Posted Saturday October 20, 2012, About: O.J. Simpson reportedly selling 'the' knife

If I was OJ, I'd just buy a knife, claim it was "the one" and sell it for $5 mill.

Of course, I'm not OJ - but if I was, I'd be the type of amoral SOB who'd do something like that.

Posted Thursday April 05, 2012, About: 'Cats title run captures Noel's attention

Why do these kids want to spend even a year hanging out in Lexington? Or anywhere in Kansas, for that matter? I guess it speaks to their determination to focus on basketball, because there's absolutely nothing else to do there - unless jug-fishing is your idea of a good time - and absolutely no one in the student body they have anything in common with. The big rematch that the typical Kentucky student is pining for is North vs. South. What gives?

Posted Tuesday March 20, 2012, About: Path cleared wide open for Kentucky

Don't crown Kentucky just yet. These teams loaded with NBA-grade freshmen often burn their way through the regular season, only to run off the rails in the NCAA Tournament. Immaturity can be a killer - freshman-heavy teams often abandon their game plan and try to win on raw talent alone, then get rattled in their first experience with real adversity. They may be the favorite, but I'd still give heavy odds to the rest of the field against them.

Posted Tuesday March 20, 2012, About: Path cleared wide open for Kentucky

Mississippi River water? Not unless they live in one of the boondocks towns at the extreme western tip. It's the Ohio River that's the major waterway running along Kentucky. Is that what they teach you at the Harvard of the Midwest?

Posted Sunday March 11, 2012, About: Duke, Michigan State on top PG recruit's list

If he's looking for a one-and-done, I don't know why MSU would be in the mix. Izzo doesn't recruit those guys. He wants players who are going to stick around a few years and learn his system. I can't remember the last guy who left State for the NBA after even two years, unless it was Magic.

Posted Wednesday February 22, 2012, About: Playoff format losing steam, 'Plus One' gaining

Do a 4-team playoff among the highest-ranked teams that won their New Year's bowls. That way, the bowls still get their fans, status and TV, and the rest of us get an additional week of semiprofessional football. It's not like Saban's and Meyer's kids really need to go to class anyway. Might be a bit tough on their tutors, though...

Posted Tuesday February 21, 2012, About: Home stretch worries Izzo

12 points is hardly a stomping, particularly when a team stayed in it most of the game. A stomping is getting beat by 33 points, particularly by a so-so team like Florida State.

Anyone who watched the carrier game or MSU's loss to Duke immediately following knew this would develop into a very good team by late in the season - all the elements were there, they just needed some time to mesh and for the youngsters to gain some experience.

MSU has matured and developed as a team, while UNC has stagnated. It's pretty simple, really.

Posted Saturday February 18, 2012, About: Avril won't cut Lions any breaks

I don't think Avril's the type who's going to blow his cash and be broke a few years after he leaves the NFL. He wrote a weekly column for the Freep during his early years with the Lions, talking about the process of learning to play in the NFL, and he struck me as a pretty articulate and smart guy. I think he's going to do just fine for himself, wherever he ends up. That said, I really hope it's Detroit - he's one of of my favorite Lions and a real class act.

Posted Friday February 17, 2012, About: The nation's top college hoops market

No surprise there. Your TV options are pretty much Louisville, Kentucky or re-runs of the old Porter Wagoner Show.

Posted Friday February 17, 2012, About: Avril won't cut Lions any breaks

If the owners and other businesspeople are entitled to earn as much as they can, why should athletes or other high-skilled employees be any different? Much as I'd hate to see Avril leave, he's a top producer who represents real value to a franchise by helping them field a winning team. Complain all you want about overpaid athletes, but it's just the free market at work - no one is forcing the owners to pay them that much.

Posted Thursday August 19, 2010, About: Lions' offense getting creative

D'oh!!! Schwartz has already said he won't be running the Wildcat this year, but that you could expect to see them practice it from time to time - for the benefit of the defense, since there are other teams out there that will use it. Much ado about nothing.