Jackie has gone AWOL so I’ve had to step in to save the day. To celebrate the real start of the NFL season, here’s NFL WAG Jennifer Walcott.

One of the greatest videos ever in the history of the internet: Oregon Trail Meets the NFL. (Kotaku)

Speaking of great videos, Rick Reilly made his first ever appearance on SportsCenter. Just another reason why ESPN’s SportsCenter is better than TSN’s SportsCentre. (Deadspin)

The NFL season brings out all sorts of prognosticators, including those that read tarot cards. Maya Angelou has thrown her expertise into figuring out the 2009 season. (Splog)

After the jump, more football links, Canada’s next superstar, and the Detroit Lions got some special visitors at training camp.

If that doesn’t inspire much confidence in you, then this won’t help much. Here’s why your team won’t win the Super Bowl. (America’s White Boy)

Planning on watching football today? This handy guide to each network’s broadcast crew might be useful. (Sports Illustrated) And don’t forget to check which games will be broadcasting in your area. (The 506)

And keeping with football, you know the economy is in rough shape when sales of Madden 10 are down from last year’s Madden sales. (Wall Street Journal)

The decade is almost done so why not look at the best sports sound bites from the past 10 years. (Randall Simon’s Sausages)

The big Canadian motoring news of the week was that Magna bought Opel/Vauxhall from GM. However, that doesn’t mean that Canada makes only boring cars. This new effort should be face-rearranging fast. (Top Gear)

In other Canadian news, Wayne Gretzky hasn’t reported to Phoenix Coyotes training camp. Is the coach sitting out until he gets the money he’s due from bankruptcy proceedings? (CBC)

Police are pretty good at using tazers. They like them so much that they’re using them on bulls now. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Today’s photo gallery is a look at the infamous Madden Curse that has just claimed another victim. (Sports Illustrated)