It makes sense why NCAA player of the year Tyler Hansbrough did not leave school early for the NBA.  Hansbrough is enjoying college life too much.  Have fun getting drunk and picking up chicks at the fraternity parties at UNC.  Becoming a crappy player in the NBA can wait another year.  Toga!  Toga!

Bowl Championship Series officials rejected a plan to turn the controversial system for deciding a national champ into a four-team playoff, starting in the 2010 season.

I just do not get it.  There is an obvious problem with this system, yet the people in charge do not want to fix it.  We fans want to see a playoff, so why not give it to us!  

I do not want to ever see another undefeated team from a power conference finish 3rd in the BCS final standings and be shut of  the title game.  Like this past season, I do not want to see Ohio State weisel their way into the title game by playing a soft schedule over stronger teams like Georgia. 

These officials are idiots and clearly have no idea what they are doing.  They have already ruined the New Years’ Day bowl day by scattering the BCS Bowl games to other days.  I wonder what is next..

When the San Francisco Giants signed Barry Zito to a $126 million, seven-year contract, I am sure they were not expecting a horrid 2007-08 season and an 0-6 start to the 2008-09 season.    This is just another example of how ridiculous salaries have become in all major sports especially baseball.  You can suck at what you do and be a multi-millionaire.  Only in MLB!!!

I remember New York Mets GM Omar Minaya saying to the press that he just could not justify to the Mets’ ownership giving Barry Zito a 7-year contract instead of a 6-year deal.  Well, lucky them.  I give much credit to super-agent Scott Boras for his incredible negotiation skills in getting Zito this huge deal and for suckering the Giants.   

The Olympics are all about sport and competition and nothing to do with politics.  I am appalled by the protesting and scuffles that have broken out thus far during the Olympic torch run.      With all the police and security surrounding the torch runners, you would think the President of the United States is walking through town.   What a shame.

Memphis lost the NCAA Championship game for one reason and that is bad coaching.  How does your team blow a 9 point lead with 2 minutes to go in a championship game?    The stupidest coaching move of all came at the very end of regulation.  Up by 3 points after a made free throw by Memphis with 10 seconds left, Kansas drove down the court and Mario Chammers swished a 3-pointer to tie the game with 2 seconds left and send it to overtime.

What went wrong……..  Why did John Calipari not call a time out after the made free throw to setup Memphis’ defense and discuss strategy?    I clearly expected Bill Self, not John Calipari to do something as stupid as this!!!  I am just appalled by this.  Maybe Calipari should replace Self in my top 3 most overrated college basketball coaches.  STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!

Memphis was completely confused on defense.  There were Memphis players guarding their men inside the 3-point line and right under the basket.  Why???  Who cares if they score 2 points.  All the players should have been around the 3-point area.  Instead, Chammers had a really good look at the basket and made the clutch 3-pointer.

Why did Memphis not foul Kansas and send them to the free throw line?  They would have to make one free throw, then get the rebound on a missed free throw (which rarely happens), then still make a basket to tie.  This should have been discussed in a Memphis timeout. 

 Instead, Kansas Jayhawks bring down the nets.  Memphis goes home losers….  What might have been?  Maybe next year, but I doubt it.  No Derrick Rose, no Joey Dorsey…  good luck!