I can't do anything online today without coming across pictures of the Giants' Super Bowl parade. I'm not bitter or anything. It's their week, let them have their fun, but if I'm going to watch a parade, it's gonna be a Redskins one. With it being 20 years since the Redskins have won the big one, I'm surprised I was actually able to find video - IN COLOR NONE THE LESS!! There are literally no pictures anywhere online I can find of any of the Redskins three parades. If you have them at home, upload them to Flickr already (or here). Some of the crowd shots are quite amazing along Constitution Ave.

• Best part of video: Ronald Reagan throws a nice pass to Ricky Sanders here. The Gipper looked to have the same arm strength as Brunell in his last season.
• Worst part: The credits run the entire part of the video. I'll take what I can get.

We've decided to give away one of our Kerrigan Orakpo shirts, and not just one, anyone who guesses the following answers correctly will win one (you can only answer once):

1. How many sacks will KERRAKPO have? (includes .5 sacks)
2. How many turnovers will Grossman have? (fumbles, INTs)
3. How many TDs will Grossman have? (includes rushing)
4. Will the Redskins score over 16.5 points?

The Redskins are in a downward spiral reminscient of my morning "business" getting ready for work, but it'd wouldn't be right fair American to get amped up for this week without some Dallas Week verbiage. The Redskins have won games they had no business being in the last three years, so why not a win this week over Romo? His stats at Fedex are actually quite poor. Anyway, here's a 5-star video to get everyone amped up, including:

• Commentary from players how George Allen made them hate the star, and video of Allen doing it
• Real life hogs tearing up a Cowboys jersey
• Grimm, Dexter, Bugel, Riggo, Theismann adding commentary
• Roger Staubach rolling around wincing in pain 
• Footage from the final game at RFK where Skins upset the Cowboys.

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Cooley's annual fund raiser for breast cancer research is this Monday, October 10th, at the Clyde's in Ashburn. Anyone that has the chance to go should. It's an intimate setting and very easy to talk to media, players, and fans. I've been two years and it's always a fun event. For $65, food and drinks are included and several Redskins always show up. Past years included Haynesworth, Portis, and Reed Doughty.

One of the highlights of the night is the live auction Cooley leads himself, which includes game worn jerseys and golf outings with Cooley himself. Ken got in a bidding war for Cooley's #21 game-worn Pro-Bowl jersey with Portis....pictures and stories from that night are here.

Come on by. Ken, myself, and our friends at Ball Hogs Radio already have our tickets.

The fine folks over at Ball Hogs Radio have organized quite a party for the Redskins Cowboys Monday Night Football game in 6 days. 

• Game will be shown on an extra-large jumbotron in the middle of the Rockville Park Center, similar to ones you'd see for "movies in the park" . City approved use of bringing your beers from the bars outside.
• Former Redskins will be there signing autographs
• They'll be doing a radio broadcast leading up to kickoff with several guests, including yours truly.
• Metro accessible (right by Austin Grill and Pomodoro)
• DJ and prize giveaways

Come on by.

The fine folks at Mastercard have provided us with two sets of Redskins tickets to giveaway this Sunday at home versus the Cardinals. 

For the first set: 

Comment below with your ‘Priceless' Redskins moment, and you can win tickets to this weekend's game courtesy of MasterCard. Be there in person as the Skins take on the Arizona Cardinals this Sunday at 1 p.m.

For the second set: 

I will post a Redskins trivia question on our Facebook page at 1:30PM...first one to get it right wins (good luck, it's a tough one and Google won't help you out).

Thanks again to @Mastercard for the Redskins love.

For the third installment of our series of Budweiser-sponsored events at Hard Times Cafe, we have our third different deal:

On Thursday night at Hard Times Cafe in Bethesda, $15 gets you:

• All-you-can-drink Budweiser/Bud Light
• The latest Hogs Haven T-shirt (you're going to love it)
• And a chance to win one of the giveaways we'll have there.

As you all know, we take our annual T-shirt creation very seriously. We charged $15 per shirt last year, so getting the shirt AND all-you-can-drink for $15 is pretty much a slam dunk.

We'll be joined by Chris Johnson from 106.7 The Fan for our round table discussion prior to the kickoff of the Packers/Saints game. There will be some big shoes to fill as CJ (heard daily on "The Mike Wise Show" weekdays from 10 am to 2 pm on 106.7) is following Dexter Manley. Dexter was amazing at our last event. We'll be talking to CJ about all the latest out of Redskins Park, his expectations for the upcoming season as well as his unique perspective on where this organization currently stands. As both a lifelong Redskins fan and mainstay on the DC Sports media scene for over a decade, CJ's point of view is held in high regard around here.

We'll kick things off around 6:30, with the live round table set for 7 PM. Looking forward to seeing you guys there.

There is so much to love about this video, which according to YouTube aired in January of 2005. Larry Fitzgerald was a rookie at the time and looks almost unrecognizable. 

• I did find it rather comical that Grossman's first spin hit "Bankrupt," but he does get it done in the end with a hell of a pull on Jerry Maguire.
• Riggo and his teammate are all about buying vowels even when the puzzle is rather easy to solve.
• Final round was a tough one....I didn't get it either.

(H/T DCIst.com and Matt Terl)