The Streak (3/6) and a couple other things...

It seems like every time I publish picks on here, I'm wrong. In fact, with me publishing streak games today, I should go back and switch the game I already picked and should go against my gut on the other two games I like in order to keep my win streak going. If I'm you, I'm reading these picks and immediately going to pick the losers in this column.

I did get back to a W2 this morning, thanks to Justin Rose being terrible at golf. For some reason, I'm 6-1-1 in picking golf contests and zero of those have had Tiger Woods beating someone like Justin Rose. Lucky? Oh, absolutely.

So this afternoon, I'm in MVC territory and am going with Bradley to defeat Southern Illinois (sorry mom).

The teams split during the regular season, with each team blowing out the other at home. The Salukis' overall schedule is more impressive, at least with how losses go. They fell to St. Mary's and Nevada, among others, but kept it close.

Lately, however, Southern Illinois has struggled, squeaking by Drake and Wichita State, and losing four in a row before that, two of which were by more than 20 points.

Bradley has won four of five, dropping only a game at Evansville by seven.

The key to the SIU-Bradley game will be the first half, as the Braves have a tendency to fall behind early. If it's close at the half, Bradley should pull it out.

If I can get that win, I'm confident I can be at a W5 by day's end, because of...

Calgary Flames over Carolina Hurricanes. I used to loathe picking the Flames, but with their recent acquisition of Olli Jokinen and Jordan Leopold, this team is way good. They took two periods off after jumping out to a 4-0 lead against the Flyers last night and might do it again tonight in Carolina.

Dallas Stars over Anaheim Ducks. Anaheim is in a free fall, while Dallas is tied for eighth in the Western Conference with Anaheim and Edmonton. The Ducks are just 14-13-3 at home, including a 5-2 loss to the Stars. They've been outshot 129-94 in four meetings with Dallas this season in splitting four contests. Sure, Dallas has lost six of their last seven games and have won only twice in the second half of back-to-back nights all season. But I'm sticking with 'em.

Now, I need to talk about Terrell Owens and storming the court in college hoops.

I wasn't planning on talking about TO until he latched on to a team, then was prepared to lambaste that team for signing Owens. But SportsCenter just said that two teams who could be interested are the Oakland Raiders and the ... sigh ... San Francisco 49ers.

Now, I'm pretty sure the ownership and fans remember the last time TO was in the Bay Area. For those of you who don't know, Owens said his quarterback, Jeff Garcia, was a homosexual. Who knows what he would think of Shaun Hill.

And that's exactly the thing. Owens can't go to a place without a well-established quarterback. He'll lose his mind. He will be serving a team-levied suspension by November. So, excluding Dallas, obviously, here's a list of places of shouldn't end up:

Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, Oakland Raiders, Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars (screw you David Garrard, you joined Carson Palmer on the "I will never have you on a fantasy football team" team), Tennessee Titans, Washington Redskins, San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

That leaves 15 teams.

Now, here's a list of teams who don't need Owens (I hope you're not sitting in front of this saying "Oh, anyone could use a WR of Owens' caliber." If you are, you're wrong.):

New England Patriots, Denver Broncos, Pittsburgh Steelers, Indianapolis Colts, Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints.

That leaves 7 teams.

Here's a list of remaining teams who won't bring back Owens because of burned bridges:

Philadelphia Eagles.

That leaves 6 teams.

Cincinnati won't bring him in because between him and Ocho Cinco, Palmer would fake his next injury to get off the field.

Owens won't go to St. Louis because they won't contend for another few decades and he would have nothing to bring to the ground.

So that leaves the Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego Chargers, New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons.

My cousin Ryan maintains that Atlanta wouldn't be interested after just ridding themselves of one media circus in Michael Vick. Sounds good to me, they're out.

It would be too good to be true if Owens went to the Giants. With Plaxico Burress seemingly on his way out, the G-Men could use another solid WR, but TO would have Eli Manning crying and Tom Coughlin more red than Plax's pant leg by the season opener. I want it to happen, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

I also don't think that Owens will go to Kansas City. Sure, the Chiefs will be better with Matt Cassel, but they're still a year or two away from being serious contenders, even in the AFC West.

That leaves the San Diego Chargers. A solid QB on a contending team, a similar situation to that in Dallas, with one of the game's best tight ends, but no real wide receiving threat and a coach that he can walk all over at any time. The Chargers will be a playoff team and have the talent to win it all, something Owens hasn't been able to do in his career. Signing with San Diego would motivate him and Rivers actually has the backbone to put Owens in his place. It's perfect. If TO ends up a Charger, they're my Super Bowl favorites.

I've got one more thing on my mind: storming the court in college basketball.

Penn State defeated Illinois at home last night on a layin with less than a second left - a win which may secure their spot in the NCAA Tournament.

First of all, the Nittany Lions already defeated the Illini once this season. Secondly, Illinois is the 20th-ranked team in the nation. Thirdly, Penn State, with another Big Eleven win, will be tied with the Illini in the conference standings at 11-7. Finally, overall, Illinois is 23-8, Penn State is 21-9.

Despite all of this, the Penn State fans stormed the court, celebrating their "huge" win.

It used to be that the court got stormed if a top-5 team went down against an unranked opponent, or if the team who won was like 2-18 and defeated a top-25 team. Now, if you get a home win against a ranked opponent and you're unranked (or if you defeat the #1 team at home as the #4 team), you're entitled to celebrate on the floor.

Stop it.

If you're storming the court, it means that you didn't think your team stood a chance to win, yet the players shocked the world and pulled out a very improbable win. This didn't happen at University Park last night, yet you wouldn't know it by the video.

It used to be special to see students going crazy with the players after picking up the biggest win of the season, and perhaps, the biggest win in years. Now, it's commonplace, even when your team was ONE-POINT UNDERDOGS!

It's only a matter of time before somebody gets hurt and storming the court becomes a thing of the past. And it's likelier to happen sooner than later because of kids abusing the privilege.