Yeah, not a coincidence that Peyton/Brady/Brees and the Cowboys/Steelers/Packers are typically the late game.
Not true. Home site for all marquee 3pm games by week and their time zone are below (only one game played on the west coast). I'm only talking about the "game of the week" (which flip flops between fox and CBS almost every week). I expect the Texans to get more than the one they had this year (on the road for Denver). 1. GB (EST) 2. PIT (EST) 3. DEN (MST) 4. GB (EST) 5. NE (EST) 6. SF (PST) 7. NE (EST) 8. DAL (CST) 9. NYG (EST) 10. PHI (EST) 11. NE (EST) 12. NO (CST) 13. BAL (EST) 14. NYG (EST) 15. DAL (CST) 16. Flex 17. Flex http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/
Actually, I was suprised it was THAT many non west-coast games. Figures, though, since San Fransisco is the only elite west coast team. Denver is second (even though they aren't on west coast... still play all their home games at 3pm or later). Next year I expect the Texans to cut into some of the Denver, New England, NYG, Dallas appearances. What really helps is if their home NFC opponent is elite, because Fox will salivate over that game.
Mostly, maybe... but... sometimes we've played teams on the East Coast at 3 p.m. And for the West Coast teams, it's a 1 p.m. local start.
The 3pm "nationally" televised game (alternates between Fox and CBS) is probably the 2nd most watched game of the week. There are less local games late afternoon so that game is seen by more. I'm quite sure they have a system where the 3 networks (CBS, Fox, NBC) alternate priority when scheduling for any given week over which games get shown as the 3pm game of the week vs Sunday night.
As a TV viewer, I don't like it when part of the field is dark and part of the field is blindingly bright. So, I would be perfectly happy to have the roof closed during day games.
Bah, for different events opening the roof would be nice but when you are on a playoff run, crowd noise and temperature control are much more effective then having the sun blind someone depending on their side of the field. It does make the stadium much more attractive as a event spot but most coaches if they had the choice of open or close roof in Houston weather would take closed during games where they can expect crowd support and noise. That being said, we are 9-1 and people are complaining of a decision that was made over ten years ago.
I can't think of a single event that has happened at Reliant that had the roof open that wasn't football. Probably a concert or two, but I can't think of/don't know of any.
The decision to use the roof was made last week. Being 9-1 and a decision to open or close the roof seem like different animals to me. I'm not complaining about the football team that plays 8 regular season games at Reliant Stadium and 8 regular season games on the road. I just don't see a purpose in having a retractable roof at all if it's not going to be used in conditions like we had last Sunday. I would have been completely fine with them simply building a fixed roof stadium. The Texans are the only entity that wanted it to be a retractable roof. Honestly, this isn't a huge issue for me either way.
well mclane is currently in the process of upgrading the scoreboards as a final bid for the superbowl in 2017...
Thought it was pretty funny that it started raining during yesterday's Redskins-Cowboys game, and since they already had the roof open, they couldn't close it mid-game due to NFL rules. What would have been funnier is if their center-hung scoreboard shorted out as it is not designed to be exposed to the elements... it didn't, but just goes to show you that all NFL teams seem to be incompetent in managing their own retractable roofs.
That noise didn't help much against GB and that was as loud as it was in the playoffs. Roof should have been open--period. (with another period after the word, "period.") I would just like someone with the Texans to come forward and tell us WHY the decision was made.
