Bits and Pieces for a Saturday Morning

-BCS championship game between Alabama and Texas.  Fun game to watch.  I really had no favorite though I did think that the Crimson Tide would prevail - sold on them after watching their win over Florida.

-PGA start up: Yes, the big boys are playing out in Hawaii.  Been two days now and Lucas Glover has gone -15 to lead the pack.  Wonder what Tiger is doing; still lost and not wanting to be found.  Still hiding.  Come on, Tiger, get back where you belong. 

- Loogootee basketball teams are making up their snowed out games of this past week on Tuesday night.  Expect it's the girls at 6 with the boys following at 8.  And next Saturday's boys' game with the Vikings will start at 4pm so that people won't have to miss the Colts game later that evening (thanks to Jim Bateman for this info).

-So who do the Colts get to play next week?  Expect  it will be the Patriots as they take on the Ravens in New England tomorrow - never an easy place to play in January - in fact, Brady hasn't lost a playoff game there.  Do you think maybe Belichick is looking ahead to the rematch with the Colt team that embarrassed him several weeks ago?  Actually he embarrassed himself with that very famous failed fourth and two at his own 28 yard line as the clock ticked down to nothing.  I think the Pats prevail and get to take on what will be a well rested Colt team - hope they are not rusty.

-My other predictions from on top of the hill north of Loogootee: Bengals beat the Jets (I see the espn experts all pick the Jets); Eagles over Dallas (again just the opposite of the experts expectations); and the Cardinals over the Packers (one of the four experts agrees with me this time).

-Pete Carroll to the pros?  Seattle?  Me thinks Carroll is a super college coach - and bane of the Irish - but not so suited to the pro ranks.  Maybe he's doing a Nick Saban, getting away for a year or so (and probably getting a nice raise in salary) and then returning to his college roots. Then he will be poised to become the second college coach to take two different schools to a national championship.

-Irish woman's basketball team is undefeated and ranked third in the polls.  That's something to cheer about on a cold Saturday morning.  Best throw another log on the fire and keep on singing.  Right?