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NFL Red Zone TV -- I Had No Clue

October 23, 2011       Leave a Comment
By: O. J. Cunningham

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I thought I was a football fan.
 

I've been watching NFL Football for as long as it's been showing on television -- That's right, boys and girls . . . there was a time when there was no television.

And . . . I was there.

My point here is two-fold . . . #1 - I've seen a lot of NFL Football . . . and #2 - I thought I'd "seen it all."

Last week, I watched NFL Football through the cameras of the NFL Red Zone.

Here's the deal in a nutshell. There's seven games on at the same time on Sunday -- 7 early games and 7 late games. NFL Red Zone shows the real time "highlights" of all seven games -- at the same time -- by jumping back and forth between games whenever "ANYTHING" of interest is happening.

And the viewer has no control.

This is a typical two minutes while watching NFL Red Zone -- Touchdown, Green Bay . . . We take you now to Oakland 3rd and goal for the Raiders on the two yard line. Pass in the corner . . incomplete . . . Now to Dallas . . . Romo sprints to the right and finds Dez Bryant in the back of the end zone . . Touchdown Dallas . . . And there's no commercials.

Bottom Line -- I watched 7 games (all at the same time) for almost 4 hours with no breaks and no commercials . . . One play after another . . . jumping from game-to-game . . . and came to the realization that I don't know as nearly as much about the rest of the teams in the NFL as I know about the Lions.

Who the heck were all those players? Most of the names (Other than the QB's) were unfamiliar to me.

I give two thumbs up to NFL Red Zone. Even as a rookie, it was a great afternoon of football with Red Zone "regulars."

But you better do your pre-weekend homework and get up to speed on league standings, team records, QB stats, Fantasy League play and . . . oh yeah . . . better work on that bladder control, too.

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O. J. Cunningham

O. J. Cunningham is the Publisher of MyBayCity.com. Cunningham previously published Sports Page & Bay City Enterprise. He is the President/CEO of OJ Advertising, Inc.

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