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So keep voting each day. The Girls thank you and Robin is on her way over to do your laundry. Now fasten your five-point restraint system and settle in for another episode of The Fantoo Girls!

Fantasy Flubbers, Improper Payments and ‘What’s Your Deal?’ With The Girls!

Episode 192

In this latest edition of the Fantoo Girls, we take a break (sort of…okay, not at all) from asking, pleading, begging for votes and sneak back into the Fantoo Girls production castle studio to produce our new epic interpretation of ‘Dumb and Dumber’.

In this great and original work, the Philadelphia Eagles nurse Brian Westbrook back from a concussion for 3 weeks, only to lose him indefinitely to…wait for it…another concussion. The fuse on Westbrook’s career has officially been lit.

Speaking of lighting it up, how does Stanford drop 55 points on USC? How do they beat USC 2 years in a row? How does Jim Harbaugh go for it on a 2-point conversion when his team is ahead by 27 points? What’s his deal anyway? Whatever it is, we love it when the intellectual powerhouse (David) beats the safety school (Goliath). What with the NCAA worrying about the stale BCS and Mark Mangino’s voracious appetite for destruction, this adds the right kind of spice to college football.

The MLB proves that it’s a sexy ERA that makes a Cy Young pitcher and not wins. Go figure. The PGA proves that Tiger is not to be trifled with, or written about in a negative manner, just as Michelle Wie proves that she can win in the LPGA…and like it! Katy Perry would be proud.

Jimmy Johnson will coast to yet a 4th NASCAR Cup victory. Congrats, man. Does anyone else find Jimmy Johnson’s 4-timing the least exciting story in NASCAR right now? Ranking maybe with the excitement level we experienced when we learned that there was now an option for men to use Vaseline. Strahan, have a sit-down with your agent. Everyone knows what guys do with Vaseline - do you really want to be a part of that?

With Crosby and the Penguins twisting in the wind, other NHL teams have been streaking. Yet stats can be deceiving, especially when you consider that some teams have played 23 games and some have played 17. At any rate, there will be no more tanned Shanahan on the bench this season. Another pillar retires. At least he’s going out playing with a little less ‘fire’ than Theo Fleury. And, thank Gordie Howe, Ovechkin is back. All is right in the world of hockey…

Over in the NBA, we WOULD mention the injuries, the Iverson move and the Nets’ losing streak if it weren’t just simply so early in the season. We don’t want to get ahead of ourselves, or them. So we’ll just show you this:

The NFL offered us the opportunity to have an epic ‘Mangini Sucks’ segment this week. Monday Night Football saw no benefit from the putrid Browns-Ravens mess. Nor did Josh Cribbs. Nor did the tragic Browns fans. Nor did Terrell Suggs. Really, what does make this Cleveland team so awful? Is it because they took away The Flats? Is it bad recruiting? Or is it simply because Mangini sucks?

Ooh, ooh…me…I have a question…anybody know how to coach a football team?

And now Mangini’s mentor comes under fire. But honestly, if the Patriots had made 1st down on that 4th-and-2, wouldn’t we all be saying what a genius Belichick is? Boston Bill will be going the way of Dick Jauron NO TIME soon. But someone who does get to go places this season is Larry Johnson. And we predict he will be awesome. Winning is fun - and the Bengals are winning. Plus, they don’t seem to have an owner like Bud Adams. We wonder, do Bud Adams and Al Davis sit together at the owners meetings? Give each other tips on erratic, octogenarian behavior? It’s intriguing to think about.

Finally, The Girls ponder how they can get their hands on some of the more than $98 Billion (with a ‘B’) dollars that the government improperly paid out in 2009. So grab your rally cap, hide your food from Mangino and set up your Swiss bank account…it’s time to talk sports with The Girls!!

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