Nas Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 he Super Bowl champs will host the NFL regular season opener as usual.Here's the unusual part: the game will be played on the Wednesday after Labor Day, not Thursday. The Giants will host a to-be-determined opponent on Sept. 5 at 8:30 p.m., with the game being televised by NBC. It'll be the first time since 2002, when the league introduced an opening-night game in advance of Week 1's Sunday slate, the game won't be played on Thursday. The reason the opener was moved up a day this year is because the NFL wanted to avoid a conflict with President Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention on that Thursday. (The Giants will visit Obama at The White House sometime this spring.) 5:27 p.m. UPDATE I just remembered the NFL had a similar conflict in 2008 and decided to move kickoff of Giants-Redskins up to 7 p.m. to avoid a conflict with the Republican National Convention. This year, they decided to switch the day, not the time, of the game. Per NFL lead editor of media publications (and former Giants intern) Jon Zimmer, it'll be the first NFL game on a Wednesday since Rams-Lions on Sept. 22, 1948. Full article http://www.nj.com/gi...nfl_regula.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 PPPPSHSSHSHHHHHHHSSSSSSHHHHHH OBAMA IS MAKING THE GIANTS MOVE THEIR GAME!!!! WHY DOES HE HATE AMERICA SO MUCH!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeMesiS Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Because Obama Hates the Giants. It's un-American to Hate the Giants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlb37 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Too bad they didn't move it back to 1:00 Sunday afternoon. That alone might have gotten my vote in November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osi724dasack Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Fuck this!!! I work evenings on wednesdays till 9!!! That means missing 30 mins!!! If it had stayed the normal day. I have off on thursdays!!! Screw Obama! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmenroc Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Would be interesting if we could know later if this affected how many MORE would tune in to listen to our CIC. I gotta say, I will more likely not listen to Obama regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Fuck this!!! I work evenings on wednesdays till 9!!! That means missing 30 mins!!! If it had stayed the normal day. I have off on thursdays!!! Screw Obama! Don't worry Osi, you're going to be sick that day ::cough:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMFP Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 The whole team is a bunch of 1%ers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Giant Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Would have been nice to have on the 6th, my birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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