Is it a good morning where you are? Sparty is waking up tired and pissed after the Spartans got p’wned at Ford Field. Trey is waking up to a cold walk to work. Mikey is waking up at around 1130 your time….Miz…he’s a little colder than Trey this morning.

It’s December boys and girls…and in addition to the cold weather it also means that we have reached the fourth quarter of the NFL Season. That means Thursday and Saturday games. Tonight, in fact, we get another exciting installment of Thursday Night Football on the NFL Network. The San Diego Chargers are hosting the Oakland Raiders…and the Chargers desperatly need a win to have any hope at making the postseason.

It got me thinking about those teams that would be in the playoffs if the season ended today…thus controlling their own  destiny.I wonder how it will look on Tuesday

NFC Byes: New York Giants & Tampa Bay Buccaneers
NFC Division Winners: Minnesota Vikings & Arizona Cardinals
NFC Wild Cards: Carolina Panthers and Dallas Cowboys

AFC Byes: Tennessee Titans & Pittsburgh Steelers
AFC Division Winners: New York Jets & Denver Broncos
AFC Wild Cards: Indianpolis Colts and Baltimore Ravens

Is this how the playoff picture will be set in four weeks?

Let’s play a little game this morning shall we? Take a look at the next four weeks schedule and predict what this list looks like after Week 17…Ill take your picks and compile them in a “fan poll” for you guys to talk shit to one another with…this will be a nice little practice run as we reset the game once the playoffs start. Just leave your picks in the comments below if you wanna play. Just pick the 12 playoff teams…no need to specify byes, division winners, or wild cards…..just the teams.

The top grab would have to be the story out of New York claiming that Antonio Pierce called the Giants almost immediately after Plax shot himself. Pretty juicy stuff…I wont spoil it for you here. Tiki dimes on Burress too over at Yahoo Sports.

Yeah, I know that you know that Charlie Weis is returning next year. While we all roll our eyes a Notre Dame blogger actually makes a case for keeping Weis.

Barry Melrose is headed back to ESPN as a hockey analyst. I was searching for a link when I came accross this prediction from November 14th of the immenent rehiring of Melrose. Includes slurring / drunk ESPN personalities.

Sean Avery apologized for his “off-color” remarks..I guess I would be sorry too if I got suspended indefinetly…Avery has hearing with Gary Bettman today….hopefully this doesn’t come up.

Minnesota courts are trying to help the Williamses play the remainder of the season by issuing a restrining order. Before you get to excited there Minny fans you may want to check out NFL.com where Greg Aiello was quoted as saying “The NFL Policy on Steroids and Related Substances is a collectively bargained program between the league and the NFL Players Association,” said league spokesman Greg Aiello. “The program and the Collective Bargaining Agreement expressly bar precisely this kind of lawsuit. All of the steroid program’s rules and procedures are established in agreement with the players’ union. In other words, the players have agreed to the rules and the procedures that they are now challenging.” The NFLPA is getting involved too though…on behalf of all of the players….fun to see if the players can actually win one of these

Tommy Tuberville resigned at Auburn…Mike Leach did you get a call about this? Dustin Pedroia gets paid, and Ricky Williams says CFL Fans > NFL Fans….I wonder why Ricky doesn’t get too many kudos from the Phins Phans…..I wonder how Sparty will answer these questions one day soon…

Ill save the NBA News for GITC…but I will ask if you agree with this? Oh and Sam Mitchell was fired…the Rest is up for debate during studs and duds….Enjoy your morning while I am still sleeping.

There are a ton of good links out there right now, but I just can’t get to all of them…tell me what an idiot I am for missing ____________________________ below.

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