# NFL Week 13 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 1, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/604734 "2011-12-01T19:14:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/604734/181 "2011-12-05T09:54:17Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Frankly, I’m tired of the whole “have the players state their college” thing. If you’re a rookie, okay. But after that, your team is your NFL team. Yeah, I really don’t care that some obscure right tackle played ball at Tennessee Chattanooga 17 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/604734/182 "2011-12-05T15:15:58Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > Yea, I REALLY don’t think Cam Newton is going to be able to reach L.T.'s level, especially given that L.T. is…well, L.T. > > Is it common for a quarterback to be this close to a running back’s TD record? Heh, seeing as how Newton just broke the QB record, I think it’s safe to say that it’s not common for QBs to be this close. As in, this is the closest it’s ever been. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/604734/183 "2011-12-05T16:09:33Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Madonna is the superbowl halftime show. > > That’s some edgey stuff in 1986. Bold, NFL. > [@](#): > > Madonna, currently in the studio working on a new album, has a new film “W.E.” which she directed, wrote and produced and will open nationally two days before the NFL’s signature event. What an astounding coincidence! I mean really, what are the odds? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/604734/184 "2011-12-05T16:14:37Z")
One other thing that kept crossing my mind yesterday – “[**Dio** must be having an aneurysm right about now](http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150599973924377&set=a.10150134921454377.331182.418837579376&type=1&theater)”. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/604734/185 "2011-12-05T17:19:15Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Heh, seeing as how Newton just broke the QB record, I think it’s safe to say that it’s not common for QBs to be this close. As in, this is the closest it’s ever been. Yea, that was a dumb question on my part. I’ll just be over here in the corner. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/604734/186 "2011-12-05T17:32:57Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > One other thing that kept crossing my mind yesterday – “[**Dio** must be having an aneurysm right about now](http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150599973924377&set=a.10150134921454377.331182.418837579376&type=1&theater)”. He probably had a double aneurism when TEBOW led the Broncos to a victory over his Vikings. We all know how much Dio loved those Christian fundamentalists. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/604734.md?page=9)