admittedly i havent been around as much this summer, and found myself losing interest between the disapointing end to the season, the vy ordeal and fisher debacle, and of course the big whopper in the strike -- but having locker playing pretty well and just seeing football on tv again (not to mention fantasy prep) i find myself falling back in hard.  so much so, that im looking to build a trip around my first NFL game and head down to florida for the season opener.  i looked at tickets on stubhub and there are a bunch of okay deals, but i know there have been guys on here who have gone to jacksonville for titans games before.  so what say you, MCM, any advice for stubhub vs ticketmaster vs buying from scalpers, or advice on tailgating, or even on the game day experience in jacksonville or the nfl in general?

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Did anybody else watch that Detroit Screwjob and immediately think of that Jacoby Jones td against us last year?  The worst part is everyone saying how, regardless of your feelings on the rule, that it is crystal clear.  All the Monday Night guys are saying how its a good rule because its black and white and completely eliminates any judgement or subjectivity by the refs.  I just really dont see that being the case, and that Jones td is a big reason why.

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