A difficult night of recapping at the Hawaii household, as in one room I recapped a Tivoed FNIA while the Red Sox’s fall at the hands of the Rays was being relayed to me play by play from another room. I am not a big Boston fan, though someone in the house is, and let’s just say the night ended in tears. That is this week’s excuse in advance if I missed some highlight or another of your favorite team’s game.

Ravens 27, Dolphins 13: After beating both the Patriots and the Chargers, the Dolphins manage to fall to….the Ravens?! What football universe are we living in this year?

Steelers 38, Bengals 10: Big Ben Rothlisberger was impressive this game and Keith Olbermann agrees with my assessment. I watched much of the actual game itself earlier in the day waiting for the Charger game to get electricity (seriously, see below). After the game, in the calmest voice of any coach ever in football, Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said of his teams 0-7 record, “It’s not good”. Ya think?

Bills 23, Chargers 14: According to Dan Patrick three helium balloon went into a power line and knocked out all the power at the stadium in Buffalo, hence delaying the broadcast of the game. Those must have been some big ass balloons! Though somehow FNIA still managed to get the highlights of the game. Suffice to say, Bills - good, Chargers - not so much.

Titans 34, Chiefs 10: Titan Landale White had an 80 yard run and the Chiefs continue to suffer in silence. Brodie Croyle was injured in the game and removed, though Keith thinks the Chiefs are at a point where no one but Croyle’s family would notice.

Panthers 30, Saints 7: Reggie Bush was hurt during the game, and in this game people did notice. From the videotape it appeared that he was injured because he ran without his shoe. Maybe he stepped on something? Whatever he did it requires surgery. Oh, and the Panthers have a guy named Steve Smith who is a ’stud’, but not that kind.

We’ll just take a moment to wish Keith a Happy 40th Anniversary of attending his first ever football game. He tells Dan that is was the Giants against the 49ers, just like…..

Giants 29, 49ers 17: Plaxico Burress blew his one game staying out of trouble streak with both an offense pass interference call and one for unnecessary roughness. Eli Manning has to take Burress aside and remind him, as KO put it, that “Dude, these are the 49ers!”. In other words, don’t bother, they are going to lose anyway.

Rams 34, Cowboys 14: Terrell Owens pinky still hurts, but other than that they have little excuse for their overwhelming loss to the Rams. Well, okay, to be fair they are playing without their quarterback Tony Romo too. The Rams, in their very spiffy looking helmets, put on what DP called “The Greatest Show on Turf”. A little hyperbole on Dan’s part to be sure, but they were good.

Bears 48, Vikings 41: Bob “Stratomatic Master” Costas does this one.

Texans 28, Lions 21: Matt Shaw gets the coveted “en fuego”. DP also throws in an oldie but goody when he says of the Lions , they “have licked the stamp and mailed the season in”. They do stage a small comeback towards the end of the game, but eventually lose it to the Texans.

Raiders 16, Jets 13: I was rooting for the Jets in this game mainly to piss off Al Davis. The two ‘not going anywhere’ teams battled it out right into overtime. Technological difficulties forced Keith to repeat a replay twice, with Dan attempting - somewhat unsuccessfully - to re-add in the humorous side effects. Fun with technology!

Redskins 14, Browns 11: Despite lots of late game mistakes by the Skins, the Browns couldn’t seem to catch a break. There was a really close 54 foot field goal attempt at the end by the Browns that wasn’t good and might have otherwise forced the game into overtime. Even the Redskin coach felt a bit bad for them in the postgame interview.

KO’s teaser for the upcoming Colts game discussion is, “Last week the Colts broke out at home, but then they got some ointment.” Keep your day job Keith.

Packers 34, Colts 14: The Packers clearly do not need Brett Favre on the field to make it happen for them, as new QB Aaron Rodgers has been holding his own. As KO said, the game was “turning into Mr. Rodger’s neighborhood”. Meanwhile Peyton Manning had only a 50% completion rate this game.

Just before departing for the game we learn that Bob Costas considers himself a stratomatic master and that Keith remembers electric football. Back on the old DP show Keith and Dan often discussed those icons of the pre NFL -Madden video game years. I miss the radio Big Show sometimes.

Halftime recap of the games was more of the same, only usually in fast forward, and for some odd reason they left out the Saints-Panthers game.

As for the game itself, it ended with the Bucs beating the Seahawks, 20-10.

It’s Sunday during football season and that means Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick can be found bringing us the highlights of all the Sunday games. That is unless one of the duo leaves FNIA early in order to attend the last game at the current Yankee Stadium (we’ll let you guess which one of the two that is). More on that later in the recap.

