When Dan asked me if I could fill in for him today, my reply was, "I'll fill in again when the Badgers win a game. So, maybe this Fall." Somehow, he took that as a yes.

Dan was allegedly at the Marquette-DePaul game, which ended favorably for the hometown team. The Golden Eagles have now won 12 straight. Brew Town Beat liked Buzz' suit. Do any of you MU fans miss Tom Crean? I mean, even a little bit? Didn't think so.

Speaking of travisshamockeries, why isn't there a Marquette fan blog in the SportsBubbler family?

ESPN has your highlights:


While MU was shooting at a 57% clip last night, the Bucks shot 20 percentage points less and, not surprisingly, lost. The Bob Boozer Jinx discusses the Bucks and... June Cleaver? Brew Hoop has a recap. Charles Gardner talks about the Nets spoiling Jefferson's return. The Bucky Channel sees the race for the 8th playoff seed tightening up a little without Redd and Bogut. And finally, Chuckie Hacks has their weekly Buck report.

ESPN has some Vince Carter/Brook Lopez highlights:


H.O.R.S.E. has been added to NBA All-Star weekend. The Sports Guy is likely quite pleased.

Bernies Crew found some Cub bloggers bashing the Brewers. I guess 100 years with no championships causes you to focus on the challenges faced by other teams, instead of your own. Brew Town Beat is either a big fan of Trot Nixon, or is still reeling from Corey Hart's disappointing finish to last season.

We're in the slowest NFL news period of the year, but there is some interesting content up at Packers.com. First off, McCarthy and Capers have begun the process of transforming the defense from a 4-3 to a 3-4. They've also got a profile of new Outside Linebackers Coach Kevin Greene, who I think is going to bring some much needed fire to the defensive sidelines. Aaron Kampman? He's definitely moving to LB. Railbird Central hopes the Packers don't over-spend on a punter.

The Onion Sports Network has some breaking news regarding Giants head coach Tom Coughlin. It's scary how much this sounds like something you'd hear on that four-letter sports network.

For the hockey-types, Admirals Short Shifts crunches some numbers and examines the trend of dressing 7 defensemen.

To those of you in the service industry (Winks Thinks anyone?), don't rush to wait on Tiger Woods' table. Apparently, he's not much of a tipper. (scroll to the last item -- and hey, what's with stealing the SportsBubbler's Six in the City theme?)

One of my favorite new discoveries is "Attack of the Show" on G4TV, and if I wasn't engaged, I'd be very attracted to co-host Olivia Munn (something about seeming down to earth, talking technology, being legitimately funny and well, pretty hot). Olivia launched her new website this week, and she regularly features offbeat videos and such, like this one , where she plays Truth or Dare. (Don't worry, it's safe for work)

Japanese police seek Mii in hit-and-run probe. Does that even need a comment?

This is the point where Dan typically posts some random music video. I'm not gonna do that. Instead, I'm going to make you forget about getting your sweetie a Snuggie for Valentine's Day. How can that be possible, you ask? Well, just watch Vince from ShamWow pitch the Slap Chop. There's no way you'll be able to resist!



Hope you enjoyed your substitute Drink -- I think Dan will be back later today to give out more fabulous prizes.