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Leg 1: Houston Dynamo vs. Philadelphia Union 5:00 (ESPN2 - Rob Stone and Taylor Twellman)

Leg 1: Sporting Kansas City vs. Colorado Rapids 7:00 (FSC) (TSN2)

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NFL Week 8 Schedule

Philadelphia Union's 1st ever MLS Cup game plus Cowboys-Eagles in primetime?  Don't mind if I do.  This Sunday promises to be a stressful one.  Hopefully it turns out fun, but it will certainly be stressful. Here's the Week 8 schedule.  (all times ET; games I get are in bold)

Maps of who gets what Sunday afternoon games

Fox games

Minnesota Vikings vs. Carolina Panthers  1:00 (Fox - Kenny Albert and Daryl Johnson, SA: Tony Siragusa)
Arizona Cardinals vs. Baltimore Ravens  1:00 (Fox - Sam Rosen and Brian Billick, SR: Laura Okmin)
New Orleans Saints vs. St. Louis Rams  1:00 (Fox - Chris Myers and Tim Ryan)

Washington Redskins vs. Buffalo Bills (game to be played in Toronto, Canada)  4:05 (Fox - Thom Brennaman and Troy Aikman, SR: Pam Oliver)
Detroit Lions vs. Denver Broncos  4:05 (Fox - Dick Stockton and John Lynch)

CBS early games

Miami Dolphins vs. New York Giants  1:00 (CBS - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf)
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Houston Texans  1:00 (CBS - Marv Albert and Rich Gannon)
Indianapolis Colts vs. Tennessee Titans  1:00 (CBS - Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots)

America's Game Of The Week and CBS late games

New England Patriots vs. Pittsburgh Steelers  4:15 (CBS - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms)
Cleveland Browns vs. San Francisco 49ers  4:15 (CBS - Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts)
Cincinnati Bengals vs. Seattle Seahawks  4:15 (CBS - Bill Macatee and Steve Tasker)

Sunday Night Football

Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles  8:20 (NBC - Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth, SR: Michele Tafoya)

Monday Night Football

San Diego Chargers vs. Kansas City Chiefs  8:30 (ESPN - Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Jon Gruden, SR: Suzy Kolber)

Poor Performance Causes Shanahan To Bench McNabb; Put In Rex Grossman. Seriously

And this is what happened on Sexy Rexy's 1st play in the game.



Game-clinching touchdown.......for the other team.

Donovan McNabb is a free agent at the end of this season and he will be wise to do whatever it takes to make sure he plays for the Minnesota Vikings next season. The Vikings, in turn, will be wise to do whatever they can to make sure Donovan McNabb is their QB next season. McNabb does not thrive in places like Washington where there is a dearth of talent at the skill position. He can't make no-names look great like Brady in Belichick's system or Peyton Manning can, but he can be very good for a team with some great weapons and an excellent running game, like Minnesota has. If people have brain cells, McNabb will be a Viking next season.

Also of note, I think that is the hardest I have ever seen Rex Grossman "throw" a football.

2010 NFL Season Week 8 Live Blog/MLB Playoffs Day 20 World Series

Happy Halloween! Join the ghoulish gang for what promises to be a record setting day in sports. As always don't be a troll....unless you are dressed as one. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Game 4: Giants vs. Rangers 8:00 (Fox - Joe Buck and Tim McCarver, SR: Ken Rosenthal)

NFL Week 8 Schedule

Eagles are on a bye this week so I'm literally at the mercy of the scheduling gods as to what games I get. Luckily, the 2 different CBS affiliates I get are showing 2 different games at the 1:00 timeslot in addition to the game I get on Fox. The bad news, I am stuck with "America's Game Of The Week" on Fox in the late afternoon (random aside: CBS is so much better than Fox in every facet of sports coverage that it's not even funny). (all times ET; games I get are in bold)

Map of who gets what CBS game.

Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Dallas Cowboys 1:00 (CBS - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms)
Denver Broncos vs. San Francisco 49ers (game to be played in London) 1:00 (CBS - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf)
Miami Dolphins vs. Cincinnati Bengals 1:00 (CBS - Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots)
Buffalo Bills vs. Kansas City Chiefs 1:00 (CBS - Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker)

Tennessee Titans vs. San Diego Chargers 4:05 (CBS - Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts)

Map of who gets what Fox early game.

