Big Football Sunday

Looking forward to over-indulging in some football today.

Steelers and Raiders at 1:00, of course, and this has all the trappings of a "must" game for the Steelers. Win, and they get back on track after the ass-kicking they received from New England last week. Lose, and the season could, not will but could, begin to spin out of control and playoff-less for Rooney U. The Raiders have won three straight and have the NFL's leading rusher to go against a Steelers defense that has been anything but inspiring over the last 3-4 weeks.

I'll call for a Steelers win, but I don't think it will be easy.

The 4:15 game pairs the Colts and the Patriots. Peyton Manning vs. Tom Brady. This one will compel me to devote significant viewing time to a non-Steelers game for the first time this season.

Isn't it funny that even thought the Pats and the Colts play in different divisions, the two teams always seem to play each other every season. You don't think that the TV bigdomes could have the fix in with the NFL schedule makers, do you?

Finally, the Eagles play in the Sunday night NBC game, and while I think I will be pretty much footballed out by the time that one comes on, the performance thus far of Mike Vick would pretty much demand that I watch at least a little bit of this one.

On a final note, please cheer for both the Titans (-7.5) and the Bengals (-5.5) to cover today. It would be worth eighty bucks for The Grandstander should that happen.