Headline from CNN.com: "Pat Robertson: God told me of 'mass killing' in 2007." Well, damn. Did he say where?
There's no way a team from the Missouri Valley comes out with fewer than four conference losses. Chances are one of the first-round games in the MVC Tournament becomes an NCAA tournament elimination game (like when Missouri State lost to Northern Iowa last year).
People keep comparing JaMarcus Russell to Daunte Culpepper like it's a good thing.
If I'm Jeff Samardzija, I stick with baseball. There's crazy money for pitchers in baseball. (Jeff Suppan got $42 mil for four years.) Why get your ass kicked for a living if you can make more money not getting your ass kicked for a living?
Take solace, Dolphins fans. At least Nick Saban quit when Denny Green was available. Can you say "Daunte/Denny Reunion?" I bet they can even add Randy Moss for as low as a second-rounder. (Hey, if they can give up a second-rounder for A.J. Feeley, they can give one up for Randy.)
(God, please make this happen. Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease make this happen.)
(I don't think this will happen. But gosh, it sure would be fun.)
Al Davis needs to hire Rob Ryan, the current defensive coordinator, as the new head coach. He is the perfect man for that team. I'm telling you right now, if they hire Ryan and draft Brady Quinn (and don't blow the rest of their draft and free agency, including getting rid of Aaron Brooks and Jerry Porter), the Raiders are at least an eight-win team next season.
Why does baseball have such an abundance of writers who think they have a moral obligation to protect the sport? Is this a rule in the Baseball Beat Writers' Handbook? Is it a condition for getting a vote for the Hall? (Personally, I blame Mike Lupica. We need to get him and Paul Westphal in a cage match with a hungry lion.)
(For the record, I think Mark McGwire belongs. Then again, I live in St. Louis. I am in no way impartial or objective on the matter.)
I'm just going to come out and say it: Rosie O'Donnell is a loser. On a related note, Ivanka Trump is hot. (You know, in a Bavarian dominatrix kind of way.)
USC (beat Oregon by two and Oregon State by 45) is the third team at the top of the Pac-10, not Washington. The Huskies may actually be sixth behind the top three, then Wazzu and Oregon. Lorenzo Romar has his work cut out for him, and Saturday's pedestrian 11-point win over Arizona State isn't much of a statement.
Hell of a line from the Trojans' win over Oregon, courtesy freshman forward Taj Gibson: 34 minutes, 7-9 FG, 4-6 FT, 18 points, 13 rebounds, 7 blocks, only 1 turnover, only 1 foul. If he stays around (think Tyrus Thomas), he and O.J. Mayo would make for a very powerful force in the Pac-10 next year.
Poor Tony Romo. He looked like he just walked in on his girlfriend getting boned from behind by Jerry Jones. It was disheartening to watch.
Shocker of the weekend: Arkansas 88, Alabama 61. Arkansas just ran Alabama out of the gym, going up 14-nothing to start, and extending to a 49-20 halftime lead. The Tide shot only 35 percent from the floor (22-of-62) and 22 percent from three (4-of-18). It will be interesting to see if Arkansas can keep it going at Florida on Tuesday.
Disappointment of the weekend: DePaul's eight-point win at Villanova. It may be time to admit Mike Nardi isn't much more than a third guard forced into a lead role. Curtis Sumpter can't do it all, and neither can Jay Wright's hair.
(As for DePaul, great job. They'll probably beat Pittsburgh at home on Wednesday, then lose to Rutgers on Saturday.)
It's time to write off Illinois in the Big Ten. Just not enough offense.
St. Louis has back-to-back losses to St. Bonaventure (RPI 320) and Duquense (RPI 210). Talk about the wheels falling off. (Poor Brad Soderberg. He really is a nice guy. He used to live in my mother-in-law's neighborhood, where we take our kid trick-or-treating because the people have nicer cars. He gave good candy.)
Is it just me, or is Jared the Subway guy getting fat again?
My teachers always used to tell me I had the smarts to be one fantastic person in this world, but that I lacked the focus and concentration to take advantage. They even gave me two IQ scores, one for how smart they thought I was, and a lower one for how functionally smart they thought I would become.
(This would explain a lot if you knew me.)
Seth Doria is a freelance father in St. Louis. For more news, notes, updates, tidbits, turns of phrase, and off-color remarks, visit The Left Calf.
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