Hey! It's National Signing Day. The day where seniors can finally sign their letters of intent to go play football at the school of their choosing. It brings back great memories for me, watching other people at my high school sign. Thankfully, there are other things going on in sports so we don't have to spend all day concentrating on the whims of 17 and 18 year-olds.

• Kentucky won at home again last night. They took down the Rebels from Ole Miss 85-75 and were led (unsurprisingly) by DeMarcus Cousins and John Wall. Cousins continues to own the SEC and had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Most assume the Player of the Year trophy is already in John Wall's room at Wildcat Lodge (not sponsored by Coal just yet), but Cousins has certainly been POY-worthy of late. The media doesn't seem real enchanted with some of his antics, though, so he may lose some votes there. There is a great possibility, however, that former UK players (Wall and Cousins) could be the #1 and #2 picks in the NBA Draft come June.
• A note on Scotty Hopson. This guy has been a different player in 2010. I've been watching him play since he was a junior in high school. Up until the four UT players were arrested and suspended on New Year's Day, I'd seen the same Hopson for a long time. He was a guy with all the talent in the world, but usually lacked effort. He rarely took charge on the court and would disappear for minutes at a time. Maybe it took a team relying on him, but he has taken over. When everyone (me included) thought the Vols would implode, Hopson led them to a win over #1 Kansas. UT is 5-2 in 2010, and Vol fans have the lively Scotty Hopson to thank for that.
• The Winter Olympics start in 9 days! All you people who are in love with Conan O'Brien will be happy to know that NBC is projected to lose millions. Why? Because, no one gives a damn about white people skiing (unless they're wrecking).
• Michael Beasley's car was set on fire. Wait, just clicked on the link. It was not Michael; DeMarcus Beasley's car was set on fire. Okay, no one cares, he plays soccer. People would rather watch white people ski than watch scocer.
• I don't have the patience for Signing Day. I'm sure it's great fun if you're a Florida fan (yes, Brubaker, we know) to get the #1 class every year. But, most schools bring in 25 kids and redshirt 20 of them. Half of those kids will transfer or flunk out. You might see a few of them really flourish, but it will be two or three years. I need instant gratification like with John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins. I can't remember who Michigan signed last year and by Saturday, I probably won't remember who they signed this year. Redshirt seniors that just finished playing football last month graduated in 2004! 2004 was like 25 pounds ago, I just don't have the time to remember all that.

Okay, maybe I talked about Signing Day a little, but at least I didn't break down every crappy 3-star kid that your middling football team got.

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