Sports Notes, 12/30/07: Holiday Edition

OK, this is two years in a row that the holidays have prevented me from writing a recap of a late-season BEARS-Packers game. Looks like now we're even, Tim. Maybe my real end-of-the-year tradition should be to declare this blog on vacation the last two weeks of the year.

That said ...

* Congrats to Ron Zook on his well-deserved Coach of the Year Award. It won't mean much on Tuesday, but it's always nice to be recognized.

* About that BEARS game ... after watching their team disintegrate in the frozen-tundra-like winds of Soldier Field, do you think there might be some Packers fans out there who are willing to take their chances in Dallas?

* Did Scott Skiles sleep with someone's wife? I mean, I understand firing a guy on Christmas Eve if it needs to be done, but not if you're just going to replace him with an interim for the rest of the year. Now, Skiles has never been a sympathetic figure throughout his entire highly publicized basketball career (ask me about the Antoine Joubert "fatboy" incident), but if you're going to punt the season away anyway, throwing the coach under the bus on Dec. 24 instead of Jan. 2 is nothing more than a public humiliation.

* I am SOOOOOOOOOO a Colts fan right now.

* Of course, I could easily be convinced to also become a fan of the Steelers, Chargers, Jaguars and Browns or Titans.

* I got my high-def TV hooked up on Wednesday. This may be just what I need to re-ignite my long-latent but cherished love affair with my Blackhawks. I'm tellin' ya, if you haven't bought a high-def TV yet, hockey fights alone make it worth the price.

* Bye-bye, Mark Prior. Not that I think you're on steroids or anything, but don't let the door hit you on that gigantic, horse-shaped ass of yours on the way out.