Comcast Sponsors The Falcoholic

by Dave Choate on Sep 30, 2009 8:00 AM EDT in Press Releases

This is a sponsored post. Just so you know.

I, Dave the Falconer, am using this space to announce that this blog now has a sponsor for the season. Our network was approached by Comcast, who is looking to get the word out about Comcast Redzone (http://www.comcast.com/Corporate/Programming/sports/SEPackage.html) and they knew the best way to reach hardcore NFL fans was through SB Nation blogs, because we rock. Fact of life. Obviously, it's nice to have a sponsor of Comcast's caliber, and since they're offering something I would actually use, so much the better.

We won’t be bombarding you with marketing messages, but we’ll remind you every once in a while about some of the great sports features available from Comcast, like Redzone. For a sixpence at least and a tuppence at most, you'll get the Redzone Channel which shows all the redzone action on NFL Sunday as its happening.

This weekend on Sunday, Oct. 4th, they’ll provide Redzone for free on Comcast from 1-4 PM EST. Unfortunately for us, it's during our bye week. If Thomas DeCoud gets a high score in Tetris, however, you'll be the first to know. Plus, there's the On Demand content from the NFL network including game recaps of every game, every week; draft profiles, player profiles, Matt Ryan's favorite Radiohead song, and the like.

So that's that. Wanted to take a little time to give a shout out to Comcast for agreeing to sponsor us and let you guys know about the Redzone package. In the future, we'll wrap in some discussion of the team's redzone work when we bring up Comcast, so you're forewarned.

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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Dave sold out to the man…..

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I only lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.

Elayne Boosler

by NaGaNole on Sep 30, 2009 10:22 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Comcast's team of highly trained assassins

Will not like that comment!

by Dave Choate on Sep 30, 2009 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions

Commie-cast does not use assassins

They use brute forces and night-time home invasions. You wave to your neighbor TLOZ while grabbing the mail one afternoon, the next morning everything is missing from his house and it’s for sale. TLOZ is just gone, like that he no longer exists.

"This is America, if we can’t self-righteously look down on others and blame them for our faults, the commies win."-----Cormican on Bleeding Green Nation w/r/t fans overreacting to the Eagles signing of Michael Vick

by Jesse28 on Sep 30, 2009 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Awesome

by Dave Choate on Sep 30, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions

And in case that comment was serious

Don’t worry. As the network continues to grow, we’ll have the occasional post of this nature, but I’m not going to start shilling for companies in my everyday content. That’s a promise.

by Dave Choate on Sep 30, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions

LOL

That’s what NASCAR said. Just one sponsor, with a logo on the hood. Now look what happened…

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I only lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.

Elayne Boosler

by NaGaNole on Oct 1, 2009 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions

I can tell you're skeptical

But don’t worry, after the next 45 sponsored posts that feeling will fade away.

by Dave Choate on Oct 1, 2009 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Nah, this news is fine

As long as Dave never makes this the Game Theme Song.

by orang3b on Oct 2, 2009 8:51 AM EDT up reply actions

Luckily for all of you

I’d rather eat a .45.

by Dave Choate on Oct 2, 2009 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Does this mean we get free stuff?

In Dimitroff we trust

by Bonhoffer on Sep 30, 2009 10:35 AM EDT reply actions

Reduced price, perhaps

Free, not that I know of at this point.

by Dave Choate on Sep 30, 2009 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions

I intend to check it out

i assume its 10 AM on the west coast? But i doubt i would ever want to watch the channel instead of watching the real games.

by Funballad on Sep 30, 2009 11:29 AM EDT reply actions

BTW

Mine is advertised as free on my dishnetwork. I assume its the same Redzone.

by Funballad on Sep 30, 2009 11:31 AM EDT reply actions

More than likely

by Dave Choate on Sep 30, 2009 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions

Crikey, Dave!

For a sixpence at least and a tuppence at most, you’ll get the Redzone Channel which shows all the redzone action on NFL Sunday as its happening.

Selling out is fine, but at least get your British pre-decimal currency denominations straight!

I shudder to think how the sponsorship negotiations went. I bet they were all like: “Awright, guvnor – we’ll give you three guineas, four and sixpence farthing.” And you’re like: “You’re ‘avin’ a Giraffe, ain’t ya? I won’t take less than a thruppenny bit.”

And they’re like: “That’s a deal, me old China!”

And you could hear them sniggering to themselves all the way down the Apples on the way out.

by Ignoramus on Sep 30, 2009 5:01 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Well, the negotiations were in me flat

And I did ask for a lorry and plenty of bees n’ honey, but now me apartment reeks o’ the sweet stuff and me wallet’s emptier than Prince ’arry’s loaf of bread. Yankee wankers.

Thanks, by the way. You made me laugh out loud at work.

by Dave Choate on Sep 30, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions