The coverage maps for week 14 have been posted for the games on CBS and FOX. Overall there will be 14 NFL games in HD during week 14. NBC will have 1, ESPN will have 1, NFL Network will have 1, CBS will have 5, and FOX will have 6. CBS is the doubleheader network this week.

The maps and all the hard work of putting them together were done by J.P. Kirby, more information can be found at his website, http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/ He has requested that we post links to the maps this year rather then having as part of the post.

CBS 1 PM
http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/2007-14-CBS1.html
CBS 4:15 PM
http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/2007-14-CBS2.html
FOX
http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/2007-14-FOX.html

Regional HD games for Week 14: (DirecTV Sunday Ticket HD channel number)

Oakland at Green Bay 1:00 PM CBS (721) (Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon)
San Diego at Tennessee 1:00 PM CBS (722) (Greg Gumbel, Dan Dierdorf)
Dallas at Detroit 1:00 PM FOX (720) (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Pam Oliver)
Tampa Bay at Houston 1:00 PM FOX (723) (Dick Stockton, Terry Donahue)
Carolina at Jacksonville 1:00 PM FOX (724) (Ron Pitts, Tony Boselli)
NY Giants at Philadelphia 1:00 PM FOX (719) (Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, Tony Siragusa)
Arizona at Seattle 4:05 PM FOX (720) (Sam Rosen, Tim Ryan, Chris Myers)
Minnesota at San Francisco 4:05 PM FOX (719) (Matt Vasgersian, JC Pearson)
Pittsburgh at New England 4:15 PM CBS (725) (Jim Nantz, Phil Simms)
Kansas City at Denver 4:15 PM CBS (721) (Gus Johnson, Steve Tasker)
Cleveland at NY Jets 4:15 PM CBS (722) (Dick Enberg, Randy Cross)


National HD games for Week 14:

Chicago at Washington 8:15 PM Thursday NFL Net (Bryant Gumbel, Cris Collinsworth)
Indianapolis at Baltimore 8:15 PM NBC (Al Michaels, John Madden, Andrea Kramer)
New Orleans at Atlanta 8:30 PM Monday ESPN (Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, Tony Kornheiser, Michele Tafoya, Suzy Kolber)


Games in SD for Week 14:

Miami at Buffalo 1:00 PM CBS (Ian Eagle, Solomon Wilcots)
St. Louis at Cincinnati 1:00 PM FOX (Pat Summerall, Brian Baldinger)


All times are Eastern.

Enjoy the games!

NFC

CLINCHED: Dallas – Playoff Berth
ELIMINATED: None

DALLAS COWBOYS

Dallas clinches NFC East Division title:
1) DAL win OR
2) NYG loss OR
3) DAL tie + NYG tie

Dallas clinches a first-round bye:
1) DAL win + SEA loss or tie + TB loss or tie OR
2) DAL tie + NYG loss or tie + SEA loss + TB loss

GREEN BAY PACKERS

Green Bay clinches NFC North Division title:
1) GB win or tie OR
2) DET loss or tie

Green Bay clinches a playoff berth:
1) ARI loss or tie

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

Seattle clinches NFC West Division title:
1) SEA win

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

Tampa Bay clinches NFC South Division title:
1) TB win OR
2) NO loss + CAR loss OR
3) TB tie + NO loss or tie + CAR loss or tie

NEW YORK GIANTS

NY Giants clinch a playoff berth:
1) NYG win + CAR loss or tie + DET loss + NO loss or tie + ARI loss + WAS loss or tie OR
2) NYG win + CAR loss or tie + DET loss + NO loss or tie + ARI loss + MIN loss or tie

AFC

CLINCHED: New England - East Division
ELIMINATED: Miami, NY Jets.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

New England clinches homefield advantage throughout AFC playoffs:
1) NE win + IND loss

New England clinches a first-round bye:
1) NE win

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

Indianapolis clinches AFC South Division title:
1) IND win + JAC loss + TEN loss or tie

Indianapolis clinches a playoff berth:
1) IND win + CLE loss or tie OR
2) IND win + JAC loss OR
3) IND win or tie + TEN loss or tie OR
4) IND tie + CLE loss OR
5) TEN loss + BUF loss or tie OR
6) TEN loss + CLE loss

PITTSBURGH STEELERS

Pittsburgh clinches AFC North Division title:
1) PIT win + CLE loss

Pittsburgh clinches a playoff berth:
1) PIT win + TEN loss

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

San Diego clinches AFC West Division title:
1) SD win + DEN loss

Looking at the remaining schedule, Cleveland is now guaranteed of having the fewest games this season in HD. Cleveland is now guranteed of having at least 9 games and at most 11 games in HD this season. Cincinnati and Houston are the only two other teams that could finish with 11 games in HD. Houston is likely to finish with at least 12 games in HD since they play Indianapolis in week 16. Cincinnati could also finish with 12 HD games if they have HD games in both week 16 and 17. However, this is unlikely as Cincinnati plays Miami in week 17 on CBS, and CBS will have at least 6 games on a doubleheader week for them. Overall, it looks like the Ohio teams are the losers this year in the HD world.