Falcons 38, Chiefs 14 - Seems Atlanta is discovering that you can win games without killing dogs! The Chiefs on the other hand are on a 12 game losing streak. Keith mentions that they are on their third quarterback in three weeks, this one having been decided by a “Publisher’s Clearinghouse contest”. Needless to say, there might be a fourth QB next week.

Bills 24, Raiders 23 - The Bills win it on a field goal. DP, who is doing the highlights for this one, says “Lane Kiffan, pick up the courtesy phone”. I think that refers to Al Davis wanting to fire Kiffin as things have been on shaky ground there for a while. The Bills quarterback is interviewed postgame, and KO goes on to insult his shirt, and then quickly retracts it with a bit of wardrobe self-deprecation.

Titans 31, Texans 12 - KO dubs this game Houston vs. Ex-Houston. Ex-Houston wins because current Houston’s quarterback earned today’s graphics moniker of “Shabby” Schaub, though KO didn’t think he was all that bad.

Vikings 20, Panthers 10 - Antoine Winfield of the Vikings managed a sack, fumble recovery, and a TD all in one! With five sacks from the Vikings and some great long balls (throws?) the Panthers didn’t stand a chance.

Redskins 24, Cardinals 17 - The best thing about KO and DP’s highlights of this game - other than KO’s historical mention of the 1974 Cardinals - is DP yelling at a fan for putting his arm up in the highlight video. Mind you all he is really doing of course is yelling at the tape of a fan, but since I do that all the time with news show highlights I was pleased to see it is a shared trait. Keith also threw in some Campbell soup label jokes at the end for quarterback Jason Campbell.

At this point Cris Collingsworth interjects that he is jealous that Keith and Dan gets highlights occasionally in fast forward but he doesn’t. Of course he does the slow analytical highlights, not the quick overviews like KO and DP do.

Dolphins 38, Patriots 13 - KO shares with the incredulity of the rest of America that the Dolphins scored off the Patriots. And not only did they score, but they actually won big. Dolphin’s Joey Porter thinks it’s all psychological, and treated Matt Cassell as a “back up quarterback” (which he is). DP added that they treated him “like a pack mule”. Porter, Ronnie Brown and the rest of the Dolphin’s crew had 461 yards of offense. Dan wondered if Tom Brady, who is out with an injury, might get voted the MVP since he clearly is just that to the Patriots.

Giants 26, Bengals 23 - There were some crazy upsets this Sunday, but this wasn’t one of them. KO joked that Collingsworth, who played with the Bengals during his career, would no longer admit to it and now claims he “played with the Tampa Bay Bandits“. But actually the Bengals held their own today until Eli Manning did what he does best late in games - he woke up. Leading the team into overtime with an excellent 4th quarter, the younger Manning took the Giants right into field goal territory in which they wrapped up an otherwise close game.

Bucs, 27, Bears 24 - Cris and Bob took this one. Seems the Bears could have won it if not for an unnecessary roughness penalty. Use your words, dudes.

Seahawks 37, Rams 13 - KO called this the “battle of the winless” as both teams entered 0-2. Dan makes a laxative joke in his review, which actually went over KO’s head. Keith has been away from sports radio too long apparently.

49ers 31, Lions 13 - Quarterback JT O’Sullivan this week is compared by KO to Margaret O’Sullivan (not sure who she is. Could he have meant ‘Maureen’, or did I mishear?). I wonder when Keith will run out of O’Sullivan references. Lion’s president Matt Millen mistakenly said “stay the course” before this game, and that about worked as well as a football tactic as it has as a military one.

Ravens 28, Browns 10 - DP summed this game up quickly by saying that quarterback “Derek Anderson ran into the best defense in the NFL, at least statistically.”

Broncos 34, Saints 32 - The Broncos got a decision reversed on replay, which was a good thing for them as they wound up winning only by 2 points. Keith said the game was as exciting as Arena League II. Dan suggested the old AFL. I can’t really tell if they are being completely sarcastic or not as it seemed like an exciting game to me, but since we are talking about KO and DP, I will assume they are joking.

Jaguars 23, Colts 21 - In another of the big upsets, the Jags manage a 51 yard field goal by Josh Scobee to beat Indianapolis. Although I personally prefer the Colts, the FG might have been worth it just to hear Dan scream “Scooby, dooby, dooooooo…”.

