Catch of the Day.
HOOK:
“Quickhitters.” (my way of clearing the list disguised as one hook)
-Just circle January 31st on your calendar to watch the 2nd most talented college team in the country play the most efficient (UVA vs. Duke). 
-The Pats Way gets enough pub without DE’s pulling chicks out of flipped Jeeps on the side of the road.
-I recommend Denver Bar Cart (run by a buddy of mine), where basically you do the same thing as the exhausting pedal thing bar to bar without…the exhaustion (plus, golf carts are cooler). 
-I am surprised that I haven’t commented on Tiger’s lost tooth. He will look SO much tougher. 
-OU had a sensational comeback at Phog last night, that like most games played there in any year, fell short.
-I think Lindsey was surprised how good I am good at ping pong. Listen. I am not proud of it, but I pretty much am in the top 5% of ANY game that has been in a bar at any time. That includes ping pong, and I was very nice on our first time playing.
-Shark Tank is a good show. Sold. 
-I feel bad for Pitt in playing Duke after losing two times in three games. I felt worse for Louisville.
-I get the feeling that the Knicks snapping that losing streak was not the solution to this problem. 
-I hope you all are happy, but Lindsey and I know that without a baby, a dog, a yard, a chameleon ( I want one), or even a goldfish, we will be happy. We wish we could go out every day for two hours, not talk to anyone but us, and have the time of of our life. Not sure if she is perfect for me, or whether she is just perfect, but the answer is definitely NOT that I am a perfect. She is amazing. 
-Speaking of happiness, here is my dad again angling. Don’t even TRY to call him a fisherman. He taught me that fishing is not only about catching fish. It is the silence and solidarity about finding yourself while nothing else is going on. Those 4am wakeups when the trout were stocked in a pond were NOT about the trout or the catch. They were about the silence, waiting, strategy, and bonding with my dad.
-Dammit. Forgot to mention my Lindsey friends we were hanging out during the Packers game during. The handstand is real. Shauna is a party on wheels. 
-More Packers hangout time: 
-This is Kristen, who saved the Shauna-Dustin pre-party in nowhere Wisconsin by having a cooler with no hotel power full of…stuff. Rockstar. 
-James Harden can score all the points in the world-don’t think anyone is winning anything with Snowball/ Dwight Howard.
-This involves a LOT more conversation and hooks, but Vivian Campbell is a STUD. Pic taken at the Hard Rock-Vegas. He is one of TWO guys who replaced the screwed over Whitesnake guitarist. Two guys replaced ONE guy, but Vivian was ok. 
-I am glad Derrick Rose is complaining about losing streaks instead of explaining of why he is sitting on the bench, making the money he makes, and being semi-injured.
-In the spirit of me getting let out of jury duty today and tennis, I laud the 12 American women who made the second round in the Aussie Open. I should say something negative about Vince right now, because he read “tennis” and then quit reading. I could but I won’t. 
-I go to a place with three pools an hour outside of San Diego next week for four days, and not complaining. I researched the pools more than the casinos and gambling. THAT is a change in paradigm for Mr. Filler. Actually, I liked pools before without casinos, but now I just go to the pool.
-I am letting Lindsey watch Shark Tank because A) I like the show and B) this is the ONLY week THREE Iowa schools will be in the top 25 poll. Only ONE game all week with two ranked teams. You have to pick and choose your battles. March is COMING, people, and I go away.
-Yes, Pro Bowl, we will watch your flag football game when you make the goal posts more narrow and the PAT’s longer. I put it on my Google calendar and maybe it will pop on my phone.
-Marrone HAD to land somewhere-badass coach, whether coordinator or head coach. I am sold.
-Harbaugh signed his son for an assistant coach and no one cares because we think it is so cool that Harbaugh left a badass NFL football team, joined a down and out perennial, and we all are trying to figure out how to beat OSU next year with whatever QB they use.
-Coolest thing ever that I wish I experienced. Stallone at the top of the Rocky stairs, which of course I have run.
-Smart. Nick Marshall entering draft as a CB.
-We knew Trestman would have a job, and we all were pretty sure it would be as an coordinator, and not a head coach. Add another person to my VIP list of people who hate Jay Cutler. I am President.
LINE:
“Zone.”
No, this isn’t a hook on Mr. Boeheim or, more recently, Coach K. This is a welcoming of Gary Kubiak to his beloved Broncos family. They get a trusted name, a proven system, and a quality guy. Plus, we kind of missed ZONE BLOCKING SCHEME being said every five minutes on the local sports radio shows.
LINE 2:
As you know, I am not a Villianova believer thus far. Lots of guards as usual in the lineup, but I still don’t like the roster overall to make a deep run. Actually, I think they will be my team that is a #3 seed and will be knocked out by a mid major in the first or second round. Remember, it ain’t the old Big East anymore. Present heavyweights have left.
SINKER:
“Woe.”
Usually I would cast doubt on an athlete not saying that “cocaine is not one of my woes” after being busted FOR the drug. But, I have a feeling that having The Great One overseeing his relationship with his DAUGHTER will NOT allow that to be a problem moving forward. The Great One…what a nickname.
I was working on a combination joke with Dustin Johnson and Jon Jones, but it just didn’t come together.
Whatever I say about deflated footballs, it has probably already been said. I will say two things. I am pretty sure that any amount of air wouldn’t have made up enough points in a 45-7 game. And, Aaron Rodgers can stop chiming in on this matter. Maybe he should have discount double checked the footballs he used.
I never said I was funny, people.
That is all for today. Peace.