11.   People talk about Emmitt Smith now in the reverent tones reserved for football gods.

12.   So, yes, the football gods live in a neighborhood that has a warped sense of humor.

13.   Thank you again, football gods.

14.   That was an indication the football gods were smiling on Atlanta.

15.   The football gods are smiling.

16.   The football gods are chuckling over their devilish handiwork.

17.   The football gods, who have smiled on the New England Patriots all season, apparently have a soft spot for unjustly deposed franchise quarterbacks.

18.   The Giants thank the football gods for that.

19.   The football gods work in mysterious ways.

20.   Was he being blinded as punishment by the football gods who thought his presence in Austin to be blasphemous?