So let's get this straight, on a football weekend which Ira Miller of the Chron calls "...the best weekend of the NFL season" we here in the Bay Area get only two football games. The putridly mediocre Raiders vs. Steelers game and the disgustingly apathetic inducing Niners vs Cardinals game. No Titans/Colts. No Eagles/Cowboys. No Dolphins/Pats. Not even Ravens/Bengals.

Which raises two questions-
1)Is the NFL really in some sort of conspiracy to make football fans buy Direct TV as a result of too many lame-ass games put on TV?
2)When do pitchers and catchers report?

And yes, I'm loving the Sox/Yankees Cold War. Anytime you have a sports rivalry in which people are using comparisons to Sparta (the Yanks) vs. Athens (the Sox) is okay by me. I'm just waiting for the fucking Giants to do something. Anything.