Yeah, that was a pretty ugly game the UConn men played Tuesday in the Big East tournament against St. Johns. I can understand the frustration of head coach Jim Calhoun not wanting to immediately say the Huskies would accept a bid to play in the original college basketball tournament, the NIT.

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So, there's a super-sized football game being played on Sunday that will fill airtime between some very expensive commercials. There will be several people 'up in arms' over every touchdown and field goal you see (They're called referees and judges). And you're likely to hear many lame sports cliches as the game goes on.

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If you ever want to put money on a sports bet, just ask me who I think will win and then wager the opposite way. I'm a great contrarian indicator. Take for instance the NFL playoffs.

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"I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!" You know that ironic line from the movie 'Casablanca', where Captain Renault feigns outrage while seconds later pocketing his gambling winnings. I had that same thought yesterday -- I'm shocked, shocked to hear that Mark McGwire used steroids.

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A few days ago I wrote the following about the Packers/Cardinals NFL wild card playoff game: "Don't care either way. ZZZZzzzzzz...."

Wow, was I wrong!

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Does it strike you as unique/odd/downright weird that the first round of the NFL playoffs this coming weekend will look similar to the final week of the regular season?

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Gee, I can't imagine why these aren't flying off the shelves at Toys "R" Us, but there sure were a lot of them. Only 10 bucks a piece according to the TRU web site.

The UConn football team is heading to the Papa John's Bowl in Birmingham, Alabama on January 2nd.
Stayed tuned to news channel 8 at 6 for more details.