Eagles 15, Steelers 6 - It was a game of injuries and attrition as well as excitement with Pittsburgh’s QB managing an intentional grounding and safety in his own goal. Keith also becomes the first sportscaster ever to use the word “literally” correctly. Okay, I am just guessing about that, though he does use it correctly when he says that “Correll Buckhalter steps up, and I mean that literally”, while we get a graphic of Buckhalter high stepping. Yay, Keith!

Halftime - DP, Costas and Cris appear, but no Keith. Seems they cut him loose to attend the last game ever to be played at the soon to be demolished Yankee Stadium. Cris surmises that KO is there to steal the seats, and Dan confirms that security is checking for toolbelts on fans. I am sure many seats will be showing up on Ebay soon. New Yorkers are not that easily deterred.

The game itself, if you actually were tuning in for that, was won by Dallas over Green Bay, 27-16.

Once again it is nice to see Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick doing sports together. Aside from that, I must admit to being a fairly indifferent football fan, with the notable exceptions of the San Diego Chargers and the New Jersey York Giants. Therefore, please accept my apologies in advance if I somehow miss the essence of your favorite team’s game.

Raiders 28, Chiefs 8: Dan and Keith declare it a rivalry between either the longest running memorable uniforms or the worst team in the AFC. Either way Darren McFadden did make a bit of a splash taking the ball for 164 yards. Beyond that, Keith declares of both coaches, “neither are buying. Each is renting.”

Titans 24, Bengals 7: QB Carson Palmer is having a very long season, even at only 2 games played. He has yet to throw a touchdown, though he did manage to throw two picks today!

Redskins 29, Saints 24: KO has the “N’Orleans” pronunciation down, which impresses me as he is very much from New York. Reggie Bush foolishly gives the “bye-bye wave” on the way to the touchdown which somehow managed to ignite Washington. Always save the “bye-bye wave” until it is too late for the other team to come back.

Bills 20, Jaguars 16: The only thing interesting about that game (to me anyway) was what DP called “the new Olympic sport - synchronized cheering”. When the game doesn’t entertain, you can always count on the fans.

Giants 41, Rams 13: Keith had the best line of the night with this game. He began with this charmer, “Superbowl Giants had a bye, they were in St. Louis.” Heh. KO also went on to liken the Rams’ pass coverage to the “half time Pop Warner All-Star game”. The Rams did make one conversion which led to a field goal, but that was pretty much their game highlight. Oh, and Eli Manning is ambidextrous.

Packers 48, Lions 25: Bob Costas passes this one to DP asking him to cover the Bills game. Um, apparently Bob was asleep when DP did that a few minutes ago. Thankfully Bob has to get his own recap and DP does the Green Bay game instead. A Robert Frost pun is offered up to us, and this people is why I love our guys so.

Panthers 20, Bears 17: KO says the game was “The Jonathan Stewart Show”. No, sadly not that Jonathan Stewart. This one rushed for 77 yards and two touchdown, but made no political jokes that we could hear. Oh, and Devin Hester is hurt, and then followed into the parking and made to interview hurt.

At this point Cris Collingsworth comes by to talk with KO and DP about exactly what took Green Bay so long to get rid of Brett Favre. Oh how quickly they turn!

Colts18, Vikings 15: Costas did it without much commentary except to say that Peyton Manning pulled it out in the end, but it wasn’t a decisive win.

Cardinals 31, Dolphins 10: This was Miami’s 11th straight loss on the road. Too bad, I always liked their uniforms.

49ers 33, Seahawks 30: SF wins it in overtime on a field goal. Seattle has now lost its last 5 out of 6 overtime games. Meanwhile the 49ers QB, JT O’Sullivan, threw for 321 yards. KO says three weeks ago,”You would not know him from Gilbert O’Sullivan.” Again, I love these boys.

Buccaneers 24, Falcons 9: The Bucs have a 68 yard touchdown run that Dan tells us not to bother adjusting our set to view, though despite his reassurance he is clearly playing it in fast motion. Still, it is a beautiful run.

Broncos 39, Chargers 38: It pains me to recap this one. The Chargers lost on several bad calls including a blown turnover call that the official later apologized to the Charger’s coach for. That and a subway token buddy…. BTW, if you think it is just my leanings, DP agrees with me on the bad call.

Patriots 19, Jets 10: Matt Cassel holds his own. Favre does okay, but truthfully, the Jets are still, well, the Jets. And the Patriots have 21 straight victories in the regular season - and except for that pesky Superbowl thing as KO points out, they are a pretty good team (even without Tom Brady).

The half time show is more of the same including lots more talk about the win stolen from the Chargers. I’ll just wander off sadly now.