for your ride. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >> it's only the second sunday, but some things never change, a quarterback vigilant i will in philly. >> i don't think anybody around the league thinks donovan mcnabb will wind up playing on sunday. >> and post mortem in the key of knee. >> trent has to better assess what he's seeing out there and take some shots down the field. >> here's a first the coach calling -- >> this is rex ryan the head coach of the new york jets, you know i've already admitted i think the patriots have a better head coach and better quarterback than us. >> and the really big first football in a latter day palace

of very si/man cave with the mother of all low-hanging flat screens, opening night in the pleasure dome that will have everyone trying to keep up with the joneses. >> ahh, yes, jerry jones unveils his billion-dollar baby tonight primetime with over 100,000 fans expected on the premises as the cowboys host nair nfc east rival giants. the last time they unveiled some new digs it worked out pretty we well in 1971 they won every home game at texas stadium on their way to their first super bowl title for more on their supersized new home here's ed werder. >> jerry jones hopes to facilities will provide tangible advantages. attendance expected to surpass 100,000. might be the largest in nfl history and should cause problems for giants quarterback

eli manning making the hearing the snap count difficult especially when he's in the shotgun formakes and could lead to cone fusion, the cowboys responsible for 12 of the 27 sacks manning suffered last season. demarcus ware had four sacks and caused three fummbles in decided mismatches yet some cowboys actually prefer texas stadium saying it makes them feel like they are in the entertainment business rather than football. ed werder. >> in black burgh, nebraska virginia and tech with a win streak against non-conference opponents and nebraska playing tremendously but tech down. drops it right through his hands and frank beamer believes that was it but they get the ball back at their own 1-yard. watch taylor by all sorts of time in the pocket.

where is danny cole? there he is. there he goes. all the way down to the three. 1-yard play. stunning everyone. so it comes down to a third and goal with the hokies still trailing. sean mcdonough. >> taylor designed over the left now comes back to the right. waiving receiveers around and running out of time and finally throws and it is good! touchdown! roberts. >> so close to a great road win. a couple miracle plays. tech pulls it out, 16-15. my goodness. >> and byu with bcs hopes before florida state rolled into the area. kristen ponder hitting terrell, five -yard touchdown. florida state up 30-14 and matt struggling. one of his three interceptions on the day, that pick courtesy

of dave reid taking it back for the touchdown. florida state goes on to win it 54-28 ending byu's bcs dreams. >> and after a trip to ann arbor, the heat was on at home against michigan state where they hadn't beaten them since 1983. the first quarter all notre dame clausen with a 22-yard strike. in the second quarter the irish leading by just three. clausen connecting with boyd again for what looked like a touchdown but called no good for lack of possession. as for floyd, he had to leave the game an apparent broken collar bone. >> wildcat formakes. 23-17, irish. but in the fourth irish clinging to a lead when kevin cousin completes the pass to blair white. a 17-yard touchdown that puts them on top.

same score, second and eight for the fighting irish and clausen finding his teammate in the end zone. look at tate get one foot in for the t.d. and right into the fighting irish band. under 1:15 to go inside the notre dame -- cousins misses a wide-open caper for the go ahead touchdown but still another opportunity. could michigan state pull it out? well onen the next play cousins drops back and picked off by kyle mccarthy. that's it, notre dame hanging on to win it, ooh. 33-30. hammerin' hank was perfect with his picks last sunday and today he'll tell us if the jets will he'll tell us if the jets will win - ( "super freak" by rick james playing ) - it's pretty amazing how one click of a mouse

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>> date lyon, jersey. think tom brady is going to be targeting kerry rhodes today? mmm. he's in the house and mark sanchez, the second period of his nfl education. today division game. down the road 0 miles to the turnpike drew brees in philly. and fantasy lineup time. eric, what's up? >> thanks, bob, and now back for week two erik kuselias and

matthew. let's kick it off. give me one bold prediction, matthew? >> joe flaco will outproduce philip rivers. we all saw what flaco did last week and now he gets the chargers who gave up over the 200 yards and i think he has a big day, by the way, rivers missing offensive lineman hard wick. out. >> at the quarterback's position i'm going to tell you to bench jay cutler. >> oh, yeah. >> struggled against the packers last week and he's going to struggle again against the pittsburgh steelers defense and don't just bench jay cutler but start jason campbell against st. louis rams. i think that's a good play. >> since it's been quarterback central i'm going to stick with the quarterback. how about david girard as a top 10 fantasy player this week at home against arizona the cardinals gave up 36 touchdown passes last year. that's more than they threw,

