At least, right now, they are. The 1-7 Dallas Cowboys had a great first half against the New York Giatns under new head coach Jason Garrett, hired on Monday to replace the fired Wade Phillips. The 'Boys are without starting QB Tony Romo and a host of defensive players, but, behind some big stops and a key interception (101 yard return for TD by Brian McCann), they put a hurtin' on the incoming 6-2 Giants. And, turns out, just over a minute into the second half, backup quarterback Jon Kitna hit Felix Jones for a 71-yard touchdown pass, making it 26-6. The Giants came in riding the red-hot arm of Eli Manning, and a five-game win streak. That all looks like a distant memory now.
On Thursday, the then-#1 ranked Baltimore Ravens coughed up a game to the Atlanta Falcons, scoring a touchdown with just over a minute to go, then failing to play enough defense to keep Atlanta out of the end zone. Atlanta won, 26-21.
Today, other scores include:
Buffalo got its first win of the season after an 0-8 start by beating Detroit 14-12
The Bears beat up the Minnesota Vikings, 27-13
The New York Jets got a 37-yard TD pass from Mark Sanchez to Santonio Holmes with 16 seconds left in overtime to beat the Cleveland Browns, 26-20, in Cleveland. The Browns shocked the New England Patriots with a big win last week, and beat the New Orleans Saints the week before.
Peyton Manning failed to throw a touchdown pass, but the Colts still beat the collapsing Cincinnati Bengals, 23-17
The Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Houston Texans, 31-24, on a shocker of a 50-yd TD pass from QB David Garard on a play that started with 3 seconds left on the clock. Garard took a step, waited, took another step, then threw a bomb from the 50-yard line. At the goal line, the ball was smacked with both hands by Houston defensive back Glover Quinn, and the ball hit charging Jaguars receiver Mike Thomas in the chest. The ball bounced off his chest, his trapped it against his thigh, then snuck across the goal line for a touchdown. They're calling it a Hail Mary.
The Miami Dolphins clocked the Tennessee Titans (Randy Moss' new home), 29-17, and the Bucs beat the Carolina Panthers, 31-16.
Those are all the games that have been completed so far. More scores will come later.
Yesterday, in college football, top-ranked teams Oregon (#1), Auburn (#2), and TCU (then-#3) all spent a chunk of their games searching for their identities before finally pulling out wins. Oregon beat California 15-13, which will likely set aside all talk that theirs might be the best offense in college football history. Auburn beat SEC rival Georgia 49-31 amidst allegations that QB and Heisman hopeful Cam Newton might have been paid, or been assisted, in coming to Auburn to play football. And the TCU Horned Frogs crept past San Diego State, 40-35, in their least satisfactory performance of the season, and one that nearly proved costly. Boise State crept even closer to TCU in the rankings this week (TCU still holds the #3 spot), after hammering Idaho 47-7. Worse, for TCU, Utah, whom they beat last week in a matchup of then-undefeated teams, was crushed by Notre Dame, 28-3, putting a major dent in their strength-of-schedule argument.
The rest of the BCS Top Ten includes: 5) LSU (which murdered LA-Monroe, 51-0)
6) Stanford (which snuck by Arizona State, 17-13)
7) Wisconsin (which slaughtered Indiana, 83-20)
9) Nebraska (beat Kansas 20-3)
9) Ohio State (beat Penn State, 38-14)
and 10) Oklahoma State (beat Texas 33-16)
I'm going to try to write an in-depth piece on tonight's big NFL matchup, the New England Patriots versus the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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