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I'm taking a little time off to finish writing a book, so the sports posts here will be, as Pete Rose used to say, few and in between... As exciting as the NCAA Tmt has been, it again has showed what has happened to a game lacking great upperclassmen and, maybe more to the point, lacking players with basic skills. The UCLA-Memphis game, featuring lots and lots of freshmen and sophomores, was the biggest train wreck I've ever seen. Don't confuse exciting games with great basketball.


I keep hearing Mick Cronin has some decent kids stashed, who he will sign to play for UC next year. Did I say stashed? I mean, guys who haven't decided where to pursue their degrees.

Sopranos won me back Sunday night. Great episode, lots of Paulie, Tony waking from the coma. It will be interesting to see how quickly T recovers. Right now, he looks like Nicholson, post-lobotomy, in Cuckoo's Nest.

Mike Brown, who doesnt have enough money, is pondering selling naming rights to PBS. Fill in your punchline here.

Why can't the Bengs get a backup QB? Hasnt Marvin made us a desirable destination? Didn't the available QBs understand they'd start here for a month, maybe more, no matter what smoke-spin Marvin has put on Carson's rehab? Or are we still a place of last resort?

BTW, I appreciated all the feedback from the Huggins and Mick posts. Lots of very smart, reasoned diatribes, some of which I wish I'd thought of myself. Keep 'em coming. Live big.