Can't wait for the new TJ Hooker movie

Yahoo's Jason Cole is indicating that Roger Goodell is going to drop the hammer on both Plaxico Burress and Michael Vick's chances of playing this fall. Of the two, I'd have less problem with Vick returning this year if someone wants him. Without getting into the specifics of Vick's case, he's paid a high price for his disgraceful dog exploits. Burress hasn't paid anything meaningful and his agent and legal team cynically tried to push his court date back far enough that he could squeeze in one more season. Unless the league's going to ban Vick for life, it's hard to see what more he's going to learn from missing a third consecutive year of playing time.

If there's one person you'd assume could be counted on to put a positive spin on the Big Ten's football performance, it would be a member of their "Gameday" style studio show crew. Instead, former LSU, Vandy and Indiana coach Gerry DiNardo says he doesn't think the league "is as strong as it was the last two years". The Big Ten only won one bowl game last year, so if they're weaker they really are in trouble. Other than Ohio State and to some extent Penn State, there are no programs which can be counted on for quality performance in the conference. Wisconsin has nosedived under Bret Bielema, Rich Rodriguez continues to have lots of work to do in Ann Arbor, Purdue's a massive rebuilding project, and who knows what Zook will do post Locksley? This isn't a one or two year slump they'll easily bounce back from, either.

ESPN is cutting Paul Maguire's college football role way back this year. Maguire shouldn't have been assigned to college coverage in the first place, but ESPN had him on Sunday Night NFL and then didn't want to move him to Monday Night Football. College games were the consolation prize for Maguire, but not for fans. Stunts like having Maguire broadcast from out on a platform rather than in the booth added nothing other than "look at me" schtick. There are too many talented guys who enjoy college football and want to be broadcasting it to have someone on there killing time because he can't do pro football instead.

Someone's going to have to explain to me who's been sitting around waiting for a CHiPs movie to come out. The concept's a bad enough idea, and having Wilmer Valderrama play Ponch is an even worse one. The only distinctive things about that show were the theme song and the fact that every wreck seemingly involved 23 cars, two semis, a school bus full of children and the missile armed RV from Stripes. If the Miami Vice movie was a huge flop despite having great material to draw from, what would make anyone in Hollywood think CHiPs is a gold mine waiting to happen?