*Rumors continue to circulate about the NFL putting a franchise into Los Angeles. They typically involve relocation scenarios. The top two candidates: the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Buffalo Bills.
*Does anyone remember when a Gatorade shower wasn’t a dumb, clichéd way to congratulate a head football coach?
*There’s a lot to admire about NASCAR, even if you don’t like auto racing. It’s well marketed, and the drivers are uniformly nice guys who truly appreciate their fans and don’t wind up on police blotters. But NASCAR superstar Jimmie Johnson as Associated Press Athlete of the Year? Any driver as ATHLETE of the year?
*FSU recently spent an estimated $200,000 fighting NCAA sanctions related to that athletic cheating scandal. Its foremost priority, of course, was trying to save 14 of Bobby Bowden’s 389 wins. No surprise – it was to no avail. But it cost more than $14,000 per lost Bowden victory. Throwing good money after bad academic practices only compounded this embarrassing chapter in Seminole sports.