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Cowboys quarterback Drew Bledsoe was named the NFC Offensive Player of the week yesterday for his performance against the Chargers.&#160 He’s the first Cowboy quarterback to win the award since Quincy Carter a couple years ago.

Let’s hope Bledsoe hangs around a bit longer than did Q-Car. (snicker)

Further demonstrating my point that I’m right in referring to The World’s Greatest Quarterback Ever In The History Of Ever, Ever&#153 as “Donna”, the National Football League fined Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Chad Lavalais $7,500 for applying a helmet to the chest area of McJerkface.

Po’ widdle baby Donna.&#160 Memo to the NFL:&#160 Football is a contact sport.&#160 Put a dress on Donna if you don’t want defenders to breathe on him.

On to this week’s PFW.&#160 My Arlington Heights Yellow Jackets have their first “home” game (if you can call it that) tonight at 7:00 vs. the Saginaw (TX) Boswell Pioneers.&#160 Hard to handicap this game – Boswell handled Heights last year, 7-20, but the Jackets mauled the Pioneers the year before, 29-7, so I dunno.&#160 Could be a home-field advantage type thing, which would seem to favor the good guys this year.&#160 We’ll see.

Also tonight the Utah Utes come to Fort Worth to hand the TCU Horned Frogs and their in-over-his-head coach, Gary Patterson, their collective asses on a platter.

I’m calling for Utah in a squash.&#160 Please.&#160 The sooner we get Patterson out of here, the better for the program.

Oklahoma University finally gets an idea of what kind of season it’s gonna be Saturday, when it travels to Californication to take on the Bruins of UCLA.

Given what’s happened the last two weeks, I fear the worst.

LSU is off this week.

Monday night, the Dallas Cowboys take on the Washington Redskins in the home opener at Texas Stadium. Dallas has won 13 of the last 14 against the ‘Skins, so you’d think that Washington is due.

Not this week, though.&#160 You’d expect a TCU-type letdown after such a big win last week – but Bill Parcells is not&#160 Gary Patterson.&#160 Plus, the ‘Boys are at home against a team that struggled to put up nine points against (snicker) Chicago.&#160 Look for Dallas to win comfortably.

And we have a bonus game on which your humble reporter will keep tabs.&#160 The World’s Greatest College Football Team Ever In The History Of Ever, Ever&#153 (at least, if you ask them), SMUT, will travel to College Station this week to take on Dennis “The Mercenary” Franchione and the Texas A&M Aggies.

Normally, this is a game where I wouldn’t care who won, so long as both teams kicked the shit out of each other.

But I’m in the unusual position of having to pull for&#160 a team I hate with a passion – that is to say, any team that Franchione coaches.&#160 I want A&M to kick SMU’s ass up the field and right back down, just to prove to them that they’re not&#160 all that and a bag of chips.&#160 And I think I’ve got a good shot at seeing that happen Saturday.

As usual, feel free to talk about your teams.&#160 (Except for you, “Dr Pepper” or whatever your name is, wanker.&#160 You’re gonna continue to be my bitch. (chortle))

Back for the recap Tuesday.