Jags are expected to lift the Week 1 blackout

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

The T-U is reporting that "A news conference will be held in an hour with coach Jack Del Rio, rookie quarterback Blaine Gabbert and general manager Gene Smith."

Where's Luke?

An interesting twist.

Or JDR, GS & WW per the tweet from JaguarsInsider.  4:15 live at Jaguars.com

[jandar]

Garrard lost the team by constantly throwing them under the bus.
Notice the last preseason game, he was hit every down by St Louis. McCown comes in, same line, same starting defenders for St Louis and doesn't get touched.

They were sending a message to Garrard.

[Wacca Pilatka]

Rumor is that the Garrard release led to a ticket sales spike today.  Of course we'll know the reality on that when we see the ticket numbers tomorrow, and even if there is a jump, there's still no way of knowing whether the spike was really Garrard-driven. 

[KenFSU]

The T-U is reporting that "A news conference will be held in an hour with coach Jack Del Rio, rookie quarterback Blaine Gabbert and general manager Gene Smith."

Where's Luke?

An interesting twist.

Or JDR, GS & WW per the tweet from JaguarsInsider.  4:15 live at Jaguars.com

I kid you not, I posted my question in the T-U live blog, and the reporter answered something to the effect of:

"Sorry, might have heard wrong. I could have heard 'Blaine' instead of 'Wayne.'"

Talk about checking your facts or seeking a second source before posting a FRONT PAGE story on the website.

The most depressing subplot of this whole Garrard thing might just be not only how badly our local sports media got scooped by the national media on this story, but how badly they got killed on the follow up as well.

[urbanlibertarian]

As of this morning, 6513 tickets remaining to be sold to avoid blackout of Titans game Sun.

[copperfiend]

As of this morning, 6513 tickets remaining to be sold to avoid blackout of Titans game Sun.

They'll sell a few thousand more and eat the rest I bet.

[duvaldude08]

As of this morning, 6513 tickets remaining to be sold to avoid blackout of Titans game Sun.

They'll sell a few thousand more and eat the rest I bet.

I think we should get an extension until Friday. I want them to sell them all. If we have to eat them, so be it.

[copperfiend]

They'll apply for an extension for sure. WW will cover for whatever tickets are left on Friday.

They'll keep selling up until kickoff. I think they'll be 60k in that stadium on Sunday.

[duvaldude08]

5,266 remaining. WW made it clear the team will NOT be buying tickets and its not an option. He is afraid of how it make look to the NFL, Roger Godell, etc etc. So looks like an extention will be in order. We sold like 1200 tickets yesterday. If we can do that today and tomorrow, and get the number down in the 2000's, they'll left the blackout. I commend WW for not coping out. Also, I havent had a chance to read it yet, but Gene smith takes full responibiity for releaseing Garrad. I respect him for that as well. Havent read the full story yet though.

[copperfiend]

They sold over 1k yesterday. Hopefully the same or more can be sold today and tomorrow.

[duvaldude08]

Thought Id be the first one to say GOOD GAME! It was hot as hell, but it was worth. Defense was awesome. Given our situation, the Offensive was pulling through. Would have like more TD's, but given that we cut our starting QB a few days ago, there will be an adjustment period for the O-line. Good to see Mojo back in action. Him and Dejay Karim are a great duo. I feel better days are coming. I felt like we played as a Team. For years Mojo has carried this team, and that is unfair. Today I felt like it was a team effort and Im happy about that. Luke did great also. He had some awesome throws. We played a little Conservative on offense and ran the ball, but I think that was smart because of our QB issue. I think they didn't wanna get out there just chunking balls in the air and mess. FYI- Garrad was not missed in my book. I only missed him when we got third downs. That's it.

PS. Rasheen Mathis needs to lynched. He almost costed us the game. Two penalties? He helped the titans score on that one. I was soooooooooooooo pissed.

[JeffreyS]

We gave up the one freak touchdown, did not punch it in from the one and when cox got hurt our secondary went flat otherwise we were dominate.

[duvaldude08]

We gave up the one freak touchdown, did not punch it in from the one and when cox got hurt our secondary went flat otherwise we were dominate.

agreed

[KenFSU]

What a fantastic day at Everbank.

I don't know what the numbers are, but it felt like a damn big crowd today.

The stadium was literally shaking during the Titans final drive.

Just a great time.

[duvaldude08]

What a fantastic day at Everbank.

I don't know what the numbers are, but it felt like a damn big crowd today.

The stadium was literally shaking during the Titans final drive.

Just a great time.

Yes I agree! I sit in 216 and it was quite pack when I took a look around the stadium! Im very proud of this city. Its going to be a shoot out this year between the Texans and the Jags for the division. Unless the tides turn, thats how its looking so far.

Were also getting very good reviews stated that we dominated in every phase of the game. Thats encouraging to hear. Of course us fans are going to more critical though. Just our nature. lol