Guest The Shadow Behind You Report post Posted January 7, 2005 They schedule half the games on Early Sunday Afternoon and the other half save for two(with a few exceptions) ames for a sunday night and a monday night game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smell the ratings!!! Report post Posted January 7, 2005 on the normal week it's like this; Noon - 7 games (Fox/CBS) 4 pm - 7 games (Fox/CBS) 8 pm - 1 game (ESPN) 8 pm Monday - 1 game (ABC) for the first two rounds of the playoffs it goes Saturday 4pm Saturday 8pm Sunday Noon Sunday 4pm note : I may be totally wrong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Positively Kanyon 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2005 Bloody hell, that's a lot of games... How many teams are there and how many rounds? AFL we have 16 teams, 22 rounds and NRL is 15 teams (16th coming in 2006,) 26 rounds, plus all the representative games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cuban Linx 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2005 The NFL has 32 teams, with the regular season going for 17 weeks (every team plays 16 games + 1 bye week). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Precious Roy 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2005 90% of a week's games are on Sunday afternoon, half dozen at 1pm and a half dozen or so at 4pm, depending on what time zone games are held in, so the benefit of the NFL deal for Sundays being split on CBS/FOX is that you get two games on TV at once at both 1 and 4, possibly 3 or 4 games at once depending on if you're able pull in different affiliates. For example, I pull Albany and Hartford CBS affiliates, so I get all the Patriots games as well as all the Jets games, and sometimes different floating games depending on matchups, as well as FOX from both Albany and Connecticut, giving me usually the Giants game on both, but sometimes the more marquee matchup on the Conn. affiliate. The Sunday/Monday night games are exclusive though, meaning only 1 game is scheduled for that time slot each week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2005 If they beat Green Bay, the would play Philadelphia. Also, teams from the same division cannot play in the 2nd round. That's been changed fairly recently then. I know that back in the late 90s Green Bay hosted Tampa Bay in the Divisional Playoffs and they were both in the Central at the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Shadow Behind You Report post Posted January 8, 2005 I'm pretty sure the No teams from same division can play in the divisional round rule is non existant now...i mean two division games are played this week in the W.C...what would be the difference. It's still done in baseball, hence why the Sox didn't play the Yanks in the first round. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted January 8, 2005 If they beat Green Bay, the would play Philadelphia. Also, teams from the same division cannot play in the 2nd round. That's been changed fairly recently then. I know that back in the late 90s Green Bay hosted Tampa Bay in the Divisional Playoffs and they were both in the Central at the time. That was because the Vikings were the other team in the NFC. However, in 1995 Philadelphia played Dallas in the 2nd round and SF played Green Bay. So it does appear that rule is no longer in place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2005 I also seem to remember Baltimore playing Tennessee in the Divisional Playoffs in 2000, while Oakland was busy squashing somebody in the other game, probably Miami. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2005 I don't think there is such a division rule. I mean, if Minny is #6 and gets past the first round, and Green Bay was #1, they would play each other. Repeat for any other combination of the remaining teams in the NFL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2005 That rule was changed prior to the 1990 season when they added an extra Wild Card game, expanding the playoffs from 10 teams to 12 teams. The Bills and Dolphins would meet each other in the Divisional Playoffs that year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2005 Hell, in the 90's the Bills and Dolphins met in the playoffs four times, more than any other pair of division rivals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2005 I'm Bored, here's every playoff meeting between divisional teams since the NFL-AFL merger. 1971 Miami 21, Baltimore 0 (AFC Championship) 1972 Washington 26, Dallas 3 (NFC Championship) 1977 Denver 20, Oakland 17 (AFC Championship) 1978 - first year of the wild card round Pittsburgh 34, Houston 5 (AFC Championship) 1979 Pittsburgh 27, Houston 13 (AFC Championship) 1980 Oakland 34, San Diego 27 (AFC Championship) Philadelphia 20, Dallas 7 (NFC Championship) 1981 Buffalo 31, N.Y. Jets 27 (Wild Card) N.Y. Giants 27, Philadelphia 21 (Wild Card) 1982 - expanded playoffs due to strike Miami 28, New England 13 (1st Round) Miami 14, N.Y. Jets 0 (AFC Championship) Washington 31, Dallas 17 (NFC Championship) 1983 Seattle 31, Denver 7 (Wild Card) L.A. Raiders 30, Seattle 14 (AFC Championship) 1984 Seattle 13, L.A. Raiders 7 (Wild Card) 1985 New England 26, N.Y. Jets 14 (Wild Card) New England 31, Miami 14 (AFC Championship) 1986 N.Y. Giants 17, Washington 0 (NFC Championship) 1988 Houston 24, Cleveland 23 (Wild Card) 1989 Pittsburgh 26, Houston 23 OT (Wild Card) San Francisco 30, L.A. Rams 3 (NFC Championship) 1990 - expanded playoffs, divisional rule changed Cincinnati 41, Houston 14 (Wild Card) Washington 20, Philadelphia 6 (Wild Card) Buffalo 44, Miami 34 (Divisional Playoff) 1991 Kansas City 10, L.A. Raiders 6 (Wild Card) Atlanta 27, New Orleans 20 (Wild Card) 1992 San Diego 17, Kansas City 0 (Wild Card) Dallas 34, Philadelphia 10 (Divisional Playoff) Buffalo 29, Miami 10 (AFC Championship) 1993 L.A. Raiders 42, Denver 24 (Wild Card) Green Bay 28, Detroit 24 (Wild Card) 1994 Chicago 35, Minnesota 18 (Wild Card) Green Bay 16, Detroit 12 (Wild Card) Pittsburgh 29, Cleveland 9 (Divisional Playoff) 1995 Buffalo 37, Miami 22 (Wild Card) Dallas 30, Philadelphia 11 (Divisional Playoff) 1997 New England 17, Miami 3 (Wild Card) Tampa Bay 20, Detroit 10 (Wild Card) Denver 14, Kansas City 10 (Divisional Playoff) Green Bay 21, Tampa Bay 7 (Divisional Playoff) 1998 Miami 24, Buffalo 17 (Wild Card) Arizona 20, Dallas 7 (Wild Card) Atlanta 20, San Francisco 18 (Divisional Playoff) 1999 Tennessee 33, Jacksonville 14 (AFC Championship) 2000 Miami 23, Indianapolis 17 OT (Wild Card) Baltimore 24, Tennessee 10 (Divisional Playoff) N.Y. Giants 20, Philadelphia 10 (Divisional Playoff) 2001 Pittsburgh 27, Baltimore 10 (Divisional Playoff) 2002 Pittsburgh 36, Cleveland 33 (Wild Card) 2004 St. Louis 27, Seattle 20 (Wild Card) Minnesota vs. Green Bay (Wild Card) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Retro Rob Report post Posted January 10, 2005 On Sunday, about half the games are played at 1PM, the other half at 4PPM. Then there is one left-over game for 8:30, and finally the Monday night game. Basically, you are stuck watching one game, possibly two if your lucky, at 1 and 4 on Sundays because of the crazy rules the NFL imposes on the networks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
