Hi AmSports fans! Not too much doing over here across the pond, but there are a couple of interesting matchups this weekend in AmFoot, should one be interested. First, though, I must congratulate the Post on its birthday celebration... or maybe anniversary is a better term, for it is indeed a TEAM that puts this thing out each week, and I truly appreciate being allowed to be a small part of it, and of h2g2 in general.

Thanks. And sorry I miss deadlines, Shazz¹.

There are three teams with ten wins in the 16-week AmFoot season, but only one of them (the Philadelphia Eagles) has clinched a playoff berth already, so there are many sub-plots yet to be determined. The New England (read Boston) Patriots are the defending Super Bowl champs, and are still playing like it, despite having no 'superstar' players, and they visit the beloved Cleveland Browns this Sunday.

The Brownies are, well, half-baked, somewhat of a gooey mess, and it's their former coach, Bill Belichik heading the Patriots, so I'm sure zillions of bytes will be wasted discussing this early (1 PM EST) matchup. Take the Patriots, give the Browns whatever points.

Now the mid-game (4:15 PM EDT) with Green Bay at Philadelphia is interesting. Check out Bret Favre, the Packers' quarterback. He's starting (as I tripe) tonight in the Monday Night² game and, barring a concussion, will be starting again Sunday, as he has for the last ten-plus years. A definite Hall of Fame player, he'll attempt to assault the Iggles on their home turf, and they ain't got a bad quarterback, either, in the young Donovan McNabb.

The third game I have marked is the Pittsburgh Squealers (ok, they are the Steelers) at the Jacksonville Jaguars in the late game Sunday night. Now, I know only Egon and his insomniacs will be awake for this one, but the 10-1 Squealers and Big Ben Roethlisberger at quarterback are the amazing story I mentioned last week. This 6-5 rookie from Findlay, Ohio is looking to be the Real Deal, and these Squealers MIGHT become the Steel Curtain they were when they won four Super Bowl rings in the 70s.

Serious, Check out the Squealers, the longtime rival of the beloved Cleveland Browns. I have even worn the Squealers' black and gold, as opposed to the Brownies' brown-and-orange. They're THAT good. So far. (Heh-heh-heh. You saw that jinx coming, didn't you?)

And on an extremely local note (Shazz is gonna shoot³ me if I don't finish this fast, I'm WAY over deadline) it is deer-hunting season so I am hoping for a generous portion of venison stew or even a couple of Bambi-burgers.

Happy birthday, Post! This is Vulcan, not Vogon, but 'live long and prosper.'

And on those notes, I'm several, a/k/a random, giggling, over and out.

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¹No problem, several. You're not the only one by far and in illustrious company! ... ed²It was his 200^th consecutive game and he also threw three touchdown passes, marking the eleventh consecutive year he has thrown for 20-plus in his remarkable run.³I'm a pacifist... ed