September 11, 2008
Ike Blows Game to Monday Night
by Keith Weiland
Keith@IntheBullseye.com

With apologies to Spaceballs, it looks like we've gone from suck to blow. As Hurricane Ike spins toward the Houston area, the NFL announced this afternoon that Sunday's Week 2 match-up with the Ravens will now kickoff at 7:30pm CT.

With the eye of the storm expected to come ashore sometime early Saturday morning, the league is delaying the game's start time in deference to the city and its residents needing some amount of recovery time from the local tumult caused by the storm.

The game, which was originally scheduled to play at 3:15pm on Sunday, will still air on local CBS stations in the primary and secondary markets (which includes Houston, Beaummont-Port Arthur, and Bryan). In an email to season ticket holders, the Texans also indicated that the game would be televised on ESPN2.

Several other alternatives were rumored for the rescheduling, some of which might still be in play should the 27-hour delay prove not to be enough time. Talk of playing the game at a neutral site, specifically Atlanta, were apparently considered, as well as the possibility of postponing the game entirely until Week 10. In such a scenario, the Texans would move up their game against the Bengals to their bye week on October 26, then leaving room to host the Ravens on November 9, currently the bye week scheduled for the Ravens.

But those are alternatives to consider after Ike makes landfall. For now, our focus is on preparing for the hurricane and keeping safe through the weekend.

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