Outside of the SEC Championship game played in December, this weekend’s SEC matchup down in Baton Rouge is the biggest SEC game of the year. The No. 1 Florida Gators are headed into Death Valley to face off against the No. 4 LSU Tigers. Any time we see two Top 5 teams play each other it’s always exciting, but this time it’s more special because the game features football’s brightest star, Tim Tebow … hopefully.

The 2009 Major League Baseball postseason starts today. The Minnesota Twins were victorious last night in a one-game playoff with the Detroit Tigers, so they will advance into the postseason. The Division Series are best of five and follow a 2-2-1 format with the division winners getting homefield advantage. Let’s take a look at the matchups:

Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Sam Bradford hasn’t played in weeks and Florida Gator quarterback Tim Tebow was knocked out of their 4th game with a concussion. Both players are former Heisman winners and with a little luck both players will suit up and lead their teams on Saturday.

Or should this post be titled “Packers vs. Favre Preview?” In case you haven’t heard, tonight’s Monday night Football game features the Green Bay Packers at the Minnesota Vikings. This is one of the most hyped regular season football games in recent history, all because Brett Favre will be squaring off against his former team. Even without Brett Favre this would be a great rivalry game. The Vikings are 3-0, the Packers are 2-1 and both teams hate each other.

It’s October! In support of Breast Cancer Awareness month, Football Fanatics is launching a “Real Fanatics Care” campaign. It’s time to support more than just your favorite teams. Throughout the month of October, Football Fanatics is donating money for every new Facebook Fan or Twitter Follower we get to the Susan G. Komen Foundation! Find out how you can help us tackle cancer.

We Are Fanatics readers will hear me talk about Facebook and Twitter from time to time, but rarely do I mention Myspace. Football Fanatics, and some of our “sister” sites, do have a presence on Myspace so I’d like to take a few moments just to chat about what’s going on in the Myspace world. Myspace is a great place to interact with fellow sports fans.

Former Florida Gator running back and now 12-year NFL veteran Fred Taylor is my favorite football player. In fact, I have a huge poster of him in my cubicle. I love his style of play and his attitude on the the field. As a Jaguar fan, I was devastated when they let him go in the offseason in favor of a younger Maurice Jones-Drew. But at the same time I was happy for Fred to move on in his career and pursue an opportunity to win a Super Bowl ring with the New England Patriots.

I hate to jump the gun on this, but reports are flying on Twitter right now that Chad Pennington could be done for the year. Pennington injured his right shoulder in the Dolphins game yesterday against the San Diego Chargers. Pennington has had multiple surgeries on the same shoulder in the past and some thought his career might have been over before he signed with the Dolphins.

A breakout player is different from a fantasy football sleeper in that “sleepers” usually refer to lower tier players that are off the radar… maybe a backup running back that will see additional carries because of an injury to the guy ahead of him (think Felix Jones or James Davis). A breakout player is someone who is a super star or top tier player but just hasn’t quite got it going yet. Maybe their offense as a whole isn’t clicking or the player went up against some tough defenses.
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Last week we featured the Fantasy Football Newb, David M. Well it turns out that his team Murphy’s Law is now 2-0. In today’s video segment, Fantasy Football newbie Dave from IT covers his 2nd week and discusses plans for this week – including his match-up with his interviewer, The SuperFavres. Now both at 2-0, Dave M. and Mike M. are the only undefeated teams in the league. After this week, there will be only one.