Curveballs, lawsuits, and missing caucasian point guards. Just a day in the life of SBA.

— We at TMC are not alone in our South Florida love. College Game Balls gets all philosophical about the situation, and advocates for the Bulls in the national title picture.

— The Big Lead updates the NFL power rankings. Seeing the New York Giants in 6th place was kinda like finding a dead rat in your bowl of cheerios. (Bonus clip from TBL: Random Beano Cook videos!)

— Elsewhere in NFL news, Lion in Oil brings us word that Michael Vick is getting sued by yet ANOTHER bank. Chrissakes, how much venture capital did this guy need?

— Kissing Suzy Kolber rightly asks why defenders aren’t injuring any GOOD quarterbacks this year. Bonus quote: “What’s the point of injuring David Carr? That’s like robbing the Take-a-penny tray at the Mobilmart.”

— On the roundball side of things, Basketball Prospectus goes all pythagorean on us while discussing the PAC-10.

— Just in case you missed the sad(?) news yesterday, Can’t Stop The Bleeding talks about the cancellation of the National Lacrosse League’s season.

— 100% Injury rate manages the rare double-dip of dropping some serious science AND making both Terry Francona and Tim McCarver sound like idiots.

— Stop Mike Lupica notes that Isiah Thomas is seemingly unaware of which players are actually on his team’s roster.

— Finally, Everyday Should Be Saturday reports that others are reporting that Dennis Franchione has been bought out at Texas A&M.