I'm The Rabbi, video editor of On The Sportslines, and the man who offers the true Monday Morning
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I can talk about all the Yankee talk I want, but on the day of what could be title #27 for the my favorite baseball team, I'm not jinxing anything. Instead, I offer this....

WHY THE HELL ARE THEY PLAYING THESE GAMES IN NOVEMBER?

I know the WBC brought stuff back, but this is ridiclous. Teams should not be halfway through their NFL season before baseball ends. Christmas music should not be playing in stores before baseball ends. Derek Jeter should not have to give people reasons to call him Mr. November some more. Baseball in November is way too odd. With that being said....

10 Things We Learned in Football this weekend- ODDITY EDITION

1. USC isn't even top dog in the West anymore.

I was gonna originally do a column on all things #27, and 27 was the margin of defeat that USC lost to the Ducks by. Yes, the Oregon Ducks, a team that looked Offensively challenged in a season opening loss have now won 7 straight. With the loss, USC had their worst defeat in the Pete Caroll Era, and worst loss in the program's history in over a decade. This was bad, and now the Ducks are in position of breaking USC's streak of 7 straight Pac 10 titles. With all apologies to noted USC fans, On The Sportslines panelists Jay Kaplan and Steve Ferguson, I love it! Even more, we're in great position to see the first non-USC Rose Bowl aince 2005, the classic Texas-Michigan game where Vince Young broke out. Leading us to this....

2. The Rose Bowl: Oregon-Iowa?

Oh my god. As much as Iowa has looked inept at times this season, like the first half of their game against Indiana where they were down 21-7, and the Hawkeyes QB Ricky Stanzi threw 1 INT (He would add 4 MORE in the 3rd quarter alone), they can come back at almost any time. Their win against Insiana, 42-24, was the teams 4th win when being down in the 4th quarter. Almost as impressive as Stanzi coming back throwing for 2 TD's and leading 2 other TD drives in the 4th. Iowa's Kirk Ferentz should probably be coach of the year, as the team who was a consensus #4 pick in the Big 10 is #4 in the nation.

3. Vince Young: 114.1 QB Rating, Titans win.

Dunno which is weirder. But the Mistake free football by Vince Young yesterday lead the Titans to their first win. Of course, Chris Johnson's 2 TD runs (One of 52 yards to break a 13-13 tie, another a 89 yarder to salt the game away) were a huge help. Now the Titans can start their uphill climb, and Vince Young can establish himself as the Titans QB of right now.

4. Rams win, no other line needed here.

Sure, it may have been against Detroit, a team now 2-29 in their last 31 games, but if you win for the first time in 17 games and for the first time in 10 road games, you'll take it. Stephen Jackson, who rushed for 149 yards, who said he's learned otherwise from the beginning of his career, knows there is no such thing as an ugly win.

5. Kurt Warner: Turnover machine

Kurt Warner, who threw for only 6 INT's in his first 6 games, had 5 yesterday, AT HOME, against the Carolina Panthers. The team who Jake Delhomme threw 5 INT's to back in last year's playoffs, threw only one yesterday (but left the game with a chest contusion). This has been a weird year for the Cards, already losers of more home games than last year and are a goalline stand (against Houston I think) from being winless at home.

6. NFC West team gives AFC's best team fits.

The 49ers, who took the now 6-1 Vikings to the wire, took what is now the AFC's only undefeated team to the maximum. The Niners had the lead until the beginning of the 4th, held Peyton Manning without a TD throw (too bad they couldn't hold Joesph Addai without one), and gave the Colts their toughest challenge of the season. I think the Colts and Niners both know you don't play games on paper.

7. The 2 point conversion gives Jets fans fits.

I could note the Dolphins having under 200 yards of offense and winning as weird. I can note Ted Ginn Jr making history by scoring 2 returns of over 100 yards as weird (don't celebrate after the play Ted!). But I want to note the fact that Rex Ryan doesn't know the rules:

Down 17-12 in the 3rd with over 3 minutes, Rex Ryan, decides to try and go for 2 to make it a field goal game. (They got called for a penalty and kicked the PAT, and this would have been way too early.)

Down 24-19, still in the 3rd, Rex Ryan goes for 2 again, actually gets the play off this time, and fails. (Didn't matter cause the Jets would score again after!)

Down 30-25, guess what! The Jets go for 2 with 5:52 in the 4th and fail!

Kick two extra points instead and possibly, possibly, the Jets may only need a field goal on their final drive. Chasing points is a rookie mistake for a head coach.j Well, Rex Ryan is a rookie head coach.

8. Josh McDaniels looked like a rookie head coach himself.

The boy genius made a few mistakes yesterday in all aspects. Offense (only 152 yards for Kyle Orton, and no RB had over 50 yrds), defense (Joe Flacco went 20-25, Ray Rice had big runs at the right times), special teams (backbreaking kickoff return to start the 2nd half by Baltimore). Josh McDaniels now knows the only thing more dangerous than an undefeated team is a desperate team. To stay in the AFC North race, Baltimore needed to be desperate and it paid off.

9. The Giants are miles away from looking like a Super Bowl contender.

Sure the Eagles seem to have the Giants number (3 in a row now for PHI regular and post-season), but this was utterly dominating. They gave up more than 150 yards of rushing to LeShawn McCoy and Leonard Weaver (Bryan Westbrook was deactivated for the game, noted Giant killer). The game was basically over by halftime for the 2nd time in 3 weeks for the G-Men (30-7 at the break). To top it off, the defense let Donavan McNabb throw all over them, with Brent Celek and Desean Jackson (first player in over half a century to start the first half of the season with 6 50+ yard TD's) taking center stage. The Giants run as a contender may be close to done, if not done already.

10. Brett Favre= MVP?

Not counting tonight, leading candidate for MVP Drew Brees has thrown for 14 TD's, 5 INT's, and a 107 QB rating. Favre has thrown for 16 TD's, 3 INT's and a 106 QB rating. Still thing Brees is a shoo-in for MVP? Didn't think so. Yesterday was the latest of 1000 coming out parties for Brett Favre, who now has thrown for 7 TD's against his old team, the Packers, 4 more in yesterday's win at Lambeau. Now the case can be made, as the Vikings, in total control of the NFC North look fat the big picture, and try to find out where they stand in the NFL as the season draws nearer to the playoffs. It's weird that Favre is near 40 and playing on an MVP level.

But that's just the NFL. Talk to you next week, when baseball is finally over and football takes center stage.