Back At It!

Well for all of you who have been wondering where Bob has been, he's back! After accurately predicting the 2008 College Football National Championship game 5 months before it happened, I have been on a hiatus of sports viewing as the top of the proverbial mountain really does not go any higher. Now that the NBA playoffs are in full swing and America is locked into viewing these doubleheaders games EVERY NIGHT I guess it is time to get back to commenting on the sports that we all love so dearly. Some quick thoughts before I have to go and see if ESPN might show Tiger hit a practice shot today:

-Why is the guy who got tasered at the baseball game the "victim?" You did something you weren't supposed to do and the police did their job. The other 30,000 fans that stayed in their seats didn't pay to watch you run around. But nowadays you should be able to do whatever you want and not get punished for it. The "tasee" will probably have a reality show soon on VH1 or Fox, which won't surprise anyone, what will be surprising is how many people watch it.

-We are down to the best 8 teams in the NBA, not sure how the Hawks figure in the title chase after losing to the Magic by 43 last night. How come there aren't NBA Playoff brackets all over our offices? The real question is how much more is being bet on what teams the big free agents will jump to, then the outcomes of the games?

-Someone needs to change the dirt in the Wrigley Field bullpen as it is apparently cursed. It seems that you could put Gossage, Fingers, Rivera, or Eck in there and they would blow every other game, been happening for years to whomever they trot out in the 8th and 9th inning. Maybe they should have the closer warm up by playing catch with some fans over on Waveland Avenue, then run in and the announcer can say "some guy from off the street coming in to pitch for the Cubs" can't get any worse.

-If Reggie Bush settled with the agent who loaned him all the money while he was in school, is that not enough for the NCAA to punish USC? If he didn't do anything why would he have settled the case? It seems to be taking a loooonnnngggg time for them to get this "investigation" finished. The only thing that will make it look worse is if they take 6 years and come back and don't find anything, or could it all be a "trojan horse?"

-I'll let everyone know as soon as I figure out who is going to win the National Title in College Football, gotta hunch it won't be Florida State or Notre Dame...