Football Friday is a football news and analysis television show on ESPNEWS

ESPNEWS

ESPNEWS , launched on November 1, 1996, is a 24-hour-a-day sports news television channel...

 every Friday, year-round, at 8pm ET

North American Eastern Time Zone

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 to 9pm ET and reairs at noon ET, on Saturdays. Since debuting in 2004, the show has been hosted by Stan Verrett

Stan Verrett

Stan Verrett is an anchor on the ESPN and ESPNEWS networks in the United States. Most of Verrett's appearances are on SportsCenter at 11 p.m or 1 a.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday...

 along with analysis from former pro fullback Merril Hoge

Merril Hoge

Merril DuAine Hoge is a former professional American football player. He played eight seasons at running back for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears, retiring after the 1994 season. Since 1997 he has been a football analyst for ESPN television....

. Originally the show just ran through the football season, but since September 1, 2006 through its final original airing on January 2, 2009, it has run on Fridays year-round.

Football Friday is a fast-paced program that covers everything from college football

College football

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 to the National Football League

National Football League

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 and even high school football. Throughout the show, Stan and Merril run through all the highlights, injury updates, interviews and analysis to preview the upcoming weekend in football.

Segments

• "Merril's Playbook": Merril breaks down the defense and offense of teams to find out how to beat them.
• "Office Pool": Hank Goldberg
  Hank Goldberg
  Hank Goldberg , aka Eggs Goldberg is an American sports radio and television personality based in Miami, Florida.-Biography:...
  
  joins the gang via satellite to make his picks for the upcoming NFL games.
• "Hoge Podge": Merril shares a random or off-the-wall story from the NFL.
• "Bold Prediction": At the end of each show, Merril and Sean go out on a limb and predict the score of at least one game.