As George Carlin said, "How can you be a guest and a host at the same time?"

I'm sad to see that the Packers won't be in the Super Bowl, because that means that the Buccaneers will, and that means even more exposure to the irksome Tom Brady. But that gives the Packers' quarterback,  Aaron Rodgers, time to take a turn as a host on "Jeopardy!" 

In 2015, Aaron appeared on a celebrity edition of the show - the version we non-brainiacs like because the questions are much simpler ("This baseball team wears pinstriped uniforms and plays their home games in Yankee Stadium"). He let that cat out of its bag on a TV show a couple of weeks back, although he wasn't supposed to say anything about it.

A "Jeopardy!'' spokesperson, asked to verify all this, declined to, saying that nothing about future guest hosts has been made official in the wake of Alex Trebek's passing.

"I may have jumped the gun a little bit, so I apologize to 'Jeopardy!' if they wanted to announce it," Rodgers said. "I just got so excited on the show earlier. It just went down the last couple of days, us figuring it out. It is very exciting. It's for the offseason. We'll be even more excited when that opportunity gets a little closer, but, man, the show has been so special to me over the years. It's been a staple at my house here in Green Bay for the last 16 years -- 6 o'clock watching Alex [Trebek] and trying to get as many questions as I can."

After a long battle with cancer, Alex Trebek died on November 8. But Rodgers recalls, "When the opportunity came up [for 'Celebrity Jeopardy!'] in 2015, I mean that was a dream come true -- it really was -- to be on there," Rodgers said. "To get to meet Alex was just such a special moment, and we're all obviously sad about his passing.

"There's this nostalgic connection to certain figures in our life based on our childhood and where we were at and the times we had those memories, it almost makes these people feel like family, like you know them."

Rodgers puts Trebek in really high company, comparing meeting him to the times he met legendary sportscasters Keith Jackson, Dan Fouts, Pat Summerall, and John Madden.

"We all have so much love and affection, I think, for what [Trebek] meant for that half hour, that 22 minutes of our lives on a daily basis for those of us who were big fans of the show," Rodgers said. "So to be able to be a guest host is really, really special for me, and I can't wait for the opportunity."

I'll take NFL quarterbacks for $500, please:

This Golden Bear from Chico, California, sets high "marx" for passing every season.