Terrell Owens as Tito Jackson as Tyler Hansbrough

Peyton Out, Eli In

Eli Manning and the New York Giants have advanced to the NFC Championship with a 21-17 victory in Dallas today.

Manning had a QB rating over 117.1 for the third straight game. He has eight touchdown passes and one interception in his last three outings. Amani Toomer reeled in two TD receptions, including a 52-yard catch-and-run on the game's opening drive.

New York will travel to Green Bay to face the second-seed Packers next Sunday. The Giants have won their past three conference championship game appearances (2001, 1991, 1987). The Packers have won their last two NFC title games (1996 & 1997).

Ryan Maloney

Pat Morgan Recaps Week 2

Patriots 38, Chargers 14
Despite the cheating, the Pats are the best team in football. The Chargers on the other hand should be embarrassed for hiring Norv Turner. With the talent that team has in place, don't you think they could have hired basically anyone? Stunning.

Texans 34, Panthers 21
Wow! I thought the Texans would make this a closer game than people thought, but Matt Schaub and the Texans played great after an awful start to the game. Maybe, finally, the Texans can push for a playoff spot. The Panthers on the other hand, are a weird team to ponder. Don't take them in any knockout pool, you'll get burned. They also play much better on the road.

Browns 51, Bengals 45
These two teams like to score big on each other. The Bengals aren't going anywhere with that defense. Former Cavs and Blazers' Guard, Derek Anderson will be a hot fantasy pickup this week, and will put the Brady Quinn watch on hold. And bye bye half of the elimination league.

Packers 35, Giants 13
Brett Favre looked like mid-90s Favre, well thanks to the Giants' D. How did the Giants defense become so suddenly dreadful. 80 points allowed in 2 games, OUCH! Packers' D very much improved, but do they have enough on offense to make a run? I think had the Oswego field hockey team not won their first game, WNYO Sports Director, Ryan Maloney might have killed someone.

Lions 20, Vikings 17/OT
Jackson 4 picks the story. Otherwise the Vikings win. Lions 2-0 is more shocking than Houston 2-0. Give John Kitna the courage award (or retard award) for playing the fourth and OT with a concussion.

Steelers 26, Bills 3
Going to be a long year in Buffalo. Pittsburgh impressive again on defense. Roethlisberger off to a good start after a poor '06 for obvious reasons.

Jaguars 13, Falcons 7
Joey Harrington vs. Jags' D, Enough said!

Ravens 20, Jets 13
Kellen Clemens' comeback attempt fails on two dropped TD passes by Justin McCareins. Haven't the Jets seen enough of him. Good effort from Kyle Boller, but thanks to the lack of a Jets pass rush it could have been me back there and I'd be able to make plays.

Cowboys 37, Dolphins 20
Trent Green 4 picks kept this game from being close. Dallas offense off to a really good start. Hung over from botched PAT in playoffs Romo? Nope.

Colts 22, Titans 20
Titans ran out of time on final drive. Colts in control most of the way. Defense not as good as last week, but good enough with Peyton tossing 300+ yards. Sorry Kige.

Bears 20, Chiefs 10
Kansas City has no offense, actually surprised they scored 10. Figured this was a big game for Grossman, and he played lousy again. Prediction: Donovan McNabb is the Bears' QB next season.

Broncos 23, Raiders 20/OT
Shanahan's TO saves the Broncos from a huge upset. Oakland's D played really well in the 2nd half, and LaMont Jordan is off to a tremendous start. Cutler played well at times and like a rookie at others. Thank you for Travis Henry for making this an elimination pool survival game. Phew! And hey, there's 9 little TH's running around this world.

Buccaneers 31, Saints 14
Absolute shocker. Saints still hungover from Indy opener. Luckily for them, Panthers lost an awful game, and the Falcons and Bucs reside in this division. So no need for panic, but very discouraging.

Cardinals 23, Seahawks 20
Not really an upset as people picked it to be. Arizona is not a bad (well Cardinal bad) team anymore. Could be 2-0. Seahawks need to learn how to beat their division foes again if they want to win the NFC West.

49ers 17, Rams 16
Frank Gore the feel good story. Loses his mom this week, and scores 2 TDs. Loss all but buries Rams in NFC West. Schedule was favorable first two weeks and they went 0-2.

Redskins 20, Eagles 12
Huge win for the Skins, that opens up the NFC East for anyone (minus the G-men). McNabb is clearly rusty after missing most of last season and this pre-season. To his defense though, the Skins and Pack have much improved defenses. Anyone else surprised Joe Gibbs is still coaching?

