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By MICK ELLIOTT | The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 2, 2007

Thinking out loud until it started to hurt …

Initial reaction to an artist's rendering of the Rays' proposed splashy, new waterfront ballpark has been extremely positive. Area fans of both the Yankees and Red Sox indicate they look forward to filling the stands when their respective teams are in town. …

Connecticut, Central Florida, Tulsa and Ball State are among this season's schools that are bowl-eligible. The Miami Hurricanes are not. Well, at least South Florida still has the Dolphins. …

Angry over his house being peppered by birdshot, a Lubbock, Texas, homeowner took a video camera when he went outside to strongly suggest Texas Tech basketball coach Bobby Knight resume his hunting trip farther into the woods. Knight responded by refusing to leave because the man used bad language and wasn't respectful. Hey, you have to admit. Nobody knows bad language and disrespect better than Knight. …

Dr. Robert Cade, 80, the former University of Florida researcher who invented Gatorade, died last week. In his honor, all coolers will be lowered to half staff today before they are dumped on winning coaches. ...

Only five remaining ways things can get any worse for New York Knicks:

5. Hire Bobby Knight as shooting coach.

4. Learn Hillary Clinton campaign-committee plant secretly writing Coach Isiah Thomas' scouting report.

3. Introduce team's new and cuddly teddy-bear mascot "Muhammad."

2. Convince Tom Cruise and Robert Redford to produce season highlight film.

1. Show up for next scheduled game.

To recognize individuals "who have made an overwhelming impact on the lives of others," the Buccaneers are taking nomination for the "Community Quarterback" program. If Jeff Garcia can't play, why not? …

Duke basketball nation is being encouraged to rise up in protest of ESPN, claiming the worldwide leader is exhibiting bias against the Blue Devils and treats the program unfairly. In other news, the nation's porn industry has called for a ban of the Internet.

According to Peta2, Northwestern is the nation's most vegetarian-friendly university, while Florida ranks 10th. The study reports "UF has shown that vegan options like black-bean burgers, risotto, and Thai curry tofu may soon overtake Gator football games as the most talked-about item on campus!" Absolutely … just a soon as Tim Tebow makes it his pregame meal at midfield while wearing a garnet and gold tutu. …

Nebraska interim athletic director Tom Osborne appointed himself interim head coach until he hires a successor to Bill Callahan. Osborne obviously impressed himself during the interview. …

Former Dolphins coach Don Shula, who earlier this season suggested an asterisk should be attached to the Patriots' record if they went 16-0, is scheduled to be a guest in the ESPN booth during Monday night's Patriots-Ravens telecast. Pretty gutsy of Shula to show up, considering he'll be suffering from a case of amnesia that day. …

Once a closely guarded Penn State secret, a story last week reported football coach Joe Paterno makes $500,000 a year - which is only $3.5 million less than Alabama pays Nick Saban. I think I speak for football fans everywhere when saying, "Crimson Tide, you got punk'd!"

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