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So today I went to my 41 Brewer game of 2007, 40th at Miller Park. The pregame ceremonies included practicing watching the 40th Brewer game with headphones the day before (honestly, I'm not really worried if I miss a Badger game), sacrificing a pizza to the football gods Saturday night, discussing various portable tv purchases with TC at 9:30am, calling TC back at 9:31am stating that we are definitely wearing headphones to drown out the Packer score, and then finally walking up to Miller park with headphones on to avoid hearing any of the Packer game on the walk in.

During the game, we had to endure 3 tv's tuned to the Packer game in front of us, the women behind us questioning our headphones and pretty much the overall strategy, the random fan cheering of a ball 3 to Weeks around 3pm, and then a nervous walk back to the car with a game time decision to get a pizza at a gas station to avoid the risk of finding out the score. All and all, we got back and watched the taped Packer game with some idea of what happened, but unsure of the score or outcome. What's better: 421 TD's or 4-0 start? I tell you what, 422TD's and a 4-0 start.

Tim, put a link to the Favre TD database (http://data.jsonline.com/sports/favre/). Also, podcast. Never understood it until today. You can listen to the Doug and OB without the commercials (http://www.670thescore.com/The-Jiffy-Lube-Post-Game-Show/923116). I just listened to the 9/24 broadcast in its entirety, and last 10 minutes is OB's tribute to Brett Favre (its awesome, I highly recommend it).

Oh yeah, the Brewers won too.

If the Playoffs started today. (WEEK 3)

NFC
1.Green Bay (SOV over Dallas)
2.Dallas
3.San Fran (SOV over Caro; div record over Sea)
4.Carolina (Conf record over TB)
5.Tampa Bay (Conf record over Sea, Wash, Det)
6.Seattle (SOV over Wash, Det; H-H win over TB doesn't matter because of 4way tie)

AFC
1.New England (Conf record over Indy, Pitt)
2.Pittsburgh (combined ranking Conf Off/Def over Indy)
3.Indianapolis
4.Denver
5.Tennessee (SOS over Balt; Div record over Jax, Hou)
6.Houston (SOV over Balt; SOV over Jax)

Big Games for Week 4:
Tamp Bay @Carolina
Seattle @San Francisco
Denver @Indianapolis

If the Playoffs started today. (WEEK 2)

NFC
1. San Fran (best conf record)
2. Detroit (division record over GB, SOV over Dal)
3. Dallas (Combined Conf Ranking over Wash)
4. Tampa Bay (division record over Caro)
5. Green Bay (conf record over Wash)
6. Washington

AFC
1.New England (SOV over Pitt, Denv, conf record over Indy)
2.Pittsburgh (SOV over Denv, conf record over Indy)
3.Denver (conf record over Indy)
4.Indianapolis (division record over Hous)
5.Houston
6.Tennessee (SOS over Cleveland, division record over Jax; Cleve/Cin division over Balt; Cleve H-H over Cin; Cleve/Tenn Conf record over SD)

**unofficial**

Common Synonyms

Braun = Awesome
(Prince) Fielder = Phat
Estrada = Slow
Jenkins = Brett Favre Lookalike
Weeks = Fast
Hart = Two Out Base Hit
Sheets = 1. Solid 2.Not Athletic 3. Frequently Disabled by Rare Disorders
Yost = Homer

I'm still working on the list, but you get the idea.

149: Just as Sweet as 1

Next up: 3TD's to Tie, 4 TD's to Break

If the Playoffs started today. (WEEK 1)

Let's keep an eye on this...

NFC
1. Minnesota
2. Carolina
3. San Fran
4. Dallas
5. Seattle
6. Green Bay

AFC
1. Pittsburgh
2. New England*
3. Denver
4. Tennessee
5. Houston
6. Cincinnati

*Pending league investigation into cheating

Tiebreakers Used
division record (dal/wash; sf/sea; ten/hou,indy; den/sd)
conf record (min,gb,sea/wash,det;hou, cin/indy, sd)
Conf Def/Off Rank (min/gb; pitt/cin; all seeding)

Tough luck Colts, Chargers.

The Curse Of Egan

Chris Capuano has been searching for answers. An injury (here seen walking off the field with Rocky Caplinger), loss after loss, demotion to the bullpen, tough luck out of the bullpen all have piled up on the one-time allstar. Whose fault is it? Mostly one person: Egan. His man-crush post of Capuano came in mid-June. Yes, Cappy had been struggling at that point but he was still sporting a 5-5 record with a 4.35 ERA and 1 Home Run. Since then Crappy is 0-7 with a 6.49 ERA and not even one extra base hit.

Can Capuano's season be saved? Is there a chance he could step in for struggling Bush in the final weeks and make a difference and lead the Brewers to a key victory. Our only hope is that the curse can be reversed here.

September All-Stars

Only those within 5 games of playoffs. (NYM, Phillies, Atl, Milw, Chi, StL, AZ, SD, LA, Colo)

1B PRINCE Fielder/Ryan Howard, Albert Pujols
2B Chase Utley/Kelly Johnson
SS Jose Reyes/Jimmy Rollins, JJ Hardy
3B Ryan BRAUN/David Wright, Chipper Jones
OF Matt Holliday, Pat Burrell, Carlos Beltran/Aaron Rowand, Corey HART, Eric Byrnes
C Russ Martin/Brian McCann
SP Jake Peavy, Brad Penny, Brandon Webb, Chris Young, Cole Hamels
RP Takashi Saito, Jose Valverde, Francisco Cordero

The Curse of Schembechler

Associated Press - After the nation has watched the University of Michigan Wolverines lose their last four games since the passing of Bo Schembechler (against Ohio State, USC, Appalachian State & Oregon), stories have been confirmed throughout the Big Ten that Bo Schembechler went to hell when he passed away on November 17, 2006. Schembechler was planning on arriving in heaven upon passing from his mortal life to the one of immortality. Instead, Schembechler has been negotiating with Lucifer to strike a deal to exchange his one way ticket to hell for a ticket to the pearly gates of heaven. The negotiated deal includes a clause that the University of Michigan Wolverines would have to lose a predetermined number of consecutive games to allow Lucifer to win enough money by betting against Michigan in Las Vegas. The potential number of consecutive losses or gross amount of winnings required in the deal were not disclosed at press time.