Sportsthoughts

   Well, Peyton Manning had the longest adolescence of any football-playing equine in history...he was a Colt for fourteen years before becoming a Bronco. But really, seeing him in Denver, instead of Indy? That will take some getting used to.

   John Elway never liked Tim Tebow. We already knew it, but now we really know it. And of all the teams to get him in a trade, it's the New York Jets? For only a fourth-round pick? This will be an interesting story to watch....hard to imagine a worse NFL enviroment for a Christian to play in...much less in the largest city in the country, with the Enormous Microscope of Scrutiny every single semi-famous person on up is under.

   I don't really understand why everyone was so horrified by the Saints' bounty system...yes, it's technically against the league law, but every team has a bounty system! Football's a violent sport, people are going to get hit. Some are going to get hurt. The defensive players were trying to hurt people....hmm. That seems like kind of a gray area to me. No, they shouldn't try to actively hurt people, but they should be rewarded somehow for big plays, for playing hard. Doesn't seem like Sean Payton should've been suspended for an entire year. Isn't that like unfairly penalizing all the offensive players?

   I guess I'm going with Kansas or Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament...don't like Syracuse or Ohio State, North Carolina doesn't look to have a shot any longer, with their point guard hurt, how much longer can Wisconsin's defense-first methodology win the Badgers games? Those highlighter Baylor jerseys are awful...almost as bad as Maryland's flag football uniforms. It'd be kind of cool to see Ohio vs Xavier in the title game...not gonna happen, though. And all the great stories that could come out of a Cincinnati-Xavier rematch...

   Idol's going to be Billy Joel Night tonight. Hooray.