Poor guy. He gets a chemistry utensil as a nickname.

And how good did my Steelers look today? Granted it was against Cleveland, but still, everyone's getting healthy and they're peaking at the right time.

The Jets are going to get spanked on the last "Monday Night Football", before it moves to ESPN. I'm gonna guess the Pats will be seeing Jacksonville in the first round of the play-offs.

Is it over yet!

not yet b/c da bears are headed to the playoffs!

playoffs!... playoffs?!... (that jim mora quote always makes me laugh)

I love that byte too, jrock. Cracks me up, every time.

Speaking of, it's time to separate the men from the boys. On Saturday, we got the Redskins at the Buccanners and Jacksonville (which ran up a quiet 12-4 record) visits a rejuvenated New England. Sunday's games feature Carolina at the New York football Giants and the future SuperBowl XL champion Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincy.

Who ya got?

well, for the nfl, my bears earned themselves a bye week... hopefully they won't go out and rent themselves a boat cruise (but considering the weather in january in chicago, i don't think that'll be a problem)


...on a much sadder note, my irish just didn't show up tonight at the fiesta bowl... man, that was just a totally painful game to watch

Being the lovely PE teacher that i am i do appreciate a good football game here and there... All i have to say is Goooo Redskins! I know i know probably here a bunch of shit from you boys...but that's ok. I know you may agree with me here though, the chick who does the weather (not on my local station either) is damn smokin! Anyone know her name?

You mean Jillian Barberie? She is hot. Oh, and go Big Blue...

go pats,screw the jaguars.

GO BUCS!!!!!!!!

Oh and its hot you girls are in to football btw!!!!

that is her! What a babe!

Sure she's hot. But her personality is annoying. And it's not that she knows everyone wants a piece of her, but she carrys on as such which is a big turn off. Also see Mariah Carey.

Anywho, I've got the 'Skins to scalp the Bucs, the Jaguars to rip apart the Pats, the Giants to stomp on the Panthers and the Steelers to go into Cincy and tame the Bengals.

And you all have one last chance to jump on the Steelers bandwagon before the playoffs start. After that it's too late and may Allah have mercy on your souls, er, teams.

I agree with all of the above... especially Mariah Carey. And she has gone down hill...

apparently this took a turn from football..

Even the part about jumping on the Steelers bandwagon?

Aw hell, I'll reserve you a spot for when your 'Skin eventually fall. You'll be seated in the VIP section, which just so happens to be on my lap.

alright, make your pick for tonight's national championship game...

here's mine:

texas: 38
usc: 31


...remember, you can't spell "suck" without USC

This only because it was requested and after not beeing able to watch the triple overtime thriller last night.

USC - 37
Texas - 24
Yes the horns get hooked by 3 Heisman winners, (yes an extra prediction for those that didn't notice). The 24 points by Texas only because they have one decent collegiate (never going to make much in the NFL) quarterback.

Do you think if the Pats face Steelers like they did a couple of years ago in the play-offs, the Bus will get more than 8 yards? All week long before that game, it was the Bus this, the Bus that, but when they got on the field, the wheels came off the Bus.I don't think we'll be seeing you after this weekend, Cincinattis' not going to lose. Tampa is going to send the Skins home with their tail between their legs.

ouch... it has to hurt to go back and read this doesn't it??




oh... and maybe now people will start to listen to me when i argue that the heisman should be voted on AFTER the bowl games are played

While he did show flashes of the past this season, I'm not even a big fan of the bus myself. Truth be told, he should have been parked a few years ago as there have been quite a few of incidents like the one you cited. But he's still the man in short-yardage situations.

Anywho, the Begals have stumbled recently, losing to lowly Buffalo and Getting blown out by KC in their last two games. Not exactly the way you wanna go into the playoffs. Meanwhile, The entire AFC was hoping Pittsburgh lost on Sunday as nobody wants to play the heavily playoff-experienced Steelers in the post season.

And Portis has been on a tear of late. He'll run all over Tampa Bay and do the same to Seattle next weekend.



I'm not so sure. I mean the Heisman is based on the entire season, not just one game. Take out this game for Young, and the Fresno State game for Bush, and Reggie is still the man.

i'm just saying... if you're gonna vote on the best player, why not wait until everyone has played ALL of the games to decide?

I'd say the same thing about the NFL, wait until the Super Bowl is over than vote for MVP and Coach of the Year. I guess it just gives guys like Manning and Marino something to hope for instead of a Super Bowl ring. Winning three play-off games in a row is a lot harder than a 14-2 regular season record in a weak division, especially when you've played 19 games the year before. With all the play-off games the Pats have played the last four years it's equal to playing almost another whole season in that amount of time. In conclusion: Tom Brady is the man! Go Patriots. Jacksonville is going to wish they've never heard of New England when we get thru with them Saturday eve.

If the world were a perfect place, Brady would get the MVP this season. Without him, the Pats are a sub .500 team easy.

Too bad they're losing Saturday.

My picks: Giants, Pit, New England and a pick-em I'll go with Tampa. Gotta root for Simms...

You can say the same thing about Tikki "MVP" Barber!

There is no way were losing on Saturday. I wouldn't be as confident if it were Indy, Pittsburg, Denver or Seattle, but Jacksonville isn't even going to be a close game. We've got just about everyone healthy and Brady isn't going to lose his first ever play-off game to these guys. Leftowich is not going to be very mobile and the Pats defense is going to be blitzing his sorry ass every other play.

Wow, where to start? Ok I was wrong about Texas, their defense showed up for the biggest play of the game (4th and 2). Congratulations to them. And yes Jrock it hurts having to live with being wrong on occasion.

Voting on the Heisman? Still should be done when it is, but I don't think it should be presented until after the Bowl games are done. And yes I still think Reggie would have won it, 9 times outta 10 1 game doesn't decide it. Speaking of awards, Congratulations to Shawn Alexander, the best "unknown" running back in the league even though his personal stats are more important than what's best for his team.

After having lived in Pittsburgh (still a fan of the 'Boys) you gotta respect the Steelers in the playoffs at least until the AFC championship game. So my predictions for this week-end (poor track record here anyway) The Steelers (because it's at Cincy), the Patriots (until somebody beats Brady in the playoffs), the Giants (who can argue with BTS), and the 'Skins (this one's hard for me but they are the hottest team entering the playoffs).

Just curious how you can call the AFC south a week division? The top 2 teams in the AFC (during the regular season) in the same divison and it's weak? If the Jaguars were in any other division, except for the NFC west they would have been division winners. The reason that MVP's are decided before the playoffs is because it should go to the best player, not the best player on a championship team.

I was refering to last year when Manning was co-Mvp, but I can see how what I wrote was confusing. And I think the best player is the player that can bring home the championship. How hard do you think it is to be 9-0 in play-off games?

True and believe me, I take nothing away from Tiki (he helped me win my fantasy league this year). But when you factor in all of the injuries and adversity that Tom Brady and his team faced yet he somehow managed to string wins together...you gotta give it to him. It was as if he willed his team to victory and as odd as it sounds (what with the three superbowl seasons behind him), it wasn't until this season that I was sold on him.

Too bad they're STILL gonna lose tomorrow!