Yes, I know it is early for some of you west coasters, but this had to be posted. I opened my computer this morning, ESPN.com pops up, and what is the first face I see?

The sleaze ball himself. When you get up, check out the front page and see if his face is still burning a hole through your computer screen. Maybe he can bring down the entire L.A. sports landscape by himself. Send UCLA deep into sanctions that bring down USC too (if they don't do it by themselves), lose Staples Center in a NCAA pool and, after denying multiple times his candidacy for head motivator of the Los Angeles Angels, oversee the crumbling of their franchise because all he can motivate kids to do is steal, shoot people, cheat and not do well in school. Also, he teaches showboating well (see Autzen stadium antics during his UW tenure - that was awesome by the way). Notice that after he left, the city of Seattle had some of its worst sporting years in decades. The NBA just flat left town! That said, the man wins football games. More in one year than some guy named Tyrone Willingham did in his entire tenure. Nothing wrong with one sanction per win right? Just ask Alabama. Or possibly Tennessee in a couple of years? That was for you Jim. I don't care if the man wins 10 games a year (as long as someone at UW drills him on the sideline). Just get him off my computer screen. Excuse me, I need to go clean it...

By the way, how does Rick Reilly, the king of sappiness, write a sappy column about a guy with more vices than Sin City? The dude is so bad that he coached quarterbacks at RAINIER BEACH HIGH SCHOOL! I cannot deny that my most pleasing moment during the 2008 football season (which was full of them, right?) was the week after UW lost to BYU. The Cougars were absolutely throttling UCLA, shutting them out, but the Bruins were driving. There were about 15 reporters and staffers in the UW press box prior the Oklahoma game, watching the drive on Yahoo! Gametracker on someone's computer. Literally we were watching the little football move up and down the little field. UCLA got into field goal range and people got frustrated. Then what happens? Their kicker misses a 21-yarder. The press box goes nuts. Loudest cheer in the stadium since the sleazeball himself was there. UCLA goes on to lose 59-0 to a team UW came one travesty of a penalty away from beating. No matter how bad UW got last year, 59-0 was worse. Especially to a Mountain West team. That said, again for you Jim, they did beat Tennessee last year. So, here's my call: Jim, put up 80 on those guys this year. Then dress that (sorry, kids read this blog) in Alabama Crimson and send him down the river. Maybe we can blame the oil spill in the gulf on his sleaziness.

This day better get better. What's that you say? Brandon Roy signed a contract extension with the Blazers? Prayers are even answered in the morning...