The talk all week for the Philadelphia Eagles was about Michael Vick playing in his first game since the dogfighting scandal, and McNabb and Westbrook being banged up. DeSean Jackson received a little attention because he’s nursing a sore groin, but once the game started it was all about D-Jack. He racked up 149 yards on six catches including a 64-yard catch, run, and flip for a touchdown. Read the full story
When you’re the 15-seeded team being lead to the proverbial slaughter in a first round match-up with the two-seed, you pray for the best and hope God answers your begging with a Hampton over Iowa St. type victory.
If that doesn’t work, you can go out like Morgan State forward Ameer Ali who flipped Blake Griffin of Oklahoma and was then sent to the showers.