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Posted: Nov 20, 2009 5:00PM By Will Brinson (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Podcast, NFL
The FanHouse Podcast: Because bloggers are much sexier on the phone.
Daryl Johnston played his entire NFL career with the Dallas Cowboys, and he currently covers the NFC for Fox on Sundays. So who better to talk to about the current state of the NFC and the Cowboys' place in it?
Thanks to the kind folks at MasterCard, FanHouse got a chance get Moose on the horn and we asked him about the Cowboys' decision to go "team-first," whether the NFC West has any redeeming qualities, if the Saints and Colts can really go undefeated, and who he likes in the Super Bowl. And finally (hey, we have to pay bills, too): how you can score your own Dallas Cowboys credit card
Pictures and podcast after the jump.
Posted: Nov 20, 2009 4:00PM By Ryan Wilson (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Current Events, NFL

Under the guise of the United We Serve initiative, President
Barack Obama teamed up with
Drew Brees,
Troy Polamalu and
DeMarcus Ware to school a bunch of kids in tag football on the White House's South Lawn. All in the name of stressing the importance of fitness for America's youth.
Via the
press release: "In support of NFL PLAY 60, all Thanksgiving weekend games will raise awareness of the childhood obesity epidemic and showcase the NFL and its clubs' commitment to help reverse this trend."
Hey, sometimes sedentary, preteen gamers need a little tough love when it comes to actually getting outside long enough to break a sweat. Or maybe I'm overselling it a bit. Slow-motion, NFL Films-inspired video of the 90-second public service announcement after the jump:
Posted: Nov 20, 2009 2:00PM By Ryan Wilson (RSS feed)
Filed Under: NFL

The Jaguars have always had trouble convincing people to attend games in person. Blackouts are a Sunday staple in Jacksonville, and owner Wayne Weaver has taken to throwing tarps over sections of the upper deck, MLS style, to make the stadium look less empty.
A group of local business folks calling themselves Touchdown Jacksonville are working to reinvigorate an apathetic fan base. The short-term plan is to pack the house for the Dec. 17 game against the Colts (they're calling it ...
"Ultimate TEALgate"!), and running back
Maurice Jones-Drew is helping with the recruitment effort. "As a team, we're enjoying the moment, and we want the city to enjoy it with us,"
Jones-Drew said. "If you guys are having a great time, I promise I'll have a great time. I'm going to dance and sing."
Posted: Nov 20, 2009 1:00PM By Will Brinson (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Podcast, NFL
The FanHouse Podcast: Because bloggers are much sexier on the phone.Jerry Rice needs no introduction, but I'll give him one anyway: the guy was a decent NFL wide receiver over his 21-year career, winning multiple Super Bowls and setting a few records en route to becoming
the G.O.A.T.So, when the kind folks at Gillette offered FanHouse the chance to speak with Rice, we jumped at the opportunity. We got his thoughts on the state of the
49ers and
Raiders, and specifically their new rookie wideouts,
Michael Crabtree and
Darius Heyward-Bey.
Talking after the jump.
Posted: Nov 20, 2009 12:00PM By Will Brinson (RSS feed)

You're just gonna have to believe me when I say that I don't normally record
The Today Show. I only managed to stumble onto
Al Roker doing the
Sunday Night Football weather preview because my DVR timed out after taping
The Daily Show from the night before.
It's a long story but just know this: Roker is probably due a drug test. (Warning: Only watch this if you don't worry about suffering from Roker-fueled nightmares all weekend.)
Posted: Nov 20, 2009 11:10AM By Clay Travis (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Georgia, SEC

Uga VII, not surprisingly, the son of Uga VI, succumbed to an unexpected heart illness Thursday. The Bulldog mascot, in just his second year prowling the sideline, was only four years old. Presumably, he is survived by many other dogs given that
Georgia uses lineal descendants to anoint the next mascot. The mascot-less Georgia team will play on Saturday against
Kentucky without their English bulldog on the sideline. In a show of support, the entire team will lick their balls at halftime.
Posted: Nov 20, 2009 11:00AM By Ryan Wilson (RSS feed)
Filed Under: NFL

More proof that
Brett Favre is everywhere: detainees at a Wisconsin National Guard camp in Iraq are invoking his name solely to get a rise out of the Green Bay Packers-supporting soldiers.
Even in war, Favre is a nuisance.
WTMJ reports:
Posted: Nov 20, 2009 10:10AM By Adam Gretz (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Ducks, Lightning, NHL Videos
Anaheim Ducks defenseman
Scott Niedermayer decided to celebrate his team's 4-3 overtime win (in which he scored the game-winning goal) against the
Tampa Bay Lightning by giving his stick to a young girl seated in the front row.
Unfortunately, that's when the lower bowl of the Honda Center turned into the thunderdome and fists started to fly. (Video of the incident after the jump.)
Posted: Nov 19, 2009 11:30PM By B. Thompson Stroud (RSS feed)

For what official press statements are calling "some reason," Major League Baseball has awarded their 2009 National League Cy Young award to Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants. Lincecum is most famous for winning the award last year, and for ...
Posted: Nov 19, 2009 5:45PM By Will Brinson (RSS feed)

Ole Miss Chancellor Dan Jones recently banned the school's fight song "From Dixie With Love" for the remainder of forever, because some students, alumni and fans refused to stop chanting "The South will rise again!" at the end of the song. Reaction ...
Posted: Nov 19, 2009 5:00PM By Ryan Wilson (RSS feed)

You see innovations like the West Coast Offense or the zone blitz, and you're immediately amazed at the genius. That's what separate guys like Bill Walsh and Dick LeBeau from, say, Mike Tice and Eric Mangini. And then there are plays that define a ...
Posted: Nov 19, 2009 4:00PM By Ryan Wilson (RSS feed)

Not sure Jeremy Shockey should be the final arbiter of who's fit to play in the NFL and who isn't, but he took to Twitter to explain to all the football simpletons that LeBron James couldn't cut it. Just in case that wasn't obvious from the outset. ...
Posted: Nov 19, 2009 3:30PM By Will Brinson (RSS feed)

Brooke Hundley, having not spoken outside of Good Morning America since news of her affair with Steve Phillips went public, broke her "media silence" last night. On Facebook of all places. The former ESPN employee apparently answered friend requests ...