These are my Week 2 picks for the NFC North:

Chicago Bears @ Carolina Panthers: Carolina hung on to beat San Diego last week, which is respectable. However, the Bears beat up Indy and really showed what they can do. Look out for the Bears this season as I see them cruising on to beat Carolina. My Pick: CHICAGO

Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions: Green Bay snuck out a win vs. Min last weekend, but they didn't look too impressive. Yes, Aaron Rodgers was a high point, but overall they couldn't take command. However, this weekend should be easy for them as the Lions looked horrific in they're week 1 loss to Atlanta. My Pick: GREEN BAY

Indianapolis Colts @ Minnesota Vikings: The Colts did not look good against the Bears last weekend. At all. The Vikings hung with Green Bay but made a ton of mistakes. Look for a lot of mistakes from both teams in this one. It's hard to tell whether the Colts looked bad or the Bears looked good, but the Vikings did look ok. So going off of that, Minnesota is sitting pretty. My Pick: MINNESOTA

Here are my picks for the big games today:

OSU @ USC: This is a very big game early in the season. Ohio State didn't look very good until the 4th quarter last week against Ohio U. USC is looking good as last year they blew out Virgina. It will be close, but USC is looking really good. My Pick: USC but close

Michigan @ Notre Dame: Another anticipated game. Both teams have looked weak so far but both will come back to be ok/good this year. It's going to be very close. This is a great rivalry and today will be another chapter in that rivalry. However, in the 4th quarter last week Notre Dame showed what they can do and what they will do to Michigan. My Pick: NOTRE DAME but close

Wisconsin @ Fresno State: This is a game worth watching. PAC-10 vs. Big Ten. Top 25 matchup. A game that is between two teams that you really don't ever see play eachother. This is worth watching. Both teams have looked good this year, but FSU is at home and they're gonna be pumped to play the Badgers. It's going to be very very close but I see Fresno State being an upset contender. My Pick: FRESNO STATE but it could go either way

When somebody called in about Brett Favre's retirement and said that Favre was the best QB to ever play, Milwaukee, Wisconsin's "Homer" fired back.

Homer said that Favre was NOT the best to ever play, and that he wasn't even the best to ever play for GB.

Homer said that Bart Starr was the best QB to ever play.

Strong words coming from a loyal contributer of "Packer nation."

Looking forward to a great '08 NFL season.

GO BEARS!!!!!!!!!

How do you get a restraining order in Wisconsin? This is how:

It all started when Mathew Kowald asked his son to wear a Packers jersey for the Packers-Seahawks playoff game and his son said he didn't want to. This angered Kowald. Some people would handle this situation lightly and shrug it off. Instead, this Packers fan decided to force his son to wear a Packers jersey. Kowald taped his son to a chair, and made sure to tape the Packers jersey to him, too. His wife took pictures and called the cops The cops put Kowald under arrest, and his wife filed a restraining order.

Yes, a true story. Sometimes Packer fans go a little overboard, but we forgive them, we just laugh a little bit in the process.

I expect a lot of comments in defense of this man and in criticism (and in laughs). Bring them on. I love to hear it.

Just in case you doubt my story, here you go:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22711780/.

This also, of course, made the news in Illinois because Bear fans eyes were caught by this story.

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