"The equipment manager told coach Chuck Pagano, who told GM Ryan Grigson, who told the NFL's director of field operations, who alerted the officials working the game. At the half, they inspected the balls."

Meanwhile, Packer fans are still waiting for Mike McCarthy's balls to show up.

No wonder it was overlooked, Roger Goodell got a memo that read Moisten Needle and Insert and he promptly ignored it assuming it was another angry note from his wife.

Mark it zero.

But not leaving anything to chance, Johnson made sure the balls were scuffed and ready well before the Dixie Chicks sang the national anthem.

"I paid some guys off to get the balls right," Johnson now admits.

On most teams-maybe most important job outside of head coach-was the ball boy in charge of rubbing down footballs. Getting them just right.

He cares about the NFL players so much, he usually meets them 15-20 years sooner than you'd expect.

Trailer: "THIS IS NOT A TEST"
Cardale Jones: "Thank God."

Had to go back and check if that "couples crush" letter was written by a Doug Heffernan.

I voted for Goldfish AND Bugles, comrade.

It's almost like people don't understand that cheese and crackers can be expanded beyond this.

Every other city we go

That is less comforting than I would have hoped.

It's 8:40am here and I've already gotten 2 texts and this article reminding me about Sunday. There is no god

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. I can hit a 7 iron over 175 yards. My GIR last year was 40th on the PGA. I can hit a…

Leave it to Charade to say Allenby is simply posturing.

Allenby is a world-class golfer. He should be able to get out of a tough lie.

"It's such a shame that people are focusing on whether the story is true."