February 2

I'd like to take the time to say happy groundhog day to everyone out there. As much as I love furry little rodents, I've gotta say, the holiday doesn't do much for me, and I'm pretty sure it's been about 50 years since the last time the weasel gave us an early spring. I guess I just don't understand Groundhog Day, good movie though. Anyway, I would also like to say congratulations to the Pittsburgh Steelers on their Super Bowl victory. Although they probably didn't deserve to win, what with two fourth-quarter personal fouls (plus one that should have been called on a celebration in the end zone), and a miracle run back with time running out in the first half, they still pulled it out, just like they've done all year. But the Cardinals played very well throughout the game, and especially in the second half. I would have almost argued for Larry Fitzgerald to be the MVP had Santonio Holmes not been the reason the Steelers pulled out that victory. Did you see that stat after the drive? In the winning drive, he had 4 catches for 74 yards and the touchdown, the man definitely deserved the MVP and Roethlisberger did not. I've heard about a dozen sports "experts" say Big Ben was most deserving. me a break, if Holmes hadn't been on this team, they wouldn't have won the game. What other Steeler wide out could have made the plays he did in that game? Yeah, think hard, because I bet you can't even name one besides Hines Ward. Look, Ben Roethlisberger is an incredible athlete and helped that team make it to the Super Bowl, but it was Santonio Holmes who won that game for them. When I saw the Fitzgerald touchdown catch, I thought it was all over. But Santonio Holmes stepped up and made the big catches and runs after the catches to take that team to victory.

On another note, let's take a look at the NBA. The Oklahoma City Thunder moved from Seattle at the end of last year for who knows what reason, and landed in the middle of nowhere. On top of all of that, they went through the first two months of the season with a pitiful 4-29 record. Ouch! However, since the start of the new year, they are 7-8, which, I realize, is still pretty poor, but it's not 4-29. I've been very impressed with this team of late. Ever since Russell Westbrook has been starting and both Nenad Kristic and Nick Collison have been healthy, this team has looked good. That's not to mention Jeff Green, another young star on this team. This team is very young, and still making childish mistakes, but give them a few years and they'll be a team to be reckoned with. Look at what they've already done. It only took them two months to turn into a .500 team; if they can continue to mature at that rate, they will be an elite team in two years.