Thanksgiving Football

A few notes on yesterday's action:

1) USC is a completely different team with a healthy John David Booty. The Pac-10 got slaughtered by injuries this year, as I think Oregon and USC are two of the nation's best teams, but neither were quite the same without their signal caller. An Oregon loss to UCLA seems likely with Brady Leaf at the helm, which sends USC to the Rose Bowl. Watch out OSU.

2) The Cowboys and Packers are really good. I loved the dynamic of Favre in the early game, Romo in the afternoon, and Manning in the nightcap. Kind of a past, future, present type of thing. It's a shame the Patriots are so good, because their dominance is going to overshadow the fact that there are some really great stories in the NFL this year. The Packers 10-1 start is their best since 1962, and considering its an extremely young team with a QB who nearly retired, incredible.

3) Michael Vick really screwed up the Falcons. That offense just doesn't function without him. It's not really a knock on Leftwich or Harrington, but more that everything the Falcons did in the off-season was made to complement Vick. Petrino was brought in for his offense system, which needs a guy like Vick to work. Don't be shocked if Petrino's name get thrown into the ring for major college jobs (Nebraska, Michigan, etc) as I think he'll hop the first plane out of there if possible.