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College Football

Reading a college football schedule just got easier, if that’s even possible



If this is too confusing then we can dumb it down
for ya.

Men are a visual species who typically want everything to be relayed to them in the most basic, cavemanesque methods possible. The last thing any real man wants to do is read, right? Words have their place and all, but if we can obtain all the info we need in a picture then that allows more time for important things like staring at the big, glossy pictures of Jessica Alba in one of those random men’s magazines that are all the rage right now. See, we don’t even know what trashy publication we’re reading because we’re too focused on the exposed skin!

So, we were totally thrilled to come across this sweet Excel spreadsheet that makes life, oh, so much easier. Not because the entire college football season is all in one place and right at our fingertips, but because instead of using those damn, annoying words like “Florida State” or “Oregon,” there’s a nice little picture of the team’s helmet!

Just think of all the time you’ll save this season because there will be no more encoding and decoding the messages that normally accompanies a schedule. There’s going to be a whole lot more time spent staring at the picture box now that you won’t be bothered with the time consuming process of reading phrases such as “Nebraska at Texas.” So, thanks to whoever wasted hours of their life creating this bad boy just so we can waste more hours of our life doing virtually nothing. We’re putting this right up there with the Michael Vick dog toy as the football fan’s must-haves for the season.

Links:

[Awful Announcing]: The Guy Who Invented This Is An Evil Genius
[Cobra Brigade]: You Want a NCAA Football Schedule

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NFL General

The NFL countdown has officially begun: 2007 NFL Schedule released



Well, almost everyone is
ready for some football.

After having the off season exploits of Pacman Jones shoved down our throats for the past few months, we can now turn our collective attention back to on-field issues because the head honchos over at NFL headquarters have finally decided to release this year’s complete schedule.

The season opens up with the Saints at the Colts on September 6 and ends with a Monday night double-header that is highlighted by a contest between division rivals as Baltimore and Cincinnati hook up for an early season, smack talking showdown. The NFC champion Bears will have to bounce back from a Super Bowl loss and be prepared to deal with LaDanian Tomlinson’s Chargers right off the bat. All in all, it’s a pretty solid schedule for the first week of the season, but after going without any helmet smacking for over six months, fans would be happy with a Texans/Raiders match-up.

The really juicy games come later in the season, like in Week 3 when last year’s rookie sensations Vince Young and Reggie Bush get together on Monday Night Football. Or in Week 8 when the league’s golden boys line up across from one another as Tom Brady travels to Peyton Manning, or perhaps you’ve heard of their teams; the Patriots and the Colts.

In Week 10 the Super Bowl MVP and the regular season MVP will battle it out as Indy goes to San Diego for a Sunday night primetime game. And the in Week 13, LT’s Chargers will take on another studly RB when they travel to Kansas City. But forget about the fireworks on the field, everyone is waiting for Joey Porter and Levi Jones to meet up on December 30 in the rematch of their Vegas fight.

Now that your whistle has been wet, just think, only five more months until the opening kick.

Full 2007 NFL Week by Week Schedule after the jump

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NFL General

NFL gives fans a schedule lapdance, leaves them wanting more



Seriously, who else did you
expect to open the season?

We are still a solid five months away from beginning the NFL schedule, but it’s never too early to answer yes to the question of, “Are you ready for some football?” So, for you NFLaholics out there, here’s the list of nationally televised games for opening weekend so you can start breaking down all the match-ups and start drooling over your possible fantasy lineup in week 1.

Thursday September 6 at 8:30(ET) – Saints @ Colts on NBC
Sunday September 9 at 4:15(ET) – Bears @ Chargers on FOX
Sunday September 9 at 8:15(ET) – Giants @ Cowboys on NBC
Monday September 10 at 7:00(ET) – Ravens @ Bengals on ESPN
Monday September 10 at 10:15(ET) – Cardinals @ 49ers on ESPN

The league decided to kickoff the season with a battle between a pair of golden-boys as Drew Brees will travel to take on Peyton Manning and the Super Bowl champion Colts, and like last season, there will be a double header to conclude the week’s action on ESPN as division rivals hook up in game one while two quarterbacks of the future highlight the weeks final contest. In typical Monday Night Football tradition, the booth is taking on a new look this season and there will be plenty of fans who are primed and ready to pounce all over Mike Tirico, Tony Kornheiser and the newly added Ron Jaworski. But anything has to be better than listening to Joe Theismann flapping his gums.

The league also released the turkey day triple header for early consumption.

Thursday November 22 at 12:30(ET) – Packers @ Lions on FOX
Thursday November 22 at 4:15(ET) – Jets @ Cowboys on CBS
Thursday November 22 at 8:15(ET) – Colts @ Falcons on NFL Network

You might as well plan to stuff your face during the first game because there is no reason to leave the table for that one. Then you can plan to nap during the Jets/Cowboys contest and hopefully you’ll wake up in time to see Terrell Owens make a turduckit out of himself. And at the end of the day, when you finally get all those annoying relatives out of the house, you can heat up a plate of leftovers and enjoy Michael Vick take on the Colts, provided that Vick doesn’t get busted with anymore illegal water bottles, er, jewelry cases.

The remainder of the schedule will be announced in April, but we’ve got the scoop on how the division opponents will breakdown.

Links:

[NFL.com]: Saints-Colts to open 2007 NFL season