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From the healthy, Norton virus protected notebook of your commish.  Tuesday September 25th, 2007 7:53 PM

Rambling after Week 3...

So not to talk too much about the Packers, but holy crap, they've beat Philly, New York Giants and San Diego.  I would have bet against them in all three of those games.  So to stick with the opposites theory, maybe that gives the Vikings a chance since before the season I would have picked the Pack to win.

Some great tv on CBS on Monday nights...."How I met your mother", "2 and a half men", "Rules of Engagement" and a new one, "The Big Bang Theory".  Funny funny stuff for the whole two hours.  One of those nights where we only watched the football game during the CBS commercials.

And on to some football.....

Congratulations to Mike and the Sailors for being the only remaining undefeated team after week 3.  But the news is not all good with Steven Jackson going down with a ripped up groin.  (as opposed to Stephen Jackson who would be kicking others in the groin)

The Fish on the other hand....well, not good for the ex-champ (wait, I think I meant reigning champ).

Some help from my fans.....in response to last week's random facts, I was sent some more to share....

Facto uno.......A shrimp's heart is in it's head.  (and we all know from Tommy Boy where their poo is)

Numero 2......In every episode of Seinfeld, there is a Superman somewhere.  (I of course knew that one....)

Examplo C.....If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out.  (That is truly disturbing....and no, I'd suggest that you not try that at home.)

Back to football for a bit.  Kinger's team finally comes back to reality with a 100-81 loss to Juice.  BUT he left a possible 62 additional points on the bench - and that is without anything from Andre Johnson.  So now Jack just has to pick the right starters.....easier said than done.

The LB's, LRH's and team Denny Crane are a game up on Smitty in the Bulldog Division.  And once AGAIN that division is smoking the rest as far as points scored go.  Come on guys, throw us a curveball and be the crappy division one of these years.

How about the Family Guy season premiere.....come on, I know you watched it.  I was only slightly confused.....kept waiting for John Candy to show up as a mog.

GB Leighton was in town last Saturday night - awesome show as always, although I was quite surprised at the crowd.  I figured it would be mostly college kids, but it was pretty much the widest range of folks I've seen in a Duluth bar that late.  Scariest of all was a tall skinny 30 something with redder hair than Bucky and a bigger nose than Parendo.  Take that picture and imagine her dancing like Elaine to witchy woman......ehhgg.

Some landscaping getting done at my house now - well, not right now, I'm typing and since I'm only working on it when I have time and the sun is up, that leaves me about 12 to 14 minutes per day.  It is going to be nice.....sidewalks and stoop are done and some of the retaining wall too.  Should be nice and done right in time for the snow to fall and cover it up for 6 months.  Gotta love procrastination.

So, week 4 upcoming.....that's the final week before the divisional work starts up.  This week, Smitty matches up with Jugsie.  Smith will need some consistency out of Lynch now that McAllister is out....and same with his TE with Vernon out for a couple weeks.  Jugs WRs could use some help from his RBs.  This should be a very good matchup if these guys can pick the right starters.

Jason gets the next shot at the Fish....and it should be a blow out.  On the downside for the Horse, Rex has been benched which leaves Jason with only Jay Cutler as a starting QB.  Suomala's keeper tells the whole story for this team this year.  He went on a limb and surprised us all by keeping Brees.....who has gone 1, 14, -3 in the first three weeks.

The Bastards meet up with Kinger in the top match of the week.  As long as Westbrook and TJ Housh are on the field for the LB's, they'll be in good shape.  Kinger will badly need Andre Johnson back ASAP, but the Vikings defense gets to take a shot at Brettski at home this Sunday.  That might be good, but with the way old #4 has slung it so far, it might not be.  If I was betting on this one, other than that would prove I was addicted, I'd be leaning towards the LB.

Juice gets to beat up on Nookie this week.  Denny's squad is even up and down the lineup and that's without LT having busted out too much yet.  Nookie's team is pretty poopy up and down the lineup.  Good example.....how about Joey Harrington outscored Ben's starter (Bulger) by 31 last week (26 to -5).  Yea....that's almost worse than me last year when I had to start Aaron Brooks.....I can't imagine thinking...."hmm, maybe I should start Joey Heisman this week".  As Nelson would say...."Ha ha".

wIZards vs. Bearded Clams.....it took me a minute to remember who exactly the clams were (my brain can't keep up with the new team names.....but hey, bearded clam I should remember).  Anywho....Mike's team is rolling along and as long as McGahee can pick up Jackson's slack, Mike should go to 4-0.  Scottie on the other hand is having a rough go to start out.  A key example of that is when a guy starts his #2 D/ST as his Tiebreaker.  Other than Tom Brady's ridiculous 29, 26 and 36 for the first three weeks, WoJo might have been way down in the crapper.

Final matchup is Jonny vs. yours truly.  We all thought Jonny would have a sweet setup with Shaun and Maroney, but he has even a sweeter one with Rookie of the Year Adrian Peterson and Shaun.  If Larry Fitz and Santana heat up, Jonny will be taking his first title in my opinion.  My guys have done ok to start - biggest question is who is my #2 RB?  Ronnie or Jamal?  They've each put up 40+ in a week - each being on the bench for that week.....piss me off.  Oh well....this week will be a tough one, and unless the Packers D bottles up AP (unlikely), Jonny will move back to 0.500.

So that's the story for this week.....how about 3 more fun facts to close it out.

Fact X - More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a phone call.  (Odd, considering I thought the rest of the world all worked in 800 number customer service).

Factie Y - Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.  (um....again, what about Tony Siragusa?)

Factoid Z - It's physically impossible to lick your elbow.  (go ahead....I know you want to try)

Need I say more?

BIGFFBL senior writer Jeremy Carlson sounds off whenever he feels like it on www.bigffbl.com