In the last last twenty hours or so, we've gotten three solid guest posts. Thanks to Stompy, you'll all be winning money on NFL games this weekend. Tomorrow Bombay checks in with some Blackhawks thoughts, and on Monday, we'll debut Eddie Money's NFL Babe o' the Week, which, quite frankly, I find a little dangerous. Now, here's Matt Olsen, who unsuccessfully petitioned to be called The O-Face, on the NFL. If you want to read my NFL picks for today head here. 

Can the Jacksonville Jaguars pull off the impossible and beat Tom Brady and the 16-0 New England Patriots?

Will Brett Favre lead the Green Bay Packers back to the Promised Land and force John Madden to mumble uncontrollably about Favre’s spectacular cankles?

These little tidbits are consumed by sports degenerates everywhere – myself included – and help make the time in between games go by just a little faster.

However, the one story line threatening to destroy sports as we know it forever is the ongoing coverage of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and his new girlfriend, actress and singer Jessica Simpson.  While that may seem a little harsh, the implications that are associated with this little tryst are quite simply, frightening.

Jessica Simpson was a featured segment this week on SportsCenter.  She even got one of their cheesy lead-ins that probably took Stuart Scott a couple of hours and a few boo-ya’s to come up with.  This super-imposed, pop-culture/celebrity obsession people all over this country have embraced is slowly working its way in to sports and I, for one, will not stand for it.

There used to be a time when I could go to Jewel, grab some bean dip, a six-pack and an US Magazine and be set for my Sunday Funday Extravaganza. 

US Magazine you say?

Fellas, buy it for your girlfriend, wife or whomever you lie to about how much money you lost on fantasy football and I guarantee golden silence throughout the first two games of the day. 

But with this whole Romo-Simpson-T.O.-Wade Phillips-Ed Werder love affair, the possibility of complaint free Sundays may become a thing of the past. Romo may be getting all the hype for his relationship with the not-so-bright Simpson, but he’s not the only athlete crossing the line into the paparazzi haven of Hollywood.

Photos of New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush and his famous for nothing girlfriend Kim Kardashian are all over the web.  You can’t watch a San Antonio Spurs game without the obligatory shot of Tony Parker’s wife, actress Eva Longoria, in the stands.  Don’t forget the aforementioned Brady and his Victoria Secret model Gisele Bundchen.  Minnesota Timberwolves guard Marko Jaric is dipping into the Victoria Secret runway as well after hooking up with supermodel Adriana Lima.

The scariest part of all is my girlfriend can’t get enough of it and looks forward to game time because she can’t to see what celebrity is standing on the sidelines. 

This phenomena is not slowing down and it won’t be long before FOX’s NFL Sunday pregame show features commentator Terry Bradshaw standing alongside the stadium’s newly laid red carpet, giving Howie Long and Jimmy Johnson details about the Gucci purse Cameron Diaz brought to the game.

So to every sports media outlet out there (they’re all guilty so I’m not leaving any of them out), I’m begging you; STOP what you are doing and just go back to covering the game.  It’s why we all started watching in the first place and I guarantee you it’s the reason most of you became sportswriters.