The success: In his time at Alabama, Nick Saban has treated the SEC much the same way Boise State coach Chris Petersen treated the Western Athletic Conference. Everyone knows Saban has had success in Tuscaloosa, but put the numbers together and it is nothing short of staggering. At Alabama, Saban has never had a losing SEC record.I love watching people step in cold and (a) be sweet or (b) fail and make me think I'm better than them. There is no way you couldn't get local pizza restaurants to donate the pizzas (or any restaurant to donate a gift card). I would like to see them in every sports.

Other commissioners say this new place needs a roof for the University of Minnesota baseball team, which will be otherwise out in the cold. (The new $500 million Twins ballpark is roofless, of course. Not to be snotty, but maybe somebody should have thought about our Gophers when the Twins bill passed.).Beginning today, NFL teams have until March 4 to place a franchise or transition t