You wanna know what I think?

You wanna know what I think about Steven Jackson?
*Go read Jason's blog about "the big three" all playing worse than two 6 year-old boys fighting over the same girl. It's just ugly, mean, and somebody's going to get hurt. Whether it hurts your fantasy team...or, as per us St. Louis fans, it actually hurts your team. Jason makes a great point about Jackson and missing O-Line Granddaddy Orlando Pace...we can't blame Jackson's pour start on Pace's absence. Last season Pace missed the last seven games and Jackson averaged 106 yards rushing per game. There goes that excuse.

You wanna know what I think about Barry Bonds not being back with the Giants next season?
*I actually care more about the latest Bill Walsh sighting than I care about whatever Barry Bonds is doing with his shortened life. I'd rather sleep in the back seat of a white 15-passenger van for the rest of my life than have to hear about Barry Bonds one more time. The attention this guy gets is out of control, it's more annoying than a soccer coach in a post-game interview telling you fifteen times or more that "we control our own destiny." And that crap is just as annoying as three four year-olds screaming in your ear for two hours straight.

What do I think about the Patriots and their spygate?
*Ask Steve Rosenbloom of Chicagosports.com: “If you cheat and win, at least you get something out of the deal, but if you’re a sleazebag and you lose, then you’re Isiah Thomas.”

Or Jay Leno: “There’s a lot of different versions of what happened (in the O.J. situation) but, luckily, Patriots coach Bill Belichick was there and videotaped the whole thing.”

And my thoughts on Tank Johnson...I couldn't agree more with Elliot Harris of the Chicago-Sun Times: “Former Bears defensive tackle Tank Johnson, who is suspended for the first eight games of the season, signs with the Dallas Cowboys because the Cowboys were the first team to contact him. Well, that and possibly the impression that almost everyone in Texas shoots off firearms at home.”

On Big 12 rival Texas Longhorns, just ask Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel: “Now we know why Texas players don orange jerseys, right? Because they can wear them to the game on Saturdays and to pick up roadside trash on Sundays.”

And, Scott Ostler from the San Francisco Chronicle on dumb driving: “Memo to Indiana Pacers’ forward Shawne Williams: If you’re going to drive your car with no driver’s license, expired plates, and a stash of marijuana, you might want to consider using your turn signal. It’s the little stick on the left side.”

I'm outy. Mizzou and Illinois State this weekend. Illinois State is ranked 14th in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA). Their record is 1-2 though. I can't figure that out.

The Tigers have cracked the Top 25 in both polls, holding on to the last spot in each. Go Tigers. Go Blues. Go Rams. And..um..Go Cardinals.