SOME HITHER, OTHERS YON: Fivetool,com give us the top 12 reasons to catch Pro Bowl fever (I was media relations director of the 1970 Pro Bowl): 12) You know you want to bet it. 11) Noe that it's a week before the Super Bowl, it's slightly less easier to ignore. 10) The drama of seeing if DeSeam Jackson trash talks his NFC teammates from Dallas. 9) Given the rate in which players are begging off this thing, there's a reasonable doubtthat athletic spectators could get some burn. 8) It;s a perfect place to scout intriguing but unknown fantasy football players like Johnny Know and Leonard Weaver. 7) Admit it: you're fascinated to see how Norv Turner blows this game as well. 6) If people don't pay attention to it, the NFL might do something insane like determine home field in the championship for the conference that won. 5) We are not making this up" good seats (and bad and many) are still available. 4) You don't get more exciting than a Matt Schaub/Vince Young/David Garrard QB roster. 3) Given the lack of crowd noise and nice weather might be the best game of the year for heckling. 2) With over sixty minutes of game time, chances are good that someone will make a tackle. 1) We still have four more days to go for the remaining handful of good players to beg off....
LSU LOSES ANOTHER RECRUIT: LSU lost its fourth recruit from a still-solid 2010 recruitng class on Wednesday. Cassius Marsh, a defensive end from Westlake Village, Cal, opted to commit to UCLA. Marsh, a four star prospect according to Scout.com, had been pondering the switch for a while. In the end, he wanted to play closer to home. Marsh had comitted to LSU in October. He had offers from USC, Oklahoma, and Cal.
Hot Hornets win 123-110
The hot Hornets took over eighth place in the Western Conference with a 123-110 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night at Oakland
Chris Paul led the Bees with 38 points, 9 assists 6 rebounds and 3 steals. He made 14 of 19 shots from the field and 9 of his free throw tries. Paul committed seven turnovers.
Rookie guard Marcus Thornton put in 18 points as all five Hornets scored in double digits.
Emeka Okafor scored 12 points with 12 rebounds.
The Hornets are 11-4 in January and have won three of four games on this Western tour. They have been outreboudned in seve nof their last nine games.
The Hornets return home on Friday night to entertain the Chicago Bulls.
