Sports Notes, 3/4/07

Yep, I’m back, sort of. I have to quit working so much.

-- Sorry, Santo, but when your greatest statistic is Number Of Fans Who Love You, you’re not qualified for the Baseball Hall of Fame. I just wish there were a People Hall of Fame; you would be a first-ballot lock.

-- The fans at Carver-Hawkeye Arena yesterday were chanting “I-L-L … D-U-I” during the Iowa-Illinios game. Cute. Of course, I don’t know that I would make fun of other people’s driving records if my team once had a player who couldn’t get out of the way of a snowplow in an empty parking lot, but that’s just me.

-- What, too soon?

-- Nice job by the BEARS to pony up the dough for Lovie Smith. As soon as Mike Ditka gets his expected promotion to God, Lovie will be the most popular coach in this town.

-- OK, so I'm not the biggest Bill Self fan who ever lived, but even I can draw a line somewhere. To wit:
Buying Bucknell T-Shirts After His First-Round NCAA Loss To Wear The Next Time Kansas Comes To Town = Hilarious.

Throwing Live Chickens At His Players = Not So Much.Kansas State, please try to be more like your brother Missouri in the future.

-- The Chicago Rush begin defending their Arena championship today (yeah, I had no idea either), and ESPN is intent on shoving this league down our throats. If this works for Arena Football after it failed for hockey, I give up on people.

-- One hot NFL rumor has Randy Moss going to the Green Bay Packers. It probably won’t happen, but it sure would be fun to have him back in the NFC North so the BEARS’ DBs could once again batter him into doing his alligator-arm routine.