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Brett Favre's adjustment to being a member of the Minnesota Vikings appears to be nearly complete. The sight of Favre in a Vikings uniform is no longer jarring to the senses, and the quarterback cleared a major hurdle this month when he beat the team he was once synonymous with, the Green Bay Packers, at the Metrodome.

Every Monday has become the same old routine this football season at Southeastern Conference headquarters in Birmingham.

SEC commissioner Mike Slive talks to a football coach angry over officiating, tells the coach to shut his yapper and then issues a public reprimand.

PITTSBURGH - Funny thing is Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker LaMarr Woodley actually thought he would escape ridicule from his teammates Sunday after toting the football 77 yards in what seemed like 2 1/2 minutes to score the most unlikely defensive touchdown we've seen around here since, well, Super Bowl Sunday.

Wrong.

All college football, all the time, for a Monday morning quarterback:

-- The college game has become a beauty contest in the eyes of human pollsters and computers alike. But why should that be the case? Shouldn't grinding out a tough win be just as meaningful as piling up numbers?

Week 7 NFL picks from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's pigskin prognosticator.

All times Eastern.

Minnesota Vikings (6-0) at Pittsburgh Steelers (4-2), 1 p.m., Sunday

OK, maybe no one has ever described former Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer as a wise man, but he is a funny man and he is one of only two coaches to win both a college national title ring and a Super Bowl ring (the other is Jimmy Johnson).

Everyone knows that the only fair way to get a true national champion in college football is to implement some kind of playoff.

And I do mean everyone.

That includes all those university presidents who refuse to give us one, pretending to care about the athletes and academics and even the bowls when, really, what they care about most is the money.

World Wrestling Entertainment star Chris Benoit undoubtedly killed his wife and 7-year-old son before committing suicide in June 2007.

Whether the police and WWE properly handled the aftermath isn't so clear-cut.

There are several reasons Alabama has never had a Heisman Trophy winner.

Rewind to the days of Bear Bryant, and the legendary Crimson Tide coach didn't believe in putting any individual ahead of the team.

That's why for years Alabama never bothered to actively promote a player for the Heisman. And Bryant had plenty of players who could have won it.

Capsule previews for Saturday's top college games. All times Eastern and all rankings Associated Press.

MINNESOTA (4-3) at No. 18 OHIO STATE (5-2), Noon, ESPN.

FAVORITE: Ohio State by 18.

COACHES: Tim Brewster (12-20 in third year at Minnesota) and Jim Tressel (88-21 in 9th year at Ohio State).