I was going to come out here and spill my thoughts about the Pats win over the lowly Dolphins last week, but I guess it can be all summed up in one phrase for Miami as usual...

"Always a bridesmaid and never a bride."

If Nick Saban isn't fired at the end of this season I'll be real surprised… But, enough of that... Let's get into what you all really came out here for and that is my annual Top 10 countdown for the bye week.

Once again, for those of you who are new to this, I drop this little piece every year during the New England Patriot's bye week, and it goes over pretty well. Some parts of the list are new, some of the best move up, while some of the least favorites move down or completely off the list.

10. Find Religion: Head to church, confess all of those sins and impure thoughts you've committed while attending and watching football games the past four weeks... Oh yes, the sins you committed during the preseason count.

9. Tailgate at Home: Go to you kid(s) pee wee/mighty mite game done up in grease paint, armed with air horns and noisemakers. Then, break out the grill, cook hamburgers and hot dogs for the kids while getting sugar high with them drinking gallons of Teenie Weenie juices and talking about Spongebob or Yu Gi Oh.

8. Change of Scenery: Betting on the Dallas Cowboys last week has put you so deep in the red with the local bookies, you decide to turn rat and enlist the entire family into the Federal Witness Protection Program.

8.5 Change of Scenery: Betting on the Dallas Cowboys last week has put you so deep in the red with the local bookies you change your forwarding address to Drew Bledsoe's house.  

7. Get Scared: With movies like "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning," and "The Grudge 2" opening up there is no reason to go out and get your chill on.

6. Be a Parent(s) to Your Child/Children: Reintroduce yourself to the kid(s) as the parent(s) they knew before week one. This way they can forget all about the terrorizing lunatic who has been screaming obscenities at the TV for the past four weekends.

5. Get in Touch With Your Sensitive Side: Spend time with your wifey/girlfriend/significant other doing the things they like... Renting movies, watching Lifetime or the Oxygen network. For bonus points, take a trip to the Christmas Tree Shops with her.

4. Cash in Your Frequent Flyer Mileage: Turn in your rewards and spend time with your illegitimate children from East to West. (Note: This one may pertain to some pro football players.)

3. Git R Done: Run out, grab a Nextel phone, some chewin' tobacca', Coors beer, a Confederate flag, and practice your best south of the border southern drawl so you can spend the weekend as a NASCAR fan watching drivers make four left turns at Lowe's Motor Speedway for the Bank of America 500. Remember... It's "Chase for the Cup" time, so try not to disrespect anyone by rooting for someone who is out of the standings like Kurt Busch or Dale Jarrett.

2. Go Bruins: The NHL season has begun, and the Bruins are already taking losses, but who cares because as long as Jeremy Jacobs is calling the shots the season is nothing more than a tax writeoff.

1. TIVO, TIVO, TIVO: Between the two Tivo's in my house I have run up over 70 hours of hard drive space like bad credit. I have from last season's 24 to this season's Heroes to clear up and watch before House, and Prison Break return from the MLB hiatus or I will be having a DVR meltdown in my home.

Honorable Mention or Shameless Self Plug: If none of the above catch your attention then you can always go to Pitbull TV.com and listen my host Mark Chauppetta, me and the rest of the cast uncensored "On the Mark" radio show episode 1 & 2