You look at his touchdown throw to Mario Manningham down the left sideline and you think "wow, that guy can put the ball anywhere he wants to". Then you watch his interceptions and you think "wow, that guy can't throw a rock in the ocean".

It's maddening (no pun intended) and as a Bears fan, I feel the pain of inconsistent quarterback play.

I can't be an Eli supporter though, no matter how good he may play. I still have a sour taste in my mouth after all that "I don't want to play in San Diego" cry baby crap.

Congratulations to Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski on getting win number 903 and passing Bobby Knight on the all-time wins list. I know I'm only 35, but I was trying to think of anyone else that embodied Duke basketball and damned if I could think of anyone. Here's why:

From 1905-1980, the Blue Devils basketball program had nineteen 20-win seasons. Seven of those came in the 1960's. Since Coach K took over the program in 1980, he's tallied twenty-six 20-win seasons, including fifteen consecutive going into this year.

Let's not even talk about the National Championships and NCAA tournament successes. What's most important to me is that fact throughout all this the only hint of a recruiting violation came up this past summer when Krzyzewski reportedly had a conversation with a recruit at a tournament.

Meh.

Give credit where credit is due and Krzyzewski has done things the right way for an incredible amount of time and been highly successful doing it. One instance in sports of the good guy actually winning.

Did you ever honestly think we would live in a time where the major sports leagues would look at Major League Baseball as a model of labor peace?

At a time where the NBPA is attempting to call the league's bluff by decertifying and suing the NBA- in November, mind you. Not July, August, or September but NOVEMBER- not only is baseball hoping to lock up a new CBA soon, it's expected to make changes that will actually improve the game. And all this with no grandstanding from either side.

It's extremely difficult for me to give any credit to Bud Selig, but aside from that whole All-Star-Game-winner-gets-homefield-advantage-in-the-playoffs thing, the last 5-10 years have been roughly incident free.

When thinking about the NBA and NBPA struggles, I wonder if either side ever entered this offseason with any real intention of resolving this issue. The players want you to believe the owners are hell bent on taking money away.

At face value, they'd be right. Until you factor in that the players have been spoiled rotten during this CBA getting 57% of basketball related income which is the main sticking point. The owners want a much more equitable split and have offered a 50-50 split of a 49%-51% band depending on certain factors.

The players view this as a bad deal. Memo to all you NBA Players- the barnstorming tours will get old. Fast. And what you just did was stick your proverbial middle finger up at the NBA and dare them to stick to their guns.

This can only end bloody. But more to the point for us fans, it won't end soon.