This Week
The New England Patriots entertain the St. Louis Rams at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro MA on Sunday at 1 p .m.
The Patriots are 2-1 at home, 1-0 against the NFC. The Rams are 1-2 on the road, 0-1 against the AFC.
Here are the rosters for the Rams and the Patriots.
Here are the projected starting lineups for the game.
The Line/Prediction
As of Wednesday the line on the game from Yahoo! Sports is Patriots -7. The over/under is 43.5 .
My prediction is Patriots 28, Rams, 17. Give the points and take the over. I am 1-5 against the spread and 4 for 6 on calling the over/under in 2008.
Tickets
The Patriots are reporting the game as a sell out. It is the 155th consecutive sellout dating back to the 1994 season opener. The record includes preseason, regular season and playoff games.
Tickets to the game, if available, may be purchased through Ticketmaster. You can check the availability here. Many times tickets are released in the last 48 hours prior to the game.
Getting To The Game
If you’re lucky enough to be going to the game at the Razor make sure you check out the links.
Here is the up to date weather forecast for the game from The Weather Channel.
Click for stadium directions, parking information, parking map, specific MBTA train times for this game and a Gillette Stadium seating chart.
Tailgating
Here’s a bunch of different tailgating recipes from Tailgaiting America. There’s something there for everyone and every type of meal or snack. I’ve tried some of the recipes and they’re very good and for good measure here is one of my own.
And with tailgating many people enjoy some adult beverages. With that in mind check out Drink Nation for how to make all sorts of great drinks. You can look things up by name, ingredient(s) or by theme.
Whether it’s at the game, a bar or someone’s house moderation is always the key to a great time. Please don’t drink and drive and designate a sober driver. Remember You Drink, You Drive, You Lose.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
Television
FOX is televising the game regionally, you can look for your local affiliate and check to see if you are getting the game. Chris Rose will call the play-by-play while J.C. Pearson will provide the analysis and Nischelle Turner will have the sideline reports.
The channel for Direct TV Feed of the game is 711.
For those of you overseas here is some general information on NFL Broadcasts for the 2008 season.
Patriots All-Access airs tonight at 7 p.m. on WCVB TV 5 in Boston. It will also be simulcast on the team website at the same time. Make sure you check out the Patriots Football Network for information on when you can see Patriots All-Access in your market.
Radio
The Patriots Rock Radio Network broadcasts the game from flagship station WBCN-FM 104.1 in Boston. Gil Santos handles the play-by-play and former Patriot Gino Cappelletti does the color.
It all starts with Gary Tanguay, Scott Zolak and Andy Gresh and the pregame show at 10 a.m. along the network.
The post game starts after the final gun and continues for three hours.
If you are outside of the broadcast area of the stations on the Patriots Rock Radio Network you can purchase NFL Field Pass which allows you to listen to any NFL game live. You can also pick which teams broadcasters you want to listen to.
All NFL games are also available on Sirius Satellite Radio. The Patriots Rock Radio Network call is available on Channel 121, the Rams Radio Network has Steve Savard calling the game while former NFL head coach Jim Hanifan provides the game analysis and Malcom Briggs reports from the sideline. Their call is available on Channel 146.
This week’s game will be broadcast to a national audience by Sports USA Radio. Larry Kahn and Dan Fouts will call the game and Pat Sperduto will report from the sidelines.
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