Went 3-1 in the NFL Wild Card games over the past weekend (picks made on The Bruce's blog comments), missing only the Redskins' upset of the Bucs. I'm still a little stunned that you can rack up 120 total yards and win on the road in the playoffs, but if nothing else it underscores the need to protect the football.

I also had the "joy" of attending the wrong BU hockey game over the weekend, seeing the 5-1 loss to Providence rather than the 4-0 win over Northeastern (though we did keep tabs on the latter during breaks in the Patriots game, managing to miss every goal). I was surprised at the result of the NU game given how absolutely lousy we looked the previous night. It didn't help that we started one of our backups on Friday, and he did not look strong (this was the same guy who shut out Denver, increasing the puzzlement).

Laura had a good idea to motivate the men's team - tell them that if they finish the season with a worse record than the women's team, the women get to play in Agganis next year. The men are 8-8-2. The women are 9-9-3. The race is on!

And really, the women would do well to play at Agganis, given that it's hosting the 2009 women's Frozen Four. It may be wishful thinking, but it'd be nice to develop that home ice advantage now.