Better or worse: pink jerseys, or the pink/skyline/ugly patterned caps that have pervaded society? I know that caps don't necessarily have to be "official", but they also should have some element of the team's colours, no?

Did anyone else Curt do that lame ass Barry White impression?

I'm happy they all picked Dallas to win in a sweep.....I hope that ends up as well as the CBS guys' Indianapolis pick sweep earlier

Jessica's a buttaface

I honestly don't know how I'll be able to think if Eli wins today when Peyton didn't.

Following along with Ed's comment, how wierd is today if Rivers out plays Pweyton AND Eli wins a playoff game on a day when Peytonn loses one. How bizarre.

They're picking against Eli...the UNSTOPPABLE?? (drink)

Hey Jimmy, take a chance and try to make up some points. I know you're attached to the franchise, but go nuts. It's not like you get a bonus for winning the picks challenge.

I wonder if Jessica's dad likes her better in the pink jersey or the Daisy Duke outfit?

Pam is wearing somebody's leather recliner.

So......much......Buck face.

S2N--Dead on Pink jersey-Romo never would have been crucifeid if she woulda sat there and watched the game with taunting the camera in her garbage PINK JERSEY~!?

without taunting that is

Eli not looking good. Still not stepping up in the pocket.

gotta have a pocket to step up in to.

True, but you have to trust your line to pick up those blocks, too. Eli doesn't have any faith in that line.

Aikman (paraphrasing): "They could have called him for intentional grounding..." Doesn't the ball have to not cross the line of scrimmage for that?

Aikman is straining to remain objective.

Troy already "bucking" for the Cowboys - making a case for Ware not being offsides.

Man, Dallas' D-line just overwhelmed the Giants' line! Lucky to pick that one up.

Nice pass and run. He even juked the cameraman.

Where was Pro Bowler Roy Williams on that play?

Nice of Buck to automatically remark on the penalty. Jagoff.

Great tackling by the Cowgirls, guess they didn't have any contact drills in Mexico

Good camera work...better tackling.

Here comes the League Leader in Smiles, running around the field, just havin' fun. Yuck. Over under on minutes before Buck or Aikman remarks that Romo just "goes out there and has fun, and he hasn't done that the past couple weeks, and he says they just gotta get back to having fun"

Buck: "Eli keeps it rolling"!!!!!!!!!!!?????man crush manifested and worst song reference in announcing history

Unless Romo throws a pick in the first series, the O/U on that comment is two and a half minutes.

Did Ed Houchuli have a game this weekend?

hahahaha mai

if he does throw a pick, then we'll have to hear about "well, he's just a gunslinger and that's bound to happen sometimes with a gunslinger." The problem with that analogy is that for real gunslingers, they only got to make a mistake once.

Troy Aikman, you need to either get over the fact that you're no longer a 'Boy, or stop working their games; not looking forward to 3 hours of homerism on a national broadcast.

"He just wants to win"

uh, S2N, 23 + 15 = 38...

"Who can drop a pass? I can!" - TO

T.O.'s injury migrated to his hands.

"[T.O.'s absence] profoundly changes the dynamic of the Cowboys' offense." Being translated: "Without T.O., Romo can't just drop back and huck it up in the air for T.O. to run under it; he actually has to read a defense and react."

mal - wasn't Hochuli Packers-Seahawks?

"So a three-and-out for the Cowboys after the penalty." - JB

So it wasn't a three and out then.

nhz - Packers-Seahawks had Mike Carey. Unless Eddie Guns did the Pats-Jags game, he had the weekend off.

NHZ--

yes, he was. I wish they'd have had him do the early game today. Austin's crew was awful.

You know, its nice the Cowboys' home crowd sucks so badly. I have no problem muting this game, unlike the Packers-Seahawks game yesterday.

Oops. Hanrahan's right. I think Hochuli did the Jags game last weekend and is off this weekend.

Pack game was Mike Carey. How does the NFL not give Ed a game this weekend?

RR--

No kidding. That Dalla crowd is a total fair weather crowd, totally disinterested by the thrid quarter. Probably disappointed it's not a high school football game.

I have no idea. There's no way Hochuli couldn't have been better than whoever reffed Colts-Bolts.

Austin is a mummy. How does he get a game as important as Indy - SD? It was a poorly officiated game.

Like I said mal, I wish they'd have had him do the Colts-SD game.

Not to mention, as other brought up int he comments, Austin had Phil Luckett on his crew. It's a shame Hochuli didn't get that game.

Someone needs to tell the Cowboys D that the game started...

There is not a coach in football who values a running game and acts like it than Coughlin. The Cowboys aren't liking this one bit.

More power to him.

That's a terrible play call on third down, when the 'Boys were perfectly set up for play-action.

ahh the pink hat I despise them and those who wear them or should be wearing them.

Memo to Colts special teams: Tyree just showed you how to cover a punt.

Nice punt coverage and a helluva punt to go with it.

"[Coughlin] will face his first big decision of the day and it's really no decision at all because he's gonna punt." - Aikman

...huh?

Joe Buck is Ritalin, forget the drug.

