Sports blurbs

If you think the people making making sports programming decisions at KCBS have rocks in their head (Titans vs Oakland instead of just about anything else including the Jaguars vs Packers) go send some feedback and if you're really adventurous call the programming comment number: (323) 460-3432.

ESPN needs a Joe Theisman mute button. My ears are bleeding. While he's not in the same stratosphere with Dick Vitale (who more or less ruined college basketball for me) he goes on endlessly. Feh! Maybe it's the whole danged crew. Everything is hype or soap opera (or both). On and on and on. Sadly, I can't get KLSX here or I'd try that.

Yes, the fat man cometh, but he made it a short stay and now he goeth. He was supposed to start in April, but has already departed. Did he ever really arrive? The way I figure it, at -103 days, that has to be the shortest (or the most negative) tenure ever. It'll be fun to watch the USC faithful squirm this week (and really weird if they convince him to stay).

The Ben Olson watch still isn't over but it's looking a lot like UCLA is going to be the place. For those who don't know, Ben was a local quarterback legend who went off to BYU, sat on the bench for a season and then went off on a Mormon mission. His mission gives him the ability to transfer without a loss of eligibility and there have been stories floating around all fall. Even for non athletes, I think there's something good about the idea of finally diving into school after becoming twenty and having dealt with some real life. For those confusing faith with staying at BYU, they need a bit of perspective.