Random Thoughts

Congratulations to Florida for winning their second straight National Championship last night with an 84-75 triumph over Ohio State. The Gators join Oklahoma A&M (1945-46), Kentucky (1948-49), San Francisco (1955-56), Cincinnati (1961-62), UCLA (1964-65, 1967-73) and Duke (1991-1992) as repeat National Champions. I thought it was a good game but in no way was it a classic championship game. Ohio State's Greg Oden (25 points, 12 rebounds, 4 blocks) certainly did his part but the OSU shooters were horrible and Oden alone wasn't enough to derail Florida... Oden should be on his way to the NBA with no doubts. He may love college and it is great for college hoops to have him at Ohio State but with the millions of dollars facing this young man in the immediate future, he would be crazy to stay. The same goes for Kevin Durant of Texas and Brandon Wright of North Carolina... I made a huge mistake in my last NFL Mock Draft. I inadvertantly left out Louisville defensive tackle Amobi Okoye. I was moving around some names and I forgot to put him back. That mistake will be corrected with my next Mock, sometime later this week... My Red Sox preview is still a few days away but tomorrow night will mark the beginning of a tremendous campaign for Josh Beckett... Al Jefferson reportedly hurt his knee in practice today and will sit out tomorrow night's game in Milwaukee. Why not sit him the rest of the way? Big Al has proven he is a star in the making this year so there is no reason to keep him in to possibly further injure the knee in the few meaningless games on the schedule...