Episode 490
Who Put Football on a Wednesday? (Seriously, NFL?)
The NFL regular season kicks off tonight on a Wednesday — Seahawks vs. Patriots, a Super Bowl rematch, and yeah, it's weird. I'm over here like, Wednesday? That’s trash-night, church-night, 'is-it-too-early-to-make-weekend-plans' night — not prime-time football. We’ll complain about the NFL stealing the middle of the week, then by kickoff we’re full-on wing-munching and glued to the TV anyway. East coasters, brace yourselves — the league just stole some sleep. Honestly, the NFL’s got custody of our calendars now, and I’m equal parts annoyed and excited.
Takeaways:
- I’m grousing that the NFL kicks off on a Wednesday — Seahawks vs Patriots rematch, midweek chaos.
- We complain all day about Wednesday football, then by kickoff I’m inhaling wings like a hypocrite.
- Wednesday used to be trash-night, church-night, or planning-weekend-night — now it’s apparently NFL-night, which feels illegal.
- The NFL’s schedule power means folks in the East might lose sleep for a Wednesday opener.
- Honestly I get the appeal — national TV, revenge storylines, defending champs — but we work tomorrow.
Transcript
Good morning.
Speaker A:It's Haystack and goodness gracious, the NFL regular season is here already and it kicks off tonight.
Speaker A:Yeah, it's.
Speaker A:It's a Wednesday night.
Speaker A:Wednesday.
Speaker A:Not Thursday, not Sunday, not even Monday, where football has lived rent free forever.
Speaker A:No, it kicks off on a Wednesday night because I guess the NFL looked at the calendar and said what if, what if we just start the season in the middle of a work week?
Speaker A:It's the Seahawks and the Patriots, the rematch of the super bowl, as usual, which is cool, it's a big game, it's national tv, of course, defending champs, revenge angle, all that stuff.
Speaker A:But it's a Wednesday night.
Speaker A:Wednesday football should be illegal.
Speaker A:It feels like it should be.
Speaker A:Anyway, Wednesday is not a football night.
Speaker A:Wednesday is a take the trash to the curb night.
Speaker A:A church night.
Speaker A:Wait, is it too early to ask about weekend plans kind of night.
Speaker A:The NFL has gotten so powerful that it no longer cares what day it is.
Speaker A:It's like you'll watch the Patriots and Seahawks at 7:20 Central on a Wednesday.
Speaker A:You will thank us.
Speaker A:And we probably will.
Speaker A:And that's the problem.
Speaker A:We will complain all day about a football game on a work week night in the middle of the week and then by the time kickoff happens, we're going to be like, okay, nom nom, chicken wings.
Speaker A:Nom nom.
Speaker A:Honestly, this is kind of nice.
Speaker A:I mean, at this point, the NFL basically doesn't have a schedule anymore.
Speaker A:The NFL has custody of all of America.
Speaker A:If you live in the east, you're going to lose some sleep as they start football halfway through the week.
Speaker A:You're watching them pass, tackle and punt.
Speaker A:After a Wednesday, the day of the hump, you're working tomorrow.
Speaker A:But we thought you would like another NFL game on a week weekday night.
Speaker A:It's not Thursday, it's not even Monday.
Speaker A:Are you ready for Wednesday after you've been working, you're gonna need a nap.
Speaker A:Or Thursday you will be a hurting between the college and pros, you gotta tell your wife the only night you're free night.
