On To The Important Stuff

By Robby Wellington – Staff Writer

For whatever reason, I didn’t really care about the Super Bowl. I had little hope for the Bears and was burnt out by Tuesday on Super Bowl puff pieces. Do we really need two weeks before the game? Nevertheless, I’m not one to pass up free food and booze and always enjoy a good Super Bowl bash. Despite being blacked out and covered in Cheeto dust and semisoft cheeses by the end of the third quarter, I gathered the following: The Colts won, Rex Grossman is bad, as is rain, Tony Dungy is the first (half) black coach to win the Super Bowl, and Prince is the first (half) black superstar to come correct during a halftime show. Purple Rain, Purple Rain.

Now on to the important stuff: College Basketball and bad television…

Kevin Durant is the best player in college basketball and the best freshman in the history of the game (at least the best frosh allowed to play with the varsity). Despite a relatively slow start, the man is putting up 25.0 points and 11.6 rebounds a game and continues to improve as does the entire Texas team, which boasts six freshmen among its top eight scorers. I’m still taking Old Man Oden first overall though.

Spencer from “The Hills” turned in an absolute tour de force performance last night and cemented his place in the Reality Television Hall of Fame. Not even a flameout of Doc Gooden proportions could stop the man now. Consequently, I have reworked my role model top five to look like this:

1. Rony Seikaly
2. Justin Timberlake
3. Spencer
4. Joey Goldman
5. The Milf Hunter

If you’re not already watching Spencer on “The Hills,” it’s time to recognize.

I’ve mentioned before that the Pac-10 is the best conference in the country, and next year it should be even better. Amazingly, there are only eight senior starters in the entire conference and some big boys are coming next year. I had the pleasure of watching UCLA-bound Kevin Love tear apart Mater Dei Saturday night. Love is going to be the best freshman in the country next year and keep the Bruins in the top five. Mater Dei starts four players 6’8″ and up and brings an Arizona-bound 7’1″ giant off the bench.

Judd Apatow’s latest joint, “Knocked Up,” looks like it will deliver the goods to all of us 40-Year-Old Virgin fans. Check out the trailers:

I recently noticed that my Sporting News College Basketball Preview magazine had Butler ranked seventh out of nine teams in the formidable Horizon conference. Well, after winning the Preseason NIT and beating up on weaker conference opponents, Butler has cruised to a No. 9 ranking and figures to be this year’s Gonzaga. Watch them get a ‘low’ five or six seed only to lose in the first round.