Patriots at Broncos: The BT GameBlog

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Broncos (4-0) vs. Patriots (3-1)
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Invesco Field at Mile High
2:15 pm MT
GameBlog starts at 1:45

Welcome one and all to another edition of the BT GameBlog! Everything you need to know before the game, and the best in-game commentary you’ll find anywhere on the Internet. Be sure to join us!

The Denver Broncos (4-0) and Boston Patriots (3-1), who played each other in the first regular-season game in American Football League history 50 years ago, take to the field on Sunday at INVESCO Field at Mile High. Kickoff is set for 2:15 p.m. MDT.

The Broncos will be donning their infamous brown-and-yellow uniforms and vertical-striped socks, and many have commented on how ugly these uniforms are. There’s no denying it – these unis are ugly. Even horrid. But that’s perfectly fitting. If we’re going to honor the start of this franchise, we stay true to its roots — and the Broncos have the humblest of them. They were a rag-tag group of has-beens and never-weres, dressed in Copper Bowl hand-me-downs and playing in a stadium that didn’t meet NFL standards until the 1968-1970 seasons. They were the laughingstock of the AFL, a perennial joke, and a near-transit story, as there was serious interest in moving the club to Atlanta early on.

But they still won that first game. The brown-and-yellow Denver Broncos went to Boston and beat the Patriots 13-10 in the AFL’s first game, 50 years ago. Let’s honor that today. Let’s go out there and win.

Warmup YouTube
A quick warmup from the 2009 Ring of Fame inductee…

INACTIVES
Denver: TBA
New England: TBA, although WR Joey Galloway reportedly won’t suit.

Television Coverage: CBS 4 in Denver has the game, and for the second straight week, the Broncos’ get the afternoon network’s A-Team. Jim Nantz (play-by-play) and father-of-Chris Phil Simms (color commentary) will call the game (NFL TV distribution map). DIRECTV Sunday Ticket coverage is on 714.

Radio Coverage: KOA Radio (850 AM). Dave Logan (play-by-play) and Ed McCaffrey (color commentary) will call the game with Andy Lindahl reporting from the sidelines. Listen to that call on Sirius 91, or, for a listen to the enemy’s radio call, tune to 123.

Weather: It was a snowy, blustery day in Denver Saturday, but things are looking a bit better today. As of 9am conditions were mostly cloudy with some moderate winds (on another note, does weather.com think we really care about “right now at the stadium?” It’s called a FOREcast. Get it?). Full weather profile. [Weather.com]

GameBlog below, we’ll bump it to the top at game time, throw out your predictions in the comments and GO BRONCOS!