Bankroll bonanza

A few notes from today's game while I help Ty Law look for his jock after that move LaDanian Tomlinson put on him...

I could have 8 tvs in my house, a half dozen active players from my fantasy team going, the 'entertainment' from the Lake Cruise on the sidelines, plus a bill on the game, and I still wouldn't be able to watch the Lions/Vikings matchup. I wonder if it's too late for Harrington to use the old Testeverde excuse and say that he's color blind?

The length of Panthers' games could be cut in half if the league would just let John Fox announce "handoff to Stephen Davis," upon which the refs would advance the ball 3 yards and take 40 seconds off the clock.

You're never out of the game as long as Quentin Jammer is the "shut down" corner on the opposing team.

Does anyone still think that Brian Billick is an offensive genius? Aside from Billick himself, that is. I know that asking him to direct a high powered offense with his collection of QBs is kind of like asking Peter Jackson to direct an Oscar winning movie with a bunch of porn actors, but at least Jackson would put some excitement on the screen. If you're at a Ravens game and the team falls behind by more than a touchdown, you have two options: either move to a seat with a good view of the cheerleaders, or head to the parking lot and try to beat traffic.

How have the Seahawks not signed Shaun Alexander to an extension yet? Don't they realize they have one of the 3 best runningbacks in the league on their team? Wouldn't it be a good idea to keep a guy like that around?

Eli Manning didn't throw a single good pass the entire game, but Shockey, Burress, and Toomer all made amazing catches to save his ass (not to mention my bets). Nice job by Coughlin on 4th down to call the play action pass after previously having run into what looked like a 10 man front on an earlier 4th down play. The Giants have officially surrendered "sleeper" status and are now my pick to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl.

Nice job by the Eagles for saying FU to TO this morning by signing Brian Westbrook to an extension.

Not so nice job by me cutting Reggie Brown a few weeks ago. But hey, at least I have Mark Boerigter.

Finally, there's no better feeling in the gambling world than to have 4 of 5 teams covered in a parlay and the only way you can lose is if Kurt Warner leads a 4th qtr comeback in the 5th game...

Gambling recap: The Perfect Day! Hit the 5 team parlay plus I bet the 3 picks I'd posted individually yesterday. +$500 on the day. Now I just have to keep myself from blowing it in hoops again this week. (still shellshocked by the spurs performance).