This has been based on various tweets received from the official accounts of NFL teams, and piecing together cryptic notes from sources.
This is how Wild Card Weekend shapes up for January 7 and 8, 2012.
Saturday, January 7
Cincinnati at Houston — 4:30 p.m., NBC (Tom Hammond/Mike Mayock/Alex Flanagan)
Detroit at New Orleans — 8 p.m., NBC (Al Michaels/Cris Collinsworth/Michele Tafoya)
Sunday, January 8
Atlanta at New York Giants — 1 p.m., Fox (Joe Buck/Troy Aikman/Pam Oliver)
Pittsburgh at Denver — 4:30 p.m., CBS (Jim Nantz/Phil Simms)
And we can also provide the Divisional Playoff Weekend Schedule as well.
Saturday, January 14
New Orleans or New York Giants or Atlanta at San Francisco — 4:30 p.m., Fox (Kenny Albert/Daryl Johnston/Tony Siragusa)
Denver or Pittsburgh or Cincinnati at New England — 8 p.m., CBS (Jim Nantz/Phil Simms)
Sunday, January 15
Houston or Denver or Pittsburgh at Baltimore — 1 p.m. CBS, (Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf)
New York Giants or Atlanta or Detroit at Green Bay — 4:30 p.m., Fox (Joe Buck/Troy Aikman/Pam Oliver)
That is how things shape up for the next two weeks.
UPDATE, 10:07 p.m.: Here’s the official press release from the National Football League.
NFL WILD CARD & DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
Commissioner ROGER GOODELL announced today the schedule of sites, dates and times for the National Football League Wild Card Playoffs of January 7-8 and Divisional Playoffs of January 14-15 (all times Eastern):
NFL WILD CARD WEEKEND
Saturday, January 7
AFC: 4:30 PM (ET) Cincinnati at Houston (NBC) NFC: 8:00 PM (ET) Detroit at New Orleans (NBC) Sunday, January 8
NFC: 1:00 PM (ET) Atlanta at N.Y. Giants (FOX) AFC: 4:30 PM (ET) Pittsburgh at Denver (CBS) NFL DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS
Saturday, January 14
NFC: 4:30 PM (ET) New Orleans/N.Y. Giants/Atlanta at San Francisco (FOX) AFC: 8:00 PM (ET) Denver/Pittsburgh/Cincinnati at New England (CBS) Sunday, January 15
AFC: 1:00 PM (ET) Houston/Denver/Pittsburgh at Baltimore (CBS) NFC: 4:30 PM (ET) N.Y. Giants/Atlanta/Detroit at Green Bay (FOX) In the Divisional Playoffs, the division champion with the best record in each conference will host the lowest seeded Wild Card survivor. Once teams are seeded for the playoffs, positions do not change:
American Football Conference
National Football Conference
1. New England (13-3, AFC East champion) 1. Green Bay (15-1, NFC North champion) 2. Baltimore (12-4, AFC North champion) 2. San Francisco (13-3, NFC West champion) 3. Houston (10-6, AFC South champion) 3. New Orleans (13-3, NFC South champion) 4. Denver (8-8, AFC West champion) 4. Dallas (8-7) (NFC East champion) 5. Pittsburgh (12-4) 5. Atlanta (10-6) 6. Cincinnati (9-7) 6. Detroit (10-6) The AFC (CBS, 3:00 PM ET) and NFC (FOX, 6:30 PM ET) Championship Games will be played on Sunday, January 22.
The 2012 Pro Bowl (NBC, 7:00 PM ET) will be played on Sunday, January 29 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, one week before Super Bowl XLVI takes place at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Sunday, February 5 (NBC, 6:30 PM ET).
That’s it.
