Here is a visualization: imagine the lights were completely turned off on all of Harrah's properties on the Strip; imagine the brilliant video displays of Planet Hollywood, imagine the Eiffel Tower, the big blue balloon in front of Paris, the subdued blue entrance to Bally's, the pink Flamingo logo, the blue glow of the Imperial Palace, the classical Roman grandeur of Caesar's Palace, the red and blue towers of the Rio and the colorful and festive sign fronting it, imagine these icons, and the properties they grace, enveloped in silence and darkness. This is a figurative conception of the depth and breadth of the effect on the very life Las Vegas should Harrah's fail, and of the enormous leverage and bargaining power this imparts to the Harrah's corporation.

Yup. This team is beginning to look a lot like last years team. Monotonous offense; playing at the same pace possession after possession after possession. It was evident who would win the game after the first five minutes. Aside from a small four point spurt at the start of the second half, the game was quite boring and the result was never in doubt. Oh well.

So one guy is humiliated in a supermarket parking lot and the other is humiliated by losing his job. The wife owns them both. Men can be such fools. Once more, the power of Woman shows through as bright as the sun on a June afternoon.

Many respectable folks in the Latino community have a strong aversion to paying taxes. Both the Republican Party and the Democrats should be very afraid of Tea Party Nation, a neo-populist, reactionary movement whose sturdy platform is comfortably rooted upon the solid bedrock of a Libertarian-esque distaste for taxes and government, a Reagan-esque vision for America as a "shining beacon on a hill", and an unassailable appeal to the grassroots of the American electorate, the common people.

"Conservative" is the new green. When that term is used during the telecast of every major football game it has assuredly become a vulgar fad for the vulgar masses.

That was no upset.

UNLV was the better team. BYU winning the game was an upset. UNLV will lose more games this year if they don't find a way to close out games; find a will to win.

Basketball is a game that should be played as though one is constantly running downhill; on an edge. It is then that a team gets an advantage.

When one team starts to walk the ball up the floor to kill time and preserve a lead, it flattens the court, loses that edge, and loses the game.

Basketball is most fun when played on an edge. Players play better when they are having fun. Winners have fun.

This team does not have enough high level athletes to compete against top echelon NCAA basketball teams. Their big men lack athleticism as well as the size needed to be an elite college program.

Ironically, in a season that holds the most potential for sucess during Lon Kruger's tenure, this could be the begining of the end of his coaching career at UNLV.

Rest In Peace Michael Jackson