It's that time of the year friends. Yes, the time when you see a Fantasy ad just about every five seconds on TV and the Internet. While NFL's "Fantasy Files" continue to lead the pack, there are others that go by undetected. Kind of like this random online ad from CBS' Bill Cowher, in which he plays a Keytar rather well....

There are a total of four Cowher spots, and while the others don't feature rockin' synethesized music, they're all pretty funny. Check them out below.

This just completely threw me for a loop yesterday. I knew Gus Johnson had done some coverage for Women's College Basketball (which he did Saturday) but now CBS has Bill Cowher working overtime and providing insight for the Sport...

There's nothing really wrong with using him for extra coverage considering his wife was a professional BBall player and his daughter plays for Princeton, but the timing was pretty odd. This clip aired about 5 minutes before the NFL Today Pregame Show.

Cowher wasn't on set at first so the group had Charlie Casserly there to fill in. By the time he was on camera CBS had the rare and pointless 6-man desk. They couldn't even move their arms.

This seems like the best idea a Pregame Show has come up with, and while I know it's been done before it hasn't been done to this degree. Bill Cowher plans to gameplan both the Offense and Defense for his ex-team the Pittsburgh Steelers this Sunday on NFL Today.

Cowher will take the team he coached just a year ago and dissect and plan exactly how the Steelers can beat the Patriots. This should provide us Football nerds with a great inside look at how coaches prepare from game to game. Also, Bill's Steelers were the ones who stopped New England's 21 wins in a row in 2004....Mike Tomlin should probably take notes.

When Mondesi's House first emailed this to me I thought I would open the story and see that Bill was a replacement on Dancing With The Stars. I just picture him spitting all over a beautiful Latin Woman (Latina?) while doing the can-can. But alas, no such luck.

He is howevah, going to be driving a sports car....which could lead to crashes....which could lead to anger....which could lead to spitting. We can only hope.

He apparently prefers left turns, 150-mph speeds and a new-fangled, ABC summertime series called "Fast Cars and Superstars: Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race," and we're not making that up.

Barely two months off the Steelers' job, this 15-year head coach and soon-to-be CBS studio analyst went out last week and filmed seven made-for-reality-TV episodes that required him to dress in a blue racing uniform, squeeze into a stock car and vroom-vroom around Lowe's Motor Speedway near Charlotte, N.C.

It's a NASCAR reality show, and will air on ABC. I wonder how the folks at CBS feel about him jumping to another station? Hopefully the NFL Today Analyst doesn't pull a Roethlisberger and not wear a helmet.

CowheReality (Mondesi's House)
Cowher Rides onto Reality Show (Post-Gazette)

This just in.....Bill Cowher will be a part of the NFL Today Pregame Show for CBS in 2007.

Cowher sent mixed signals as to how long he plans to stay away from coaching. Initially, he said, "It's an opportunity to stay busy on Sundays and it may go beyond this year." Later in the call, he said, "I'm planning on doing this for a couple of years." However, he would not officially commit to appearing beyond one season, saying, "It's an opportunity to remain a part of the NFL, and it may go a lot longer than that."

CBS will add Cowher to the show without any of the other analysts leaving -- Dan Marino, Shannon Sharpe and Boomer Esiason will return, as will host James Brown and former NFL general manager Charlie Casserly.

I can only hope that Bettis and him start a feud between CBS and NBC.

P.S.- Nice sweater Bill. CBS' wardrobe crew has their work cut out for them.

Steeled For A Change (CBS Sportsline)