A return fitting for a superstar.

You read it, after missing the last three games of the 2008-09 NFL football season, Tony Romo will be making his return to the Cowboys lineup, taking over for veteran Brad Johnson who has only been able to lead the team to a 1-2 stand that dropped them dead least in the NFC East.

And since Tony Romo is one of the league’s brightest young superstars, he probably felt that it was only right for him to make his return on primetime, Sunday Night Football, when they resume one of the better rivalries in football with the Washington Redskins.

Talk about being a fan for the dramatic huh? The question now is, will Romo be able to lead the Dallas Cowboys to a win over one of the hottest teams in the league today.

At 6-3, the Washington Redskins have really put it together since handing this Dallas team its first loss of the season back in Week 4. They are right behind the defending Super Bowl champions Giants for the NFC East lead and as long as that West Coast offense continues to work, the sky’s the limit for this team from the nation’s capital.

For what it’s worth, Romo is confident that his broken pinkie won’t be an issue for this huge Sunday Night Football game. ‘’It’s getting better,'’ Tony Romo said. ‘’Every day it gets a little better and I’m confident that I’ll feel pretty good for the…'’

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Week 12 in college football continues.

You read it, the 12th week of the 2008 NCAA college football season continues this weekend with a whole bunch of good games beginning with the No.1 team of the nation, Alabama.

The Alabama Crimson Tide look to remain perfect and on track for a spot in the BCS title game while trying to avoid a third consecutive loss to visiting Mississippi State Bulldogs this Saturday. A season after finishing 7-6 and second-to-last in the SEC West Division, Alabama (10-0, 6-0) clinched its first division title since 1999 with an emotional 27-21 overtime victory at LSU last Saturday. The win kept the Tide atop the national rankings and BCS standings, ahead of fellow unbeaten Texas Tech.

Alabama will try to avenge losses to Mississippi State (3-6, 1-4) and struggling Auburn, both at home, before facing Florida in the SEC title game Dec.6 in Atlanta. Alabama lost 17-12 at Mississippi State last season after falling 24-16 at home to the Bulldogs in 2006. The Tide has not scored an offensive touchdown in its last three meetings with the Bulldogs, including a 17-0 victory in 2005.

I have a feeling things will be a little different come gameday.

The fourth-ranked Texas Longhorns look to improve their chances of competing for the conference title when they visit the struggling Kansas Jayhawks next. Three straight wins over teams ranked No.11 or better gave Texas (9-1, 5-1) control of its own destiny at the end of October. However, a…

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Week 10 is already here and we’re probably expecting this weekend to shatter these rankings again.

But until then, these are the teams on top of the mountain at this point of the 2008 NCAA college football season. The second half of the college football year has already begun and positioning is as important as ever with the BCS Bowl Games in January just around the corner.

The Texas Longhorns stay atop of the BCS rankings after nine weeks. However, staying undefeated won’t be easy for Texas, which plays at Texas Tech on Saturday, but if Colt McCoy and the rest of the crew manage to, a trip to Miami for the Jan.8 title game will be theirs.

They are closely followed by the Alabama Crimson Tide, who are also undefeated with an 8-0 mark. However, they are being overshadowed by the fact that the Penn State Nittany Lions have now joined in on the fray after their big win at Ohio State.

The top two teams in the final BCS standings will play for the national title and with the rise of the Penn State Nittany Lions, nothing is certain just yet. Besides, we still have eight weeks to go for that anyway.

After a week off, Penn State plays at Iowa (5-3) and finishes the season with home games against Indiana (3-5) and…

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There has to be something with the wind at Wembley Stadium alright that made Drew Brees be that good against the Chargers.

In what was the first game of the 2008-09 NFL football season held at Wembley Stadium, Drew Brees made sure that his Saints wouldn’t regret giving up a home game to play in England last Sunday. After the incredible performance the Saints quarterback came up with, it didn’t matter whether they were home in New Orleans or in London, as long as they got the win to put their team at the .500 mark coming to their bye week.

And yes, Drew Brees sure was on fire behind his center in England, completing 30 of 41 attempts to have 339 yards and three touchdowns. He was perfect, committing no fumbles or interceptions whatsoever while his offensive line gave him all kinds of time inside the pocket, giving up ZERO sacks to the opposing defense.

Of course, the New Orleans Saints won, 37-32 and since Drew Brees was playing his former team, the same team that traded him away after spending five years in San Diego, everybody knew he will have a game like this.

For what it’s worth, Brees’ replacement, if you will, was not that bad as well. San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers went for 341 yards while also coming up with three touchdowns. Rivers and Brees were the top two ranked quarterbacks in the league coming into this game and unfortunately for the young Chargers field general, Wembley Stadium had the BREES blowing just right.

Perhaps Brees was still a little pissed about…

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5-0. Yes, the Pats WERE 5-0 at this point of the season last year.

But after the injury to franchise quarterback Tom Brady, not to mention all sorts of stuff happening with New England’s running backs these days, the Patriots are no longer the team to beat in the NFL. What they are this 2008-09 NFL football season is a 3-2 team struggling to keep up with the rest of the AFC East, falling behind to… get this… the Bills.

Yes, the New England Patriots went from dominant to dominated as teams like the Miami Dolphins (for crying out loud…) and the San Diego Chargers beat this Patriots team in two of the last three weeks.

