NFL 2010 Week 16: CBS Single Game
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EARLY GAMES
NY Jets @ Chicago - Jim Nantz, Phil Simms [AK, HI]
Baltimore @ Cleveland – Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts
New England @ Buffalo - Kevin Harlan, Solomon Wilcots
Tennessee @ Kansas City - Bill Macatee, Rich Gannon
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LATE GAMES
Indianapolis @ Oakland – Greg Gumbel, Dan Dierdorf
San Diego @ Cincinnati – Gus Johnson, Steve Tasker
Houston @ Denver – Don Criqui, Steve Beuerlein
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UPDATES:
South Bend IN: NYJ-CHI to IND-OAK
Charleston and Beckley WV: NYJ-CHI to BAL-CLE
Abilene, Amarillo, Odessa, San Angelo and Wichita Falls TX; Billings MT: NYJ-CHI to HOU-DEN
El Paso TX: HOU-DEN to NYJ-CHI
Eugene OR; Twin Falls ID: NYJ-CHI to IND-OAK
So in week 17, if CBS has 8 games, the #8 team will be either Dick Enberg/Craig Bolerjack and Randy Cross. Bolerjack will do the Jazz games on Sat and that Mon, but I guess he would be the one, but I hope it’s Dick Enberg, who at this point must be tired of sitting on the couch in La Jolla and needs to get the pipes ready for the Aust.Open next month!!!!
I would think NBC would choose either TB/NO,Dal/PHILLY or, yes….STL/SEAT(NFC worst) as its flex game.
Why would Western Pennsylvania ever get the Ravens-Browns game? I mean, I know the Steelers fans would love, and I mean LOVE, to see the Browns upset the Ravens, but it’s not gonna happen. They should show the Jets-Bears game instead. The Steelers need the Jets to lose one of their final two games just to stay ahead of them for the #2 seed.
@SDD
Really? Im surprised that youre so upset about havin to see the Chiefs….theyre actually pretty good this yr. At least u dont have to watch some garbage team, like say denver or minnesota, every week….
@nick
What the Jets do from now on really has no effect on the Steelers and the seed they get unless somehow the Jets jump the Pats for the division, which probably wont happen…if the Pats win the AFC east then the highest seed the Jets can get is 5 as a wild card, no matter what their record is…
@Charles
Let me get this straight. We all know that Kevin Harlan, and Dick Stockton covers both NBA-on-TNT, and NFL-on-CBS. They both have experience in announcing basketball and football games, no matter how good or bad the games with the team-records is.
Dick Enberg on the other hand, he has experience, in announcing College-Basketball, Tennis, and Football games on the CBS-network. So if what your saying is Dick Enberg co-signed a deal with the san diego padres to be their baseball announcer for whatever network he’s on, then why isnt CBS putting him back on the job to do part-time announcing like Don Criqui?
@Thomas
The only problem with Denver,Minnesota, Green Bay, Chicago, as a professional team, and with games being paired on tv by the network
—-> They always force Jim Nantz down our throat, as our National announcer every week.
If you go to Florida, the network have better distribution of the announcers. sometimes its kevin harlan covering the dolphins and jaguars games. sometimes its ian eagle covering the dolphins and jaguars games. sometimes its gus johnson covering the dolphins and jaguars game.
If you can pair the announcers for a certain team within that state, and mix it up, you’ll get high ratings/viewers. not just be stuck with one announcer for one state, to be featured on local tv every week
@Leonard
You’ll need to ask CBS that…
As far as I know last season Enberg worked with Dan Fouts and in their last game Fouts went on and on about how much he was going to miss being in the booth with Enberg…
Enberg will cover the US Open for CBS and the Australian Open and I think Wimbledon for ESPN but not Roland Garros. He was interviewed by MLB Network before starting his play-by-play duties with the Padres and he said that he would love to work some NFL games but only after the Padres were done but that decision came from CBS… apparently CBS’ executives decided not to schedule him for some reason…
Plus we don’t even know for sure if CBS will have 8 games next week (NBC could flex one) and even if they do have 8, will it make sense to bring Enberg just for one game? (don’t get me wrong, I like Enberg, but he won’t get any playoff games because those go to Nantz/Simms and Gumbel/Dierdorf)
Dick Enberg will not be doing a CBS game. He was left off their list of announcers.
