AWFUL ANNOUNCING has an interesting find. Politics aside, a video of former NFL player and current ESPN analyst Emmitt Smith taking the podium in Dallas and delivering a barn-burning speech for Barack Obama would not be notable in and of itself — except for the fact that there is not one Emmitt-style neologism in the entire speech.

I wonder whether there was a TelePrompTer for Smith’s speech, because it looked like he was improvising — and I always assumed his grammatical blunders and Emmitt-isms on “NFL Countdown” came when he riffed instead of going with the prompter. Read more…

• Spencer Hall at SPORTING NEWS discovers that Pedro Martinez turned that recent cockfighting match into a dance floor.

• PRO FOOTBALL TALK finds out that everyone’s favorite inventor of neologisms, Emmitt Smith, may be back next season. (My personal favorite Emmitt-ism: “debacled”.)

• LOG’S BLOG learns that UNC men’s hoops coach Roy Williams isn’t up on much of popular culture.

• BUSTED COVERAGE shows that Cleveland Browns WR Braylon Edwards is having some fun with high-powered weaponry at the Pro Bowl.

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• What was Tom Brady’s baby mama doing during the Super Bowl? PAGE SIX discovers Bridget Moynahan was taking little John Edward Thomas out for a walk around the neighborhood.

• WITH LEATHER learns, through the magic of video editing, what Chris Berman really thinks of Emmitt Smith.

• PAUL KATCHER marches in with a look at the Giants’ Super Bowl victory parade.

• You can’t be serious! John McEnroe invites you to take the 10-Day All Bran challenge (Gas-X next up for J-Mac?!)

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Our favorite image of the Super Bowl telecast was a shot of Jeremy Shockey sitting in the suites, with a wide assortment of fruit-flavored alcoholic beverages sitting in front of him. Why wouldn’t he want to be on the sidelines with his teammates? Hmmm.

We don’t know why we take pleasure in Shockey completely missing out on the game and the glory. But we’re probably not alone.

So what was a bigger upset, the Giants win, or Troy Aikman saying absolutely nothing interesting or insightful for 3+ hours. Can you imagine being stuck on a Southwest flight to Tucson next to the guy? Read more…

• SPORTS ILLUSTRATED chats with Chuck Liddell about being a Super Bowl VIP. But the big guy has been to the Big Game before - as a security guard.

• Meanwhile, ESPN’s HASHMARKS talks with NFL Films prez Steve Sabol, who remembers trying to sell a dozen seats to the first Super Bowl: “I was only able to sell two tickets for $6.”

• ODENIZED realizes Donyell Marshall hasn’t played in a while - but to hit the court without your jersey?

• THE MONEY SHOT is Sure they’re Right (Guard) with their selections of