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Two of the NFL’s best defenses collide in Houston in Week 4, when Russell Wilson and the 3-0 Seahawks visit J.J. Watt’s 2-1 Texans. Notice how we didn’t say anything about Matt Schaub there? Yeah, there’s a reason for that.

Chicago and Detroit meet in a battle for control of the NFC North. The Lions get Reggie Bush back from a knee injury, while the Bears have lost defensive lynchpin Henry Melton for the season. Matt Ufford previews the game, reflects on pizza-related injuries, and makes his pick.

Matt Ufford breaks down the biggest games of Week 4 of the 2013 NFL season, headlined by an Eagles-Broncos matchup that should produce plenty of offense and a Monday Night Football duel in New Orleans between the unbeaten Dolphins and Saints.

Dan Rubenstein runs down some pretty outstanding week five college football matchups at Hill Country Chicken, and is then joined by Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill to discuss his beloved Oklahoma Sooners, food on the road, and KoL’s new album, Mechanical Bull.

It’s long been a championship or big win tradition to bathe one’s coach with a cooler full of water or assorted sports drinks, so Dan Rubenstein finds the best shower celebrations ever. Photo Credit: Jeff Curry/USA Today Sports

It won’t be easy, but Dan Rubenstein explains why the Ole Miss Rebels may be built to beat the mighty Alabama Crimson Tide, even in Tuscaloosa. Photo Credits: Brendan Maloney/USA Today Sports Spruce Derden/USA Today Sports Thomas Campbell/USA Today Sports

The Pittsburgh Pirates have earned at least a Wild Card berth in the 2013 playoffs, their first postseason visit since the 1992 team that starred Barry Bonds and Andy Van Slyke. Matt Ufford looks back on the things that have happened during the two decades since then. Photo Credits: Brian …

At 0-3 after a blowout shutout loss to the previously winless Panthers, the Giants are making their case as one of the worst teams in the NFL. Savor this while it lasts, NFL fans. Photo Credits: Streeter Lecka/Sport/Getty Images Jeremy Brevard/USA Today Sports Bob Donnan/USA Today Sports

Week 4 wasn’t the most exciting week in college football, but Dan Rubenstein finds the best nuggets from Saturday’s action. Photo Credits: David Butler II/USA Today Sports Charles LeClaire/USA Today Sports Jerome Miron/USA Today Sports Bob Stanton/USA Today Sports Derick E. Hingle/USA Today Sports

A simple rule of thumb for fantasy football – don’t start any Raiders. Beyond that, though, Matt Ufford and Nick Stevens analyze the fantasy implications of the Raiders-Broncos Monday Night Football game.