I gotta feeling that the Super Bowl halftime show is going to be even more unwatchable than usual.

According to a report on Sports By Brooks, the Black Eyed Peas will perform at halftime of the 2011 Super Bowl in Dallas. This is great news for the Puppy Bowl, which will undoubtedly see a surge in viewers as people flee from CBS during the 12-minute performance.

I kid, I kid. This is actually a pretty good move by the NFL. The Black Eyed Peas are at least relevant and have songs people under the age of 25 will have heard outside their parents' minivans. It may not be yours or my particular cup of tea, but at least the Peas are inoffensive provided they don't play "Boom, Boom, Pow".

The Black Eyed Peas would be the first current musical act to perform at the Super Bowl since 2004. Not coincidentally, that was the year Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake performed their impromptu strip tease in front of 90 million live viewers. Since then the NFL has veered toward somewhat-irrelevant aging white rock bands (The Rolling Stones), mostly-irrelevant aging white rock bands (The Who), completely irrelevant aging white rock bands (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers) and Prince (Prince).

MJD predicted in Februrary that the NFL would go younger and hipper with next year's show and a few commenters on the Dallas Morning News website correctly called The Black Eyed Peas as the next halftime entertainers.

If you're upset about the choice, consider this: There had been whispers earlier in the year that The Eagles were the favorites to play Super Bowl XLIV. Remember that on Feb. 6 when you're critiquing Will.I.Am's fashion choices and wondering why Fergie's audio is out of sync with her lip movements.

We thought we had covered every angle of the Ines Sainz controversy ... at least until former NFL player and current FOX/NFL Network analyst Brian Baldinger decided to lose his mind and say what a lot of people are evidently thinking about the whole thing.

For those in need of the Cliff's Notes version: Sainz, an admittedly attractive reporter for the Mexican station TV Azteca, was allegedly harassed by several members of the New York Jets' roster and coaching staff. The media frenzy that followed has taken several different paths. Some people see this as a referendum on women in NFL locker rooms at all (judging from the temperature of my Inbox, the thoughts on that concept are depressingly stuck in the Stone Age). Some see Sainz as a figure who takes feminism backward by providing eye candy. And there are those who believe that because Sainz doesn't dress in Amish fashion, she deserves whatever she gets. No public figure was actually dumb enough to say that in a public forum ... until now.

The winner of our booby prize (pun unfortunately very much intended) goes to Baldinger, who had a lot to say about the alleged incident on the Tony Bruno show on 97.5 the Fanatic in Philadelphia. First, on "scouting" Sainz at the Super Bowl four years ago:

We know a blue-chipper when we see one ... This girl is in a category all for herself. I wish I was on the Jets practice field and they throwing me pass patterns by her as well. You would have seen me stumbling to get to her.

Then, whether Sainz was an "accessory" to the actions that may have taken place (hoo boy...)

I don't know what she covers for that station in Mexico. If you come into the NFL dressed the way that she is dressed you are just asking for it. I don't know how you can justify any of the actions. Boys will be boys I guess.

Okay. Since Baldy had thrown away the shovel and was now burying himself with a backhoe, he was asked whether the Jets were wrong to do what the supposedly did:

Listen, these are painted on jeans. She's got a shirt that is just glued to her body. There is nothing out of place. If you want her to walk up there and do an interview with Mark Sanchez(notes), put her in a room with Mark Sanchez. Don't take her through the locker room. I don't think the Jets are wrong in any of this. I don't think they have to apologize for any of this. And for her to make any claims on harassment or of any harassment issues, I think she is just inviting it all upon herself in this case.

You can hear the entire interview here (H/T to our friends at Sports Radio Interviews)

It's hard to know where to begin after that. I spoke to New York Times NFL writer Judy Battista earlier in the week, and I asked Cindy Boren of the Washington Post to add her thoughts on this debacle. Cindy was the Post's NFL editor for seven years, and currently keeps busy as the Post's Social Media Editor and blogger at The Early Lead.

"I wish we had more information on exactly what happened in that locker room but, that said, no matter what Ines Sainz was wearing, she in no way deserved to be harassed for it," Cindy told me. "Does she have to wear a flour sack into the locker room? There's no justification for harassment, no matter what someone is wearing. That's a really abhorrent notion, and one that doesn't stand up in court.

"Again, it baffles me that we aren't beyond this and I suppose we're doomed to revisit the issue every few years. All women reporters ask is for equal access, and to be allowed to do our jobs on a level playing field."

I couldn't have said it better myself. Grow up, Baldy. We thought you were better than this.

When Dallas Cowboys tackle Alex Barron(notes) was called for a holding penalty with no time left on the clock in Sunday's game against Washington Redskins, everyone at FedEx Field seemed to know it meant the game was over. Except new 'Skins coach Mike Shanahan:

Though Shanahan realized the touchdown would be called back, he clearly didn't know the game had ended. Special teams coach Danny Smith had to alert the head coach, but even his explanation was faulty.

"There's a 10-second runoff," Smith said. "The game's over." The game was over, but not because of a 10-second runoff. Because there was no time left on the clock when the play was completed, the game ended on the offensive penalty.

We'll forgive Shanahan because it must have been dumbfounding to watch Alex Barron's stupidity up close. But at least the coach's mistake was fleeting. Donovan McNabb(notes) still doesn't understand why the game didn't go into double-overtime.