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The 2012 NFL regular season schedule has been released and we now know who will be playing who, along with when and where those games will take place. There are a lot of key matchups in primetime this year, and it seems as if the scheduling has played right into the big storylines of the NFL. How will Peyton Manning do in Denver? Will Tebow get playing time in New York as a Jet? How will the Saint

Audio from former Saints Defensive Coordinator, Gregg Williams, instructing players to injure San Francisco 49ers.

Now that you have gotten through both the AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, as well as the shoulda-woulda-coulda' water-cooler talk from your designated Monday Morning Quarterback, it's time to figure out which play game possessed the bigger 'Football Fail.'

I don't know where all this fan on fan violence has come from as of late, but another sports related incident is making headlines. This past Saturday in the parking lot of a Georgia Applebee's, a New Orleans Saints fan fired shots at two San Francisco 49ers fans following San Fran's playoff win over the the Black & Gold.

So I was bummed to the max when I saw the San Francisco 49ers come back in the final seconds to end my New Orleans Saints' Super Bowl run. I was even more heartbroken when the New York Giants defeated the Green Bay Packers 24 hours later, which meant that the NFC Championship would have been held in New Orleans had the Saints won. But after watching this video, I'm not sad anymore.

I'm a Saints fan, and if you ask ANYONE who knows me they can confirm that statement. Win or lose, I love my team. I'm very confident about my team, but one thing I don't do, is guarantee that my team will win football games. As a matter of fact, I never guarantee that ANY NFL team will ever beat another NFL team. In this league, the phrase of "any given Sunday" is cliche for a reason. R

This week Monday Night Football on ESPN featured the Pittsburgh Steelers at the San Francisco 49ers, but instead of being featured in the spotlight, both teams and their fans were left in the dark, literally.  Two power outages at Candlestick Park delayed the game around kickoff, and then again early in the second quarter.