Klebon's Return has Tiger's back in the hunt!

The Southern Columbia basketball engine is starting to rev it's engine with Colin Klebon back on the court. Look at the damage he and Foster Renn did last night.

Bucknell continues to struggle with their offense doing a Houdini act at critical junctures of games. Jason Vetgotsky and Darren Mastropaolo did return to the lineup.

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I have been busy like everyone around the holidays, got to watch a few bowl games (what a joke), and even did some ice skating (and lived to tell about it.)

Will someone step up and finally have a playoff in college football in the last division that doesn't? Ohio State (not making Big Ten excuses) played their last game on November 17th and are expected to be sharp on January 7th. By the way, January 7th is almost a full week later than the traditional New Year's Day end to college football.

Best games? Penn State and A & M, or Michigan and Florida.

Did anyone notice Penn State won their bowl game and weren't ranked in the Top 25? Did that ever happen?

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A book that should be required reading for the new year. Read Breaker Boys by Dave Fleming. You will receive a local and sports history lesson all rolled into one.

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POLITICS

2008 promises to be an interesting year both in Pennsylvania and national politics. In Pennsylvania, 2008 promises to be the year of smoke. First addressing the Clean Indoor Air Act and blowing smoke about possible reform in state government aka open records. Look for a completly gutted bill by the time it reaches Governor Rendell. We don't want to offend those casino owners. Keep that property rebate coming.

A "no brainer" would be to pass the Colon Cancer Screening Bill or SB 146.

Maybe the biggest sporting event of the year will be the 2008 presidential election. After two primaries, the nomination in both parties is still up for grabs. There are a couple of things I did like about the primaries:

- the voters got involved and big money took a backseat. Hillary(100 million in the warchest) got hammered in Iowa while McCain almost broke won NH.

- pollsters were duped (this is a good thing)

- the journalism that came out of NH was awful. The pundits got hammered.

With Rudy wanting an English test required for citzenship this has to be the funniest ad of the campaign so far (look what's airing in Florida).