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On Sunday, FOX ran a cartoon on its NFL pregame show making fun of Jessica Simpson for being fat and Tony Romo for dating a fat chick. Hilarity did not ensue. And after reflection, on Wednesday FOX apologized.

Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo are easy fodder for NFL fans, writers and teevee personalities. There's no question that their tabloid-style romance made for easy commentary across the media spectrum.

However, based on this YouTube posted by NBC-DFW's Drew Margary, it appears that Fox is taking things a little too far. (At least judging by their readership: 45 percent were feeling "furious," 30 percent were "laughing," and 14 percent "didn't know what an internet was," which sounds about right when talking about Cowboy fans.)

Video after the jump.

Step aside Jessica Simpson, because Candice Crawford is here to overtake you as Tony Romo's blond ambition. The Cowboys quarterback is rumored to be dating Crawford, younger sister of "Gossip Girl" actor Chase Crawford, and she is, needless to say, a sight to be seen.

Candice fits the mold of Romo's type. His last girlfriend, Simpson, looks a lot like Candice, though she is seven years older than the former Miss Missouri. Crawford, 22, has been allegedly "getting very cozy" with Romo, who met the 33TV sports reporter through, what else, work.

On its face, it sounds implausible. No way Jessica Simpson, singer, "actress," inspiration to millions ... of preteens, would date a third-string quarterback. Particularly given that her last relationship was with the face of the Cowboys, Tony Romo.

But then I remembered that she was married to Nick Lachey, who was known more for hanging out with Matt Leinart than he was for his musical talents as a member of 98 Degrees. So maybe there is something to the rumor that Simpson and Colt Brennan (No. 3 on the depth chart, No. 1 in the hearts and minds of Redskins fans) are a couple.

This should go over well: former NFL quarterback Rich Gannon ranks the NFC East quarterbacks and he thinks Tony Romo is the best of the bunch. It's hard to get worked up about such lists since they have absolutely no bearing on how the season will unfold. But that's not the point, at least for fans of the Eagles, Giants and Redskins.

Anyway, here's what Gannon said on Sirius NFL Radio (via the Dallas Morning News' Todd Archer):

You thought you were tired of Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson, didn't you? After all, the awesomeness of seeing a celebrity dumped the night before her birthday seemed like a fitting end for one of the more annoying relationships in tabloid history (seriously; this is sports people -- it's serious and real and not about gossip, okay?).

But the Romessica party isn't over yet, folks. In fact, if you happen to frequent the website of one US Magazine -- which I found vis a vis the NY Daily News because I don't read that mess, right? -- then you might realize things are getting more interesting. Well, assuming "interesting" involves "Romo banning Jessica from his house."

I think Jessica Simpson could be Tony Romo's undoing. And by extension, the Dallas Cowboys. The couple called it quits two weeks ago, and now Romo has spent his time between the golf course and making bizarre Fantasy Files commercials with BFF Jason Witten.

Oh, wait. That's just Redskins tight end Chris Cooley clowning Witten while his brother Colt Brennan (!) pretends to be Romo. (At least I think that's his brother Colt. The mask makes it hard to tell, although the throwing motion is spot-on Tony-tastic.*) Whatever, good times for everybody except, well, Cowboys fans who will probably have trouble seeing the humor. Moving pictures hilarity after the jump.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is an accomplished golfer. In the past, he's just missed qualifying for the U.S. Open, shot 84 at Torrey Pines the week before the 2008 Open, and played with Tiger Woods in the AT&T National Pro-Am two weeks ago. He also logged a third-place finish at last year's Lake Tahoe Celebrity Golf Championship

So it's not all that surprising that he would be leading the event after one round this time around. Romo has 27 points in the modified Stableford format (thanks to seven birdies, three of which game on the first four holes), two points ahead of former Major League pitcher and mustache enthusiast Rick Rhoden, a seven-time winner at Tahoe.

I admit to being surprised when Derrick Mason abruptly announced his retirement, yesterday. But in much the same way I might be surprised that Tony Romo broke up with Jessica Simpson or John Daly rammed his bus into a tunnel -- I didn't expect it to happen exactly at the moment it did, then again I wasn't totally shocked that it eventually happened.

Except that maybe Mason was just kidding in the name of making a few more bucks. The Baltimore Sun's Ken Murray thinks Mason's announcement was just a grand scheme to get a new deal, one he's been angling for all offseason.

Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson are reportedly no longer dating, having broken up some time at the end of last week, according to a breaking newz report today in PEOPLE magazine.