and they threw a bunch and how about todd heap? he should be great. he was all-also great last week, see you 11:30 eastern on espn.com. that will do it for us. >> time now for hank goldberg's weekly picks and hammer, congratulations, you were a perfect 5-0 last sunday. >> i didn't have my lucky charm, that being you, on monday night. >> ha ha. oh, i love i. which means you should be perfect today, hank. first up the jets and mark sanchez taking ton patriots and tom brady. brady's never lost to the jets. will rex ryan be kissing bill belichick's rings after all? >> our ongoing stheem you and me against the world although that may have been before your time but the world is reacting over the jets win but mark

sanchez will be facing a 3-4 and whatever variations bill belichick throws at him. this number is a bargain as new england opened at 5 1/2 and now are down 3 1/2 and have won against the jets in the meadowlands i'm taking the patriots. >> listed as out doubtful kevin kolb took all the snaps in practice and they need to figure out a way to shut down drew brees, saints or ag snls >> call me anti-world on this one, and assumes without donovan mcnabb seinfeld facing doom against new orleans but catch this, drew brees had a quarterback rating in the 60's on the road last year against five better defenses averaging just nine points face as defense in philadelphia ha have five interceptions and five sacks last week. andy reid will keep it simple

for kevin kolb and new orleans is easy against the spread. i do hear 2-? the eagles are only going to need to score 20. >> lots of positives for the titans despite the loss to the steelers. the former oilers are an impressive 6-1 when they that's texans in nashville, who do you like there? >> last week thomas jones ran for 107 yards and i expect chris johnson and lenn del white to have similar success even if the track comes up sloppy. there's a little bit of revenge and houston stopped the win streak late last season i'll be interested to see if matt schaub's ankleal is 100%. the first half of the last two seasons against spread, tennessee gets check. >> all right, hammer, before you go, give us two more. >> the best thing for carolina is for jake delhomme to get out

of town and the second best is to hand off to test atlanta's defense and atlanta is 1-16 against the spread at homecoming off a home win, the visitor gets check. kansas city allowed 198 yards rushing to baltimore, today deron mcfadden and michael bush will be running for oakland. kansas city is 2-24 straight up and their last 26 games so why are they favored? oakland is the pick. >> hank, you said you and me against world my dad used to play that 8-track all the time haehnel redy. it's a good day when you can invoke helen ready. thanks ham rin hank. >> thank you, hannah. >> crazy kids. 1:00 eastern on abc what to expect as the final chapter begins, here's nicole manslaughtery. >> i'm nicole from the motor

speedway. at new hampshire. pat announced his decision to leave penske racing after the 2009 season and earlier penske said he could be at the shop for tuesday debriefs but tuesday debriefs only. but despite they say business will run as usual here at the track, as for the decision to replace him it was a the can decision based on protecting their developments for 2010 and they have a history of replacing and promoting from within and are actively looking for his 2010 replacement. >> ahead on this edition of "sportscenter," live report coming up on the kolb situation. and what is on joe flaco's plate today and what the

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>> here's your sunday schedule. "baseball tonight" at 6:00 eastern followed by the nfl edition of "sportscenter" at 7:00 then "sunday night baseball" 59 8:00. >> and the eagles they might have a trio of pro bowl quarterbacks on their roster but today's starter against the saints might be a guy who has never actually thrown an touchdown pass in the nfl. the latest on the eagles quarterback decision, one that won't really surprise anybody although it's now official and sal you told us this would happen. >> yes. you hate to scoop yourself but kevin kolb is the quarterback

and the quarterback for the situation for the philadelphia eagles after that gets very messy, very up in the air. to begin with the backup for kolb is jeff garcia, one of the most beloved figures here in philadelphia. remember 2006 for mcnabb garcia came in, ran six straight wins and they have a rocky statue, a bronze rocky statue at the steps of the museum here and i've been a reporter here for 25 years and if t first time i saw anybody put a jersey over that statue it was for garcia in 2006. that's how popular he is in this town but this week he was coaching kolb and the one thing he told him was he's got do a better job at protecting the football. kolb had six turnovers, so garcia told him when the music stops if you're there left standing with the football that is not a good thing. when the rush is there, get rid

