Your Saturday Evening NFL Prelude Open Thread

The first week is over and boy-howdy am I ready for some hard drinking. I so far have registered 30 at-risk students in my program. That’s more than double last year’s first-week total, and is already close to the point where I will have to close registration because I don’t have enough room or materials for beyond 40 kids.

Also, I may have to learn Tagalog, given how many Filipinos I have in my program. Parents in the district are screaming for French immersion, but my risible French serves no useful purpose when my classroom sounds like the back alley of a Manila Jollibee.

So, I’m spending this evening with my wife, my dogs, and a bottle of the good scotch from last summer. FOR TOMORROW I FOOTBALL! Three hours down the road is the Seahawks home opener, and I will be there sucking every last drop of fun from my weekend, $5 at a time. Hopefully, if I can keep it between the ditches on the drive home, I have some good pictures to show you during the week.

Tomorrow’s broadcast maps:(courtesy 506sports.com)

CBS SINGLE

█ Tennessee @ Cleveland – Jim Nantz, Tony Romo

█ Kansas City @ Jacksonville – Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts

█ Buffalo @ NY Jets – Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon

█ Baltimore @ Miami – Andrew Catalon, James Lofton

█ Indianapolis @ LA Chargers (LATE) – Greg Gumbel, Trent Green

█ Cincinnati @ Seattle (LATE) – Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta

Really? Tennessee vs. Cleveland gets the CBS A-team? Holy hell are they already in the hole hard for the Browns to make something of themselves.

Meanwhile, the Colts would be better off starting Trent Green.

FOX EARLY

█ Atlanta @ Minnesota – Thom Brennaman, Chris Spielman

█ LA Rams @ Carolina – Chris Myers, Daryl Johnston

█  NO GAME due to blackout enforced by home team on CBS

Can’t argue with much here. Each game looks solid, and has solid announce teams.

FOX LATE

█ NY Giants @ Dallas – Joe Buck, Troy Aikman

█ San Francisco @ Tampa Bay – Kenny Albert, Ronde Barber

█ Detroit @ Arizona – Dick Stockton, Mark Schlereth

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME SHILLIN’?! The over/under on Troy referencing Emmitt Smith’s holdout is 7.5. The rest of these games are dogshit, but at least listening to Ronde Barber snicker every time Jameis gets hit will be worth it.

Tonight’s sports: so much college ball, I’m only going with the name-brand matchups.

• NCAA:
  • BYU at Tennessee – 7:00PM | ESPN
    • If the Vols start 0-2, prepare for the “Peyton, find us a coach!” cries.
  • LSU at Texas – 7:30PM | ABC / TSN2
  • Buffalo at Penn State – 7:30PM | FOX
    • Didn’t Penn State buffalo the Sandusky investigation?
  • Tulane at Auburn – 7:30PM | ESPN2
  • California at Washington – 10:30PM | FS1
  • Stanford at Southern California – 10:30PM | ESPN
• MLB:
  • Jays at Rays – 6:00PM | Sportsnet
  • Phillies at Mets – 7:00PM | FS1
  • Giants at Dodgers – 9:00PM | Sportsnet
• CFL:
  • Stampeders vs. Eskimos – 7:00PM | TSN / ESPN+
• International Rugby:
  • Canada vs. USA – 10:00PM | TSN

Enjoy your evening everyone. I am.