PMS 2.0 1626 - Thursday Night Football Preview, Kirk Herbstreit, Morgan Freeman, Pete Thamel, Coach Chuck Pagano, & AJ Hawk
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What is the new Highmark Stadium and why is it exciting for Thursday Night Football?
Hello, beautiful people, and welcome to our humble abode, the DraftKings Thunderdome on this football kickoff Thursday, September 17, 2026. The sports program begins now. Football is obviously spectacular, and we're so pumped that another weekend of football is about to kick off this evening, both in college and in the NFL. We have a debut of a brand new stadium that broke ground 1200 days ago and is gonna be showcased to the world. The brand new. That was yesterday's video, so it said 1199 days. We think today would be 1200, but did they mean to put today's Video out yesterday, potentially, whatever the case, about 1200 days ago, they broke ground on a brand new high mark stadium, Caddy Corner, to one of the most legendary stadiums in the history of ball.
We've seen it kind of grow in front of our eyes, and tonight it glows on Primetime on Amazon. Now, we are so incredibly thankful and lucky that we were asked if we wanted to come up and do our show there today. Now, it is an Amazon. So obviously there was a lot of conversations that had to take place, and what we decided was the man. Who's gonna be on the call this evening? A man who is the face of college football and college game day for like the last thirty years. That face somehow, as a white from Ohio, has not aged one bit. Blue Eyes, former president of Ohio, former quarterback at Ohio State, obviously alongside Al Michaels, he's in the booth for uh what I believe is about to be the fifth year on Thursday night football, live from the brand new beautiful High Mark Stadium.
Ladies and gentlemen, Kirk Herbstreet.
How you doing, bud? Boys. How are we doing, man? What a scene in here. Are you kidding me? Okay, tell me. Boy, this is this is this is is stunning. I mean, I've been in a lot of these new stadiums. This is as stunning of a new stadium uh that I've seen since I've been calling these games in the NFL in my fifth year. And you know, you hear about it, you wonder if it's worth something. Of the hype, and then you get a chance to walk in here. Look, I mean, even the seats, you know, be the way they mixed in their colors within the seats, 60,000 seats, uh, a canopy over top that that covers 60% of uh of the stands. Uh, how about this wind mitigation? 50% of what is going on outside, 50% in here. So if it's 40 mile-an-hour winds, it'd be 20.
twenty mile an hour inside uh the stadium. So kind of the other thing that's interesting. They told me about this because it kind of goes up straight vertically. And they said it's like a basketball arena feel inside once you get in here, but it's a football stadium. So the way they did this, the way they built this um is about is cutting edge. And I've never seen anything. Usually you come into these stadiums, you guys know it's like a a bowl. I don't know how Lucas Oil is, but it's, you know, goes out. And here it is straight up and down. And uh which means there's not a bad seat in the house. So it is it's stunning. I you can't really see, but they've got the retired numbers right across from me. You got Jim Kelly, Ralph Wilson, of course, Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas, uh up at the top of the press box.
They've got all these names, Hall of Famers that are in gold. So really thought of every single detail, uh fired up, man, for this game tonight. What better way to get the Detroit Lions and Dan Campbell, Jerry Goff coming in here against the Buffalo Bills? Both these teams obviously have postseason aspirations. So couldn't think of a better way to get for us prime, our prime schedule started on Thursday night. But uh for the Bills, uh their fans are already outside. It's got a kind of a college football atmosphere as we pulled up outside of the stadium. It it's got everybody's tailgating, the smokers are going. I mean, these guys are Bill's mafia is fired up for obvious reasons. Uh they're fired at anytime their team plays, but they're anxious to get in and check out their new stadium.
Yeah, brand new home for Bill's Mafia. We obviously can't wait to see them put on a show on Amazon this evening.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the new Highmark Stadium and why is it exciting for Thursday Night Football?
0:00–11:00
2
Why is Morgan Freeman being announced as the College GameDay Celebrity Guest Picker?
11:00–55:15
3
How do the hosts predict the Bills‑Lions game and explain the DraftKings super boost?
55:15–1:05:35
4
What do the hosts say about the new stadium’s design and its impact on game atmosphere?
1:05:35–1:28:37
5
How do the analysts break down the key defensive plays and controversial calls from the recent games?
1:28:37–1:54:27
6
What are the big storylines and predictions heading into the upcoming LSU‑Ole Miss matchup?
1:54:27–2:08:21
7
What do the hosts talk about before the commercial break and how do they set up the upcoming picks?
2:08:21–2:15:23
8
How do the panel break down the Colts, Bills, Lions and other NFL storylines leading up to Thursday Night Football?
2:15:23–2:57:40
Speakers
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