GREAT open-field tackle by Ross.

Shaun Alexander is jealous of Marion Barber.

ooof. That's a gut-punch by the Dallas offense. Nice cutback by Barber, but he is not fast.

Shaun Alexander is jealous of Floyd the Barber.

Crayton better slow his roll. Don't want to get a stupid penalty after a big catch.

LMAO. +1 to mal

Giants' D is rolling over right now.

Don't those pink jerseys benefit breast cancer awareness? I've been seeing them all year...

"The Cowboys are gaining traction"

If TO sustains that block rather half as well as he jumped over to celebrate with MB3, then he might have scored.

Nice block downfield by T.O. Giants D is really susceptible to that cutback right now. Coughlin's gonna have to close that hole.

Old school football. What a breath of fresh air after Brady and Manning.

Shaun Alexander is jealous of the end zone.

Shaun Alexander is afraid of the end zone.

Fox cross-promoting the election and the Super Bowl? Really?

Ok, is there anyone in the stadium aside from the Giants D that didn't know that was going to TO?

It's a lot closer that Troy 'Boy is making it sound, but I still think it's a catch. Nice toss by Romo, BTW.

Shaun Alexander is afraid of positive yardage.

BTW, politics < football FOX.

Giants had to load up against the run. Dallas OL was killing them.

How many teams offer double coverage on a wideout in that situation? The Giant corner took away the slant, which was proper.

Sometimes, the other guys just make a play.

Wouldn't it be funny if both Manning's bow out on the same day? Well now they can work on the DSRL.

"Marion Barber breaks loose for 36"; Aikman says Jones would've scored. What gives, Troy? C'mon, we know you announcers have to appear unbiased, but don't bash em! Why don't you go back to the car dealership?

Joe obviously trying to be funny....and it failed.

Nice effort by Cory Webster there. That's the kind of play that earned Roy Williams a spot in the Pro Bowl. Cory's on the right track.

Anon 5:26, Aikman has done 9 of the 10 Cowboys games on FOX, that may explain something. He bashes anyone who can't score on the Cowboys.

OK, who placed the friggin Troy Aikman Ring of Honor name so he could be right on top of it for that shot?

Vomit.

shocking, the fox booth is right above aikman in the ring of honor. stupid fox

Anybody think that TO handed the TD football specifically to Strahan's kid in the stands? Was it just me or did that kid look a lot like Strahan, and then they cut to that reaction shot of Strahan. Food for thought...

That throw by Eli is the quintessential example as to why he'll never be elite.

nice blitz pick up by Jacobs.

Aikman laughing at Eli running????

@ed - which throw? the one toomer dropper?

UNSTOPPABLE!! Eli Manning is(n't).

What an effort by Canty! That's a gold star play right there.

The offsides. He had a free play and he burned it to a receiver who would have run forever if he was led properly with the correct pace.

Our boy Eli is too damn panicked to throw a nice ball.

ed & anon:

Gotta agree that Ring of Honor/announcer's booth thing is so contrived it makes me sick. So FOX, so phony.

This game is actually very good, it's just that Joe Buck makes it sound like he is staring at a warehouse.

Will we get a "Dude" response from Buck to Aikman today?

Buck: "The writer's strike is depricing all of us of the premiere of '24', so enjoy it."

Number one, "deprived?" hardly; two, enjoy what? The strike? the overtly wingnutty TV drama's absence? The man is totally vacuous.

"Terrell Owens has a little bit of showmanship to him"....ya think Troy?

The Giants pass defense seems to be better without Sam Madison. The guy was a very good corner once, but he's pretty well washed up.

Great. They're pitching shows that aren't even airing any time soon. Speaking of, it's been a long time since the last Terminator ad.

Was that Doc Moonlight Graham working on Aaron Ross?

Why is the Giants' team doctor dressed like John Wayne in "The Quiet Man?"

So the question now is was there more slurping of Favre yesterday by the combined commentary team, or of the Cowboys today by Aikman?

pm - heard that too, I guess Buck is still a moron.

'24' was cool for about three seasons, then it got reeeeeeeeeely old reeeeeeeeely fast. If the writer's strike is depriving us of another ho-hum kill-terrorists season, than at least that's one positive to come out of the whole mess.

This big "How Emo Are You?" added on the right side of the blog if you scroll down is really bothering me.

/still proudly 'punk', whatever that was. :P

On cue - your Terminator ad.

I was watching yesterday's game, Kenny Albert, Moose, and Goose will be calling the Pro Bowl. So I won't have to be more bored with it than I already am.

There's a Terminator promo. Drink.

...Dear everyone:

I'm so sorry for jinxing it.

@RR:

No one, ever, ever, will be slurped more than Favre.

Is Marion Barber the NFC's version of Bob Sanders?

"I didn't think anything of it when Antonio Pierce came in and went down on Romo" good job Joe Buck.

Nice move by Glenn! Gibril Wilson got worked.

There have been a lot of players slipping on the turf. What's up with that?

Arkansas fans just threw up a little bit.

