Panty raid on three, break

In case you missed it Sunday night, the New York Euphoria recorded an eye-popping 13-12 victory over the Los Angeles Temptation in Lingerie Bowl III. Euphoria’s win dashed L.A.’s hope for a three-peat in the annual game featuring stunning models playing full-contact football wearing pads and panties, oh, and bras too. I haven’t been able to find the official stats, not even on the Lingerie Bowl’s official Web site, but I don’t think statistics were very important in a game that offered Jenny McCarthy and Cindy Margolis as commentators. Bowl viewers, who had to shell out $19.95 to see the game on pay-per-view, also were treated to the first TV meeting in 15 years between Joey Buttafuoco and Amy Fisher. You remember that story, right? The two teamed up for the pre-game coin toss. Former Chicago Bears receiver Willie Gault coached the New York squad. Two of Gault’s former teammates from the 1985 Bears’ Super Bowl team were at the Lingerie Bowl game, too, but I’m not certain what William “The Refrigerator” Perry and Jim McMahon were doing there. Scouting talent is my guess. After the game, Gault said, “these girls practiced hard -- great to see them take the win! For me, it's just great to be around football.” Great to be around football? He’s coaching women who are pounding each other will wearing nothing but their undies, and he’s talking about how great it is to be around football. I guess we’ll be seeing Willie next playing cards on TV, because if he can say that without a wink and a smile, he must have a heck of a poker face.

Football Season is Over, but don’t tell the 212

That’s right; football season is over. Another Super Bowl is history, and the Steelers are world champions. Who saw that coming at the beginning of the season? Heck, just two months ago, the Steelers were living on a prayer – much like Tommy and Gina. So, now that the season is complete, that leaves many of us to do…what? Watch basketball? I’d rather eat a lizard, but not the one that gave birth to a Hummer. Maybe a little hockey and English Premier League soccer will show up on my TV, but I’m really going to miss football. But you know, there’s no reason to get down and out. And please, no one pull a Hunter Thompson on us. (Remember Thompson, an avid football fan, fired a pistol into his mouth last Feb. 20, four days after leaving a good-bye noted titled: “Football Season is Over.” If you haven’t read the Sept. 22 Rolling Stone article about Thompson’s suicide, click to it here.) Thanks to the 212 (or the NFL Network as it’s formally known) we can watch some sort of football 24/7 – just not the live stuff. For instance, take a look at the network’s schedule for this week. Today you can see the entire post-game wrap on Total Access. Sounds of the Game, Super Bowl edition, of course, starts airing Tuesday. One of the cool things about the 212 is you don’t have to worry about missing a show because you know it’ll be on again and again and probably again. And hey, if you didn’t get that catheter and missed a $2.5 million-commercial or two while running to the toilet, you can see all of those in one 30-minute show starting today. (Wow, when other than Super Bowl time would you voluntarily sit through a half hour of commercials?) In addition, you can catch Steve Sabol’s Shots of the Year from NFL Films. But you’d expect all of this cool football programming right after the Super Bowl, but what about later, in the weeks ahead? Well, looking at the 212 schedule shows that the network will televise the NFL Combine beginning Feb. 24. So, I guess it is true that, on the NFL Network, The
Season Never Ends.

Anyone seen a mock draft yet?