They will likely use Speedo Deeds because he can miss one game out of 82 lakers games…no biggie.
Its much more likely a FOX game is flexed in week 17 than a CBS. The only one on the radar is the Raiders-Chiefs. That depends on what happens this week.
The NFL wants a certain must win playoff game–not one where there is a chance that its meaningless based on earlier game results.
They also prefer not having a game like the Jets-Bengals last year where Cincinati was in the playoffs. The Jets needed to win to make the playoffs and if the Bengals won they would be playing the Texans. The Bengals looked and said I think we have better odds playing the Jets next week so we will rest our players and let the Jets play in the playoffs.
This is why the change and close with divisional games. The hope is that there is still meaningful games and not necessarily teams resting players.
Is the Bengals game a for sure blackout now?
@DJP
Another game on CBS that could be under the Radar of being flexed to NBC, is Tennessee@Indianapolis.
Depending on how Tennessee’s game goes this sunday at Kansas City, they are indeed still alive for a wild-card playoff spot, just like the Raiders,Chargers, Ravens, and Jets. It’s a wild shout-out.
whoever wins their afc-south matchups in week 17, will be crowned afc-champion of the south.
right now, the Jaguars have a 3-2 edge on the division. if they beat Houston in week 17, they’ll be crowned AFC-south division champions.
Heres what i dont get.
If Indianapolis wins at home against tennessee, and jacksonville loses on the road to houston in week 17, would Indianapolis be crowned the AFC-south champion and Jacksonville as the wild-card? or would it go to Oakland? cuz Oakland has a 5-0 edge in their afc-west division, and to see a football team eliminated from post-season contention with a better winning percentage within their division, will be the biggest blow in NFL-history.
Bills game will be on TV :
http://blogs.buffalonews.com/billboard/2010/12/sundays-game-will-be-on-local-tv.html
@Leonard
Titans ARE OUT of wildcard. They can only win the division.
Right now the Jets and Ravens are both at 10 wins…Titans can reach them with 6 wins.
They can only win the division by having:
1. win this week
2. Indy loses
3. Jags lose
then next week
1. Jags lose
2. they beat indy
tenn @ indy will likey not be flexed.
@Leonard
for the division titlke:
indy win their last two they win the division not matter what Jags do
For Jags to win they need to win two and indy lose one. If they have the same records indy has the tiebreakers.
For the titans to win —see above.
BUT….
The order of divisional tiebreakers
1. head to head
2. divisional record
3. common games
4. conference record
Indy has the edge right now if they both win out because they split, their divisional records are the same, indy has the edge because of common record is better…the reverse way to look at it is noncommon games…since jags beat buffalo and cleveland for 2-0 which indy beat cincy but lost to the pats they are 1-1 so if they are tied…indy will have a better common game record.
If the Jags lose and indy wins…indy does not clinch. In week 17 if Jags beat Houston and indy loses to tennessee then Jags get the division because of better divisional record (4-2 vs 3-3).
Did the Raider game sell out? It is still listed as being on KPIX and if you try and buy tickets for the cheapest seats they are not available
Found out through the website of an Oakland newspaper that the Raiders game is blacked. CBS 5 will HAVE to air a late game due to the 49ers playing early on FOX 2. I’m predicting San Diego-Cincinnati since it involves a team from the STATE (Chargers) and that team is in the playoff race, whereas Houston-Denver is a game between two teams out of the playoff race.
Why not let CBS show the early Jets@Bears alongside the 49ers, and release the Giants/Packers to be the Fox doubleheader game solo with no CBS late game?
Seems like a win/win for both Networks.
@Jet Set Dave
THEY CANT
Raiders are home thus San Fran/Oakland can only show two games even if the raiders sold out because its FOX doubleheader weekend.
Since San Fran plays at 1pm on FOX they MUST show a 4pm CBS game.
NFL TV rules prohibit doing what you want. they must show a game in each timeslot.
why the heck did all those texas stations switch from Jets-Bears to Texans-Broncos? Because the Texans might actually win this one?
Guess since nobody wants to answer my question Ill just watch Sunday and find out myself.
