Rambling like School Girls

If you want to read about a guy who is actually upset about the circumstances surrounding his surviving being hit by a car; check out The Sports Guy on "The Coma Guy".

I touched on this yesterday with Self and Williams, but wouldn't it be great to see Illinois, Kansas, and UNC in the Final Four after all three schools changed coaches and each would face his predecessor/ successor?

Speaking of Illinois, they host Iowa tonight. Steve Alford's team has been surprising all year and at least one reader thinks this is a game Illinois could lose, even at home. AndDro commented yesterday, "watch out for the Hawks tomorrow. Brunner is my pick to click against a suspect Illini interior D."

Does Woody Paige make anyone else want to throw things at the TV at least once a day during Around the Horn, or is it just me?

Another college basketball game on ESPN tonight is Marquette at DePaul. I asked if Marquette could win 5 conference games this season, with a win tonight, they will be over half way there. DePaul is a tough team, though and is led by Milwaukee native Quemont Greer who has become an outstanding player in the conference. The Golden Eagles will have to play very well tonight to win.

Why is it that the NFL's minority hiring policy is only in place for head coaching positions and not for general manager positions?

How close to the trading deadline does anyone think Ben Sheets will remain a Brewer? If any thinks he will still be playing in Milwaukee in 2006, or even August 1st of 2005, please let me know and tell me why.

I forgot to mention one thing in my column about the over-hyping of athletes and it was the High School All American Football game on NBC last weekend. Do we really need to watch these kids on national television playing an exhibition game and witness live as some of them declare which school they are going to, is any of this necessary?

Great win by Wisconsin on Sunday to keep the home winning streak alive. The next test is Illinois on Tuesday, good luck Bucky. How good would this team be, though if they had Devin Harris this year? Isn't it scary to think about? Yes I know other teams lose lottery players every year, but this is a rarity at 'Sconsin, especially when if he would have come back, the Badgers would be a legit national title contender.

For all of the Duke fans out there (I am one) who are excited about the 14-0 start (I am not one), don't worry the other shoe will drop soon. A tough test at upset specialist Florida State, where the Dookies have had problems, they play Maryland and Virginia Tech at home before the toughest part of one of the toughest schedules in the country begins. Just check out the Duke schedule after those three games.

If you were betting on the Super Bowl Champion and you had two of the remaining four teams, would you rather have two teams from the same conference, or one from each conference, regardless of which teams they were? I think I would rather have both teams from the same conference because then I will have at least one chance of winning the Super Bowl bet.

I'm actually going to make it through one of these without discussing the Cubs.

It's really hard to write anything while I'm watching Who's Line Is It Anyway on Comedy Central.

After the Suns' fifth loss in a row, I have to ask, will anyone win 72 games in an NBA season again? This just shows how dominant the Bulls were in '95-'96.

Finally, since PTI came on the air in September, 2001, how many different shows is ESPN going to come up with to try and mimic what Kornheiser and Wilbon do everyday? They have trotted out Woody Paige and Skip Bayless on Cold Pizza to have a segment where they go back and forth discussing the top sports topics of the day. This is basically a table of contents for PTI. They also try to have two people debating something everyday on Sportscenter. Even though PTI is one of the top watched shows in the history of the network, isn't this getting a little old? How much will they be able to copy PTI before that show gets old? I hope never, and pray the execs at the network don't go too far.

-Until next time...