Speaking of Fox, did you see the shot they caught of Deanna Favre in the stands? While the story was being told once again of the Favre family troubles, a quick shot of Brett's wife in the stands showed her taking a sip out of a GIANT plastic cup of beer. I mean, this thing was an aquarium size cup o' suds! Hey, she's entitled … battling breast cancer, death in the family, hurricanes and every week, she watches her hubby get pummeled by NFL defenses. Cheers, Deanna!

The John Thompson Basketball Foundation Classic hosted by UW-Milwaukee was like a father and son outing. Washington State is coached by former UW-Green Bay standout Tony Bennett, whose father, Dick, ran the Cougars show before handing the keys to Tony. Dick was in the stands all weekend. Kyle Weaver is a starter on the squad. The former Beloit Memorial standout is the son of LaMont Weaver, he of the infamous 55-ft. shot during the title game in 1969. UAB is now coached by Indiana leftover Mike Davis, whose son, Mike Jr., is on the Blazers roster.

In a halftime promotion at Sunday's UWM-UAB game, a game of basketball musical chairs ended with the winner racing to the basket when the music stopped, and dunking!

Sports and rock music collided Friday night at the Miller Time Pub of all places. The chosen post-game watering hole of Panthers fans found band members from Alice in Chains taking up two tables and enjoying the atmosphere in Downtown Milwaukee.

The Badgers, who will knock off Buffalo and finish 11-1, are now a top 10 football team, but will not be invited to a BCS Bowl, which awards 10 slots for its teams. Dumb reason why? Because of the two-teams from the same conference "rule." It's time to change that rule, and quit penalizing the Big Ten for churning out quality football. And it's not like the BCS hasn't already tinkered with its flawed system … this is a crime leaving a good football team on the outside looking in.

Bucky fans should embrace Bret Bielema for his tremendous rookie season, and the way he carries himself. The guy keeps Tyler Donovan under wraps all week, knowing that no one has film on his backup QB. He doesn't talk about himself and his Iowa connections all week, because the focus should be on the current players. And he didn't do his now famous offsides kickoff to end the half. Time and place for everything, and neither was in play on Saturday.

The Wisconsin men's hockey team is having a rough skate of things in defense of the National Championship. The Badgers were swept at the Kohl Center by Denver over the weekend. But, when you lose 80 percent of your scoring punch to graduation and NHL defections, this is the end result: shutouts, overtime losses and near-misses. Brian Elliott is still one of the nation's best goaltenders, but the Hobey Baker finalist can't do a solo act every weekend.

Michael Redd scores 57 points, and it's not enough to beat the Jazz on Saturday night? Is this an omen for the Bucks? And yet Redd always says the right things. You truly wish he could have celebrated his record-breaking performance more, but his team lost, and Redd had to extinguish his enthusiasm. The classy Bucks captain was humbled to surpass Kareem's 55-point output in one game, but had it all in perspective because of the hollow end result.