@ Cody
The WKRC website still shows the Bengals to be on.
@ Scott
I am wondering the same thing and throw Billings MT in there too. A meaningless instead of the Jets-Bears. That will not increase viewership so the station managers are wrong here. If those stations want to switch from the early game to a late game, then it has to be the Colts-Raiders game. What’s funny is El Paso, TX switches from the Texans game to the Jets game.
Oh great. So excited that I now have to endure another Texans crap fest instead of getting an actual game, like Jets/Bears. Sad.
so I guess I am going to the movies Sunday afternoon. Who cares about the Chargers/Bengals. Waste of TV in the Bay Area. The NFL still lives in the dark ages with their broadcast rules. Maybe the lockout next year will wake them up as they will realize their hostages (meaning us football watchers) can find better things to do. Raider games get great ratings and why they would want to throw away because 60,000 fans show up vs 68,000 is something I will never understand and I was an economics major in college.
@Naqdop
Billings is switching because its Denver territory and you have the rookie QB Tim Tebow starting for the Broncos.
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We’ve seen TV markets in college areas switch to games for the sake of showing their former college stars. So I find it curious that Gainesville hasn’t taken the opportunity to show Tebow’s Broncos.
DJP
It makes sense. Thanks
One last question.
Lets say Kansas City loses its remaining 2 games at home, to Tennessee and Oakland, and Oakland beats Indianapolis and Kansas City at home….. Would Oakland automatically be declared AFC-west champions?
Leonard: It would depend if San Diego wins out. If they win out Oakland can not make the playoffs.
For Oakland to win the AFC West:
Raiders beat Indy and KC
KC loses to Tenn. and Oak.
San Diego loses one more game (at Cincy or at Denver)
All three would be 9-7, but Oakland automatically wins because they swept both Kansas City and San Diego.
@Leonard
NO
For Oakland to win:
1. beat indy this week
2. KC lose this week to tenn
3. Either this week or next week San Diego must lose.
4. Next week: Oakland beats KC to win the division.
If Oakland wins, KC loses, and SD loses then San Diego is eliminated and Oakland @ Kansas City will be for the division title (and a 75% shot of being the flexed game). If this happens the NFL may just announce it earlier for convienience instead of having to wait to see what the Saints do in their game.
For San diego:
They need to tie KC All tiebreakers with KC will go to san Diego if only those two are tied. This means san Diego wins their last two and KC loses once.
the reason…they split the season series, IF KC L, W and SD WW then their divisional record is tied so it goes to common games where San diego has the edge. IF KC WL and SD WW, then San Diego would win based on divisional record.
For Kansas City to win they need to win out there last two games or they win 1 and San Diego loses 1.
KFVS Cape Gireadeau MO switching to TEN-KC.
Man saves Bills game from blackout
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/bills-nfl/article292399.ece
Just out of curiousity
How does half of Florida have the Jets@Bears listed, and the other half Colts@Raiders
whats the ideology of that??
I live in Quincy, IL and my Dish Network also shows NYJ/Bears on CBS but I thought I heard somewhere on my local CBS station that KC/Tenn will be shown?? Any info on this? KHQA is the station
Nick.formation: Miami and Jacksonville can’t air an early game because they’re both playing on Fox in that slot, so they have Colts-Raiders.
On the other hand, in Tampa, with the Bucs blackout Fox (as the DH network) had first dibs on which slot to air a game. They picked a late game, forcing CBS into an early game.
I find it unusual since Cincy is a black-out they would want to air NY Jets @ Bears on CBS over the AFC North Division game Ravens @ Browns. The map shows that game will be aired in all of the AFC North markets (Ohio w/o Cincy, Pit, Bal) I thought the t.v. stations in Ohio would air each others games when the local team is not on or is blacked-out.
The outcome of the TN/KC game will detirmine if I need to make the effort to watch the Raiders game or don’t even bother and watch the Green Bay game on the tele.
I forgot to mention making the effort to watch the Raiders gam on my computer.
[...] check out the games playing in your area, go to these links: CBS game (CBS will only be broadcasting one game this week), FOX early game, FOX late [...]
@Aaron
Cincinati is NFC north territory so the Bears are a draw and the game at the Jets is a big game for both teams so they opted for that game.
