I actually watched the Champs Sports Bowl game last night between Syracuse and Georgia Tech out of some small spot of loyalty I have found in myself for Syracuse in the NCAA for all things but hockey, which finds me a St. Lawrence supporter. My rule is if you haven't got a personal reason to pick a team, like you saw them once as a kid, in a sport you have to pick the nearest. Well, at half it was 42-6 Georgia Tech. I swear the Syracuse QB was trying to invent new ways to get intercepted. The ESPN play-by-play commentators spent the second half talking about restaurants in their favourite bowl cities. It was bad. Too many bowl games.

World juniors begin in three days. Soak your tees in mustard for Canada.