Oh when the Saints....

Congrats to the Saints and the city of New Orleans. This win was good for football. America obviously agrees. Super Bowl XLIV is now the most watched television program of all time, beating the finale of the hit show M.A.S.H. in 1980. This is quite an accomplishment. I could write much more about this, but it's time to move on until the draft in April, so here we go...

• The controversy over the recent Sports Illustrated Olympic cover featuring American downhill ski star Lindsey Vonn is nothing short of stunning to me. She is in a ski pose wearing a ski outfit. Anyone who thinks that this is in any way sexual either needs to visit the same sex clinic as Tiger Woods, or really has nothing better to talk about. It couldn't be any less sexual in my opinion.

• The new uproar over John Mayer is not shocking because he tends to over-speak his mind, but using the n-word????? Really John? His sexual deviance has been exposed over his last few interviews. He seems to have gone off the deep end. I don't know whether it's drug-induced, or he is simply insane, but before long, he and Kanye West may be playing in their own sandbox at the wrong end of the playground. If you didn't read what he had to say in this revealing interview with Playboy, here is the link (not work appropriate, by the way). http://http//www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/10/john-mayer-jessica-simpso_n_456566.html

• So, obviously being a giant Howard Stern fan, many people want to know what I think about the potential of him taking Simon's seat on American Idol next season. I have to say, I think it would be great. However, I don't think that the executives at Fox know what they might be getting into. On paper, bringing in Howard might look great. He's brash, strong-willed, and very opinionated. He also brings an enormous ego and a tendency to cross the line under any circumstance. Who knows? This could be what Idol needs to bring it into the next era, and it could just be rumors that will die quicker than the careers of Taylor Hicks and Bo Bice.

• I was happy to see that the charges of domestic assault against Rams running back Steven Jackson have been dropped. After reading through the reports, it's pretty clear that the female associated with the claims has many holes in her story. Is it not a coincidence that she came forward with these claims during Super Bowl Week? This girl has Kobe Chaser written all over her. I'm not trying to trivialize a serious issue by any means...I think that Chris Brown should be castrated; but when evidence is lacking, the accuser is less than credible, and the accused is a multi million dollar athlete, I think it best to adhere to innocent until proven guilty.

• The possibility of expanding the NCAA tournament is sickening to me. 92 teams??? That would turn the first round games into the basketball equivalent of the Little Caesars Bowl in football or the WNBA finals. 65 teams is perfect. I get the revenue angle, but overkill may set in with an entire month of the tourney. Let's keep it at 65.

• Mardi Gras is only 3 days away now. In New Orleans, this will be the culmination of two weeks of madness. I'm actually contemplating putting my liver on Craigslist New Orleans.
  
  

That's it for now. I'll be back this weekend with some Winter Olympics thoughts. I am so excited for this momentous event in world history. What a thrill!! Comments, critisism always welcome. Thanks for stopping by.