Hoping that WKBN in Youngstown switches from the Browns/Jets game to the Pats/Steelers. I'm halfway between the two markets, so I get both Cleveland and Youngstown CBS stations via TWC. Unfortunately this Pats fan may have to go to a bar to see the game with a lot of Steelers fans, which wouldn't be pretty...

4:15pm, I'll be heading to the local Sports bar to catch Pitt at NE, there's no way I'll miss it to watch a lame Jets game.....
During the commercials in the middle of the G-men game, i'll be switch to watch a bit of Brett Favre.

It looks like a gopher went in there and dug a little tunnel of "San Diego vs Tennessee". Check it out! Doesn't that look cool?

Great, not only do we get Jets/Browns this week instead of Patriots/Steelers, but we also get Oakland/Green Bay instead of San Diego/Tennessee. Hopefully Green Bay stomps on the Raiders early so CBS will switch to the other game :D

Go Giants

Hoping that WKBN in Youngstown switches from the Browns/Jets game to the Pats/Steelers. I'm halfway between the two markets, so I get both Cleveland and Youngstown CBS stations via TWC. Unfortunately this Pats fan may have to go to a bar to see the game with a lot of Steelers fans, which wouldn't be pretty...

Youngstown is a Browns secondary market. Browns are on the road.

Per NFL Rules - they must show the Browns in its entirety.

Things worked out quite nicely in the Cincinnati/Dayton area, especially in the 4pm time slot...

1pm CBS (7 WHIO) Oakland at Green Bay
1pm FOX (19 WXIX, 45 WRGT) St. Louis at Cincinnati
4pm CBS (7 WHIO) Cleveland at NY Jets
4pm CBS (12 WKRC) Pittsburgh at New England
8:15pm NBC (5 WLWT, 2 WDTN) – Indianapolis at Baltimore

4:15pm, I'll be heading to the local Sports bar to catch Pitt at NE, there's no way I'll miss it to watch a lame Jets game.....
My thoughts exactly.

So, are there really that many folks in the Youngstown area who do HD and don't have a dish or a good antenna rig?

I'm in central/western PA, and I love getting the extra games out of Youngstown on OTA. I'm disappointed when you guys don't have a Browns game!

Whats going on with SF bay area not get the Steelers and Patriots.

Whats going on with SF bay area not get the Steelers and Patriots.

49ers play at home in the same timeslot, there can not be a game on at the same time on the competing network in the primary market of a team playing at home.

So, are there really that many folks in the Youngstown area who do HD and don't have a dish or a good antenna rig?

I'm in central/western PA, and I love getting the extra games out of Youngstown on OTA. I'm disappointed when you guys don't have a Browns game!
Don't worry. I just heard from WKBN and they're going to stay with the Browns. Looks like I'll be at the bar to watch the Pats. :rolleyes:

Who cares about the 49ers. :D

St. Louis at Cincinnati 1:00 PM FOX (Pat Summerall, Brian Baldinger)


I guess Summerall is doing the Cotton Bowl again this year. This must be his warm up game. One of the all time great announcers.

San Diego gets stuck with KC/Denver game. I know they're division opponents, but neither is going to the playoffs. SD is the only area west of Utah not getting the big Pitt/NE game (other than those areas completely blacked out of the late game).

San Diego gets stuck with KC/Denver game. I know they're division opponents, but neither is going to the playoffs. SD is the only area west of Utah not getting the big Pitt/NE game (other than those areas completely blacked out of the late game).

There may be some interest in this game because if SD wins their early game and Denver loses then SD clinches the division title.

I guess Summerall is doing the Cotton Bowl again this year. This must be his warm up game. One of the all time great announcers.

Agreed. Even at his age, he is still better than some of the Fox guys, most of the CBS guys, and a ton better than Mike Tirico and Bryant Gumbel. At least if called Tony Romo, "Rick" Romo, like Gumbel did last week, he can use his age as an excuse. To me, no one will ever replace Summerall and Madden when both were in their prime.

Who cares about the 49ers. :D

The Pats, they have their #1 pick.

