Another night at my favorite wing place, Buffalo Wild Wings (shameless plug in hopes of getting free wings), got me thinking about a few things. For one, drinking and staring at eight television screens can do crazy things to your brain. But that aside, I also thought to myself that, in essence, all sports-related gab starts at the bar…

I was surprised to hear that West Virginia forward Kevin Pittsnogle was the only player on the Mountaineers’ roster from the state of West Virginia. Shocked would be more like it, I mean the awful tattoos and the Joe Dirt-like facial hair weren’t a dead giveaway at all…

Has anyone seen a guy play Golden Tee then go home with a girl from the same bar that same night? If anyone can think of a recorded case, let me know. I’m not insulting anyone, it’s just not often that someone is referred to as a pick-up artist AND Golden Tee Champion in the same sentence…

One more thought came to my mind as West Virginia and Louisville played each other for a chance to be in the NCAA Final Four…we are in big, big trouble. Every anxious moment that I spend getting excited about seeing the legendary Jims – Boeheim and Calhoun – in house is replaced by how impossible … er, challenging it will be for the Bulls to compete next year in the Big East…

Adam Sandler as a quarterback in The Longest Yard? That’s almost like casting Jimmy Fallon as a die-hard Red Sox fan or Vin Diesel in any comedic role. Oh wait…

How many ads is Coach K in? I’ve counted four at least, and they seem to be replayed almost as often as Hootie’s Tender Crisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch commercial. Since when did Kryzewski supplant the chubby guy in the Volkswagen spot who screams hysterically out the window as the most sought-after commercial actor…

The USF Softball Complex’s problems have been well documented and it’s no secret that it is high on AD Doug Woolard’s list of new places to renovate. But it could be worse. At McCombs Field in Austin, members of the University of Texas softball team were injured due to part of the home-team dugout collapsing. Four players on the UT softball team were taken to the hospital because of “injuries to their lower extremities.”

More on commercials … The Campbell’s soup/NFL Player ads: Even though they seem to be popular, this partnership fails to makes sense to me. How can football players and their fake mothers sell soup, of all things? First of all, how many non-sick people make regular purchases of soup? This should be Campbell’s marketing campaign: You’re sick, Eat Campbell’s…

Where in the world is … David Duval’s golf game? Duval is a former major champion and was the No.1-ranked golfer in the world, but he now has trouble breaking par. I cannot think of a bigger fall from the top, except for maybe Michael Corleone in The Godfather. Not only has Duval not made a cut this year, but his scoring average is the worst on tour. He is the only fully exempt player that I can say I could possibly beat straight up…

Well, I’m glad I finally finished those thoughts because the bartender is starting to look at me funny. Now I can return to my alcohol- and television-induced haze and slip slowly off into March Madness.