The NFL is supposedly investigating whether the Patriots used deflated footballs in their AFC Championship game. REALLY? The only thing that was deflated last Sunday was the Green Bay Packers fans! What a giveaway! In Packerland lore, the names of Bart Starr, Fuzzy Thurston, Paul Hornung, Vince Lombardi and others are remembered forever. Now you can add the name of Packers tight end Brandon Bostick (though he may not be a Packer for long). Bostick is the Packer who had the on-side kick right in his hands and let it fall through, enabling the Seahawks to recover and win. At that moment all of the cheese in Wisconsin soured!
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The NFL went into Championship weekend last Sunday with four All-Pro quarterbacks leading their teams. Tom Brady of New England, Andrew Luck of the Colts, Aaron Rodgers of the Packers and Russell Wilson of the Seahawks. Only one played like an All-Pro and that was Brady.  Brady threw for 226 yards and three touchdowns in a steady, cold rain against an outclassed Indianapolis defense. Neither Rodgers or Wilson was “on the money” in the NFC game and the Patriot defense made you ask “where’s the luck, Luck”?
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From the “For What It’s Worth” department, the Kansas City Chiefs are the ONLY team to have defeated both the Seahawks and the Patriots this season. Cut that out and pin it on your wall on Super Bowl Sunday!
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Early in this college basketball season we have established that if you don’t come ready to play, for a full 40 minutes, you will get your clock cleaned in this Big 12 basketball season. 15-20 point leads mean nothing. KU wasted one and still won. Baylor wasted one and found out that the Wildcats DO still have a bite! Satchel Paige once said, “Don’t look back, something might be gaining on you!” Big 12 basketball  coaches are preaching that!
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We’re smack dab in the middle of mid-winter basketball tournaments. One of the best in the state is the St. John Mid-Winter Classic. The folks in St. John do a great job of hosting this and you will find some of the best pies and other delicacies. Oh yes, there’s great basketball too!
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Professional golfer Robert Allenby of Australia was reportedly robbed, beaten and dumped in a park after missing the cut in the Sony Open this past week. According to Allenby’s caddie, they were in a wine bar Friday night. Uh, Mr. Police, you might want to check out the wife. If the bloke missed another cut and was spending another night in a bar instead of practicing, she becomes suspect number one! Can you blame her?
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From The Onion.com: “Report: Peyton Manning played the entire season with a 38-year-old body!”……………………………………….There actually were people in Colorado who were opposed to the legalization of marijuana-until the Broncos lost in the playoffs!
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Has any Big 12 basketball team had more of a yoyo season than Kansas State? Just when it looked like the Cats were going to self destruct with selfishness and lack of harmony they claw their way back with a couple of big-time wins. Of course going on the road changes all of that.
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Basketball analyst and former NBA player Greg Anthony was suspended this past week after he was arrested on a charge of soliciting a prostitute. If there are any Anthony fans out there, fear not. By next year he will be back on the air. That’s just the way the television people work. Make a big noise about suspension but then quietly bring them back later on. Right Marv Albert?
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Finally, we see that Tiger Woods lost a front tooth when he was hit in the face by a photographer’s camera. Only a bad swing of the golf club by his ex prevented her from being the culprit a couple of years ago. Grin and “bare” it, Tiger!