Will the Jaguars Play in Orlando: The comments have been made
In a statement today, Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver said the Jaguars would consider playing home games in Orlando if the NFL expands the regular season. Key words there, consider and expands. This is far from an official statement saying the team will have an arrangement similar to the Bills and Toronto.
In addition, Orlando simply doesn't have a facility the NFL would even waste time with not approving with now. The Citrus Bowl is in even worse shape than the old Gator Bowl and UCF's new stadium is even worse from the NFL's stand point.
Also considering the expansion to a 17 game season wouldn't happen for some time, this is at best a long term plan and more likely simply the an idea out of a brainstorming session that will go nowhere.
In Other News
Comcast has chosen Big Cat Country for a sponsorship agreement, specifically to promote the new NFL Red Zone channel.
If you have Comcast's "Sports Entertainment Package" on digital cable, then you already have NFL Red Zone. If you don't, then this Sunday is your chance to see what you're missing, as Comcast is offering a free preview of the channel from 1-4:15 p.m. ET. (Also check out Comcast's On Demand video library, which includes tons of content from NFL Network.)
- Recently moved all of the major sports networks to their most popular tier of service giving it to millions more people at no additional charge, and launched ESPNU. Also offering ESPN360 to their internet customers for free.
- Comcast also has the new NFL Redzone on its Sports Entertainment Package (about $5-7) this channel is getting a ton of buzz, and fans love it. This weekend Comcast will offer the NFL Redzone for free to all of its 17 million digital customers. The ³free-view² will be available this Sunday, October 4 from 1 PM to 4:15 PM EST.
- This weekend, NFL RedZone joins Comcast¹s current offering of live sports programming, as well as NFL Network, NBA TV, NHL Network, ESPNU, MLB Network, ESPN, ESPN2, TNT, TBS, Golf Channel, Speed and Versus among others on its Digital Preferred package, and will also be available to its Digital Starter customers. Comcast¹s SEP, the usual home for NFL¹s RedZone, also includes the major professional sports networks, as well as CBS College Sports, Fox College Sports, Fox Soccer, Gol TV, the Tennis Channel and other networks.
- We also have On Demand content from the NFL network whose game recaps of every game every week, draft profiles, player profiles, etc. We also have this type of content for specific teams including the Eagles, Steelers, Bears, Broncos, Seahawks.
-Jonathan Loesche
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Does this sponsorship
mean the staff will have funds to go to the draft & Senior Bowl? Wasn’t the Senior Bowl planning on moving to Jacksonville? Either way great news! And if they start to have a game in Orlando, then I can eat dim sum before the game!
In the face of adversity, what you do from then on dictates who you really are...
Time for a Field Trip
"HULU: An evil plot to destroy the world. Enjoy"
The Flavour of the Day is Turf. - Courtesy of the Jacksonville Jaguars
"As for me, Life goes on."-TheTealDeal
Vic and Co
said that this Orlando game is might be a good thing, and they said that one home game (possibly against NFC East opponent) has good chance to go to London next year. We will see
By the way congratulations to the sponsorship deal. I hope it will help to get even better coverge of the Jaguars(I mean being on the place at draft day, as were Bleeding Green nation and Migh Hile Report from SB nations NFL blogs this year).
Life without knowledge is death in disguise
by Zoltan from Budapest on Sep 30, 2009 7:44 PM EDT reply actions
http://www.bigcatcountry.com/2009/9/30/1062347/jaguars-might-really-be-going-to
for other comments… if you’re interested
Sean Jax Beach Bum
Hey John - While I have your attention
In the Game Preview last week I mentioned I didn’t think much of Kubiak and thought we could out coach him.
You replied – LOL.
I don’t know if you agreed and found it funny or the opposite. Either way, the Texan fans are starting to see things the same way
http://www.battleredblog.com/2009/9/29/1061156/gary-kubiaks-clock-management-and
Big Cat Country!:: The Official Home of the Unofficial Blog of the Jacksonville Jaguars!
"i think that we have lost so much we are trying to come up with new ways to describe why we suck."
That is just about the saddest thing I’ve ever heard from a fan, no matter what team. Poor Houston.
In Gene We Trust.
by MoveThoseChains on Sep 30, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it makes their fans funny
in a self-inflicting sarcastic pain kind of way.
"HULU: An evil plot to destroy the world. Enjoy"
The Flavour of the Day is Turf. - Courtesy of the Jacksonville Jaguars
"As for me, Life goes on."-TheTealDeal
I would agree that we were outcoached.
But I don’t agree with the clock management complaints. I just think other teams make halftime adjustments, and we come out running same stuff we ran in the first half on both offense and defense.
