Philip Rivers threw four touchdown passes to get San Diego past the Denver Broncos last night, 35-14. Jon Gruden told me that those teams don’t like each other, so I guess it must be true. The Chargers pulled to within a game of the Kansas City Chiefs with a complete game in all three phases.

“This was the most complete game we’ve played in all three phases,” Rivers said. “We are in a lot of ways in playoff football already. You almost can’t afford a step back at this point.

“We haven’t peaked,” added Rivers, who leads the NFL with 3,177 yards passing and has a chance to break Dan Marino’s single-season record of 5,084 set in 1984. “I don’t think we’re playing at 100 percent, but we’re playing pretty good.”

–Y! Sports.

Rivers still may not have had the most impressive toss of the evening, a distinction which belongs to Chargers punter Nate Scifries, who completed a 28-yard pass on a punt fake in the first quarter, which you can watch on the next page. Jeez, I love fake punts. It’s like a game of “Madden” come to life, without a 12-year-old squawking into your headset.

SI.com’s Stuart Mandel twaggered this video of a Cal defensive lineman taken from their loss against Oregon Saturday. We can see Aaron Tipoti apparently faking a leg injury after looking over to his team’s sideline.

“I know any time anybody goes down against Oregon, (Duck fans) always think that’s the case, but it’s not the case,” Cal coach Jeff Tedford said when asked if the injuries were faked.

However, a source within the Bears football program confirmed to The Oregonian that this indeed was “a big part” of the defensive game plan against Oregon, although not all Cal coaches were on board with this strategy.

The idea, of course, is to give the defense a rest while disrupting an Oregon offense that heavily relies on rhythm.

–The Oregonian.

Is anyone surprised about this? Half the reason that the Ducks are so good is that they’re almost a track team in helmets. If you allow teams to substitute during an injury timeout, then the incentive to go all Euro is there for everyone. Granted, most teams’ defenses only need to swap out an interior lineman for a nickelback to improve their third down look, but forbidding any other substitutions during an injury timeout would go a long way. Or at least throw the flag whenever the guy falls onto the ball.

Roger Federer supposedly hits a water bottle off a guy’s head after (or during) a photo shoot. Never mind the fact that Federer aims about 10 feet to the guy’s right and isn’t even looking at the guy after he hits it. Oh, but it’s building great awareness for whatever company whose name was at the beginning of this, so good on them.

Your video is after the jump. If Federer was shooting this on clay, he probably would have hit that guy in the face. Read the rest of this entry »

Let’s be honest: women and video games go together like peanut butter and giraffes. That’s why it’s so entertaining when these two pursuits of man collide. Here’s another woman completely losing her wits after playing “Call Of Duty” with her boyfriend (presumably), which is a terrible, terrible idea from the start. And of course, she doesn’t take kindly to getting blown away ad infinitum.

I have no idea why this video is bleeped out for the first 45 seconds or so, and then not at all for the remainder. Anyway, this broad flips. The eff. Out. She’s barely understandable, but that’s probably because she’s Australian or, like most women, possessed by Satan. UPDATE: Original video uploaded, which looks even faker than the stream posted yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »

This video has been making the rounds for the past couple weeks, but it’s entertaining enough to warrant here. It’s the story of a handful of dudes in Portugal that supposedly have mastered what they call liquid mountaineering: the ability to run on water. Or running on a plank that’s just below the surface of a lake, identified by a patch of mud on the waterline. It’s one of those two, but I love how the guys sell it as some sort of new-age yuppie zen with water-repellent shoes. I have a hard enough time reminding myself that Portugal is actually in Europe and not South America. Doesn’t it sound like it should be in South America? Read the rest of this entry »

This isn’t the first Dude Perfect video to appear on this site, but this latest installment doesn’t go any further in answering the question, “Are these shots legit?” There’s no proof that anything the Texas-based basketball trick-shot troupe has faked anything, but that hasn’t quelled the suspicion. I suppose in this YouTube era that being accused of counterfeiting your video is the best compliment one can receive. Accusing them of being fakes is probably the least we can do in return for them making the most difficult shots look routine. Or even staged. via.