NFL Week 8 Is Over

NFL week 8 is officially over, and it ended in great fashion last night with a 19-13 victory for the Green Bay Packers over the Denver Broncos at Invesco Field.

Trailing 13-10 in the fourth quarter, Denver QB Jay Cutler led the Denver Broncos down the field to set up a Jason Elam 21-yard field goal as time expired to tie the game.

The bad part for the Broncos was that the Packers won the coin toss giving Green Bay's future Hall of Famer QB Brett Favre a chance to shine once again.

Favre connected on an 82-yard touchdown with Greg Jennings on the first offensive play of overtime to take the game. Vintage and current Favre all in one package. Any questions about his arm strength were obviously shut up as he also hit James Jones on a deep throw in the first half.

Favre now has 18 Monday night football wins in his career and helped the Packers move to 6-1 on the season.

I am not even mad that the Packers won (I had the Broncos winning this one), because it was a great game, and an excellent way to end week 8.

Favre is so fun to watch it is hard not to root for the 38-year-old.

The only disappointment on the night was the celebrity guest in the booth with the ESPN announcers. I am usually not a fan of the segment, but was especially excited that Vince Vaughn would be joining the crew.

I was disappointed because the game was so good, and the announcers were so into it, that Vaughn was only asked a few questions. He probably talked for a total of 30 seconds in the time he was in the booth.

Oh well, I guess I will have to watch Swingers and Made this morning to make up for it.

Week 8 record: 10-3
Overall record (started in week 3): 51-33

UCLA Bruins football, way to continue your consistency of winning a big game one week, and flopping against an inferior opponent the next week.

November 4 is this Sunday.

Roll It Up, Light It Up

Denver Broncos starting running back, Travis Henry, may face a one-year suspension after failing a drug test. Henry must have known that he was going to fail the test, because he tried to get a restraining order to stop the league from using the results.

Henry may be suspended one year if he failed a test before October 1 based on a previous violation of the drug policy. He currently holds the league lead in rushing yards.

This is good news for my division in fantasy football because the first place team has Henry as the starting running back. My Ronnie Brown pick in the first round is not looking so bad, eh?

In other drug violation news... Marion Jones has admitted to using steroids before the 2000 Olympics in a letter to close friends and family. She will plead guilty to two counts of lying to federal agents on Friday.

She claims to have been under the knowledge that the "clear" was actually flaxseed oil given to her from her coach.

How could she not realize that she was using performance-enhancing drugs until three years later? I just do not get how athletes, who achieve to have the perfect body, do not question what they are putting into their bodies.

She may have to give up her five medals from the Sydney Olympics. If they take her three gold medals away that has to suck for the person that came second to her.

Seven years removed from the 2000 Olympics... "I know you stood below Jones on the podium with your silver medal back in Sydney... but you can now envision yourself standing at the top because here is your gold medal! Now give me the silver medal so I can give this one back."