of it. >> sal paolantonio right in his element there today, enjoy the phillies opener and thanks. >> they didn't put a -- >> they are sold on ebay. >> let's make some picks. you're a man of reason. give us some reasons. the ravens last week over 500 yards of offense. >> joe flaco is slowly becoming maybe the best d ball thrower in the defense and the ravens know that and take advantage of that early. that's why i like the ravens in this one. are they playing good football? absolutely but the compliment has been joe flaco and his ability to throw ball down the field. >> brady quinn and broncos with four sacks last week. >> could be ugly so we're going to have good defense for the broncos. their offense is struggling, especially in the passing game so broncos defense has to cop

up big day. big today. >> now let's talk bengals-packers. >> i expect aaron rodgers to have a bigger day against the bears. but here's why -- jennings, driver, nelson, those matchups will favor packers. >> steelers-bears. polamalu out and another out. >> but you have big ben and willie parker. what's the key for them to have success? the offensive line. for the last 10 days they have worked on the way they run the football, five guys working as one have more balance and big ben will still have his day but i think the running game will pick up based on how the chicago bears got after rodgers and the green bay packers. >> i told you he was a man of reason. >> speaking of parker, had an injury last week, we are told

>> less than five minutes to nfl count downright through that wall. think of this as an appetizer. >> hello. >> hello and happy last weekend of summer. >> what? >> got to get a couple more rays. coach mike ditka and keyshawn johnson. i know brown lost a stone, had to get it in. was a rough one.

missed the extra point, i know you were following it. so the 0-1 patriots when tom brady stepped in. the giants of a couple years ago and when emmitt smith held up the 1993 cowboys started off to win the super bowl. one of the things we're looking for at the end of the day, perhaps, what are you looking for at the end of the day what might we know or not know? >> the pats when you lose available and tedy bruschi and have mayo get hurt, i don't know if you can be a championship team at the end of the day with that. >> they realize you can't play zone coverage against drew brees so going against the blitz happy philadelphia eagles today, if that is not successful around the national football league watch out because this might be a record-breaking season for drew brees if you can't blitz him. >> i think at the end of the today and tonight the giants

receiving core and inexperience will catch up to them and the dallas cowboys. >> at the end of the day you'll find out one thing, tom braid i didn't will receive more pressure than he ever has and we're going to find out if he can handle it. >> and at the end of the day only one team will be 2-0, patriots or -- and at the end of the day are we going to get the arizona cardinals to participate or go well, we're the cardinals, we had fun last year, and see you in 20 years. >> took them a while to get rolling last season, boomer. up to the minute injury news professor john clayton joining us from philly. are we going to see running back thomas? >> you will. he's expected to be active but not very ack tai. they are still going to use mike bell and reggie bush. warmed up well with the knee but will end up third in the

rotation. >> and kansas city new quarterback matt cassell missing the opener. will he go up against the raiders today? >> looks good. he's warming up now. i think he will be active. >> you heard boomer talking about the arizona cardinals. they are looking for their first win. how healthy is anquan boldin? >> much better. getting his speed back. and you're going to see the real anquan boldin. last week with the hamstring, no speed this week getting the speed back. >> and the chargers against home opener, all sorts of banged up. >> jamal williams out for the season with a tricep injury suffered on monday night and this is a huge one almost the equal of brian urlacher being injured in chicago, taking away their run stop ability. >> and all the way back to last season what about t.j. hurebsnureb >> that's the good news.

t.j. houshmandzadeh will play. deion branch gape-time decision. >> john clayton the professor all over it in philly. see you in a bit. thanks. >> you tweet on twitter? >> i don't but you do. >> i do but there's an nfl policy and kenny mayne as only kenny can. coming up on national football league county down will look at the twitter policy and now taking a good look at the saints and what that means to the team. >> think chad ocho cinco had anything to do with that tweeting policy? >> and mark sanchez. >> lub tweeting on today's show? >> well, mark sanchez was tweeting but not now that he is with the jets. >> countdown take it away.