Here's a link to Chuck Klosterman's blog from Tuesday, when he namechecked Derrida

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=klosterman/tuesday

Sorry, I can't find anything about rating bald or multisyllabic QBs, though he does call Hasselbeck a "balding quarterback." I also didn't see anything about postmodernism except the Derrida allusion. Maybe in another day's blog? I just read Tuesday.

Anyway, Klosterman's pretty funny, and I don't think hardly any writers are funny, so that's a big compliment from me. I've never heard of him before.

I can't believe you guys noticed the Peter King parody. I was trying to be subtle.

Taliaferro's name is pronounced "Tal-uh-FAIR-oh," according to the media relations office at Indiana, where he's in the university's Hall of Fame.

The coin-flippinest THREE-year-old in America's trusty quarter came up tails, meaning the home team is the pick.

Pittsburgh.

Actually, I think falling behind would force the Steelers to play TO their strength -- throwing the ball on offense and going gangbusters at the quarterback on defense -- while getting ahead "forces" them to play away from their strengths. They tend to run the ball and hang back a bit on defense, as per the Indy game.

Those numbers are current temps, by the way.

I can't believe we haven't heard a PEEP about Sacramento's Artest trade!

Wrote a whole column about that trade.

Punting: Good point, I shouldn't have said the Seahawks gave up 60 yards. It was as many as 57. But I stand by the statement that those touchbacks hurt them badly.

Pylon: The pylon is in bounds, but it's not the ground. The rules explicitly state that a receiver must touch both feet to the ground inbounds for it to be a catch, provided it's not a force out.

To wit: "A forward pass is complete when a receiver clearly possesses the pass and touches the ground with both feet inbounds while in possession of the ball."

Interference: I'm totally mystified by all objections to this call other than that of Michael Irvin, who thinks WRs should be able to do anything. If I were going to look for film of a textbook case of offensive pass interference, I would look no further than this play. Where did this idea come from that the defender has to be knocked down for it to be interference? Does the receiver have to be knocked down? You know how hard it is to knock an athlete down by pushing with one arm? Anyway, here's the rule:

It is pass interference by either team when any player movement beyond the offensive line **significantly hinders the progress of an eligible player or such player's opportunity to catch the ball.** (Emphasis added.)

And:

Actions that constitute offensive pass interference include but are not limited to:

... (b) Initiating contact with a defender by shoving or pushing off thus creating a separation in an attempt to catch a pass.