Weekend Tube Review: Romo’s GF Is Pretty in Pink

By Brian Powell
Dolphins Ruin The Battle Of Zeros Scheduled For Week 16
Mercury Morris had been extremely vocal about the Patriots the past few weeks (as I’ve noted in this space before), but the ex-Dolphin had been surprisingly quiet about the current Miami team being the doormat of the NFL. Well, the Dolphins insured that Steve Spurrier and his ‘76 Bucs would remain the only winless team in pro football history with an overtime victory over the Ravens on Sunday.
Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon had the call as the early game went into overtime on a questionable call by Ravens’ coach Brian Billick. With 12 seconds left and the ball spotted at the five, Billick decided to send the game into overtime without trying for the touchdown. A Matt Stover missed field goal and a 64-yard strike from Cleo Lemmon to rookie Greg Camarillo won it for the Dolphins. Harlan finished the game with a classic call for a team that looked to be the most relieved group of people on the planet:

ESPN’s Fake College Football Championship Goes to the Sooners
I don’t even know how they voted on this thing, but for the past week Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit took us through a bracket of eight college football teams. There were a ton of upsets and the two never disagreed as they set the hypothetical final between USC and Oklahoma. The teams that ESPN has repeatedly called “the hottest teams in college football” met on Friday Night’s SportsCenter and the Oklahoma Sooners came out victorious.
There was really no rhyme or reason to the whole bracket and I can’t believe that Lee and Kirk agreed on every single winner as it played out on ESPN each night. Congratulations Sooners, you win nothing.
Worst Announcing of the Weekend
The highlights of the late game on FOX weren’t Philly upsetting the 12-1 Cowboys, or Terrell Owens getting shut down by the Eagles’ Defense. No, it was Jessica Simpson attending the game wearing a white Romo jersey with pink numbers and letters. Joe Buck and Troy Aikman brought the couple up multiple times during the game and FOX continuously went to shots of her sitting in a luxury suite with her (overbearing) father. Example:

I understand that Tony Romo is a pretty boy and is dating Jessica Simpson, but we don’t need to see shots of her 14 times during an important divisional battle. Although she looked very lovely, the singer was obviously not good luck for Romo and the Cowboys as they were upset by the Eagles and Romo injured his thumb.
And for the record, pink jerseys should be outlawed.
Best Quotes From the Weekend’s Telecasts
“He’s kinda like a fire hydrant with legs.”- Dave Pasch talking about a Valdosta State DE
“It’s hard not to choke a kicker in that situation.”- Rich Gannon after Jay Feely kicked the ball out of bounds on the kickoff.
“You get a lot better looking as you start to win football games. I can promise you that.”- Troy Aikman on Tony Romo.
“That stretch play is the hardest play to make when you’re a starting quarterback over 35.” – John Madden on Todd Collins
“Needs to take some yoga.” – Al Michaels
“Dumb plays age coaches.”- John Madden
“And Joe Gibbs is 67, the oldest coach in the league.”- Al Michaels
“He’s 73 right now, I can tell you that.”- John Madden
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