If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be fucked up.
You are banned from Music City Miracles.
Happy Now Tits?
You are banned from Blogging The Boys.
You are banned from Silver Screen and Roll.
Good to hear our (PA) tax dollars are making their way to BCC!
Here in the Red state of Pa our beloved Gov. gave Comcast a mind blowing $50 million dollar tax break so that they could build the Comcast Tower in downtown Philly. Now I’m not the sharpest knife in the draw, but Comcast (last I checked) was in no need of this kind of hand out. However, I digress! Congratulations guys!
I’ll still keep my Directv regardless. Comcast has everything, but the NFL Ticket which I am grateful for!
The negative-
The bad thing is that if the game doesn’t sell out in Orlando, we’ll still be blacked out here in Jax. At least with the games here I can always go. I could care less if people can’t watch a home game because we can’t muster the support for our team. I’ll see it because I’ll be there. Playing out of town will make it harder for me to attend. I guess there is the radio option…
Vae Victis!
There are more and more
Fans here in Central Florida. I don’t know if we had enough fans 5 years ago, but I see more and more Jags support in this area over the last couple of years.
We get a lot of locals that don’t like the Jags simply because the Dolphins games don’t come on when the Jags are away.
Central Florida, “A veritable geographical anomaly, 2 weeks from everywhere!”
Any other possible areas?
Tallahassee or maybe even Savannah, GA? They might not be the best… but maybe for the next couple of years, the Jaguars can have a training camp tour of sorts to the surrounding cities’ college campus’. I think this is something they could start much sooner than trying to play a game in Orlando & if it works out well enough, they may not have to play in Orlando at all. I could see deals with Greyhound in those areas to have an Out of Town Package to bring fans to games… if the can get enough fans in those areas that is.
In the face of adversity, what you do from then on dictates who you really are...
I think we should try to get more fans in the panhandle
Tampa can have south west, tampa bay area, and parts of central Florida, Miami can have south and southern-central florida, ad we have the the rest of Florida (north and Northwest FL_ and maybe parts of Georgia.
"HULU: An evil plot to destroy the world. Enjoy"
The Flavour of the Day is Turf. - Courtesy of the Jacksonville Jaguars
"As for me, Life goes on."-TheTealDeal
Just out of curiosity
Is the Comcast sponsorship an SBNation agreement, a BCC agreement or an agreement with several different, but not all, SB Nation blogs?
It's an agreement between SBN and various blogs that cover teams in Comcast markets
"I focus on the pain, the only thing that's real........ What have I become, my sweetest friend, everyone I know goes away in the end"
Nine Inch Nails "Hurt"
by Jonathan Loesche on Oct 1, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Wish I could get this red zone channel
but I can’t even get NFL network where I live. Wish my punk ass cable provider would step up and give me these channels.
If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be fucked up.
You are banned from Music City Miracles.
Happy Now Tits?
You are banned from Blogging The Boys.
You are banned from Silver Screen and Roll.
Nah those are my only bans.
I didn’t deserve the Laker ban. Probly deserved the TIT ban, and definatley get banned by Cowgurls if you don’t kneel down and praise that stupid scoreboard. I don’t think I’m a bad guy, just passionate about my team.
If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be fucked up.
You are banned from Music City Miracles.
Happy Now Tits?
You are banned from Blogging The Boys.
You are banned from Silver Screen and Roll.
Hey Surteal
Your a Miss St. fan right? I know its off topic but what do you think of them this year? Gave LSU a scare, and if I’m not mistaken my Coogs are playing in Starkville in a couple weeks.
If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be fucked up.
You are banned from Music City Miracles.
Happy Now Tits?
You are banned from Blogging The Boys.
You are banned from Silver Screen and Roll.
who are the Coogs?
"HULU: An evil plot to destroy the world. Enjoy"
The Flavour of the Day is Turf. - Courtesy of the Jacksonville Jaguars
"As for me, Life goes on."-TheTealDeal
Sunday Ticket had Redzone
Now NFL Network has Redzone and is advertising it as their brand new channel.
It's all bad...
I want to know how the Marlins can build a multi-million dollar stadium with 6,000 fans showing up at their games? This doesn’t look good for the Jags. If the vote was put up today for a new stadium, I say no way that happens. Big Wayne is fishing for a way out of JAX. This is all thought, but I say Orlando has more money than JAX or Tampa. I could definately be wrong… but they’ve been talking lock out… maybe what they’re really saying is a contraction. I would say 2 teams… Buffalo and JAX, back to a east, central, and west. I don’t know, but my gut has really been bugging me lately… probably the pizza.

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