11 months after doing his part to try and cost Col. Coughlin his job. But seriously folks, the only 9 win team less impressive than the New York Giants is the University Of Texas, and while narrow consecutive victories over Philly and Chicago are certainly better than consecutive losses, does anyone —- including every member of the Manning family — actually believe Big Blue could be something other than one-and-done in the playoffs?

It’s amazing how much more intelligent Norv Turner seems when LaDainian Tomlinson carries the ball 25 times or more. And there’s no more depressing statement about Vince Young’s sopomore pro campaign than Jerome Bettis recalling the horrors of Kordell Stewart.

The next time Andrew Siciliano decides to disparage Tony Kornheiser’s “ugly bald head”, the Fox Sports / DirecTV mouthpiece might want to consider the following : both he and Kornheiser are gainfully employed in television, despite having faces made for radio (shame about Siciliano’s voice, in that case). Given that Sicilliano’s ears are so freakishly huge, adults and children alike are terrified, I can only presume NewsCorp has some kind of quota in place (possibly the same one that benefits Kevin Kennedy).

From the Patrick Ewing Department Of Ill-Advised Guarantees, Jon Kitna’s Lions won’t reach 10 wins this season, and Anthony Smith’s Steelers failed to hand the Patriots their first loss of 2007.

How psyched would you be about donating loot to a charity created to help retired players, if said organization had made just $57K available out of $1.3 million collected? And how surprised would you be to learn said charity was founded by Mike Ditka?