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11-21-2008, 09:54 AM
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#1 | | All-Star
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ames, IA
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So Mike and Mike today were whining about having to watch the Lions every Thanksgiving and wish the league would change it up. I personally would rather have the Cowboys and Lions continue to play on Thanksgiving because I don't care about either of them. It's great to eat, cheer for whoever is playing the Cowboys, and then fall asleep during the Lions game when they're down 21-3 in the 1st quarter. Thoughts?
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11-21-2008, 09:57 AM
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#2 | | Addict
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Des Moines, IA
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It was kind of funny. I like how they said Detroit was luccky, at least they don't have to watch it because of the black-out...
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11-21-2008, 09:57 AM
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#3 | | Cabin Boy
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I heard a few weeks back an interview with Jimmy Johnson about the Thanksgiving day games. He was saying that only a few teams want to have the thanksgiving game because it's hard to find workers to work during Thanksgiving. I thought that was a load of crap. He's still a Cowboy homer.
I hate that the Cowboys get to play every thanksgiving and we get to hear how they are "Americas" team. I don't really care about the Lions. One of the ideas on the show was to have the winner of the game gets to host the thanksgiving game the next year. I thought that was a great idea.
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11-21-2008, 10:08 AM
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#4 | | All-Star
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Dallas, TX
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I think it should be a rotation as well...
My other idea is that you let the two losers of the conference championship game host the games on Thanksgiving (or the 2 super bowl participants).
We need a whole other thread on my thoughts on the NFL Network only on dish though :)
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11-21-2008, 10:16 AM
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#5 | | All-Star
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I guess I just like not having teams I care about play on Thanksgiving since I'm not always able to watch the entire games.
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11-21-2008, 10:18 AM
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#6 | | Hall-Of-Famer
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Altoona, Ia.
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It looks like Atlanta-Phoenix is a Thanksgiving Day game, according to the commercials last night. I was surprised.
Fine with me if the Cowboys and Lions are the ones stuck with playing on a holiday. With family, those games are usually in the background anyway.
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11-21-2008, 10:19 AM
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#7 | | Pro
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Austin, TX
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Even as a Lions fan, I have no basis for an argument to keep the Thanksgiving game. I guess you could argue it is the only tradition for a long-suffering team and fanbase. Well, that and the tradition of losing.
I like the idea of having the winner host the next year's TG game or some other kind of rotation.
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11-21-2008, 10:20 AM
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#8 | | All-Star
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I don't like either teams, but I am a sucker for tradition. Leave it as it is.
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11-21-2008, 10:21 AM
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#9 | | Facebook Knows All
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: West Des Moines
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I think its a good opportunity for the NFL to showcase some elite games because basically everyone is watching on Thanksgiving. They should do the flex scheduling thing like NBC does. Give us a meaningful, top notch game(s).
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11-21-2008, 10:22 AM
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#10 | | All-Star
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I like having the cowboys and lions and having it the same every year mostly for tradition. I can't imagine having a game where the Raiders were playing the Chiefs or Texans or Seahawks this year. There are a lot of NFL teams I could care less about and would rather watch Cowboys/Lions than some other crappy matchups we might have.
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11-21-2008, 10:38 AM
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#11 | | Rookie
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Why don't the Cowboys and Lions just play each other every Thanksgiving? That way both teams' crapulence is isolated to a single game and their "fans" are pacified.
Then the NFL can put on a game involving 2 relevant teams.
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11-21-2008, 10:43 AM
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#12 | | All-Star
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I guess there's more people who can watch the games uninterrupted than I thought. Like others have suggested, the games are usually kind of in the background at our Thanksgiving and I can't watch them as I would like to if one of "my" teams were playing so I'm glad to have a couple of crappy games to pacify me.
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11-21-2008, 11:07 AM
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#13 | | All-Star
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I don't really care either way but I currently live in MI and have a lot of friends whose Thanksgiving traditions revolve around the game (no matter how bad the Lions are). Let them keep this tradition, they deserve it for being Lions fans.
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11-21-2008, 11:13 AM
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#14 | | Speechless
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The Lions are like the stock market - they are in a L shaped depression.
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