I won a little money Monday night, (hypothetically speaking of course as I only play the brackets for entertainment purposes) when Florida toyed with then put away Ohio State. The Gators secured me a third place and some return on my entertainment investment.

I thought the basketball game had some similarities to the football game in that OSU’s weaknesses were exploited, downsides that few were willing to admit to before but were glaring in the big game. In football it was speed (or lack of it on OSU’s part). Monday night it was team — Florida shared the wealth and OSU depended almost exclusively on Oden, Lewis, and Conley.

In the BCS you could almost make a poser argument against OSU, but Monday night it was simply a matter of Florida being better and playing together better. I’m no fan of either team although I’ve always liked Billy Donovan from his playing days at Providence when Coach Rick Patino took them to a Final Four in 1987.

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Barry Bonds restarts his journey toward 755 Tuesday. ESPN reported that no one his age has hit more than 18 dingers in a season (Carleton Fisk). Bonds needs 22 to break Henry Aaron’s record, the portal to a legend, even though it may be saddled with an asterisk.

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I'm taking some vacation time for the next week. Talk with you then.