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When he first decided to move down to Texas, DT and I discussed how he could best watch his beloved New York Giants now that they wouldn't be the local team anymore. In the end, the decision was made to drop three bills on DirectTV's NFL Sunday Ticket package. My original estimate was that 6 games would definitely be available over the airwaves, and 8 games would not be available, leaving 2 up for grabs depending on the matchups. That meant, in the worst-case scenario, DT would be paying $300 for 10 games, for a cost of $30 per game. While Daytrader will undoubtedly argue that isn't fair because there is additional value to having the Sunday Ticket package in that he gets to watch every game, not just the Giants. Whatever.

Week 1 Results
What DT said: "Both Dallas and Houston have a 1 PM game (or I guess 12 in Texas) and the Giants play host to Washington at 4:15 on Fox.  CBS never has a late game the first weekend since that's when the US Open Men's Final is.  Looking at the other 4:15 games I'm sure that the Giants game is the marquee match-up so do you think that we would get that game?  I give it a maybe."

What I said: "If the Giants-Redskins play at 4pm with no Dallas or Houston game at that time, I guarantee that Redskins-Giants would be the game here, so put that one as a yes."

What actually happened: Giants-Redskins was indeed broadcast.

The Score
DT so far needed to spend: $0

[When Daytrader and Rose decided they were moving to College Station, it was time for DT to figure out the details. No, not where they would live, or how he would finish his degree at a school in upstate New York from southeast Texas. The big question was: how would DT get to see the Giants play football on Sunday? With the release of the 2009 schedule, we decided to hash it out.]

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From: Jesse
To: Daytrader
Subject: To satellite or not to satellite?

The NFL has released the 2009 schedule.  Here's how I see it shaking out for you to get games over the air once you move to College Station.

From my experience last year, you can count on getting all nationally televised games and all games played against Dallas.  On top of those, if neither Houston or Dallas has a game during the day on Sunday, you have a reasonable chance of seeing the Giants, depending on the matchup.

In 2009, the Giants have 5 prime time games + 1 non-primetime game against Dallas = at least 6 games will be on the air here. So, if you decide to get Direct TV with the NFL package, you'll be paying for, at most, 10 games, possibly less if you get lucky on a random Sunday or if the Giants get flexed later in the season. So, the question is: how much would you pay to watch a single regular season game?