The Sports Guesspert

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Let me just say that stories such as this are the reason I love to read about the NFL.

"NBC overhead camera falls onto field."

''That's total access right there,'' Hasselbeck said.

NFL Dorkus of the Week (Week 6)

Now, I have nothing against NFL fans expressing themselves on game day. Anything goes, so long as you aren't drunk and throw up on me or my companions. But, in my book, you have to have at least some sort of checklist to consult to see if you look like a dorkus or not. Let's see how this fan at Sunday's Broncos-Chargers game stacked up (click to enlarge, if you dare).

AP CAPTION: A Denver Broncos fan boos the team during the second half of an NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007, in Denver. The Chargers beat the Broncos, 41-3. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

Let's see ... I'm OK with:

[] Wearing team colors ... check.

[] Wearing team-coordinated headgear ... well, I'm OK with a ball cap, or something tasteful. See below for follow-up.

Here's what I'm not OK with:

[] Face painting by any male over age 25. ... check.

[] Wear a court-jester hat ... check -- especially if it contains shiny jingle balls.

[] Wearing frilly court-jester neck thingee ... check.

[] Holding a pom-pom ... check ... unless they gave them out for free. That's OK if someone gave it to you, you it would be impolite to refuse it.

So by the power invested in me (by the fact that I get to post a blog) ... I consider this fan (who the Associated Press failed to identify) ... as a dorkus.

C'mon, pal. Grow up. Please.

PIP me

The reason why picture-in-picture was invented was on display tonight.

At 11:40ish tonight (forgive me for not recording the exact time, but I was too engrossed in the game action) ... you had ninth inning of Yankees-Cleveland on TBS ... while in ESPN you had the improbable tying touchdown drive of Dallas at Buffalo in effect.

I saw Abreu's jack ... then A-Rod's second-out shot to right ... then Posada's near-jack ... then the end.

All the while, you can toggle back and forth between Tony Romo's redemptive TD drive.

And the football game! Oh, was there anyone outside of Dallas rooting for the Cowboys? If ever a pro game had the emotion of a college game this year, this was it.

And you knew ... just KNEW ... that Dallas would pull it out. Dang it, on behalf of the good people of Buffalo.

The Week 5 magic number ....

... is 34 ... as in three teams won by scoring 34 points: New England, Arizona and Washington.

Indianapolis almost hit it at 33 ... the N.Y. Giants just went over it at 35 ... and San Diego flew by the mark at 41.

Oh, and Colts running back Kenton Keith in his first NFL start, scored two touchdowns. So with his 12 points, he produced more scoring than the entire teams of Baltimore (9), San Francisco (7), Kansas City (7), Denver (3), Detroit (3) and Seattle (0).

Some pictures are worth a thousand words ...

... but some pictures of opposing sidelines are worth a half-million dollar fine to Bill Belichick.

If any of you Patriot-haters are looking for a Halloween costume, this could be the ticket.

(as always, click to enlarge)

AP CAPTION: A Cincinnati Bengals fan wears a home made cheat camera during an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Monday, Oct. 1, 2007, in Cincinnati. New England won 34-13. (AP Photo/David Kohl)