September 21, 2006 - Football Trivia

Are you a football fan? If so, maybe you can answer tonight’s trivia question...

Trivia Question -

On this day in history - September 21, 1970, the New York Jets played the Cleveland Browns in Cleveland Ohio. What made this game different from any football game ever played before?

Trivia Answer -

It was the first broadcast of Monday Night Football on ABC. The play-by-play featured announcers Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell and Don Meredith and attracted 33 percent of the viewing audience.

Monday Night Football was the second longest running prime time show on American broadcast television (after CBS's 60 Minutes) and one of the highest rated. ABC aired a total of 555 Monday night games.

On April 18, 2005, the NFL announced that Monday Night Football would be televised on ESPN in 2006, ending a 36-year run on ABC. ABC and ESPN are both owned by the Walt Disney Company.

For more information on Monday Night Football check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday_Night_Football.

. . . . . . . . . . NET CHECK IN’s . . . . . . . . . .

Here’s the list of folks that checked in to tonight’s net along with their answers to the trivia question. Congratulations to all the folks who got the answer correct, which are shown with a * after their call. Special recognition goes to Madeline, KB6IS, for the most original answer! Honorable mention to Barry, KG6NWJ...

· WB6A – Pat – Played in pouring rain

· AC6AJ – Lee – Big Snow Storm!

· WB6ATV – Ron – 1^st Covered Stadium Game

· KE6CZH – Robert – Snow Blizzard

· KG6DBL* – Bill – Start of Monday Night Football

· W6DTS – Ted – No clue

· K6FCC – Khalil (Early Check-in via phone and email messages)

· KF6GKR – Terry – NO CHECK IN

· N6HY – Ernie – 1^st Nighttime Lighted Game

· KB6IS – Madeline – Both teams got 13 home runs!

· KE6IYC – Brian – NO CHECK IN

· KD6JEV – John – 1^st Covered Stadium Game

· N6KAS – Andy – No answer.

· KG6KTC – Leon – 1^st time used ex-athlete as color commentator

· NY6L – Jay – Broadcast over satellite

· K6LMN – Roger – Heavy rain

· KE6MSS – Thomas – NO CHECK IN

· K6MSU – Ron – NO CHECK IN

· KG6MZU – Walt – NO CHECK IN

· KD6NIW – Oliver – Neither team scored

· W6NVY – Gary – Called due to snow

· KG6NWJ – Barry – 1^st time Joe Naimeth admitted to wearing panty hose

· KD6OBM – Jason – 1^st Covered Stadium Game

· N6OEC – Phil – 1^st Covered Stadium Game

· KF6PIH – Scott – cheerleaders (? very noisy check in – sorry!)

· K6QVZ – Joe – 1^st Covered Stadium Game

· KG6RDA – Sidney – (Checked in by Harry KF6ZQM)

· AD6UP* – Louie – 1^st Monday Night Game

· WA6USL* – Murray – 1^st Monday Night Game

· KG6WXY – Ralph – NO CHECK IN

· KF6YBM – Henry – No answer

· KF6ZQM – Harry – Blizzard shut down game

· N6ZZK – Theo – NO CHECK IN

· KG6TRR* – Bob – 1^st Monday Night Game

· WB6ATN – John – No Answer