The Fighting Illini! Ron Zook- a great recruiter or another Mike White?

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=dw-zook020707&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Vikings hire Leslie Frazier, defensive back on the 85 Bears, as defensive coordinator. Probably the only thing that did not go right for the Bears in Super Bowl XX (besides Walter Payton not scoring a TD) was the career-ending injury suffered by Leslie Frazier. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2758757

With Valentine's day approaching, here's a suggestion- you may want to stop by the gym before you see your lady and work up a real good sweat!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070208/hl_nm/men_sweat_dc

Kim Kardasian Sex Tape!!
Does anyone in Hollywood NOT have a sex tape?!
http://www.tmz.com/2007/02/07/kim-k-for-sale/
Her wikipedia post may be deleted, so if you are interested, don't delay!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Kardashian

NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest. Remember when the slam dunk contest was a great event and you actually watched it! Well this year there are 4 players in the slam dunk contest! I'm not sure what has had a bigger fall from grace- the slam dunk contest as an event or Tyra Banks!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/nba/02/06/bc.bkn.bulls.thomas.ap/index.html

Killer Astronaut. You gotta giver here some credit for her determination and focus, as she wore "astronaut diapers" so she wouldn't have to make any bathroom stops during her 900 mile car trek!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070207/ap_on_re_us/astronaut_arrested

UIC Badger will be glad to know that model Linda O'Neil is keeping busy. Among other things she posed for this ad for some show on E! called "High Maintenance 90210".

Crappy weather in Chicago, again! Cold and snowy. Think positive- think of warm weather, beaches, sunshine........

Now I know whose fault it was!!!

College basketball coach Todd Bozeman is in trouble AGAIN! That's what you get for hiring scum. Bozeman coached at Cal-Berkeley where he "recruited" Jason Kidd, among others, but then as banned for EIGHT years by the NCAA for paying recruits. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Bozeman

Hired recently at Morgan State University, Bozeman was not happy with the ham sandwiches prepared for his team and took matters into his own hands! http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/6443468

College Basketball Top Twenty-Five! Thanks to a loss by UNC, the Badgers are able to land at the #4 spot as I earlier predicted. Butler cracks the top ten, at # 9, while Duke falss to the Kate Beckinsale slot (#16). With UNC on the horizon, the Blue Devils could lose a third straight game and possibly fall out of the top 25.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings?poll=2&year=2007&week=14

Pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training on Feb. 17th!!!

One thing this Super Bowl was missing- more Godaddy.com ads and of course more Candice Michelle!

Crappy ending to a great season.

One more person picking the Bears.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=2750801

SUPER BOWL PREDICTION TIME!! In yesterday's mail I received my USA Sports Weekly. Out of 12 "experts", 10 picked the Colts to win (most picking Peyton Manning to win the MVP). The 2 that picked the Bears both picked Devin Hester to be the games' MVP. What do we always hear?- that DEFENSE wins championship! Alright the Bears D might not be as stellar as it was early in the season with Pro Bowlers Tommie Harris and Mike Brown gone, but c'mon you cannot make a straight faced argument that the Colts defense is better than the Bears D. On the radio earlier today I heard someone state that the Bears better not try to "smash mouth " the Colts, because the Colts are based on speed!! Hello, has this expert watched the Bears at all since 1985! Lovie Smith emphasis on both sides of the ball has been speed! How about special teams? C'mon its the Bears! QB- CLEARLY Peyton. So what? If Peyton is able to win this one all by himself then put him the Joe Montana, Tom Brady category. Hey, at some point I got to be a fan.

Win or lose it has been an incredible season. Hopefully the Defense will dominate like it should. Oh, what the heck- Bears 24, Colts 10. MVP: Urlacher!!!

A shot of Inez Sainz from Super Bowl Media Day.

Go Bears!!

It is still too early for me to make my Super Bowl pick (per my post-season routine, that will be done on Friday), it is time to lay some of the groundwork. And please, despite my stellar 9-1 post season record, do not use my pick to make any bets on the game (see how masterfully I work in this wonderful picture of "AA"!!). The Colts appears to be a huge favorite int he game, not only with a 7 point spread, but just like with New Orleans, the vast majority of experts are picking the Colts. So the national media LOVES Manning which is most of them want the Colts to win, but when did this Colts team become the Pittsburgh Steelers of the '70s? Yeah, the Bears were inconsistent but is everyone forgetting that the Colts lost to Dallas, Jacksonville, Tennessee and Houston!! The media is raving about the Colts' offensive line and how underrated it is. Okay, how about the Bears' offensive line. I have heard several media members states that the Colts TE Dallas Clark will be the difference in the game. Okay, except that I saw another report that someone calculated which defense was the best at defending against a tight end- the answer: The Bears!! Oh yeah, one more thing- it appears to be the year of the Gators- national champs in both football and hoops. Rex Grossman- a Gator!!!

So I guess that the Niners don't care if Mike Singletary gets the Dallas Cowboys job!! If you wnated to keep Singletary, then wouldn't you promate him to defensive coordinator. Hopefully Singletary will get the Dallas job or if Dallas hire Ron Rivera, as has been recently rumored then Singletary could come back to Chicago as defensive cordinator for the Bears!!
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2750684

One time great Oklahoma wishbone quarterback, seems to have gotten himself into trouble once again.

http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/6422978

Wikipedia lists Thompson as a businessman and motivational speaker (hopefully some people are not confusing him with J.C. Watts!).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Thompson_%28football%29