Some things to consider

- What if Notre Dame hires Urban Meyer or Bob Stoops and they don’t win.  Then what Notre Dame fans?  It won’t be the Coach for the fourth time!  Perhaps the instution.

- What if Drew Brees was still a San Diego Charger?  Even better, what if Miami had signed him instead of Daunte Culpepper?  How scarier might the wildcat look?

-The only school that has defeated the UConn women the past two years has been Delaware.  What if Delle Donne was still a Husky?

- What if Hasheem Thabeet could consistently put up 20 points?

- What if the Oakland Raiders were actually owned by a smart person?  It’s kind of ironic that Michael Crabtree has done more in four games than Darius Heyward-Bey has done all season.

-What if the World Series was like every other sports championship format of home, home, away, away, home, away, home?

-What would Roy Williams reaction be if Harrison Barnes actually tricked him when he announced his college decision via Skype.  What if Barnes was like, “Hey Coach, (and Williams was smiling) nah just playing, I’m really going to Duke. Gotcha!”

-What if I told you the Yankees would have three less wins (two total) in November than the Giants, Jets, Nets and Knicks combined?  Well, that’s the truth!

-What do the Jets, Nets, and Mets have in common?  Three things: 1.) They’re all from the tri-state area, 2.) They’re nicknames all rhyme, and 3.) They all stink!

-What if Phil Kessel was still a Bruin?  Perhaps I might watch them again.

-What if Stanley Robinson actually did jump out of the gym?

-What if Gordon Bombay actually scored on that penalty shot?

-What if Geno and Calhoun actually liked each other?

-What if Pat summit came out and admitted that she is jealous of Geno and really wants to be his husband….errrr wife?

-What if Brandon Jennings played a year in college?  Would Arizona have been able to beat Louisville and then Michigan State?  What if UConn played Arizona in the Final Four?

-What if the Yankees win a World Series with a payroll under $125 million? Now that’s a BIG IF!

-What if Hanley Ramirez was still a Red Sox? No Beckett, no problem?

-What if Chad Ochocinco didn’t have Twitter?  The Ravens armpits might still stink and the Steelers might not have had ketchup.

-What if Manny Ramirez actually made sense?

-What if the National Anthem wasn’t played before a sporting event?  Perhaps people would actually notice.  On a side note, I feel like the National Anthem before a sporting event is a waste.  People talk during it, forget to remove their hats, look around, etc.  – that if you actually didn’t play it, people might start to respect it and their country more when they hear it once every special occasion.

-What if Okafor and Gordon stayed for their senior years?

-What if Jim Calhoun was no longer the coach of the Huskies?

-What if the Hartford Whalers came back?

-What if Vince Wilfork weighed less then 275 pounds?

-What if Yale football actually converted a 4th-and-22 on a fake punt? Apparently the whole Ivy League education thing doesn’t apply to the coaches.

-What if the Stony Brook soccer player missed the penalty kick against the back-flipping Hartford goalie?

-What if the Orlando Breakers were really an NFL team, really coached by Coach Hayden Fox?

-What if the UConn women actually lost a basketball game?

-What if the Super Bowl was played in cold weather?

-What if Peyton Manning didn’t play all his home games in a dome?

-What if Tom Brady had Randy Moss and Wes Welker his entire career?

-What if Charlie Weis and Romeo Crennel return to the Patriots?

-What if ESPN didn’t have the Yankees or Red Sox?

-What if UConn beat Duke in a game in which Dick Vitale was announcing?  Heck, what if Dick Vitale said he isn’t a Duke fan?

-What if another school, other than UConn or Tennessee ,won a women’s basketball championship?  Would anybody notice?

-What if Pacman Jones were straight-edge?

-What if the Browns had more than 100 yards passing in the first three quarters?

-What if Brett Farve went into the Hall of Fame as a Viking?

-What if Mike Tyson were a linebacker?

-What if an office worker tackled Terry Tate?

-What if Jim Calhoun gave a dime back?

-What if the Bears, “We’re not who we thought they were?”

-What if Herm Edwards actually played to win the game?

-What if Bill Belichick stayed coach of the Jets?

-What if David Eckstein did steroids?

-What if “Big Game Bob” actually won a Big Game?

-What if Mark Mangino and Ralph Friegjen sat on the same stage?

-What if Bobby Petrino was still the coach of Louisville?

-What if the XFL was still around?

-What if the Patriots drafted Deangelo Williams instead of Laurence Maroney?

-What if T.O. actually had a quarterback he liked?

-What if the NFL didn’t fine for touchdown celebrations?

-What if Dennis Dixon didn’t tear his ACL?

-What if Matt Millen was the boss of the Lions for another 10 years?

-What if the Galloping Gobbler was a prestigious award?

-What if people actually liked Joe Buck and Tim McCarver?

-What if Michael Vick could throw the ball?

-What if it really was a sweet, Italian sausage Mark Sanchez was caught eating and not a hot dog?

-What if Fairfield Prep or Hamden High could actually be on the same level as Notre Dame-West Haven?

-What if the Nets go 0-82?

-What if Lebron James and Maya Moore had a kid?

-What if Notre Dame came to Rentschler Field?

-What if AC Slater played in the NFL?

-What if UConn football went into Notre Dame Stadium and beat them in front of 80,000 people?  Oh wait…

-What if I actually updated my blog on a consistent basis?  Perhaps people would actually be reading this post!

Till next time, whenever that may be,

-Matt-