- I wouldn't want to be a member of Tony Stewart's pit crew this morning. Perhaps Stewart lit into his guys last night after the race but my suspicion is that there will be a "come to (Jesus/Tony)" session this morning where Stewart will ask "what the hell happened?" Stewart was leading the NASCAR Sprint Cup race in Richmond last night with 13 laps remaining when the caution flag came out for debris on the track. Stewart pitted as did Kyle Busch, then in second place. Busch beat Stewart out of the pits and then easily nabbed the three car length lead on the restart.
- By the way, the debris on the track last night was a plastic water bottle. So, not only was Stewart miffed at his pit crew, but NASCAR officials caught his ire at what he considered to be a flawed reason for pulling out the yellow caution flag.
- Dontari Poe. Another Chiefs draft pick has been used on an interior lineman on the defensive side of the ball. And, another Chiefs draft pick will be added to the list of guys who didn't last in the NFL. For a franchise in need of help on both sides of the line of scrimmage, why use your first pick on a guy who all would concede is a high risk selection?
- I know injuries are part of the game in sports. But, watching Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls go down with a season-ending knee injury just makes me sick--I hate to see the NBA playoffs impacted in this way by Rose's absence.
- Kansas very likely will finish last in the Big 12 conference football race this fall. But, there is a different vibe with this team and this program as evidenced by yesterday's spring game. The biggest example of this new attitude is quarterback Dayne Crist, famously brought to Lawrence as part of coach Charlie Weis' transfer program. Crist may not be all-conference but what he brings to KU is a swagger and confidence which this program sorely needs. The timing on offense yesterday was light years better than what Kansas fans have witnessed the past two seasons. Now, few conclusions could be drawn from yesterday's "game," but one was that the Jayhawks have an athlete taking snaps who truly is Division 1 caliber.
- Bill Hancock is a quality guy but I'm glad we won't have to see him continue to rationalize the BCS bowl system. The prospect of having a true college football playoff in two years is exciting.
- Washington's pick of Michigan State QB Kirk Cousins in the fourth round of the NFL Draft is a head-scratcher. Or, perhaps the Redskins believe that Robert Griffin III is, indeed, an injury-risk and want Cousins groomed as a quality back-up?
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