@Nick.formation
Miami and Jacksonville are on FOX and at home so they must air a 4pm CBS game. The surrounfing markets of West Palm and Orlando know most of their viewers in their market will be watching these games so it makes more sense for them to air their only CBS game in the late slot and Indy @ Raiders is a big game for Jacksonville so it is anatural selection.
Let’s see if the map color changes to purple if Cape Girardeau, MO, is now going to air the TENN/KC game instead of JETS @ BEARS.
I dig this stuff.
RE: Admin, DJP
They could have at least flexed the Washington@Jacksonville game to a late slot, and then aired an early game on CBS
either NYJ@CHI or TEN@KC for the Jacksonville, West Palm, and Orlando Markets
wouldnt you agree?
Raider fan says:
December 24, 2010 at 9:22 am
so I guess I am going to the movies Sunday afternoon. Who cares about the Chargers/Bengals. Waste of TV in the Bay Area. The NFL still lives in the dark ages with their broadcast rules. Maybe the lockout next year will wake them up as they will realize their hostages (meaning us football watchers) can find better things to do. Raider games get great ratings and why they would want to throw away because 60,000 fans show up vs 68,000 is something I will never understand and I was an economics major in college.
Well, instead of going to the movies, you could go to the game. There’s a thought. I’m a Pats fan and I’d love to be able to go to games on the spur of the moment, but that’s impossible because the team is good and the season is sold out months in advance, partially because our owner isn’t senile.
Looks Like the map has been color-updated to purple for the CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO viewing area. Now time to check out KHQA in Quincy, IL.
@mattlion
LOL AGREED MAN! I couldnt have said it better myself! Im a Bucs fan and in the Chicago area, but if I was living within 4 hrs or so of Tampa, i’d be goin to the games every week! Its ridiculous that people dont go…especially in cities like Tampa and Oakland where at least the weather is nice and u dont have to sit in the freezin cold…ha
Im in Florida and I want to watch Tebow and Denver. Why are people in florida always stuck watching games that have nothing to do with our state. We want to watch teams for our state like everyone else gets to. And we want denver games because we all here lover tebow.
Matthew,
The most likely reason no station in Florida chose the Broncos is because it’s a game between two teams playing for pride. It has no impact on the playoffs whatsoever. So the stations prefer showing games that have playoff caliber. But you’re right, Matthew, there’s no question Tim Tebow is considered an idol in the Sunshine State. I would expect to see Broncos games on in Florida as much as possible – provided, of course, Tebow continues as starter.
According to nbcsports.com, St. Louis at Seattle, which will determine the NFC West champion, will be the Sunday Night Football game. On CBS, Jaguars-Texans and Titans-Colts have been moved to the late slot as Jacksonville and Indianapolis are battling for the AFC South title. That being said, here’s my prediction for commentator pairings for next week’s games:
Jim Nantz/Phil Simms: Tennessee at Indianapolis
Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf: Jacksonville at Houston
Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts: Buffalo at NY Jets
Kevin Harlan/Solomon Wilcots: Cincinnati at Baltimore
Gus Johnson/Steve Tasker: Pittsburgh at Cleveland
Bill Macatee/Rich Gannon: Oakland at Kansas City
Don Criqui/Steve Beuerlein: Miami at New England
Dick Enberg*/Randy Cross: San Diego at Denver
*Spero Dedes has a Lakers game next Sunday, so I’m guessing he’ll do the Lakers.
@Chris
Edberg vcant do the CBS game since they basically told him no when they didnt announce him at the start of the season.
Spero Dedes can miss one Lakers game to do football.
I wonder why FOX didn’t “protect” that game. Could be big ratings! > Of course, it does make sense for NBC to televise it as it would be the only game on at that time so no one would have to miss it due to NFL Rules about home team games, secondary market games, et cetera. I wonder what games FOX will then switch to 4 PM . . . ? RAMS @ SEAHAWKS was scheduled for the 4:15 pm time slot along with the Cardinals @ 49ers. I can’t imagine FOX would let that game be the only one at 4:15, esp. now that CBS has switched a couple games to later!!! TIME FOR SPECULATION . . . at least until FOX says what games are to be switched.