The 2010 All-MAC team is out, and Kent State defensive tackle Roosevelt Nix has been named MAC Defensive Player of the Year as well as Freshman of the Year.

Nice double.

Not even attempting to figure out what's going on here (other than adulation of SS Choo), here is the hero of the Asian Games on a Korean TV show.  With full disclosure that I don't know if the words "Scott", "Boras", "arbitration", or "extension" come up, the best part is when he starts playing with the child (which I assume is theirs) that makes its way over to Big League Choo and his wife mid-interview.

There are 3 other clips of the show to watch, but unless you speak Korean, this dazzling display of graphics and set design should be enough for the Choo fix that you've been jonesing for...

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The pre-game hype for tomorrow night's Heat/Cavs contest has been exhausting.  With all the storylines about LeQuitter acting like a raging a-hole and his posse or moronic henchmen trying to force out "Coach Spo" with leaks now apparently beat to death, the speculation has turned to whether or not LeLoser will perform his trademark powder toss before tomorrow night's hostile crowd at The Q.

Shaq doesn't think he'll do it.  And has some of his own cashish riding on it.

"I’m anxious to see him do the powder [expletive]," O’Neal told reporters before the Celtics’ 106-87 win over the Cavs Tuesday. "We have bets he won’t do it."

When asked about it at practice yesterday, LeFraud seemed still to be on the fence about it:

“I probably will. That’s a ritual for myself.”

Please, no anthrax jokes in the comments section.  Unless they're funny. 

Steve Gorton, who covers the Hurricanes for the South Florida Sun Sentinel tweeting about a meeting tonight or tomorrow between the Miami AD and Jon Gruden, and a quick deal appears very possible, if not imminent.

As an aside: Gruden is an Ohioan, a dyed-in-the-wool Buckeye fan, and a confidant and advisor to one or more members of the OSU coaching staff.  This would set up a much more compelling matchup in Miami next September than what anyone expected, like five minutes ago.

The Big Ten coaches voted eight Ohio State Buckeyes to the All-Big Ten first team for the 2010 season. The writers didn't like the Bucks quite as well, selecting seven for the first team.

In the coaches voting, the Buckeyes' No. 2-ranked defense dominated the selections on that side of the ball, with defensive lineman Cam Heyward, linebackers Ross Homan and Brian Rolle, and defensive backs Chimdi Chekwa and Jermale Hines on the first team.

On offense, it was running back Dan Herron, receiver Dane Sanzenbacher, and tackle Mike Adams selected to the first team, with center Mike Brewster and guard Justin Boren named to the second team. Kicker Devin Barclay also made second team.

Terrelle Pryor, John Simon, Barclay and DeVier Posey got  Honorable Mention.

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The writers loved the OSU offensive line, naming Boren, Brewster and Adams all first-teamers, with Sanzenbacher also on the first squad. On defense, Heyward, Rolle and Chekwa were selected to the first team, with Homan and Hines in the second group.  (They found two safeties in the conference better than Hines?)

Final Regular Season Big Ten Stats  (Illinois still has a game to play)

Michigan's Denard Robinson was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, and Purdue defensive end Ryan Kerrigan was selected Defensive Player of the Year.

Michigan State's Mark Dantonio was voted by the media as the Dave McClain Big Ten Coach of the Year

Incredibly well done. Whoever is responsible, thank you. I love this man.

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One of the reasons an 11-1 season for The Ohio State Buckeyes nearly guarantees them an at-large BCS bowl berth is because of how well the alumni and fan base travel to go see our beloved Bucks play in their bowl game. 

This year, despite the facts that the BCS games have not been announced and the Buckeyes are guaranteed of nothing ... the fans have already started booking rooms and trip packages for New Orleans, home to the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

According to most sources, the Buckeyes are likely to be selected to play an SEC representative in the Sugar Bowl on January the 4th.  If Auburn defeats South Carolina this Saturday, that opponent will likely be the Arkansas Razorbacks, as the Sugar would lose the SEC champ (Auburn) to the National Championship Game.  Should South Carolina upset Auburn, the Buckeyes (if chosen by the Sugar) would face the Gamecocks, who defeated the Buckeyes in back to back years in the Outback Bowl in 2001 and 2002.

When the Arizona Cardinals signed Derek Anderson to a 2 year, 7.25 million dollar contract this summer, the reaction amongst Browns fans was one of amusement.  It wasn't hard to see that this would end badly for a franchise now wallowing in the gutter of the league just 22 months removed from a near Super Bowl victory over The Inbred.

In case you missed it last night, things just continue to get worse for the Cards.  They were humiliated at home on Monday Night Football by the 3-7 San Francisco 49ers, falling 27-6.  DA was his usual awful self, going 16-35 for 196 yards and an INT, failing to lead his team to a single touchdown.  And late in the loss, television cameras caught him laughing on the sideline when talking to offensive guard Deuce Lutui.

When asked about it after the game by reporters, hilarity ensued.

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A whole slew of LeQuitter returning to Cleveland columns are hitting the interwebs in anticipation of Thursday night's tilt at The Q between the Cavs and the Heat.

And all kinds of speculation as to the treatment he'll recieve when he returns to the north coast.

Cavs owner Dan Gilbert is walking a fine line, wanting not to encourage a reaction that might turn dangerous while still positioning himself as the injured party in the "betrayal".

Last week, Gilbert wrote on his Twitter account: "Obviously no profanity, vulgar stuff [you] wouldn't want kids [to] see, but we are not going [to] be the Gestapo."

There's the Twitter campaign, encouraging Cavs fans in attendance to laugh, rather than boo, LeBron every time he touches the ball.

The solid Bob Finnan of the Lake County News Herald gives his take.

LeBron says he's not worried about his safety.

Tracy McGrady says LeBron and Dwayne Wade "look terrible together".

And there's all kinds of speculation that the Miami Heat players are already growing tired of coach Erik Spolestra, who LeBron chest bumped during a game last week.

Franky (The Realist)

Frank Moore (Franky) was born on June 26, 2003, moments after the first feud between Figz and Swisher (the night Lebron James was drafted by the Cavaliers). Since that moment, Franky has played babysitter/peacemaker between the  two, despite not wanting anything to do with either of them. His hobbies include spending as much time away from Figz and Swisher as possible -- doing anything and everything as long as it’s away from them. If you have strong political or religious views, he’ll kindly listen to you while simultaneously wondering when the conversation will end/your murder.

Favorite Quote:

“Change -- you either have some in your pocket, or you have no hope to visit the vending machine later.”
-- Anonymous (read -- me...)

Defining Sports Moment:

September 1, 2007 -- when Appalachian State walked into the Big House and knocked off a top-five team in Michigan. It’s just a solid reminder that no matter who’s playing, anyone can be beaten. Also, it was funnier than hell.