Looking at the remaining schedule, Cleveland is now guaranteed of having the fewest games this season in HD. Cleveland is now guranteed of having at least 9 games and at most 11 games in HD this season. Cincinnati and Houston are the only two other teams that could finish with 11 games in HD. Houston is likely to finish with at least 12 games in HD since they play Indianapolis in week 16. Cincinnati could also finish with 12 HD games if they have HD games in both week 16 and 17. However, this is unlikely as Cincinnati plays Miami in week 17 on CBS, and CBS will have at least 6 games on a doubleheader week for them. Overall, it looks like the Ohio teams are the losers this year in the HD world.

Do have a complete list of which games were SD? If so, could you please post?

San Diego gets stuck with KC/Denver game. I know they're division opponents, but neither is going to the playoffs. SD is the only area west of Utah not getting the big Pitt/NE game (other than those areas completely blacked out of the late game).

Yeah, and Kansas City gets stuck with the San Diego/Tennessee game. I know they're division opponents, but so is Oakland, and KC is the only area south of Minnesota not getting to watch Green Bay.

don't forget youngstown is also a pitt secondary market in addition to cleveland so its basically a station pick. Next week will be interesting when secondary rules don't apply, as both teams are at home. Steelers-Jags or Browns-Bills. I'd think steelers jags because the playoff rankings are important to thatt game

Do have a complete list of which games were SD? If so, could you please post?
Why yes I do, I have a complete list of every HD regular season game since 1998. The list was very simple to begin with just listing the 3 HD games during the 1998 season, now it is a full blown Excel workbook that tracks just about everything to do with the HD broadcasts from how many appearances each team has on each network to how many games had an NFC West team as the away team that was broadcast in Standard Definition and the game was played on grass (2).

Below is the list of SD games this year:

Date Away Home Time (ET) Day TV Location Week HD
09/09/07 Tennessee Jacksonville 1:00 PM Sunday CBS Jacksonville Municipal Stadium 1 No
09/16/07 Houston Carolina 1:00 PM Sunday CBS Bank of America Stadium 2 No
09/16/07 Cincinnati Cleveland 1:00 PM Sunday CBS Cleveland Browns Stadium 2 No
09/16/07 Seattle Arizona 4:05 PM Sunday FOX University of Phoenix Stadium 2 No
09/23/07 Arizona Baltimore 1:00 PM Sunday FOX M&T Bank Stadium 3 No
09/23/07 Cleveland Oakland 4:05 PM Sunday CBS McAffe Coliseum 3 No
09/30/07 Houston Atlanta 1:00 PM Sunday CBS Georgia Dome 4 No
09/30/07 Baltimore Cleveland 1:00 PM Sunday CBS Cleveland Browns Stadium 4 No
10/07/07 Jacksonville Kansas City 1:00 PM Sunday CBS Arrowhead Stadium 5 No
10/14/07 Miami Cleveland 1:00 PM Sunday CBS Cleveland Browns Stadium 6 No
10/21/07 Atlanta New Orleans 1:00 PM Sunday FOX Superdome 7 No
10/28/07 Cleveland St. Louis 1:00 PM Sunday CBS Edward Jones Dome 8 No
11/04/07 Cincinnati Buffalo 1:00 PM Sunday CBS Ralph Wilson Stadium 9 No
11/11/07 Atlanta Carolina 1:00 PM Sunday FOX Bank of America Stadium 10 No
11/18/07 New Orleans Houston 1:00 PM Sunday FOX Reliant Stadium 11 No
11/18/07 St. Louis San Francisco 4:15 PM Sunday FOX Monster Park 11 No
11/25/07 Tennessee Cincinnati 1:00 PM Sunday CBS Paul Brown Stadium 12 No
12/02/07 Denver Oakland 4:05 PM Sunday CBS McAffe Coliseum 13 No
12/09/07 Miami Buffalo 1:00 PM Sunday CBS Ralph Wilson Stadium 14 No
12/09/07 St. Louis Cincinnati 1:00 PM Sunday FOX Paul Brown Stadium 14 No

Sounds like someone needs a relational database :rolleyes::eek:

Sounds like someone needs a relational database :rolleyes::eek:

If I would have thought to do that like 3 years ago it would have made sense. Now, putting it together would take too much time since it will serve no purpose next year. The Excel workbook, however, is very easy to use and once the schedule is input at the beginning of the season is very easy to keep up to date.

I guess Summerall is doing the Cotton Bowl again this year. This must be his warm up game. One of the all time great announcers.Only his mind's no longer tack-sharp. Last year's Cotton Bowl was painful to watch. He couldn't keep up with the action and there were long moments where he said nothing during plays. I know he's trying really hard, but age has unfortunately gotten to him.

don't forget youngstown is also a pitt secondary market in addition to cleveland so its basically a station pick. Next week will be interesting when secondary rules don't apply, as both teams are at home. Steelers-Jags or Browns-Bills. I'd think steelers jags because the playoff rankings are important to thatt game
Don't bet on it. Here's the response I got from David Coy, Programming Manager at KBN in Youngstown:
"Hi Cameron,

Obviously a very difficult decision, but no matter how big the game, there are definitely more Browns fans in the Youngstown TV market. And this year, with them in the playoff hunt, we feel we need to continue to show the Browns when we can.

