• Cowboys' running game must get off the ground
  Jason Garrett wants to throw the ball, and the Cowboys' offense doesn't give him any reason not to do what he loves.

• Colts' receivers regain Peyton Manning's trust
  Austin Collie and Pierre Garcon were both guilty of egregious sins in the Indianapolis Colts' world: dropped passes.

• Eagles' red-zone woes have become running joke
  His angst came and went Sunday, but for a quarterback known for saying nothing, Donovan MacNabb's actions spoke a thousand words. The Eagles had just flubbed a third-and-one from the San Diego seven-yard line, this time on a well-covered rollout incompletion into the end zone, and their quarterback, who has seen this sort of thing so often over 11 years on the job, had enough.

• A shield for the public
  The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Thursday, Nov. 19:

• Can Cal stop the Luck of Stanford
  When Jeff Tedford sets up the digital video, taps "play" and starts to watch Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, I wonder what Cal's coach feels.

• Ohio State and Michigan no longer high on the national respect meter
  Is it almost over?

• Boise State a hit at rush hour
  Once they finally decided to run the ball Friday night against Utah State, the Boise State Broncos proved their rushing attack could do just as much damage as their passing game.

• An Andre Ward victory would be good for boxing
  Boxing isn't dead and it isn't dying anytime soon. Signs of life were revealed as recently as last weekend, in the 1.25 million pay-per-view buys for the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto fight.

• Another interview with the Axe
  To grasp Saturday's Big Game mojo between Cal and host Stanford, it's time for our third annual interview with The Stanford Axe, also cleverly known as our "Q & Axe."

• Checking the rumor mill of college coaching
  If Big 12 football were a Fortune 500 company, it might have qualified for a federal bailout this year.

• Rocked, shocked Jayhawk: Kansas' Mangino trying to hold on to job amid reports of abuse
  Apparently, Mark Mangino has made it successfully to Saturday night's game at Texas as the football coach at Kansas.

• As with 1938 national champs, 2009 TCU Horned Frogs must finish the job
  "They faced great odds and a late start, but they did not protest. They succeeded on every front."

• Cardinals' Adrian Wilson part of an elite crowd
  As a rookie in 2001, Cardinals safety Adrian Wilson was relegated to the back of the bus.

• No matter what Texas Longhorns think, TCU still has a chance
  A question for all of my self-righteous and immensely entitled Longhorns friends: How do you figure Texas is better than TCU?

• Oprah's departure: What does it mean?
  On Friday, Oprah Winfrey announced that she is ending her daytime talk show because "it's time to leave." The earth continues to shudder.

• Editorials on breast cancer recommendations
  The following editorial appeared in the Dallas Morning News on Friday, Nov. 20:

• The cost of dropping out to all of us
  It will take a significant change in policy for this nation to overcome its appalling school dropout problem, but maybe the place to start is coming up with a good slogan.

• Obama's excessive ruminations
  The following editorial appeared in the Dallas Morning News on Thursday, Nov. 19:

• U.S. military seeks muscle and brains
  The following editorial appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Thursday, Nov. 19:

• Asking questions
  The following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday, Nov. 19:

• Courts can handle 9-11's mix of war and crime
  Reasonable, intelligent people can disagree over whether five accused 9-11 conspirators should be tried in federal courts in New York City for that day's horrendous destruction.

• Stronger Hyundai, Kia aren't likely to fade soon
  Anybody who dismisses Hyundai's recent success as a cash-for-clunkers-fueled aberration is in for a rude surprise in 2010.

• Bears' short passing game one area that's impressive
  Instead of continuing to beat their helmets against eight-man fronts, the Bears are coming to a realization: They don't have to run the ball.

• A new mammogram Rx
  The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Thursday, Nov. 19:

• Easy explanations for the Bears' silence
  You probably have heard Bears general manager Jerry Angelo, coach Lovie Smith and quarterback Jay Cutler turned down an opportunity to talk with Bob Costas for NBC's Sunday night pregame show.