Looks like we'll be seeing Giants-Fins here in the UK in 2007

[Wingspan]

Done deal. October 28th at Wembley Stadium.

415 national game for fox, probably in early october.

So, October now has 57 days in it?

[MURP]

go Miami.

[MDS]

Done deal. October 28th at Wembley Stadium.

415 national game for fox, probably in early october.

So, October now has 57 days in it?

i didnt know they announced the date. thats what i said probably, because i guessed that it would be in early october.

[bobbyinlondon]

415 national game for fox, probably in early october.

Nope--1pm game (stateside) televised by FOX. The game is being played at 6pm UK time. I belong to a site, http://www.nfluk.com, that's already e-mailed me about registering for tickets and two weeks before they are made available to the public, we get first crack at them. I already ordered two at $130 each. The seats are $70-$130 each.

[MDS]

Really? Well I'm wrong as usual. I figured they would at least milk the game for a big time timeslot.

[bobbyinlondon]

Really? Well I'm wrong as usual. I figured they would at least milk the game for a big time timeslot.

The reason it's not a 4.15pm EST game is it would be 9.15pm over here--and public transportation on the subway shuts down at 12.30am. That's the fastest way to get to Wembley for a lot of people.

[Diomedes]

I know I'm spoiled by NYC...but the idea that the public transportation doesn't run 24/7 just seems so podunk.

Charm City is gonna feel like living in a hamlet

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Really? Well I'm wrong as usual. I figured they would at least milk the game for a big time timeslot.

The reason it's not a 4.15pm EST game is it would be 9.15pm over here--and public transportation on the subway shuts down at 12.30am. That's the fastest way to get to Wembley for a lot of people.

The proper lingo is the "Tube".

[rjs246]

I know I'm spoiled by NYC...but the idea that the public transportation doesn't run 24/7 just seems so podunk.

Charm City is gonna feel like living in a hamlet

To my knowledge, NYC is the only US city that has 24 hour subways.

[Diomedes]

I think you're right.  In fact, there aren't many cities in the world that have 24 hour public transportation.  But once you live in one for a while, you take it for granted.  Of course the buses are running at 4:10a.m.  Why wouldn't they be??

[MDS]

Really? Well I'm wrong as usual. I figured they would at least milk the game for a big time timeslot.

The reason it's not a 4.15pm EST game is it would be 9.15pm over here--and public transportation on the subway shuts down at 12.30am. That's the fastest way to get to Wembley for a lot of people.

I understand. But I'm not sure what the point is of a playing a regular season game overseas if they don't milk it for all its worth in the states. Simply looping it in with the other 1pm games doesn't make it seem like its a "big deal." The Mexico game from two years ago was on SNF. I figured they would try and make it national.

[Diomedes]

what makes you think Americans give a shtein about an overseas game

[MDS]

Nothing really. But it's something cool that could attract a little more of an audience than a normal game.

[bobbyinlondon]

Really? Well I'm wrong as usual. I figured they would at least milk the game for a big time timeslot.

The reason it's not a 4.15pm EST game is it would be 9.15pm over here--and public transportation on the subway shuts down at 12.30am. That's the fastest way to get to Wembley for a lot of people.

Or "the underground". I've only been living here since 1994--but when talking amongst my colleagues and British firends, I say "tube" or "underground"--when I'm on the boards, I say "subway". In fact, when I was in Philly in November, I was taking my family and a family firend around the city and I said, "we'll hop on the subway"--and they gave me the strangest looks (well, my mother-in-law and her best friedn did anyway)--then they understood when I said tube.
The proper lingo is the "Tube".

[bobbyinlondon]

500,000 ticket requests from 160,000 fans over here--not bad.