going pro early.  It’s giving me rickets.

At $16 Mil a year, he better make this catch next time.

this makes me nervous, with the need to resign Pujols on the horizon.

Pepsico has announced that is will drop the new product line for Gatorade featuring Tiger Woods.  This looks to be the beginning of the end for Tiger’s endorsements, at least until this storm passes.  Of course Pepsico claims it has nothing to do with his PR problems.

This comes on the heels of the revelation that no ads featuring Tiger Woods have aired in prime time since the details of his numerous affairs became public.  Despite this fact, no one has officially dropped Tiger as its spokesperson at this point.

Oh, and Tiger’s current mother-in-law (how much longer can we call her that?) was rushed to the hospital last night.  She has been treated and released.

One more thing… Tiger’s wife allegedly bought a mansion in Sweeden a couple of weeks ago.

Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong appears to be headed to Lousiville.  This has been rumored for a while.  According to the ESPN.com report the school has a press conference set for Wednesday afternoon.  Strong has long been considered a prime head coaching prospect only to be passed over routinely for BCS-level jobs.  This move would make Strong the only African-American head coach at a BCS conference outside of Randy Shannon at Miami.

This will provide another challenge for Florida head coach Urban Meyer.  This will mean he has lost his offensive and defensive coordinators in consecutive seasons.  Dan Mullen left last year for Mississippi State, and the Gator offense fell far from its proficiency in 2008.  Of course losing Percy Harvin may have had something to do with that, too. 

This is great news for Strong…and the SEC.

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Mississippi head football coach Houston Nutt issued this non-denial denial of his interest in the Kansas head coaching job.  If this turns out to be an actual denial, I suspect a new Nutt contract will be announced soon.  This would play into his MO given his history at Arkansas.

Ole Miss is a great university and the quality of life in Oxford is the envy of others.

In perhaps the most striking part of this statement, one has to wonder if Oxford is being compared to other places in general — or just other places in Mississippi.  While I’m sure it is the jewel of Mississippi, I can think of many other places I would rather live — with Fayetteville high on that list.

And, seriously, I think when you call “Ole Miss a great university” you really water-down the meaning of the word “great,” don’t you?