There is a movie opening today, called “Big Fan.” Made by the guy who wrote “The Wrestler.” He says is is a “tale of unrequited love,” which looks at the life of a 36-year old obsessed fan of the N.Y. Giants.

   Sound like it will pretty well explain the popularity of the NFL.
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    The Bobs said:

    September 11th, 2009 at 5:27 pm

    “The NFL is an antiseptic game of retreads and frightened middle managers.”

    this nails it…
    I haven’t really watched pro football much for the last few years. Started mainly as just a schedule thing, but I found I just plain didn’t miss it. Year before last, I did not watch a single NFL game from start to finish, which only a very few years earlier would have been absolutely unthinkable.

    Got roped into a fantasy football league last year for the first time ever, and I ended up watching more, just to see my players. Probably will do more of that this year, since I’m in a couple of leagues. I watched most of the game last night, and pretty much in horror. It was far, far, far less compelling than just about every college game from last weekend, including the blowouts, and these were not scrub teams. I can’t begin to imagine what it must be like to sit through a Bengals-Browns matchup.

    Makes you wonder just how much of the NFL’s popularity stems from fantasy football, as uthookem mentioned, and from gambling.
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