Three Things to Ponder...

1. Will the Final Four exclude the ACC? By it's typical Greek God standards, the ACC is having a disappointing year. There are Duke and Carolina, of course, because -- well -- you will always have Duke and Carolina. After that, there's a lot of mediocrity. Clemson, Virginia Tech, Maryland and Miami have a combined 38 losses. As for the other six teams in the conference, no one(!) has a winning record in the league. The Dukies are sporting a spiffy 25-3 record. They have a lot of "nice" mid-sized players. What they don't have is a player who can carry the team offensively; nor do they have size. Those two things will keep them from playing on the final weekend of March Madness. Everyone seems to be gah-gah about the Tar Heels. While there is certainly no finer player in the land than Tyler Hansbrough, beyond that, there ain't much. Ty Lawson looked OK in his return from a bum ankle against BC last weekend. Wayne Ellington offers some good "oh." Otherwise, they will struggle to score this month unless Lawson is healthy enough to resume his one man fast break routine. Danny Green, the 6'5" junior averaging 12 points per game? Let us put it this way. We like him as much as we like Boris Diaw of the Phoenix Suns. Really, we could go out there and play better than he does. Lastly, yes we know Coach Roy (finally) won a title in 2005. We can only guess how he must feel about winning said title with the talent that Matt Doherty brought on campus. Go get 'em, Roy! Anyhow, we watch UNC and are alarmed at the lack of athleticism on the court. At times, it looks like they have Hansbrough, Lawson and three guys they grabbed from the intramural court. We're not ready to say they won't make the Final Four, but we are thisclose to doing so.

2. How close was Randy Moss to signing with Your Our Philadelphia Eagles? We are guessing the alleged conversation over the weekend between Moss and Andy Reid went something like this:

Reid: "Hey, man, I just came from visiting my kids in the hole and/or rehab and was thinking you might want to play for us."

Moss: "Yo boys know Kevin Faulk?

Reid: "Not sure about that. So do you want to catch passes from D-McNabb, the best one of the 12 best QBs in the NFL?"

Moss: "The only 12 I know is Tom Brady."

Reid: "Great. So if the Patriots don't give you what you want, give us a call."

(Seconds later, Reid grabs some doughnuts his cell and calls every newspaper in North America.)

Reid: "Psst. This is all off the record, but I think we got a great shot at getting Randy Moss."

Think about it. It's just what the Phillies did with Mike Lowell in November. They knew he wasn't going to leave the Red Sox, so they made the obligatory free agent proposal. And the minute Lowell re-upped with Boston, the Phillies leaked their contract offer to every newspaper in the world. What were the chances that Moss was ever going to walk away from the Pats? We will be generous and say one percent. He had his greatest year ever and he knew Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Favorite Son Tom Brady would have pissed if Moss left. So the Eagles offered Moss a good deal and when he turned it down (shocking!), they ran and told everyone how hard (really hard) they tried to get him. Owner Jeff Laurie figured the fans would be happy with the team's effort to finally get McNabb a top rate flanker...AND it didn't cost him a penny of his mom's money that Joe Banner so closely guards.

3. Is there a better show on the air than The Office? It may well be the single greatest show in the history if TV. (Yes, better --perhaps-- than 90210 and Homocide: Life on the Streets.) We have yet to view an episode where we didn't legimatly laugh five or six times. Michael Scott (the pride of Marshfield, MA) is the leader, but there are others who ride shotgun so well. Dwight is the Loser we know at work. Jim is the funny guy who actually gets it. And Pam is the token hottie in the short skirts.