The Wednesday Hate-List

(Editors' Note: This is a collection of stories or things that I'm completely in hate with at the time, published on Wednesdays.)

1. ACC/Big Ten Challenge - Can we please put to bed the notion that these are equal basketball conferences? I understand that this is actually better competition than most schools are playing right now, but the truth is that the ACC's top 3 or 4 can play competitively with the top 4 teams in the nation in any given year. In the interest of fairness though, if this were football the ACC would be completely dominated, despite the down year in the midwest.

2. The Plaxico Burress situation - This is becoming something that mid-50's women at work are asking me about, so I can't imagine how the Giants are dealing with this media circus that is New York. Something tells me they are a little tougher in their line of questioning.

3. Kentucky Football - An appropriate way to finish off this topsy-turvey season was being humiliated in Knoxville to a Tennessee team that was two days away from announcing a new head coach. Adding injury to the insult, Randall Cobb is now questionable for the bowl game, which I'm now sure will be the (what else?) Music City Bowl. Never thought that I'd be disappointed to see the football Cats play in the MCB, but this season's heartbreaking losses and fluttering embarrassments makes it hard to swallow, especially when the season (and the defense) started out so promising.

4. Commercials During Football - I may not be able to pick the winners of the games, but if Vegas were to ever open up betting for what commercial is coming on next - Watch out! I never thought I'd dread hearing Denis Leary's voice, but after the first quarter I'm naseous hearing him describe yet again how the new F-150 is, 'Not just another truck'. Honestly, find me a guy who cannot sing the 'Five-Dollar Footlong' jingle (complete with hand motions), and I'll show you someone who spends his Sunday's at Home Depot.

5. San Francisco 49ers - Nothing personal, but they play the Jets this week. As I have mentioned before, we play down to the opposing talent as well as any team I've ever watched, so I would not be surprised to see Shawn Hill (or whoever decides to play QB for SF) look like Marino. Their top-notch run defensive scares me to death, because the only reason we were even in the Denver game was the fact that Thomas had 100-yards and two touches before the half. Once again, never thought I'd see the day when I feared for the game to be in Favre's hands.

6. Primetime Football (excluding SNF) - Flex scheduling is something that needs to be negotiated as much as revenue sharing at the next set of league meetings. If you give the teams two weeks to gear up for the time change then their is no reason why I couldn't be watching the best match-up from week-to-week. MNF got lucky this week as the NFC South pits its two best teams on the grandest of stages, but next weeks game showcases the Eagles hosting the Fightin' Dorsey's of Cleveland. And you've really got to feel for the guy at the NFL Network who pushed for Oakland/San Diego.