Verizon/Comcast Remote follow up, Tim Tebow, Duke Football Coach, Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather, Mike Vick, Kay Yow, Some NFL, & Dils Bowl Pool

Some quick follow up from my Verizon review last week regarding the Comcast remote working with the Verizon Fios service:

• I called Comcast and learned that they charge $15 if a remote is not returned. I also visited Best Buy and discovered there is certainly no better option there for less. So, my recommendation is that when you switch from Comcast to Verizon Fios, which you should do immediately, hang onto your Comcast digital remote to use in conjunction with your Fios for the Page Down feature.
• Also, I wanted to credit Joe Prez' wife, Tracy, with the Comcast remote discovery, which proves once and for all (not that there was a doubt), that Tracy is not only better looking but also smarter than Joe. To Joe's credit, I am fairly sure he can still take her in a 50-yard dash.

Tim Tebow won the Heisman Saturday night. He is the first sophomore to win the award, and has to be considered an overwhelming favorite to repeat next year for two reasons. First, it is likely that he will put up gaudy numbers again next year, and one would have to assume that his passing skills will be even more improved to go along wioth his bruising rushing style. Second, while Florida lost thre games this year and was never in teh National title hunt (although they may have been if the season was two weeks longer and everybody kept losing!), they wil be absolutely loaded next year and probably competing for another championship, giving Tebow even more exposure and credibility. Look for Chase Daniel, Steve Slyton (after a sub-par year this year) and Kevin Smith from University of Central Florida (who may break Barry Sanders all-time single season rushing mark this year as a junior) to give Tebow the most competition in 2008.

Duke still has not hired a footbal coach, having lost out in the Paul Johnson sweepstakes. My guess is that they will not take my recommendation and hire Rod Broadway or they would have done it by now. But they are looking at re-treads like Bobby Johnson (head coach at Vandy with a 20-50 career record for the Commodores) and Karl Dorrell (fired at UCLA) for the spot. Ugh. I would rather see them take a shot on Rick Neuheisel and hope he can clean up his act. At least the guy has shown hew can win. (Of course, I still think Broadway, who would be Duke first African American coach in any sport ever, was an ex Duke assistant, and has won in both jobs he has had as a head coach, overcome the fact that he is a Tar Heel alum and make him the right choice!)

Floyd Mayweather just showed how he is far and away the best pound for pound fighter in the world, and demolishing Ricky Hatton this past weekend in Las Vegas, despite most of the UK showing up to supoprt the Brit. People may not always love Floyd's style, but he is a once-in-a-generation type fighter. I would love to see him take one more big fight and take on Iceman's favorite Miguel Cotto before he hangs up the gloves. Cotto is a tremendous power fighter (and a bit more refined in his skills than Hatton) and is the only guy in my opinion that could have any reasonable chance of defeating Pretty Boy.

Michael Vick got sentenced yesterday. I will end this topic before everybody loses interest.

We do not talk a lot about Women's basketball in this site, but Kay Yow, the head coach at NC State, is truly a remarkable woman who transcends sports and provides such inspiration. Yow has been coachnig at State since before I was at Duke (if I remember correctly Andrea Stinson was the big star when I was in school, and yes I am old...). She has been battling cancer for quite some time, and has fought more valiantly and sccessfully that most in her condition could. Despite her cancer being termed "Stage 4" almost a year ago, she continues to fight and coach. She has helped raise a lot of money for teh V Foundation and cancer research. If you want to learn more about here story, here is a link to a NY times article.

They need to add some flexibility to the NFL schedule. The fact that the Falcons have been on Monday Night Football this year more than the 11-2 Green Bay Packers (AND BRETT FAVRE) is a joke. The two NFL Network games this week are Denver at Houston and Cincinnati at San Francisco. They need to put the best games on Prime Time. Of course, unless my campaign to get everbody to switch from Comcast to Verizon Fios works, most people don't get the NFL Network anyway. But still....

It was amazing to me that the Patriots, who were 12-0 this year, and other than 3 close games, had won 9 of those 12 by AT LEAST 17 points, were getting no respect last week (and I am not just talking about Steeler's players here). I heard lots of people say they thought PIttsburgh was going tobeat New England (in Foxboro). Of course, they got smahsed. Look, mayeb New England had a little lull against teh Eagles and Baltimore, but they are the class of the league, no matter much you hate them, Belichick or Brady. There is one team, ONE, that has a chance to beat them in January, and that is the Indianapolis Colts (who are playing well again after a lull of their own, lowlighted by a nasty 13-10 wni at home over Kansas City). Sorry, Dallas. Sorry, Green Bay. Sorry, San Diego. Sorry, Pittsburgh. None of you will beat New England this year. The Super Bowl Champion will be New England unless Indy beats them (and then I would give Dallas a chance)...

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