Performance of the Week:
Brett Favre; Wins his 149th career game, breaking John Elway's record. Thanks to the Giants' defense, Favre looked like vintage 1990s Favre, and not present day interception happy Favre. That record will fall next week against San Diego.

Goat of the Week:
Tie: Cincy defense & Norv Turner; Cincy's defense continues to be really, really bad if they don't get bailed out with turnovers. They easily would have lost to Baltimore if they hadn't coughed it up 6 times (Ravens still had chance to tie). 51 points to Cleveland? Good lord, we'll see if the Browns match that total the rest of the season! Good over/under for Vegas.

As far as Turner, the Chargers have played very poorly in their first two games. They could have lost to the Bears if a poor punt didn't turn out lucky by hitting a Bears' blocker in the leg. They'll win the west and get somewhere in the playoffs, but this team is

suppose to win a Super Bowl with talent superseding NE and Indy, but they won't beat either. Will be confused by that hiring for years to come. Heck, he was the Raiders' coach 2 years ago. How'd that turn out? Some where Marty Schottenheimer is smiling.

I was tempted to go with Justin McCareins... that bum!

Doesn't it kind of feel like the mid-90s? Cowboys, Packers, and 49ers all 2-0, and O.J. Simpson is back in jail.

Pat Morgan

Injuries Plague Giants in Opener

Plaxico Burress and Eli Manning looked like Marvin Harrison and Peyton Manning Sunday night, hooking up for three scores. Manning threw for 314 yards and four scores, but it wasn't enough as Tony Romo also threw for four TDs and ran for another as the Cowboys won 45-35 over the Giants.

The injury bug bit the Giants hard as Osi Umenyiora, Brandon Jacobs, Eli Manning and Sean Dockery were all knocked out of the contest. A team doctor was be seen checking on Manning's right shoulder during the fourth quarter. Manning played through the pain and threw a touchdown to Burress before being slammed to the ground furing an unsuccessful two-point conversion attempt. Jared Lorenzen replaced Manning on the next drive and finished out the game.

Jacobs took a hit that caused his right knee to bend awkwardly early in the game. He sat the entire second half with official word of the injury to come later.

Umenyiora also left with a knee injury. His injury was officially listed as a sprain with more tests pending.

Quote of the Night: "Doesn't it seem, that over the past few years, Flozell Adams leads the world in false starts?"
-John Madden

Ryan Maloney

"Hey Coach, What Just Fell Outta Yer Ass?"

Wade Wilson, former NFL QB and current Dallas Cowboy QB coach, has been suspended for 5 games by the NFL after admitting he received illegal substances while a coach with the Chicago Bears. Wilson did not reveal the name of the substance, but stated that it was helping him with his diabetes. Wilson's suspension, along with that of Patriots safety Rodney Harrison, stems from an investigation into an Internet drug ring by the Albany, NY D.A.'s office.

So far, the investigation's greatest impact has been felt by World Wrestling Entertainment, who recently suspended 10 wrestlers due to evidence turned up by the Albany office.

Good Lord! Ravens' D Was Off Tonight

The bar has been set you Dallas Cowboys! You had better average more points than the baseball team in town!

This is the same Texas Rangers team that was no-hit by Mark Buehrle earlier in the season. No, wait, that team had Mark Teixeria. No matter how many games MLB ends up playing, you will always see something you've never seen before.

The Rangers ended up scoring a mere 9 runs in the 2nd game of the doubleheader to drop their run average on the day to 19.5. Think the Baltimore Orioles are second guessing giving Dave Trembley that extension? You'd think Bud Selig would have called Camden Yards and imposed a 25-run mercy rule. Guess it was possible the O-Birds could have hit 7 grand slams in the bottom of the 9th.

I was kind of disappointed though, I thought the O's would put one of their position players in to pitch once it got crazy. Remember Mark Grace coming in for the D-Backs when they trailed 17-0 to the Dodgers a few years back. Grace only gave up two more runs, so, really, he did better than the actual pitchers. Maybe Trembley was afraid if he did that, the Rangers may have scored 50.

Anyway, I was pretty sure I didn't smoke anything today, but I was quite confused when I saw that score. Maybe someone injected something into me on the bus today? Wait, I don't take the bus. Well, maybe that waitress dropped something in my Dr. Pepper? Wait, I didn't eat out. I must be smoking up in my sleep! No other explanation. Oh well, that score is insane!

Pat Morgan (I think)