Typically, getting the nod for the first Sunday night prime time game of the NFL regular season is considered a good thing, with national TV exposure and the like. But for Giants fans who are Jewish, the timing of the 2015 season opener could not be worse.

The Giants' season opener on the road against the Dallas Cowboys is at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 13. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year holiday, begins at sunset (7:09 p.m.) on that same day, and ends at sunset on September 15. For observant Jewish Giants fans, this means that they likely will be forced to miss the first game of the season.

To be sure, the Giants obviously have nothing to do with making the schedule, which is drawn up by the NFL. A team spokesman said: "The first item on John Mara's list of schedule considerations every year is asking that we not be scheduled for a home game during the High Holidays."

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Well, the Giants got half of their request, as the game will be played at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, but they also got the one game that explicitly conflicts with the timing of Rosh Hashanah. The Jets also asked for an afternoon road game because of the holiday, but ended up with a 1 p.m. home game instead, which should allow observant fans to get home in time to celebrate.

The unfortunate scheduling of the Giants' first game sparked an outcry from fans on Twitter, many of whom tweeted at offensive lineman Geoff Schwartz, who is Jewish.

Keep getting tweets about that being the first night of Rosh Hashanah… Don’t know what I’m supposed to tell you. It’s a tough break — Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) April 22, 2015

Yes, the Giants caught a raw deal in this one, but you know what might ease the frustration of the fans that won't get to watch in Week One? A season-opening victory against a hated division rival.

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