Welcome to the downtime after the Super Bowl. Most years I can’t get into much between the end of the NFL and the beginning of March Madness.  So this week’s Fab Five will be a little Super Bowl talk followed by four things to get you through this month.

Good for them.  The Saints and Colts continued the trend of playing exciting, close Super Bowl games when they squared off in front of the largest television audience ever.  Take that, American Idol.  Obviously the game has been fawned over a ton, but obviously I have to mention the two most memorable plays in the brilliant onside kick and the pick-six by Porter.  People were arguing which play was bigger, but I don’t see how anyone can win that argument; I’m not sure the Saints would have won without both plays.  It was an awesome run for New Orleans.  The Saints beat three Hall of Fame quarterbacks on their way to their rings and Porter picked off two of them in dramatic situations.  But now what?

The Olympics.  I love the Olympics, but it seems like an event a lot of people like to complain about.  How do you complain about this? It’s three weeks of bonus sports programming!  Don’t like the Olympics? Keep watching the same crap you have been watching, since it isn’t affected unless you like hockey; and if you like hockey and don’t like Olympic hockey you can eat a cactus, because you are an awful person.  Get into the Olympics! Watch some luge until it occurs to you that you would certainly poo yourself around the second turn, watch that James Bond stuff where they ski and shoot rifles, and for the love of all that is holy watch curling.  By the time the Olympics are done, you’ll be very close to conference tournaments and it will feel like the Super Bowl hangover didn’t even happen.

College Basketball.  I’ve never really jumped into college basketball season with both feet before March, but it isn’t a bad idea at all.  Watch some teams you think have a shot at the final four and get some scouting done for that bracket you’ll fill out.  See how they play on the road against quality opponents.  Can they shoot free throws?  Do they have good enough guards who know when to attack and when to settle things down?  Are they Pittsburgh? If so, forget about it.  Syracuse and Villanova play, Kentucky plays Tennessee twice, and the Big Ten race looks like it will come down to the last week.

NBA.  This definitely won’t be my choice, but if you’re an NBA fan you’ll obviously hope LeBron and Kobe get you through this troubling time for sports fans.  If you once liked the NBA, but cooled during this era of games that should just start with eight minutes to go, maybe it’s time to come back.  If nothing else, the TNT studio show is awesome. 

NASCAR.  Just kidding, don’t watch NASCAR under any circumstances.  Read up on NFL mock drafts instead.  The big day is only a couple of months off!

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