Christmas Eve

I have just finished watching the N C State basketball game against Arizona in Tucson. State tied the game with 7.9 seconds to go only to give up a layup with .9 seconds to go. The inbound pass State heaved a 75 foot shot which hit the back iron between the rim and backboard and scared everyone in the Gym until the ball fell off.

If only State had a point guard who knew how to pass the ball somewhere besides outside the three point line to his teammates they would be dangerous, but no team that can't get the ball to the open shooters can beat anybody in close games.

Glad to see that Carolina had another home game and Roy Williams stuck to coaching in this one instead of being a rabbit eared usher. I guess all tickets were checked if you sit on the same side Roy sits on.

There seems to be a power struggle in Minnesota between Brett Favre and his head coach. This struggle seems to be affecting the team as they have now lost two out of three games.

The NFL returns for a Friday night game between the San Diego Chargers and the Tennessee Titans. Hope you have a dish to watch this game on the NFL Network.

Carolina Football will be in Charlotte Saturday to take on Pittsburgh. I think game time is 4.30. This should be a really good game if both teams show up to play.

I see that the Liberty bowl game for ECU is sold out. This could be the biggest game ECU has played in since beating Miami in Raleigh in 1999.

The Big Ten which actually has 11 teams is hinting around that they may want to add a team. Everyone thinks it will be Notre Dame but what if it were Pittsburgh or Syracuse. There just might be an opening in the Big East for ECU.

I want to wish every one a Merry Christmas. I probably will not blog again until after the Carolina Football game Saturday night.