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Joe Buck Pefers To Call It Multitasking
What they're saying around the blogs about the weekend's NFC playoff games ......

Last Last Final Chance For SHOTY
Five thousand votes separate the the competitors. Voting closes at the end of the AFC game. Can you do any less?...

Pay No Attention To The Berman In The Background
Two top seeds slept for an extra week in their comfy, comfy beds and then promptly got bounced from their Super Bowl dream machine yesterday. How do you feel today Steelers and Giants fans?...

The Buzzsaw That Is The NFC Championship Game
Chuck Klosterman once wrote that the reason soccer was so popular among suburban parents was because the sport allows their coddled, overfed children to run around for two hours without anyone having any idea whether they were playing well or not....

The Buzzsaw Try To Dodge The Mighty Panther Swipe
I just had to bring up the Panther Swipe again. Go here if you missed it yesterday....

Roger Goodell Shows His Everyman Side to Big Lead. Kind Of.
On game day at Soldier Field:"Cold. My beer froze in about 15 minutes. The game was my wife’s suggestion - she grew up a Bears fan. We had a great time.." [The Big Lead]...

Last Weekend For SHOTY Voting
As of this typing, the Bissinger-Mangino SHOTY Title Game is tied....

Howie Long's Kid: Drunk, Busted, Headed To Community College
It was quite a weekend for Kyle Long, son of Howie Long and stud pitching prospect for Florida State. Well, he was a pitching prospect at FSU....

Baby Mangino's Final Push; Bissinger Won't Go Down Without A Slight
If there were any questions about how seriously some are taking SHOTY 2008, look no further than KAKE, an ABC affiliate in Kansas, which devoted an entire segment to Baby Mangino's "championship" run....

In Case You've Forgotten, The Giants Play The Eagles This Weekend
So Giants fans pretty much have their panties in a bunch this week over this SI cover ... "Hey, we're the champs!" I'm ready for the game to start now. [Big Blue View]...

One Final Olympics Retrospective, If We May (With NSFW Jumpness)
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap....

This Woman's Baseball Card Collection Is Better Than Yours
Here is Fresno resident Bernice Gallego, who was rummaging through an old box one day and found a rather unique baseball card. How unique? Well ......

Report Says Bulldogs Backfield Going Pro
Georgia's Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno are good—but not good enough to go No. 1 to the Lions—so they both feel confident enough to declare for the NFL Draft. [ESPN]...

Rey Maualuga Apologizes For Impromptu Rumpy-Pump of America's Sideline Princess
"Rey both e-mailed and spoke to Erin and apologized to her. He realized he made a mistake and used poor judgment. He deeply regrets his actions". EA? Mum. [LAT] [via Smackcaster]...

Drew Brees Wins Offensive Player Of The Year
Good things happen when you have a mole removed. [SI]...

Yes, That's Pitt Atop The Polls
For the first time in the school's history, the Pittsburgh Panthers have the number one basketball program in the nation. Iron Cities for everybody. [SI]...

SHOTY Title Game: Buzz Bissinger Vs. Baby Mangino
We have reached the SHOTY Final. It's probably the one we should have expected all along....

Slamming Through, Don't F With Silverback
Pittsburgh Steelers' linebacking lunatic wins the AP Defensive Player of the Year Award. [PSAMP]...

Introducing The Big Dog In The Big East
You remember Pitt, the team that's always just good enough to screw up your NCAA tournament bracket. They're back again, today throttling Georgetown and its chulo del pañal, Greg Monroe, to go to 14-0....

The City Of Phoenix Would Like To Personally Thank Will Leitch
Cardinals finally sell their last playoff tickets. Buzzsaw fans will now get to watch the game from the comfort of their own home. [NYT]...