1:04 PM Mike Florio reported this week that a source told him NFL players might be considering striking during the playoffs. Patriots linebacker Adalius Thomas did his best to marginalize Florio in strongly denying the possibility. Florio is a former practicing attorney, he ain't making stuff up A.T.

12:35 PM I feel bad for Univ. of Maryland football and hoops fans. Athletic Director Debbie Yow is a complete embarrassment. Witness her insistence on Baghdad Bob-treatment on a real, live Washington, DC radio show. Pathetic. She needs to be reassigned to Title IX compliance.

12:30 PM Gainesville Sun Columnist Pat Dooley: "Last week in Jax press box a bunch of national cfb writers -- none of them could name which teams were in which ACC division. Hilarious!"

12:15 PM Bob Griese is back! He's presently doing Iowa-Northwestern game on ESPN. (No truth to rumor that he shot Blackjack Taco TV spots during his week off.)