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The FanHouse Podcast: Because bloggers are much sexier on the phone.

Daryl Johnston played his entire NFL career with the Dallas Cowboys, and he currently covers the NFC for Fox on Sundays. So who better to talk to about the current state of the NFC and the Cowboys' place in it?

Thanks to the kind folks at MasterCard, FanHouse got a chance get Moose on the horn and we asked him about the Cowboys' decision to go "team-first," whether the NFC West has any redeeming qualities, if the Saints and Colts can really go undefeated, and who he likes in the Super Bowl. And finally (hey, we have to pay bills, too): how you can score your own Dallas Cowboys credit card

Pictures and podcast after the jump.

Of all the headlines I read today, the one you see above is now second on the "didn't see that coming" list after "Al Roker Loses Mind Previewing Weather for Sunday Night Football". Apparently, 50 Cent and his entourage went after Marv Albert backstage at Jimmy Kimmel Live last night.

At least if you believe the Los Angeles Times (or if you prefer to get your news from more reputable sources, here ya go):

The FanHouse Podcast: Because bloggers are much sexier on the phone.

Jerry Rice needs no introduction, but I'll give him one anyway: the guy was a decent NFL wide receiver over his 21-year career, winning multiple Super Bowls and setting a few records en route to becoming the G.O.A.T.

So, when the kind folks at Gillette offered FanHouse the chance to speak with Rice, we jumped at the opportunity. We got his thoughts on the state of the 49ers and Raiders, and specifically their new rookie wideouts, Michael Crabtree and Darius Heyward-Bey.

Talking after the jump.

You're just gonna have to believe me when I say that I don't normally record The Today Show. I only managed to stumble onto Al Roker doing the Sunday Night Football weather preview because my DVR timed out after taping The Daily Show from the night before.

It's a long story but just know this: Roker is probably due a drug test. (Warning: Only watch this if you don't worry about suffering from Roker-fueled nightmares all weekend.)

Ole Miss Chancellor Dan Jones recently banned the school's fight song "From Dixie With Love" for the remainder of forever, because some students, alumni and fans refused to stop chanting "The South will rise again!" at the end of the song. Reaction from many of these people has been mixed.

The Ku Klux Klan has weighed in on the decision and their reaction is, well, predictable: they're holding a rally because they don't approve of the lack of racism free speech in Oxford, and it will take place before Saturday's game against LSU.

Brooke Hundley, having not spoken outside of Good Morning America since news of her affair with Steve Phillips went public, broke her "media silence" last night. On Facebook of all places.

The former ESPN employee apparently answered friend requests from multiple bloggers in an affirmative fashion and -- perhaps coincidentally -- shortly thereafter launched into a mini-tirade against the World Wide Leader for not returning the personal and work items from her cubicle in Bristol.

Brian Brohm has left the Packers' practice squad and joined the Buffalo Bills active roster, in a move that seems pretty good for both Brohm and the Bills' organization.

According to the Journal-Sentinel in Milwaukee, the Packers attempted to retain Brohm (he was a second round pick two years ago) to the practice squad, but obviously the former Louisville quarterback preferred the notion of actually having a shot at playing with Buffalo when presented with equal contracts.

Erin Drewes is probably best known as "Tim Tebow's busty girlfriend" or some amalgamation thereabouts. Turns out, that's totally untrue! Not only is Erin Drewes NOT Tebow's girlfriend, but she would prefer you not confuse her with Lucy Pinder.

Oh, right, and she's going to be donning body paint -- in the form of a Florida Gator's uniform, natch -- for an upcoming issue of Playboy. (That link is, quite obviously, NSFW.)

One could forgive Cleveland wide receiver/return man Josh Cribbs if he was upset with the Browns coaching staff for extending Monday night's game against Baltimore long enough to land him on a stretcher, despite the fact that the Browns were down 16 points with just seconds to play.

But Cribbs, according to the Cleveland Plain-Dealer by way of PFT, has a different account of the final play of the game: the decision to keep the ball alive was made by Brady Quinn (as opposed to head coach Eric Mangini).