MARCH "CRAZINESS" HERE SOON!

Okay, so I missed the Jets/Colts prediction.
Actually, the Jets "missed" the game plan!
What was with the predictable running up the
middle? No flairs? No end arounds? No reverses?
What about screens? Imagination? What's that?
I really feel (and felt) that the Jets did not show
up for that one. Their talent(s) and smarts were
not on display that day. The Colts got a "gimme".
I GOT THE FINALE RIGHT, THOUGH!! Saints!!

Enough about pigskinning. It's hoops season, and
exciting action galore is on the boobtube nightly!
Who do you like? There are a lot of "pretenders"
on the hardcourt scene, as well as some who show
some flashes of possibility for "the big dance".
Dark horses? Gonzaga. Butler. Texas(?). UConn.
Georgetown. Wha? Just wait and see.
Of course most of us like Kansas, Syracuse,
Villanova, Michigan State, and Kentucky, but
as history tells us, no one is a "shoo-in" when it
comes to the attrition of the multi-game, multi-
venue, multi-week tournament.
Who will be a cinderella? Kansas State? Purdue?
Louisville? Duke? Your "team"...........? No matter,
we're in for another hoop-filled series of excitement!
The team that stays healthy and plays it's game
will succeed and take the crown, but it's not easy to
do so with so much talent to be faced every game.
Sounds like the regular season, hey, especially with
conference play and "rivalry week" action!
An uncalculable (is that a word?) dimension, as
always, is the coaching. Here's where those men
of history and note "earn their money", having to
adjust offenses and defenses to fit each opposing
team, and hoping to know which of their players
will best outwit and outplay that night's foe.
The unknown quantity, too is the officiating.
Generally, the referees do an excellent job, though
I make my "previously-professional" comments
as we watch the games. With rare exceptions, last
night being one of them, the announcers usually
support the "men in stripes", but some obvious
missed calls and miscalls brought unusual
criticism from the men behind the microphones.
Hopefully, we'll have none of that for the 65-team
struggle-for-survival and superiority that will
begin soon.
Remember, Ohio State and Wisconsin have been
known to "step up" - but it's unlikely this year.
Oh yes, are any other West Coast teams worthy of
consideration? Who? St. Mary's? What's happened
to the Pac-10? This may be an all-East final four.
Huh.