Sage Rosenfels would rather be playing but he's not going to complain about being in the NFC Championship Game this weekend. On the show Thursday he said he still keeps in touch with Owen Daniels, David Anderson and a few of the other Texans including Matt Schaub who is on his way to the Pro Bowl. It finally took Sage leaving for Schaub to stay healthy for an entire season. You can hear the interview on the podcast.

If Peyton Manning and the Colts win Sunday Schaub will start the Pro Bowl backed up by Vince Young. All of a sudden the Pro Bowl has become must-see TV. VY is there for the second time in his career.

There are four other quarterbacks with better numbers but he did something extraordinary by leading his team to an 8-2 finish. Plus, he did well in the MNF win over the Texans to rack up some votes. Of course Schaub played well in that game also but the Texans failed on a 49 yard last second FG attempt to tie the game.

Bryant Gumbel closed a recent Real Sports episode by calling on all the steroid users in baseball to fess up....

...."In closing, guys, please feel free to share this letter with Bagwell, Nomar, Pudge and all those others who went from hitting homers to power outages overnight. Tell 'em fans are ready to accept what happened. Tell 'em we're ready to move on...."

I have no idea whether Bagwell is on the list of players who tested positive in 2003 but for Gumbel to finger Bagwell out of the blue is irresponsible reporting. Bagwell's power went down over 2 seasons due to a shoulder injury. You can think what you want but a man in Gumbel's position has to be more careful.