Wild Card weekend

Oh, there goes sleep! The play offs are here! And for everyone in the UK with even a pasing interest in American Football, the real deal is here - the knock-out stages; the time when dreams are made and broken; when every play counts.

Action kicks off on Saturday night, when at 9.30 (UK time) Washington travel to take on Tampa, followed at some Godforsaken hour by Jacksonville at New England.

Sunday sees Carolina at the New York Giants (thankfully at a more civilised kick-off time of 6.00pm) followed by Pittsburgh at Cincinnati.

Sunday's games are all between teams with identical 11-5 records - noone but the foolish would bet on the outcomes, except me! Look for Carolina to fold in the New York cold, while the Bengals prove to be too tough for the Steelers!

As for Saturday's games? Anyone's guess!