Green Bay Packers vs. New York Jets 1:00 (Fox - Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, and Tony Siragusa)
Carolina Panthers vs. St. Louis Rams 1:00 (Fox - Dick Stockton, Charles Davis, and Jim Mora, Jr.)
Washington Redskins vs. Detroit Lions 1:00 (Fox - Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan)

Map of who gets what Fox late game.

Minnesota Vikings vs. New England Patriots 4:15 (Fox - Thom Brennaman and Troy Aikman)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Arizona Cardinals 4:15 (Fox - Chris Myers and Brian Billick)
Seattle Seahawks vs. Oakland Raiders 4:15 (Fox - Ron Pitts and John Lynch)

Sunday Night Football

Pittsburgh Steelers vs. New Orleans Saints 8:20 (NBC - Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth)

Monday Night Football

Houston Texans vs. Indianapolis Colts 8:30 (ESPN - Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Jon Gruden)

Week 8 NFL Live Blog And MLB Playoffs Day 19 Live Blog

is over here at Keith's Sports Journal.

http://keithssportsjournal.blogspot.com/2009/11/nfl-live-blog-week-8.html

Your NFL Week 8 Schedule

That may have been one of the ugliest Eagles wins I have ever seen in my life. JeMarcus Campbell and Brady McNabb put up an award winning performance of suckitude that should make Seth Rogen feel good about himself.

Moving on....this may very well be one of the most exciting and intriguing Sundays I have seen in quite some time. Basically, except to check out some FNIA highlights or if I feel like killing downtime during halftime of a select couple of football games, my TV will be on Fox from 12 noon to 12 midnight and who knows, maybe beyond. Fox has the NFL doubleheader, which for me includes at 1 PM ET, the Eagles taking on the New York Giants. Then at 4:15, it's Brett Favre's return to Lambeau for the first time since leaving the Pack in the what will be billed here (and most likely elsewhere in the blogosphere) as Favre Bowl II. Thom Brennaman is doing this game. If I were Fox, I would have medics in the booth stat for chances are, he'll have popped 2-hours before the game even starts. In other words, an emergency trip to the hospital will be needed for Mr. Brennaman once the 3rd quarter starts. Oh yeah, Game 4 of the World Series is this Sunday. You know, with the Phillies!

So, without further ado, here is your Week 8 NFL schedule! Are you ready? Here we go!

Map of who gets what CBS game.

Miami Dolphins @ New York Jets 1:00 (CBS - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms)
Denver Broncos @ Baltimore Ravens 1:00 (CBS - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf)
Cleveland Browns @ Chicago Bears 1:00 (CBS - Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots)
Houston Texans @ Buffalo Bills 1:00 (CBS - Ian Eagle and Rich Gannon)

Oakland Raiders @ San Diego Chargers 4:05 (CBS - Dick Enberg and Dan Fouts)
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Tennessee Titans 4:05 (CBS- Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker)

Map of who gets what Fox early game.

New York Giants @ Philadelphia Eagles 1:00 (Fox - Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, and Tony Siragusa)
Seattle Seahawks @ Dallas Cowboys 1:00 (Fox - Dick Stockton and Charles Davis)
San Francisco 49ers @ Indianapolis Colts 1:00 (Fox - Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan)
St. Louis Rams @ Detroit Lions 1:00 (Fox - Ron Pitts and John Lynch)

Map of who gets what Fox late game.

Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers 4:15 (Fox - Thom Brennaman and Troy Aikman)
Carolina Panthers @ Arizona Cardinals 4:15 (Fox - Chris Myers and Brian Billick)

Monday Night Football
Atlanta Falcons @ New Orleans Saints 8:30 (ESPN - Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Jon Gruden)

Wow. I just realized that all of our teams are playing at 1:00 ET this Sunday. 49er16's Niners, Mookie's Seahawks, kt's Ravens, and my Eagles. And I'm sure Al's Deadskins would be playing at 1 as well if they did not have a bye and were not on the west coast.

This Sunday should be one fun weekend all culminating with the aforementioned Game 4 of the World Series, so I hope you will join us all as the live blog will be back with a vengeance!