Vic: The schedule is on a rotation basis. This is the AFC South’s year to play the NFC West. Last year, the AFC South played the NFC North. Next year, the AFC South will play the NFC East. If there’s a 2011 season and if the format remains the same, the AFC South would play the NFC South. As you can see, every four years a team is guaranteed to have played every team in the other conference.

Vic: What’s wrong with the guards the Jaguars have? Vince Manuwai has been one of the best drive-blockers in the league for the past several years and is regaining strength and mobility in his knee. Uche Nwaneri is a young player on the rise who has the athletic ability to get out in front of the runner. I understand that Thomas is from Florida and he played at Florida State, therefore, he has a lot of fans, but this season can’t be dedicated to finding a place for him to play. Eugene Monroe turned in his best game as a pro on Sunday. His arrow is pointing up and that’s the kind of guy you want in the lineup on a rebuilding team. Thomas is exactly what he was signed to be, which is to say someone who offers an immediate fix at left tackle in an emergency.

Vic: The major concern is for the Dec. 17 game against the Colts, which will be nationally televised. The city is assisting the Jaguars in making a big push to sell tickets for that game, obviously because of the concerns the city has for the terrible image hit Jacksonville will take if the nation tunes into that game and sees the large expanses of empty seats that were evident yesterday.

Vic: The elevator is held for the assistant coaches in the press box. For them, it’s like having a limousine waiting for you at the curb. That’s why I have to either get down early before the elevator is idled for the coaches, or wait until the game is over and fight the crunch of humanity and risk being late for the start of the postgame press conferences. If the score is 41-0, I’m leaving early. If it’s overtime, I’m staying late. The nice thing about Jacksonville Municipal Stadium is that it has an outdoor staircase I can use to avoid the elevator, and I used the stairs yesterday.

Vic: I don’t think there’s any question about that. I’ll take it one step farther: Considering the round in which they were selected and the value they’ve returned, Knighton and Derek Cox might be the best one-two punch in the league from this year’s draft.

Vic: His touchdown drive following Leonard Little’s interception return for a touchdown may be the most important two minutes and 43 seconds of Garrard’s career. Imagine what it would be like for him today if he had not rallied the team. The next two weeks would’ve been devastating. Fans would’ve demanded that he be replaced. They’d blame him for the empty seats. They’d blame him for the balloon hoax and the terrible officiating in the Florida-Arkansas game. Instead, he’s a hero. Why? Because he got it done at crunch time. Nothing speaks louder than getting it done at crunch time. It silences everything else.

Vic: That’s the old our-fans-are-better-than-your-fans-because-our-team-stinks-more routine.

Vic: The NFL didn’t say no to Limbaugh, the purchasing team did. Look, the NFL already had a relationship with Limbaugh and it didn’t end well. It ended with him having to resign his position with ESPN for having made inflammatory remarks. Those are the facts.

Vic: I’ve never seen anything like it. It was a great game and the most dramatic moments were in front of us. All of a sudden, it was as though somebody yelled, “Tim Tebow is in the parking lot.” I don’t know if there were 25,000 people in the stadium for overtime. I don’t get it. This season is starting to look like it could be fun. Yeah, it’s rebuilding, but I’m looking at the schedule right now and, frankly, I don’t see anything daunting until the trip to San Francisco the last weekend in Nov. Seriously, though, I don’t blame anyone for not going to the game or even for leaving the game. People do what they want to do and there is no obligation attached to being a Jaguars fan. I just don’t understand why someone would sit in that awful cold all day and then leave with the game on the line.

Vic: It was good against the run, but the pass-rush is still missing and you can’t beat good teams without a pass-rush.

Vic: You’re right. I don’t know what it is, but it’s a tough thing to do.

Vic: That’s kind of cool, but the season doesn’t end today. We still have Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s to do before the season ends.

Vic: You’re absolutely right, that is not a Jeff Fisher team. I have no idea what’s wrong but I know it can’t be all about having lost Albert Haynesworth. Obviously, something is terribly wrong in Nashville and you can bet Fisher is going to use the bye week to figure it out and start fixing it. The Titans may have new resolve when they play the Jaguars on Nov. 1.

Vic: I have considered that possibility. You know, there are other examples of this happening.