LIE LIKE A BABY

My wife will tell you that there are some things I can't get over.

Darius Miles taking a swing at MTV Ram James Wilson in the Super Sectional the year the Rams were rated #2 in the nation. Miles not only didn't get kicked out of the game, he also got away with carrying the ball all night and numerous other infractions that referees overlooked.

The Patriots steal of the Super Bowl against the Rams. Again, lousy officiating allowed the Bellicheat team to mug Ram wide receivers the whole game. In addition, Coach Cheat had videotaped the Rams practice session. And they did it to other teams, too, over a period of 7 years. "Two or 3 seconds after the Tampa Bay defensive coordinator sent in a play to safety John Lynch, the quarterback of the Patriots had it in his helmet." Drew Bledsoe, the qb, confessed, "75% of the time, Tampa Bay ran the defense we (New England) thought they were going to run."

On a similar note, Kurt Warner once stated that the Patriots knew ahead of time a play the Rams were going to run and it was one they had not run all season. Hmmm.

The missed call by umpire Don Denkinger to give the 1985 World Series to Kansas City instead of the deserving St. Louis Cardinals is yet another one I can't seem to get past.

Then there is former Iowa basketball assistant, Bruce Pearl. In the mid-nineties he harassed Illlinois player Deion Thomas to the point that Deion told him Illinois gave him an SUV so he signed with them instead of Iowa. Pearl with his steady tape recorder turned in Illinois for recruiting violations and cost the Illini many scholarships because of the penalties the powerful but somewhat inconsistent NCAA doled out. Thomas, by the way, dated a girl who lived in our son's dorm that year. As much time as Thomas spent at Illini Towers, our son never spotted him driving the fancy SUV. When asked about it, Thomas replied that he did not receive anything illegal but told Pearl that to get him to stop bugging him about why he chose Illinois over Iowa.

Now it seems that Mr. Pearl is being investigated by the NCAA for recruiting infractions. He's already admitted his guilt in some areas. His AD has already cut his salary and imposed some other penalties hoping not to have a full investigation that could result in loss of scholarships and other sanctions.

And wrong as I may be, well, let's face it, as unforgiving (and that's wrong) as I am, you can imagine a big smile on my face. It's for real.