Have You Been Drinking? Tony Romo should be

Greetings yet again. Let's get right into the holiday season, as Christmas is literally right around the corner.

UCONN takes out Gonzaga in OT, in a dramatick come-from-behind victory, which featured a buzzard beater from A.J. Price. Question though - UCONN is/was number 2 going into this game, Gonzaga was # 7, correct? UCONN barely beat Gonzaga, and had to rely on a 3 pointer to tie it in regulation as the clock expired, correct? But isn't Duke # 5, and Xavier is # 8, correct? And didn't Duke when 82-64? Either UCONN is seriously over ranked or Xavier didn't belong in the top 10. UCONN had to win the game against Gonzaga, a highly ranked, non conference opponent in late December, but they struggled, and showed the same inconsistency that plagued them all last year. Look for a readjustment of the top 10 in the near future, with UNC remaining in the top slot.

On to the Giants, who are in the middle of a slump likely to extend into the final week of the season. The Giants (11-3) face the Panthers (also 11-3), after two dismal losses to the Eagles and Cowboys. Jacobs is scheduled to start, but look for the Giants to pull him early, and then become the one-dimensional team they appeared to be against Philly and Dallas - Eli trying to force the ball to average receivers. What's going on here? Well, for starters, the Giants Defense is tired coming into the 15th week of the season. Instead of rushing 3 or or 4 men to the ball, against the Cowboys the Giants only brought 2 to the ball carrier, with the rest of the linebackers and secondary hanging back to prevent the big play. Burress is gone, of course, and that takes away the double teams he drew, leaving average receivers like Toomer open to good, one-on-one coverage. And Ward and Bradshaw are not Jacobs, no way. If the Giants can't get the run game established against Carolina, it will be a long, cold night in East Rutherford, and the Giants will be set up to enter the post season with the dreaded "not hot" status.

As for the other New York team? They have an easy opponent in Seattle this weekend. But keep in mind that Gang Green has yet to win on the West Coast this year, and has looked downright awful on the road, with the notable exception in Tennessee earlier this year. Thanks to Dallas again choking in a must win game against the Ravens last night, the Jets now have to win the final two games of the season to make it into the playoffs. A tall order for a team with the history of the New York Jets. Of course, it all depends which Brett shows up - 1 INT or 4 INTs.

Fortunately though, Tony Homo and the Cowboys will likely not be around for the post season. So what happens now in the Big D? Wade Phillips is done if the Cowboys can't make it into the post season, Phillips will not be on the next HBO's "Training Camp." Then you have to start to ask questions about Romo, who is consistently presented as a star of the NFL, which I find baffling. Why? Has he won a playoff game? Does anyone remember the botched hold two years ago. And of course his latest meltdown last night, and recently against the Steelers? Don't get me wrong, at times he has shown signs of brilliance. At other times, when it mattered of course, he has been downright awful. Why is nobody paying attention to the Ravens' amazing performance at the end of the game?