Southern Cal gets to play for the National Championship. Cool. I wish we were playing Auburn - it would be a much easier match up for the Trojans. OU matches up too well against the defense. Offensively, NO ONE can touch the SC Offense. too many weapons and opponents are still only allowed to put 11 men against us.

It is still weird not going to the Rose Bowl, but I'll survive that. Too many Rose Bowl memories anyway, they all get kind of jumbled up together. One oddity I've noticed is that USC takes a half million dollar payday cut by playing for the National Championship!?!? The Rose Bowl pay out is larger. How odd. Today was just lazy. Spent most of my time NOT sleeping so I can sleep tonight and get a good start on the day - Lawyers, Labor Board, Job Applications are the future if I can only fall asleep by 3 or 4.

Feeling very nostalgic about Christmas. I can think of interesting positives about every Christmas. Even the very very bad ones spent waiting in hospitals or visiting friends in jail. The smaller things simply take on more magnificence. That's a good thing I think. Odd that I never miss the things I used to have, just the people.

NFL GOONINESS If Pittsburgh wins I get 46,000 points in the football pool. Hard to pick against Jack Del Rio as I loved him as a linbacker and catcher at SC. I picked Cincinnati over Baltimore but only bet 1,000 on it (Carson Palmer). Eli Manning - Worth $50 million? I think we're done hearing about his potential. Chad Hutchinson? Shows me that the Vikings have not proved anything. Dante Culpepper is one of the most courageous athletes in the world. He needs team mates with his character. (You know he was born in prison?) Conquest.

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