Sorry to disappoint, we do hate to be in this no win situation.

Regards,

David Coy"

I think it's about 50/50 between Browns/Steelers fans in this market. If you'd like to email him to persuade him from his pro-Browns position, here's his email: dcoy@wkbn.com. I'd be all for it!:D

Lets be clear about something...

No market can be a secondary market to 2 teams in the same conference.

Period.

Youngstown cannot be a secondary market to both the Browns and the Steelers.

I can confirm it is a Browns secondary market.

My hometown is in the Youngstown DMA (PA side) and almost divided evenly between Steelers and Browns fans. It's been a while, but Youngstown was always more pro-Browns and IIRC, the TV station was no different.

KGAN (CBS) in eastern Iowa must have waffeled on their selection, as the map http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/2007-14-CBS2.html shows the KC Cheifs/Denver game but http://www.kgan.com/ shows the Pitt/NE game. :(

In Buffalo area, Fox should just take a break this week.... i know they can't show a 1:00pm game, as Buffalo is playing home... but I am wondering if a single soul in Buffalo will watch Minn at SF instead of Pitt at NE at 4:00pm....

San Diego's KFMB (CBS) has made it clear, no chance in hell of getting Pitt/NE, making us the only station west of the Pecos not to see it. Jay Posner's column has the details: http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/20071207-9999-1s7mediacol.html

a ton better than Mike Tirico and Bryant Gumbel.
How could you even think about putting Mike Tirico in the same class as Bryant Gumbel? You are gross, sir.

I guess Summerall is doing the Cotton Bowl again this year. This must be his warm up game. One of the all time great announcers.

Agreed. Even at his age, he is still better than some of the Fox guys, most of the CBS guys, and a ton better than Mike Tirico and Bryant Gumbel.

Summerall is now a feeble old coot. If I had to take a drink every time he says "Beg your pardon" when he screws up, I'd be tanked by halftime.

Let him go gracefully into that good night. I'd rather turn the sound down and listen to my 12 year old do the game than subject my ears to Pat Summerall circa 2007.

Summerall is now a feeble old coot. If I had to take a drink every time he says "Beg your pardon" when he screws up, I'd be tanked by halftime.

Let him go gracefully into that good night. I'd rather turn the sound down and listen to my 12 year old do the game than subject my ears to Pat Summerall circa 2007.

+1. The last few years with Madden was absolute torture!

perrycom, that's funny that they tell you they make the decision. The last time I complained someone from WKBN replied by saying that it's the NFL's decision, not theirs.

I'm in Vienna and altough I use to get KDKA's digital singal with my antenna, I just haven't been able to since the weather turned colder. Looks like I'll be watching it in a bar to, but I'm a Steelers fan so I'll be alright.

Something must be done to fix this. I understand there are rules, but the browns/steelers fan base in this area is as close to 50/50 as you can get.
Does anyone who has time warner remember when NBC use to broadcast the games? Time Warner customers had the local Youngstown and Cleveland stations, so the Cleveland station would broadcast the Browns, the Youngstown station would broadcast the Steelers, and everyone was happy.

I forgot to mention, altough the browns are having a great season by their standards, most browns fans that I talk to would rather watch the Steelers/Pats game and listen to the browns game on the radio. Even they would rather, if it were to happen, see the Pats get knocked off then watch their own team beat the jets.

It's just the better of the two games and would get much higher ratings.

I had to do a double-take on the Pat Summerall thing too. Hadn't he retired, like three years ago? Well, he's a legend and I hope that he does well today. But we'll see.

Well, the Steelers fans at the local bar were pretty subdued...wonder why?

What a time for Boston sports fans. Since Game 4 of the ALCS, between the Sox, Pats and Celtics the combined records are something like 35-2 - pretty heady stuff for the once downtrodden New England sports fan. Even the Bruins have a winning record! :D

Well, the Steelers fans at the local bar were pretty subdued...wonder why?

What a time for Boston sports fans. Since Game 4 of the ALCS, between the Sox, Pats and Celtics the combined records are something like 35-2 - pretty heady stuff for the once downtrodden New England sports fan. Even the Bruins have a winning record! :D

Yeah, theres no better feeling in the world than when Steeler fans are made to be quiet! They are an obnoxious bunch. :D