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Tony Romo passed for a NFL career best 353 yards and threw three touchdown passes as the Dallas Cowboys got their 2009 season off to a good start with a 34-21 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Cowboys answered a lot of questions about how their receiving corps would respond to the absence of Terrell Owens, now with the Buffalo Bills.

The Cowboys easily covered the pointspread as -4 road favorites, and improved to 16-12 over the last three years when laying points. Tampa Bay dropped to 17-17 over the same timeframe as an underdog.

After the game Roy Williams couldn’t resist a wisecrack about T.O.:

“Career-high passing yards? Without T.O? “No, it’s good. It’s good for him. It’s good for this team. It was a team effort. Everybody contributed.”

Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said he wasnt surprised:

“They are playmakers, and we knew that going in. But until you do it, the naysayers are going to say: ‘Hey. You don’t have this or that.’ But I think we do.”

Romo, meanwhile, preferred to focus on the victory:

“You don’t think about yards. You’re not judged off of yards. You’re judged off of winning and losing at this position.”

Raheem Morris spoke of the defeat in his regular season NFL coaching debut:

“Obviously, we’re disappointed. But there were a lot of good things on offense.”

Perhaps the brightest silver lining in the dark cloud of the loss was the performance of Cadillac Williams. Williams appeared fully recovered from his injuries and rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown.

Bucs cornerback Ronde Barber suggested that the final score didn’t convey that his team played well:

“We had our chances. The final score is definitely not indicative of how good we played at times. Those big plays absolutely destroy you football team.

The Cowboys will return home for their next game hosting the New York Giants. Theyll remain at home the following week as they welcome the Carolina Panthers to Texas. The Bucs will head to upstate New York to face T.O and his new team, the Buffalo Bills.

Ross Everett is a experienced freelance writer specializing in travel, poker and NFL football handicapping. He is a staff handicapper for Anatta Sports where he is responsible for providing daily sports picks. In his spare time he enjoys fine dining, fencing and deep sea diving. He lives in Southern Nevada with four dogs and a pet coyote.

The Indianapolis Colts offense was in high gear on Thursday night as Peyton Manning threw two TD passes in three series of action, leaving backup Curtis Painter with a 14-0 lead over the Philadelphia Eagles before exiting the game. The Colts went on to win 23-15 in NFL preseason action.

Manning was pleased with the performance of the Indy offense:

“I think everybody wanted to be in there. The entire offense felt hungry after last week. Sure, there were some mistakes we can learn from, but there were some good things we can learn from.”

“I don’t think anybody offensively was really happy with what happened last week. It started with me and the entire offensive starting unit. Overall I thought everybody came back and did a better job tonight.”

Colts head coach Jim Caldwell shared his QB’s pleasure:

“They [the starters] had a couple of real good solid drives in there, performing pretty well. We were pleased with what we saw.”

Eagles coach Andy Reid wasn’t the least bit enthused with what he saw from his team:

“All in all, that was an embarrassing performance and way too many penalties, not enough intensity all the way around, starting with me. It was a poor performance.”

Aside from a nice touchdown pass from Donovan McNabb early in the game the Eagles looked nothing like a team expected to contend for a Superbowl berth.

Philadelphia will host the Jacksonville Jaguars next Thursday night looking for their first win of the NFL preseason. The Colts will continue their NFL exhibition slate as they travel to Detroit for a game against the Lions a week from Saturday. The Eagles will start the regular season with a road game against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, September 13th while the Colts will host the Jacksonville Jaguars

Ross Everett is a well known freelance writer experienced in travel, poker and sports handicapping. He is a staff handicapper for Anatta Sports where he is responsible for providing daily free sports picks. In his spare time he enjoys fine dining, fencing and deep sea diving. He lives in Las Vegas with four dogs and a pet coyote.

It has become clear to millions that we must now take a serious look at alternative energy sources. The two easiest to take advantage of, and most readily available, come from the sun and wind. That is why DIY Solar Power has soared in popularity. It wasn’t at all long ago that homeowners are paying tens of thousands of dollars to manufacturers for solar power systems.

They still are incredibly expensive but what has changed now is that people can build and install their own solar panels. It can be done for substantially less money. It sounds complicated, but building solar panels are very simple in practice. Once more, it can be done using tools and materials purchased at your local home improvement center.

There are no special skills required to do it which means that anyone that gives it a try and succeed. The DIY solar power community is very active and growing which is wonderful because they offer assistance when necessary. Hobbyists and homeowners alike are finding that it can be quite rewarding to go green.

Thousands and thousands of dollars will be saved on electricity. It also increases the home’s selling price. Improved technology has made constructing solar power systems possible for the average homeowner. It’s made of solar cells, batteries and mounts. It all begins by building solar cells.

The individual cells then work in tandem to turn the sun’s rays into electricity. The completed cells are then wired together which form the battle. The cells, when strung together, create a working solar panel. The end product is called a photovoltaic solar panel. While photovoltaic sounds like an intimidating word, it simply means turning light into electricity. After that it must be installed on the home.

The electricity that is produced through the sun’s rays can then either be used, stored or sold. Technically, it isn’t really sold at all. What happens is that the house is wired to the electrical grid and the homeowner sends their excess electricity to the utility company.

But the owner of the home gets in return are credits that can be used to discount their electric bill. Going off the grid is the term that is used to describe one at home no longer requires any outside electricity from the utility company. Sounds pretty appealing doesn’t it? That’s because it is. DIY Solar Power saves quite a bit of money and those absolutely no damage to the environment.