Let's not worry too much about brightstar. He's an angry guy in texas who hasn't gotten laid in two decades - but he's right - other topics are more important.

Thrasher - I hope clemens is villified at the same amplitude bonds hears. I'm not throwing him any bones. He used. Time to face the music.

Ill tell you what makes me sad. If baseball took this seriously all along - I would currently be a minor league baseball player. I know of a lot of guys who I was better than, that were drafted as a direct result of steroid use. I can't blame the scouts - they were doing their job. I'm sure ther are a thousand other deserving baseball players who can share my sentiments.

For every name mentioned, 100 weren't.

I bet it's a rough day on the clemens ranch - and rightly so.

Next order of business: salary cap.

Whatchu got king?

you argue to legalize steroids - or perfomance enhancing drugs. I'm pretty sure I'm infringing some copywrite laws, but, quoting Financial Times December29/December30 2007, page 10, Charles Morris writes:

Doping is so widespread that it is a waste of time trying to stop it.

The same argument could be made about crimes such as rape or insider-trading. Both are difficult to prove and secure convictions on, but that does not mean a civilised society shrugs, sighs and legalises them.

Drugs produce a better spectacle - the idea that forever faster, higher, longer is the only thrill to be had from sport.

This goes right to the essense of sport; whether it is only the next "wow" moment that matters - longer hits, faster tennis serves, world records continually broken - or whether competition based on talent, skill, intelligence and dedication lies at its heart. This is the freak show versus truly human endeavor.

In reaction to the Mitchell report, some marketing men argued, with a certain justification, that "fans just want to see home runs". But eventually the law of diminishing returns would come into play. "Oh, there goes the home-run record again - ho hum." It is the comparative rarity of world records that makes them special...

Sport may be the modern opium for the masses, but I suspect that most fans want their heroes to reflect the best of the human spirit - not the best of the chemistry laboratory.

And get ready to discuss the Buckeyes. (Hmm, I wonder where Les Miles was born and raised?)

and then read his new book A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can’t Win

The Gators Wolverines game was great. So much for the hopelessness of the Big 10.

Patriots are really good. They just happened to be cheaters. Both of those statements cannot be denied.

Hmm. I was doing some thinking about the BCS coaches.

USC - Pete Carroll - former assistant coach at Ohio State

Illinois - Ron Zook - born and raised in Loudosville, Ohio. former assistant coach at Ohio State

Kansas - Mark Mangino - graduated from Youngstown State in Ohio. Served as a student assistant at YSU under Jim Tressel

Ohio State - Jim Tressel - born and raised in Mentor, Ohio

LSU - Les Miles - born and raised in Elyria, Ohio

King got his Miller joke from Sky Magazine.

Thrasher - what is a pedestrian comment? (other than a cliche)

O-H....

Has anyone noticed that there were 2 BCS games the last 2 evenings? No one thought they were fun and entertaining? Don't people want to see the best handful of teams play prime-time games?

lied through his teeth.

When asked if passing a lie detector test would help his cause, he replied, "I don't know. Would it, Mike?'

Yes it would help, you moronic juiced-out freak.

I wonder if there are any good games on tonight. Anyone? Oh, look, Butler is playing Loyola(IL).

San Francisco is not on solid bedrock. In my lifetime there will be a truely catastrophic earthquake in San Fran. Thousands of Americans will die. I'm even nervous when I visit San Fran. Sorry, but the odds are really good that a massize quake will rock that city to the ground.

Florida is going to get slammed by bigger and bigger hurricanes. In my lifetime there will be truely catastrophic hurricanes in Florida. Thousands of Floridians will die. I'm nervous that my grandma lives there. Sorry, but the odds are really good that a few massive hurricanes will wash that state into a new-orleans-like existance.

The southeast is going to run out of water. Sorry, but the odds are good.

American rivers will continue to flood. People living in the flood plains will lose their shirts.

Alright, you've been warned. Live where you want to.

looking forward to reading about it tomorrow.

I want everyone to watch the 2 teams tonight and wonder how many times each would lose out of 100 to stanford.

Beanie Wells - 28 carries, 173 yards, 2 touches.

The only use for the NFL is to give ex-buckeyes something to do with their sundays.

Vernon Gholstin will make millions tonight.

That's what SEC football is. It's Japanese baseball. It's a completely different brand of the game. And it befuddled poor Jim Tressel and the Buckeyes. So we lose again and will endure another year of people badmouthing the Bucks (but not wanting their team to play us). I take some solice in knowing that it took 2 Ohio-bred coaches to beat the Bucks the last 2 years. Other than that, congrats to LSU. The tigers were the better team last night.

I hope I never see Clemens inducted into the Hall of Fame.