How is Matt Light in the Pro Bowl?

Really, I'd like an answer. Anyone?

Dot the 'i' in Ohio

Didn't think it would come to this, but I'm cheering for tOSU tonight. Thats hard to swallow. But here's the reasoning:

- I have them to cover the +4.5 in my head-to-head picks with Scott.

- It doesn't seem fair its in New Orleans, but then again BC played Michigan in the 1998 hockey national championship at the Fleet Center, but I digress since the Eagles lost in OT.

- I'm not happy with Les Miles stringing along both Michigan and LSU in that rumor mill. You're either with the Tigers, or you're gonna jump elsewhere, but you and your family decide that long before these situations come up.

- LSU is good, but they underachieved all year and I just don't think they deserve. 2 losses. Other games which they struggled. The reason they are in this game is that their name is LSU and they wear LSU uniforms.

Don't get me wrong, LSU is probably the best team and most talented team in the land, but why is the national championship decided on signing day 3-4 years ago? They should earn their way to this game on the playing field, and I didn't see enough to justify their inclusion. No more than anyone else in the BCS games.

So when the favored Tigers win the game and hoist the trophy a short bus ride away from campus, I'm not gonna be satisfied with the NCAA football season.

If tOSU were to win, they'd have at least earned it. Not by losing to Illinois, not by playing Youngstown, Kent, Akron, Miami Oh, Toledo, Bowling Green, Cleveland State, or whomever they played.... not by backing in to the title game by simply having everyone else lose.... but they'd earn it in tonight's game by beating LSU & their talent & their fans right there in the State of Louisiana. I can feel a little better about that.

So don't save a stool for me at Barleycorns in Chicago to sit with the Buckeye fans, no thank you, but I'm putting differences aside and giving a big cheer for Mike Vrabel's boys.

ps All bets are off if I see Maurice Clarett on the sidelines wearing a skully cap or a fur coat.

First Night Ice Sculpture

This is one of the many ice sculptures done for First Night in Boston. I thought it looked cool so I took a photo w/my phone.

How Many 5 Year Olds Could You Take?

24

Looking for payday loan?

According to the scientific survey at www.howmanyfiveyouroldscouldyoutakeinafight.com , I could take 24. Seems low to me.

El Tigre

PGA tour starts today with the Mercedes. Though he's not playing, I'm going on record with my prediction of 8 wins and 3 majors for Tiger this year. Among the majors 3 are being played at semi-random courses. The US Open is at Torrey Pines while the PGA is at Oakland Hills. Torrey Pines has never hosted a US Open, and Oakland Hills has not hosted a PGA since 1979, though it hosted the Ryder Cup and several US Open's in the 80s and 90s. Royal Birkdale hosts The Open Championship for the 4th time in 25 years. I'm marking Tiger for wins at the Masters, Royal Birkdale, and the PGA. The Torrey Pines South Course is generally the longest course played regularly on the Tour, which should work to his advantage, and the Buick Inviational is usually held there, so he certainly knows its well. But he has had a bad habit of firing balls into the thick stuff the past few years. He has won "only" 2 US Opens, compared with 3 British Opens, 4 Masters, and 4 PGAs. I'm going out on a bit of a limb here considering he doesn't play that many events any more (15-16 per year), but I think he can come close to matching 2000 -- 9 wins, 3 majors.

My favorite kind of Diamond

Gimme a bottle of anything..... and a glazed donut...... TO GO!



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