4:01 PM Tommy West was a little heated today at the press conference announcing his firing. The video of his remarks is here. West implied he didn't have the resources he needed to keep up with competitors, saying the school should dump the program if nothing is going to change.

3:45 PM Stuart Appleby won't try to keep his PGA Tour exempt status this weekend at the season's final event because he plans to oversee his own junior golf event in Australia. But if Tiger Woods wasn't going to be at that same event, do you think Appleby would be playing?

3:32 PM A Louisiana Tech fan's sign was one of the more creative efforts at the Boise State game last Friday. Okay, maybe not.

3:14 PM The Boston Herald's 'Inside Track' has a small promotional piece on Bill Simmons which apparently didn't set to well with commenters. Haters like that are the surest sign dude has made it firmly into the mainstream. Validation if I've ever seen it.