Week in review

1. No trip to New York on the St. Thomas dime. Jeff, Jeremy and I made our way into quarters before getting knocked out by Drake. It's a bit of a bummer since we all thought that we could have done better, but at least we made a decent showing. Damn you, Drake...

2. I'm in Minnesota. And it's cold, windy, and humid. I'm used to cold and windy, but humid's another story.

3. I'm becoming concerned that cellular hands-free devices are making it difficult to tell the really busy people from the crazy people downtown. It used to be that folks walking around with a hands-free would still have to hold the microphone in front of their mouths so that the person on the other end of the line can actually hear them, thus ironically eliminating the only benefit that a "hands-free" device has in the first place. Now they've got those mikes that extend from the earpiece. If you're not on their right side, you can't even tell that they have one. Add in the Blue Tooth tech and you don't even have a wire hanging down as an indicator. The real kicker is that business people in nice suits are no longer the only people who use them anymore. Therefore, I can no longer tell if the person in front of me talking on a cell phone or talking to himself. This is very troubling to me. And the problem is only going to get worse.

But the public deserves to know which people they should avoid on the streets, right? I propose Idaho's waterskiing law. Whenever you have a skier in the water, someone in the boat has to hold up an orange flag to indicate to other boaters that a person is floating around in that area. It would make things much easier for the rest of us if people using hands-free devices would do the same.

4. The University of Montana lost to Montana State this weekend 16-6. This will likely have a very negative effect on my mood until Cat-Griz comes around again one year from now, unless the Griz happen to pull out a Division I-AA championship. Not likely.

5. The Carroll College Fighting Saints drew Montana Tech for the NAIA quarterfinals. They've played Tech twice this year and have beaten them both times, but that means Tech has gotten two good looks at Carroll's offense. Plus, those Butte bastards would love to end Carroll's streak. It'll be war. Fuch Tech.

6. The Golden Gophers choked in true Minnesota fashion Saturday against the Hawkeyes. They'll probably end up in Boise at the Humanitarian Bowl or the Music City Bowl or something like that.

7. I have no idea how St. Thomas' football team is doing. Probably poorly. Their entire athletic program could fold and I would be none the wiser.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Number 8. The Vikings beat up the Packers on Lambeau Field last night, much to the dismay of a certain nurse. Stick a fork in number 4. He's done.