Comments on: Signs look good for NFL Matchup in 2010

By: huegtoad

huegtoad — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:26:36 +0000

how about moving the show to NBC, it can air right after meet the press and replace hardball with chris matthews, hire brian billick, just for that show and replace hodge with collinsworth and have peter king host the show, and make the show an hour long!!! then you give Jaws playbook sections of their NFL Live Show, like 2 per day and the remaining games on their NFL Countdown show.
i don’t know

By: BLeedGreeN4Life

BLeedGreeN4Life — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:24:38 +0000

if that dbag merril hoge is on there…please cancel it

By: BDMurrayJr

BDMurrayJr — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:38:36 +0000

ESPN is for the recreational user, not for the addict.

By: The Black Cat

The Black Cat — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:24:26 +0000

ESPN is useless. They insist there are other sports besides football.

By: SterilizeTHenry

SterilizeTHenry — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:50:15 +0000

Screw NFL Matchup…bring back the old NFL Primetime.
The reason why the old Primetime was so good was because it showed the highlights of EVERY game. Us die-hard fantasy gurus and degenerate gamblers who bet every game, we want highlights of every game, even the Rams-Bucs game.
Recently, Primetime focuses all their time of the game of the week and then the rest of their time on Favre highlights and chatter. The rest of the games are relegated to “Oh, by the way, the Bucs beat the Rams today 28-24…now more on Brett Favre…”

By: rbais2

rbais2 — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:19:58 +0000

I love how a show requiring hard core analysis has a pathetic hack like Merril Hoge gets to analyze.
ESPN sucks at covering and has been SO focused on figuratively urinating on black wide receivers and brown-nosing white QB’s.
If they had 10% of NFL Network’s passion to analyze and not let wastes of sperm like Cris Carter, Tom Jackson, Da “Overrated” Coach Mike Ditka, “Peeshawn”, and newspaper writers that sucked as writers take a crap on players that are likely more benign than the aforementioned jagoffs … NFL Matchup would be worth bringing back.

By: flake13

flake13 — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:16:02 +0000

Sorry, Green & Gold…
Theisman proves he’s an idiot every time he opens his mouth–and Baldinger’s finger freaks me out. I’ll take NFL Matchup any day. Hoge is the best, Jaws is fine [unless he's talking about Brady, then he's insuferable--what a slobbering, embarressing man-crush he has on him. Whenever he announces a Pats game I always get the feeling that he's jusyt one completion from jumping down on the field and giving pretty boy a little oral satisfaction] And Palentonio may as well be the beat reporter for the Eagles [does he even know there're 31 other teams out there?] But it’s still the best! All other ESPN programming bites. Go NFL Matchup!

By: ClownBurger

ClownBurger — Mon, 31 May 2010 11:36:31 +0000

I stopped watching ESPN (The Sports Network for Kids) ages ago. I watch NFL Network for anything I need Football related.
F&ck ESPN and their hip hop lingo & 15 year old boy target audience.
I’m an adult, not a “bling, bling, that was dope, hip hop” kid.

By: Green n' Gold

Green n' Gold — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:43:42 +0000

NFLN Playbook blows away Matchup, it’s not even close. Baldinger, Theisman an Sharpe just get it.
If you bet football, Playbook is the show to watch!

By: CookieFlash

CookieFlash — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:12:00 +0000

I Agree,Merrill Hodge is one of the worst football meatheads out there. Keyshawn is just as annoying. Boomer is still a classic if not a Men’s Wearhouse suit dripping in sweat.

By: Raiders757

Raiders757 — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:04:54 +0000

I’m with Dawg as well. ESPN is pathetic. Their NFL coverage is a biased laughing stock.

By: QotSA

QotSA — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:01:49 +0000

NFL Matchup is maximum interesting, yo.

By: Playmaker's Dealer

Playmaker's Dealer — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:01:28 +0000

wouldn’t make a bit of sense for this this show to be on NFLN competing with their most successful show: Playbook.
do the right thing ESPN and put the show on…and by
“on” i mean when people can actually see it. not like you buried it before (along w/ NFL Films Presents).

By: PhillyHouse

PhillyHouse — Mon, 31 May 2010 09:56:58 +0000

First, I’ll never understand the “zzzzzz” comments. If you don’t like the article, why comment?
Anyway, the NFL Matchup show is ESPN’s best show. Even though I don’t like Hoge, the show’s content is incredible. Sal Pal and Jaws are Philly guys, so I may be biased, but the show provides tremendous insight.
Canceling this show would suck. I agree they need the show to have a better times slot.

By: dafish

dafish — Mon, 31 May 2010 09:24:23 +0000

so long as that idiot Merrill Hoge is not on it anymore… factorback.

By: Macadamia

Macadamia — Mon, 31 May 2010 09:22:45 +0000

Actually agree with Dawg on this one; I mean, SportsNation?!? Holy crap is that TERRIBLE!

By: GaryClark

GaryClark — Mon, 31 May 2010 09:02:00 +0000

Slow day…Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz….

By: Dawgpound2009

Dawgpound2009 — Mon, 31 May 2010 08:58:42 +0000

Hey why keep a good show like NFL Matchup on the air when you could have re-runs of Mike + Mike discussing their favorite boy bands ? Seriously, ESPN has some of the worse sports programming on the planet. First Look, JRIB, Mike and Mike need I say more ?