The Pats have the Denver Broncos next this Monday. The Broncos are off to one of their best starts in franchise history, thanks to their young quarterback Jay Cutler, who is quickly becoming one of the better quarterbacks in the game already. Are the Patriots ready for this?

It’s ON and these two teams will lock horns in what could be another interesting face-off on Monday Night Football.

For what it’s worth, the rest of the Patriots KNOW Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler will go to the air. We all saw how…

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We have more college football games for you to bet on this Saturday.

That’s right, Week 7 of the 2008 NCAA college football season continues and while that game between Oklahoma and Texas certainly steals the show, these other games for Saturday just might be worth your while as well.

This Saturday, we have a big game between No.3 Missouri Tigers and No.17 Oklahoma State Cowboys. The Cowboys are looking for some respect this season, the same respect their state rivals already have. A win against the No.3 team in the nation should give them just that.

The Oklahoma State Cowboys are looking for their first win against a top five opponent since 2002. Having won five games in a row, they are also looking for only their second 6-0 start since World War II.

However, it’s ironic that they find themselves in a game against Missouri because the last time the Cowboys started 6-0, the streak ended with a 51-50 shootout loss to Missouri in Stillwater. Will the Cowboys suffer a similar fate? There’s only one way to find out.

Next, we have the USC Trojans, looking to get back on top despite a hurting Mark Sanchez. They have the Arizona State Sun Devils next and they know a win this Saturday is very vital to…

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And all it took for the Steelers to turn this one around was 15 seconds.

The Steelers were on the verge of losing for only the second time this 2008-09 NFL football season. They were down 13-3 at the end of the first half, failing to put anything else on the board after scoring the first points of the game early in the first quarter with a 49-yard field goal from Jeff Reed.

Luckily for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the game will end the way it started, with Jeff Reed. But before Reed’s game-winning field goal, the Steelers had to turn this one around first and give their kicker a chance to win it for them.

The Baltimore Ravens were holding a commanding 13-3 lead to start the second half. After Santonio Holmes cut into that lead, coming up with a 38-yard touchdown play with Ben Roethlisberger to help Pittsburgh close in, 13-10, with 4:09 remaining in the third, the Ravens had no idea that they will ultimately relinquish their lead 15 seconds later.

Starting from Ravens territory, Baltimore’s undrafted rookie quarterback Joe Flacco fumbled the football. It was then recovered by Pittsburgh’s Lamarr Woodley for a 7-yard…

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Upsets and more upsets, that was the theme in Week 5.

And after the fifth week of the 2008 NCAA college football season concluded, we have a new team on top of the BCS rankings. Of course, after the Trojans, then ranked No.1 overall, shockingly lost to Oregon State last week, this was expected.

And this time, we have the Oklahoma Sooners on top of the BCS food chain after five weeks on the college gridiron.

Oklahoma, one of the hottest team in college football at this point of the season, continues to dominate opponents, beating them by an average of at least 25 points per game. And just like any other season in college football, the Sooners have Oklahoma thinking of getting a crack at the 2009 BCS national title come January.

The Sooners destroyed 24th seed TCU Horned Frogs 35-10 last week to become the number one team in the nation, overtaking the USC Trojans, but since we’re in for another wild season in college football, I won’t be expecting these guys to remain that long at No.1.

AP Top 25 and USA Today Poll have different teams on the second spot. AP polls have the Alabama Crimson Tide behind the…

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Isn’t it ironic that the high-flying Eagles just might be grounded with the loss of their ground game?

2-1. That’s where the Philadelphia Eagles are after three weeks into the 2008-09 NFL football season. They’re playing some of the best football ever seen from Philly since the days when Terrell Owens was still catching footballs from Donovan McNabb.

And although Donovan McNabb, finally healthy again, is the obvious reason why the Eagles have been this good so far this year, their consistent ground game has been a key as well, tightening up the other teams’ defense to let McNabb send some cannons towards that wide open field.

The Philadelphia Eagles are fortunate to have Brian Westbrook perfectly compliment the team’s passing game by coming up with one of the best performances on the ground by a runningback this season every single week.

Of course, it was bad news for the Eagles when they learned that Brian Westbrook suffered an ankle injury in their win over the Steelers last Sunday. The ground game is the base of any offense that allows quarterbacks to send that ball downfield while everybody’s crowded in front of the center and with Philly’s Westbrook slowing down…

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Yep, we have the first BIG BIG BIG game of the season.

Arguably two of the top programs in college football history collide in Week 3 of the 2008 NCAA college football season as the Ohio State Buckeyes visit the USC Trojans on Saturday.

The Ohio State Buckeyes are on a roll, starting the season with a clean 2-0 slate, beating Ohio 26-14 after stomping on Youngstown State 43-0. They come to Trojans’ territory gunning for a third straight win, looking to prove that they still are the team to beat on the college gridiron.

The only area of concern for the visiting Buckeyes is the status of tailback Chris ‘’Beanie'’ Wells who was sidelined with an injured foot in their last game. Wells ran for 115 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries in a season-opening 43-0 win over Youngstown State before getting hurt against Ohio.

He was ninth in the nation last season with 1,609 rushing yards.

STILL, Buckeyes head coach Jim Tressel said he expects Wells will be able to play. The junior told Tressel that he’s…

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