- 5 Ohio State Buckeyes are suspended for the first 5 games of 2011... One of the weirder stories recently simply because they are somehow eligible for the bowl game, but not the first 5 of next season... Terrelle Pryor (their best player), Dan Herron and Devier Posey are 3 of their best offensive players, and while I believe Pryor will declare for the draft now, the other 2 wouldn't be locks to leave... I take personal pleasure in the Bucks being exposed as a Michigan fan, but I honestly don't understand the ruling from an overall prospective, and I ESPECIALLY don't grasp the charge led by ESPN's Mark May in saying they would never be allowed to play the bowl if they weren't in the Big 10... what does that even mean? Does he not realize that Cam Newton, who by all accounts is involved in something much more egregious, was cleared to play in a bowl in the same conference that May mentioned by name?... Anyway... a little bright spot as a Michigan fan....
- Pittsburgh decimates Carolina... 27-3... not a whole lot to discuss here because Carolina's offense was jokingly bad last night... but I'm still not overly impressed with the Pittsburgh offense, and Ben looks limited....
- Mississippi State basketball star Renardo Sidney got into a fistfight in the stands yesterday... with his own teammate!... Sidney has gotten Demarcus Cousins comparisons on and off the court, and this doesn't help his stock...
- NBA Check - That's the Orlando team some expected... the Magic offense was in full gear all night, putting up 123 against the Spurs and running them out of the building... Dwight was Dwight (29 and 14) but the real keys IMO were Arenas (14/6/9 off the bench) and JJ Redick who hit all 5 of his three point attempts to lengthen the lead.... Miami rolls on... remember when they were fighting to stay .500?... 22-9 now, and Lebron and company won on the road without Wade last night... LBJ and Bosh combined for 59 points and that was enough to out-distance a career night from my boy Jared Dudley (33 and 12) and Nash's 18 assists... Do we have a new "worst team in the league" debate? Sacramento is certainly making their case... 7 straight losses to fall to 5-22... and Cousins is making all his skeptics look smart on a daily basis...
- NCAA Hoops - Austin Freeman is one of my favorite guards in the country... the Georgetown star put up a 24/5/4 last night in their blowout of Memphis... I've never been a JT3 fan, but I love that Georgetown roster... Baylor is crazy talented... but they went down in a heap to Wazzu last night... they are without a floor general, and there are even rumblings of 6'11 freshman Perry Jones drawing more ball-handling duties... that's an interesting thought...
What to watch for... It's a slow day!
- Hawaii Bowl - Tulsa vs. Hawaii - 8:00 ESPN - Told you it was a slow day... I wouldn't watch this.. but if you need a football fix...
And, um... that's it? There's an unranked college hoops double-header on ESPN2 tonight if that gets you going... but spend this one with the fam... enjoy it... and Merry Christmas...
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