Is it just me, or are the Giants suffering a lot more busted coverages then they should be?

Re: 24. How many really bad days can one guy have?

Nice to see Marc Columbo come in late and cheap shot his own center. What a dunce.

For example, not covering TO on 3rd and long....

Hmmm. I guess there's no LOS for Romo. New rules for the New Favre.

Emmanuel Lewis, ladies and gentleman.

Oh, man. This is not Cory Webster's day, at all.

Good job Webster.

steve - yeah that was kind of the problem with that show. That, and whenever I was home to watch it, my esteemed father and his non-stop "cell phones aren't that reliable" tirade. Kind of takes the fun of it. That, and the fact that "Kim" never takes her clothes off.

Another player falls down and Webster drops it. Giants can't waste those chances.

"Tom Coughlin telling us Cory Webster has great hands." /uncomfortable silence/

"My name is Cory Webster. This is the worst day of my life."

Don't you just love when the commentators talk themselves into a corner and shut up until the next play ends?

Dear Giants Defense,
#81 in white is the best offensive player they have. I would recommend covering him.
Sincerely,
Everyone

Corey Webster = Koren Robinson.

Is anyone planning to watch the Terminator series? In theory it has potential, but I have to imagine that in reality it's going to suck. Like this game.

Does the Giants D ever plan on covering T.O.? How good does Romo have to be to hit a guy that's wide open? And you'd better bet if Eli was getting this much time to throw, Aikman would be bleating about the Giants' line holding the Dallas defenders.

Forget covering TO. If his ankle is really as bad as we've been led to believe, plant him at the line and be done with it.

NOBODY like Burger King as much as the losers in these commercials.

Dear Giants Defense,

Sack Joe Buck.

From,

United Nations

b - I might. I'm out of "Deadwood" seasons so I could stand to get into another show if it's, you know, decent.

Seriously, triple cover TO and make someone else beat you, Jints.

Practiced that at the beach last weekend. Jessica covered Witten a little better than the Giants D though.

Whoops, and another busted coverage.

Single coverage worked that time, huh?

mal- yeah, and Jessica gets more sacks than the Giants' D, too. Put her in! ;)

"The dollar is looking strong."

Canadians laugh.

Nah, the Cowboys would just gash her, too.

These people on the WebMD commercials must be clumsy.

@nhz - there's a joke about the two-minute drill in there somewhere, too.

Why review this? He is in.

LOL! +1 to ed! although, you might change "would" to "did"

The Cowboys team was penalized for illegal use of hands on Jessica.

Yeah, but the two minute drill might be disrupted if there's a protection problem.

He *might* have been short, but good luck telling from any of these angles.

Troy is lobbying pretty hard for that play to stand.

@SSR:

I thought it was for engaging a plyer below the waist who was already engaged above the waist...

No,no, nhz, you just have to stay in the pocket.

Coughlin would jizz if his Giants could piece together a 20-play, 10:28 drive for a TD.

11 years since a Cowboy play-off win! Nice job genius Coach Tuna.

The Cowboys stuffed 10 in Jessica's box.

@ssr - LOL

Right, there's a penalty for engaging a player below the waist...it becomes more serious when it's from behind.

A USC receiver has made a couple of catches in an NFL game. Wow.

Did Eli really have to show the signal 3 times? I think everyone understood after the first one.

@nhz:

LMAO!!!

You have to ride her all the way before you let go.

Eli-afraid to get hit--had the whole field open --threw it high in endzone

Chris Canty is having a really good half.

Wow. The other Steve Smith did something well. In Smith's defense, he has different issues than the big, slow USC guys like Williams, Colbert, Jarrett...he's quick, just not a great route runner and gives up a lot of size compared to a lot of WRs.

Nice grab by Boss, which BTW, is a great name for a TE.

Now THATS demoralizing.

Dallas owns the 2nd quarter with long, time consuming drives and they are going to be tied at the half. Nice job Eli.

@ nhz, when you start coming in her face, there will be pressure and she will go down.

Does anybody know where Archie and Manning Mom are today? Indy or Dallas?

"They went through a period there when he (Toomer) was dropping some balls" - Troy Aikman

The Cheeseheads are losing their minds.

Brandon Jacobs: "Stay your ass down, chump!"

Roy Williams: "Just wait until I'm chasing you down from behind!"

Coughlin - easy to lip read - "he grabbed his f-ng face mask!"

I'll give Eli his props for that one. However, blind squirrels and broken clocks, and such.

As a Packer fan, I couldn't resist the urge to cue up Todd Rundgren on YouTube. The sheer thought of ShEli at Lambeau next Sunday makes me giggle with excitement.

Sad Eli in snow?

Nah, not sad. Emo Eli: cutting through defenses and wrists like no other.

2 seconds clealry on play clock and Buck says: the officials let them play on"???????????????

Youve got somebody who can take out the first color he sees -Troy Aikman

Sack Dallas and Romo just Sh=t his pants

67 million for that slop

agree on the pink jerseys thing...despite the fact that my site is pink. wear the team colors, bitch.

This is totally hilarious.

Nike Air Force One